New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-01-05

mulSate an edlct OF decapitatl0n against a
whig officials. Our neighbors are as stern and
inexorable in the premises as language will adj
init of, and we are sorry to be forced to the con-
clusion that Christian and forgving spirit,
that generous magnanimity and magnificent
opportunity for display Of friendly disinter-
cstedness will not induce our neigh bors to de-
cline the State and IS Federal (rather q Soule.
Southern Rights sort of lingo You use, neigh
bors) printing in our favor. We had hoped bet
ter things of our neighbors. We yet hope that
they may learn, in all meekness and humility
the noble principle of doing good unto those
who have done evil politically to them
But hear with what monitory tone our
neighbors of the Courier open;
The Concord Patriot of the 2jth ult contains an article
the subject Of removals from Office the perlsa Of
which might be of to those wing friends who
have been inducing in hopes Of continued iucumbency
Of the Federal offices.
Neighbors, you are unnecessarily cruel.
Now, of what earthly 'susc " can it be to any
of your 6 wing friends to learn, from your
solemn sentence of DEATH that their heads are
about being taken off, We to not think the in
formation can be any more useful than it can
be consolatory. If our neighbors of the Courier
mean to be particularly kind, frank and advi-
satory, we can assure them of onr entire readi-
ness and hope to be able to recprocate to them
and our other democratic friends, after the next
elections, when we expect them to wait for the
second table, and take such scraps" as we
may leave.
But, our neigbbors refer to the Concord Pa
triot-and herein is increased the solemnity of
their pronunciamento against those unfortu-
mates, the officials, their 6 wing friends" whom
they intend to treat as we did the gobbling tur-
key, which we fattened up in the most compli-
inentary Style and utterly annihilated at our
Christmas dinner. As our neighbors Of the
Courier do with their l." wing friends we stuffed
our turkey with Havory substances, and then
roasted him. 1t is all Christmas with our
neighbors, and we have no objection to their
first stufhng those they intend hereafter to roast
for the Inaugural Feast. Their 81 wing friends .
would generally and slightly prefer an invita-
ton to the anti-roasting, anti-stuffing, "uo
prescription feast Such an invitation would
certainly make good digestion wait on appe.
tite,' so far as their ''whig friends are cort-
cerned, The eruelest thing of all is the refer
ence of our neighbors to the Concord IN II.
Patriot, sheet from underneath which is sup
posed to peep out the Presidential head of
Franklin Pierce. We have not read the Pa
triots article. but presume it advocates the
Courier's claims to the public printing rs supe-
rior to our own; until further advised we shall
restrain the expression of natural and Just in
dignaton.
In the meantime, let us present-nay let MS
hold up to the inevitable scorn of a right think
ing and right-feeling people, the solemn and
deliberately expressed views of the Courier nron |
the subject of prescription Speaking of present |
wing officials it says:
1t may be well let those persons who have thus M
luded themselves with false expectations know that III
nave nothing to hope from olemency which would L
the new Administration be only another wrar-
ness General Pierce is too strict PARTY diseipaalfa
ha-drd The Of his Administration IN rain att 10
concttidte his political foes.
6 Those persons this is the last refine
ment of naughty and insulting triumph Wei
had hoped that the prospectively miserable
wings would at least be permitted to be some
the glory of office
Again, the Courier says:
change in the Offices is therefore political necessity
which cannot be obyiated overlooked 1t il demaurd
Tor the harmony OF the party the Of MIR Perrr
administration, and the interests of the country
We beg pardon of the Courier, but We hone it |
is singular in its opinion. We can confidently |
assert, that the very respectable and intelligent |
gentlemen now in the Custom-house post-ofiice
Mint, etc, do not consider 81 change in Offices
" a political necessity" and think it can very
easily be obyiated E" and " overlooked" They
have no desire to interfere with tile success Of
Mr.. Gen. y Piercc's Administration or niure
" the interests of the country
We regret to see the Courier thus early pla-
eng itself in the most direct and positive oppn-
sition to the eloquent and decisive expression of
views heretofore given by Gen Pierce. the
democratic candidate, now President elect. No
one has more strongly and unequvecaly than
Cen Pierce denounced the practice Of removing
from office for opinions sake; and what the L.
5. Senator said, we presume the t. S. President
Will maintain and act out, even at the hazard
OF losing the good opinion of our ncighbors Of
the Courier
In fact, we believe that upon reflection, our
neghbors Of the Courier will not quarrel with
the President elect for maintaining their wing
friends in g the minor Offices If thew do
ooe shall support him, and then, the Crescent
and not the Courier, may have the public
printing, after all.
To fortify Gen. Pierce against the editorial
in yesterdays Courier, We must state some facts
Even in appointing, as well as in retaining, oul
chief whig officials in this city have been II.
markedly and extensively liberal In the
Custom-house, we suspect that cur democratic
friends" can largely outvoto the Curriers'
e WING friends" and we have good reason for
the suspicion But, We further think we might
furnish Gen Pierce with some pathetic editor.
ais from the Courier, on the cruelty of whia /
prescription, and in The exact tone and temper s
Of his own anti prescription speech in the [ 5
Senate. We probably may waive this, as our
neighbors Of the Courier very naively lny down i.
the following principle, or rule OF action
However decidedly party professions b.tue %, tl
on may reject the theory, party practice, after tn
invariably recognize its force - ,
Thatis-is ii neighbors p" No prescription .
IS the cry out of power "all prescription the
ny in power. We must, however, beg pardon
y neighbors, in saying that the wings never e
Idopted the motto of ''no prescription for pro
cription's sake any more than the law has
.dopted the maxim of ''no hanging for hang, h
ng's sake. The wings intended 10 prescribe
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