New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-11-01
4 WORD TO THE PUBLIC.

It may perhaps be thought unnecessary at
present to address the readers of the Crescent
salutatorially, but the former proprietor having
formally announced his withdrawal from its
management, and thus left it in the position
Y ostensibly Of journal with no controlling and
responsible head, the undersigned deems it at
least not improper, in assuming that position,
to declare the fact, and to speak briefly in re-
gard to some matters connected Herewith.
He is aware that in undertaking the control
and conduct Of large daily paper he has be-
fore him task always herculean and often I'M
profitable and thankless, and that the labors,
difficulties and responsibilities Of the situation
are Of the most arduous and trying description,
only to be understood by those who have q
practical knowledge Of them. But, relying
upon the maxim that time brings experience,
and upon the fact that perseverance and in
dustry usually overcome all obstacles in the
path to success, however insurmountable they
may at first appear. he enters upon his duties
confidently and fearlessly, with the fixed pur-
pose of Invariably choosing the right course Of
action, and Of never disagreeing with the ac-
knoWledged standards Of Justice and truth
but at the same time asking indulgence for
involuntary errors, and expecting the continued
support Of those who have hitherto been the
friends ii the paper. Feeling confident Of his
ability to meet and discharge the ordinary OBJ
legations and duties of a public Journalist
those which are clearly defined and universally
understood the undersigned will use his ut
most endeaVors to prove equal to any which
may arise beyond that limit; and if in this he
should sometimes fail, it will be with the con-
seriousness Of having endeavored to deserve sue
coss
II is not proposed in this notice to mark out
infinitely the future course Of the Crescent
what particular questions Of public policy IL
may espouse or what public measures endorse
for, during the present and approaching politi
cal mutations, it would be impraoteable to do
50. III view Of the fact that o complete revoln-
ton is ut present taking place in the condition
Of the political parties Of the day, which, if it
should not sunder and disorganize them, will,
without doubt, totally change their relations to
distinctive lines, this journal will stand aloof
from the field of political discussion until the
discordant elements Of partyism, which, with
neither fixed principles, permanent aims, nor,
perhaps, motives of integrity, are struggling
solely for the supremacy, shall have resolved
themselves into their appropriate conditions and
assumed attitudes that can be understood and
depended upon With few exceptions, the old
party issues may be regarded as obsolete, and
until they be revived Or new ones created, there
can be no proper subject for controversy, no
public questions of principle in dispute, the dis
cussion Of which would not be altogether un-
profitable and useless
When the time shall arrive that is to witness
the organization Of political party upon
basis thoroughly republican and purely patri-
otto, q party which Bhall not prefer it's own 49,
grandizement before the welfare and honor of
the nation, and whose success and supremacy
will assure fresh safeguards to the Union Of
these States, the Crescent will be found among
the foremost to enter the arena in support Of
its doctrines
Conceiying it 70 be the privilege and often the
duty Of an editor 70 comment freely in q
proper manner upon public measures and the
acts of public men, the editors of this paper
will never hesitate to avail themselves Of that
privilege when occasion may seem to demand
its exercise at the same time carefully avoid
ing personalities and recriminations, and never
induiging in any thing approaching to abuse ior
unreasonable censure.
And in the mean time, neither effort nor ex-
pense will be in any degree spared to render
the columns of this journal of the most readable
description, and to make it in every respect
what b complete newspaper should be. Every
facility afforded by railroads, steamships, tele-
RFdpul0 d1Ncoy CIV, H3iA bhe - w
obtain the latest intelligence Of passing events
in all parts Of the globe, and in every depart
ment of the paper arrangements have been
made that will, the undersigned feels assured,
render it worthy the most extended patronage.
With this brief preface the undersigned pre-
sents himself to the public, earnestly desiring
that his future course may merit It's approval
for himself, and its esteem and support for tbs
journal which he represents.
j. o. Nixon.
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