New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-04-25
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TUESDAY MORNING. ApRII 25, 1864
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TUESDAY MoNNrNc. ApRII a5. 1864.
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VA ars firmly persuaded of The rightfulness
Of all government which the people permit. y
isjsxsr ID their power 10 govern, II they WILL
F6f the strength with which DesPetisn1 par
aAAek it's domination, apart from thc nlltioi
itself, can never be anything but inpotent
against the whole spirit Of people, whenevex
ii chooses distinctly to assert itself We laugh.
therefore, when We hear Of bad governments, 70
which 4 oo,1ptsy submits Il il submits such,
Ii III ssIleF slavish ard merits and can have
nothfilI bsiter or, if spirited and possessing a
viii ii tn i'll avn affairs, must be exercising its
own legitimate choice, and endures q Bad gov
eminent, because itsees that it can only throw
itsotF, ut the hazard a still greater eyils VIZ
laugh, therefore, we BAY, at the common idea
at q nations being governed other than il
chooses and we, Of course, Laugh WIT louder "
the idea Of people who think they can govern
folks, whether they will pr not, without any
better prerogative than an undeseryed popala-
rity, any guards but tatterdemalionry Of
fcreign police. any army but Of office holders
and Office. seekers. We are, in fine, thoroughly
convinced that, while the people Of New Orleans
choee to endure their late abominahle city -gor
vernment, it was legitimate; but that nows
when our people, fairly aroused V thar purpose,
have dethroned them, it Is about as yain for our
worthy Mayor to expect to reign in spite Of
them, as it would have been TOT Charles the
Tenth after the three days Of 1851 or Lous
Philippe after the two days Of lS48
Upon such u clear and such q legitimate ex-
pression;o of lie public conyiction and the public
will Of Men erleans as tllat which has lately
occurred there can DO no question that it was
the dnty Of every man, who respected the popu-
TN principle Of our institutions, te submit, and,
as q faithful citizen, to lend ms hand to the
sincere accomplishment Of that general reform
I Of our city administration, which had been 50
clearly sgniiied as the deliberate public plea
sure.
Against this, II has seemed good to Gen Lewis
to set himself up. What his fellow citizens,
who confided IN him as Q man and citizen, had
decided they would no longer have, he has de-
cided they SHAFT have Professedly (as pure
denloerat) g aevoeee q the popular Wlii' 40 yee
sees NJ 70 snostitute ior mat sovereign autnor
~, even when ao justly eAercisea' eitner az
own lndiyldual pleasure OF sWhae 1s no oetter,
the party behests and interests OF a minority
who. Of couFses when once ascertained TO be the
mlnoritys nave according 70 ven. Lewis
own prlnoip a ~ more rlgnt Y govern tnls
clty 1aan ahy one man among tnenl Woula nave
70 lefa y OF King - eyer us Elmer democracy
y lalsehoou aha secs 'aof pei'eye 1nat ne Pee
PIE nave 9 7asnt % govern OF yen LEWIS IS nc
deInocrat, anu looAs "a ms oWn minority ~
alone having sne 1ighs 70 govern tnough tnes
were feuaced 70 put q nanaIui OF 70 put Q single
man nan
We nave salu tnat' against az ms own prin'
cipies, ne TOTALLY REGARDS me known ana posi-
ave pupiic W.T. i'nt ~ hot only NEGATIVELY
sets II at noagne ana refuses 70 yleid 70 IL ne
usurps upon functions which ne does no
possess y nos Only refuses 20 exercise accord
ing 70 tne PUBIC Rlll me authority tdelegatee
% tha1 end] wnion 5e holdss put seizes upon TN
real rlgnts @ oensr elncefs anu turns them ass
against shis Whole pnpiic purpose, to a yet fur
sherlaeieat % all tneir essential Objects.
EFeh were ne N those tnings winch are pro
peril q ms iuncslons' not attempting to SCI
ASIDE tne figntiutS Rlshes q ms general consti
dnt an r. of @ xa,a