New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-11-05

passion, every opinion, every fancy, every folly
of the hour. Why was it left free among us !!
Why guarded with the most jealous care by all
our institutions. as the very palladium Of our
public liberty, if it is thus to be forever muz,
cling itself, Just when the people have most hee''
to hear its boldest and most honest VOICE
What, must it, here, in Republican America
fawn. and Aatter and lie, as courtlers DO 10
kings, and never, even
with hated breath and whispering humbleness'
vsrture to a free people the smallest word oil
what may be unpopular
And now we come to that third Sort VINO
never CHANGED in their lives, rs editors or poh-
ticiaps to lrave an honest thought, but II al
most frightened them TO death. Could the earth
only get a peep into the valuable volume Of
their brain, that is kept so closely smut now
happy would it be- Marvellous proper ana
prudent politicians are they; but good deal
more given to looking after their own small
safety than the public's. A lofty opinion and
profound regard have they for the people, when
they think they can, on all questions, play up
on it, as easy as penny whistle. we COIN
mend to their. attention what Hamlet says 70
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, as 10 Playing
upon the pipe. Just so might the people say to
the would-b players upon It,
Hamlet Wi you play upon this pipe
t;laiitnste,n.--hi lord. cannot
IIum-I pray you
tial-Belieye me, cannot
linn 4 do beseech you.
Gail know touch Of it, my lord.
Ham - lis easy as lying govern these ventages
with your finger and thumb give it breath with your
mouth it will discourse most eloquent music Look
you, these are the stops
Guii-But these cannot command to any utterance
of harmony: have not the skill.
Hdm.-Wby look you now how unworthy thing you
make OF me. You would play upon me you would seem
to know my stops you would pluck out the heart of my
mystery you would sound me from my lowest note to
the top Of my compass and there much music, excel
lent voice in this little yet you cannot make it
speak sblood do you think easier to be played
than pipe Call me what instrument you will, though
you can fret me. you cannot play upon me.
We think we understanding, can express
these gentlemen Their idea of the sincerity
and manliness Of opinions which an editor should
allow himself to utter is just such as would make
us, if we inhabited Joshua Gidding's district,
an abolitionist; Mormon, if we lived in Utah
in Constantinople, a Turk under the Gar, VIC
lent haters of all human freedom
Il GREAT GILL or PUBLIC DUTY
We trust that not even the confusions, the dis
couragements, the disappointments, the disas-
tiers, that attend upon public struggles in this
country and often beset the best cause every
where, will be permitted, by any well-thinking
man, to make him slack at the coming election
or keep him from the polls.
The duty which, in government like ours
dependent, for its maintenance III anything good
upon the whole body of its citizens--is a very
| grave and even stern one Not merely NJ
man whose attachments to the public cause arr
as warm as good mans ought to be, but NJ
| conscientious man at all, and especially no re
ligious man-for strong religious principles ar'
the only sanction and the truest incentive of al
other obligations less than criminally
| withhold his heartiest aid, in such a contest
| If he would have good, he must lend his indvid
ual exertions to bring it about; and the appa
rent necessity of the case must be the just mans
measure of these exertions. He cannot, with
out grieyous sin, in matter where all hav
80 much at stake, withdraw into his personal in
difference on his personal willingness to suffer
and permit. 50 far as it rests with him. evil t
come to all others, He is responsible for hi
| full share of whatever he did not do his best t
prevent. He must have public as well as
| private conscience, and see that, in these higl
civil duties, he meets the claim which the we'll
being of all those around him and Of all VIII
are to scome after, has upon him. Upon suc
considerations it was that in an ancient State
much like our own, they who took no part il
the public affairs were punished. And, indeed
in such matters, no man can stand really neu
| ter For he who does not actively assist tn
good, passiyely joins the bad.
| Upon such men, heretofore from their quiet
ness too inert, we call. Let them give ii
little enough-at least day to this most seri
Gus business 1t is no ordinary struggle, no
merely party contest for many concurrin
circumstances render it not so much day wher
political principles as morals themselves are t
be disputed
What these are henceforth to be may easil
be seen, if the insolent and demoralizing re
sorts, which desperate Locofocoism is employ
ing, prove successful The arrogance of its sub
sequent dominion may be foreseen in the con
tumely with which theJs the other day treated
in one of our public bodies, a respectful petition
numerously signed by most reputable citizens
that nearly all the places for holding the cleo
ton might not be fixed in grog-shops VIII
was a petition so decent and so Just thus scorn
fully repealed Why, bat because these mel
were determined, as far as they could to ex
clude all rigidly decent men from voting, b,
combining the election almost everywhere to thes
places of orgy Now, shall this shameless
trick be permitted to succeed Or shall it, a
it ought, only stimulate every man to go fo
once into grog-shop, in order that he ma,
never again be compelled to go to a grog shop tt
vote
Equally do we appeal to all men of business
all men of property, all the Industrious ant
orderly, to guard by their votes whatever they
love against this Constitution breaking, oath.
eontemning, fraud oontriving, grop-shop-voting
party.
fe young wings fall in with all the spirit O
youth and of cause that shall never, whilt
zoe WELD pen for it, lead you any where bui
to honor and duty, success or not!
Brothers of the Old Guard Clay Wings
shoulder to shoulder and fight once more a,