New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-03-22
THE DAHL Y CIR EsCENT.
WEpNEsDA II FORMING, MARCH d, 1864
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she absolute necessity q Seryoody'
coming % the conclusion wllicn We nave lon
ago xpTessed- { that g carry federal pohtic
into QUE City Hossrnment can only serve
make the latter FOOLISH snd PAD 5--fhere coul
not well be a more decisive proof than the cas-
Of this gentlemen otfsrs.
on ms personal cnaracter, tnere y not q STAN
thare j. NOT even = fault n ms personal bear
ing which " 80 just, kindly, considerate, cour
teous ~ afls bringing % none, that he is accept
ables individually, to every one " poiaitaicFs
re Y open and firm, but moderate and entirelJ
repuollcans But apart from all thls ana "a
above y, his Official integrity en-
cheney are not:enly admitted, ~ aia, y W r.
markabie, but it is university confessed enas
his superior abilities IN the management q our
city finance have rescued i from confusion and
dscredlt, and placed = ID 2 nseai eondltlon sc
excellent, that ethe punio interests nave nothing
10 gain and everything 70 iose ~ ms remova
from the haad "a our treasury in SNORT, NO.
public inherent lnperaeveiy demands that n
should he retained, ana aii Who age not per-
s fectsy reckless q me puolic gooo Wonlu az oncs
! confirm ehat recomme alton.
But what care our Kings OF the city and
tiIs'r minlons IN ONCE, tor the pubic interest
what reek they OF services or illness Wha'
ofAey want with q thoroughly good ofhoer
lis CONDUCT ana the adminisfratlon q me-
department only set their Own n shocking
contrast IA had treasurer would Pc IA true
harmony wlth 2 cIty government oniy einclen'
~ electionce ~ wasting money ana ri
Saeicating or tanning or coffupelng Wna1eyer @
rlght ehJects u toncnes. Hhas sighl'y 2 erea-
sary IN cyniasionl ana allaplaa1ea nnances g
them S. Won't there Always pc enough 70 ieed
tat them ana toe'r sateiises 70 MIN there
not sne more lor ehem n tne treasury with e.
osa than WIN g good treasurer me treasury
WI. pe lean oue not tne ANU reform tihees
hotoefs 70 VAL suHer only outsluers VIII
Just CLAIMS only ne real ENDS for which We
haues = clty government AL
aepth W say, Mr Garland suits the city well,
the people well but ne don't at All suit the
enemies Of Reform. Our lords and masters are
bent on shaking him out q the Treasury, that
it may grow more ike the restof their govern;
ment. Its credit should. they think, be brought
down 70 level with Its justice, ifs police, Its
public improvements, it's cleanliness. Besides.
not being born abroad, he can't be an American
patriot. Down with him, thereforei So they
haze passed the word around, to whisper Gas he
has many fast friends among the Irish, the Ger
mans, the Cathelics) that ~ y one Of the
u Ano NJ rsothings''; that he ~ opposed to all
foreigners that AZ ~ pledged against Cath
olics that ne - nominated BY the Independents
and Reformers
Now iet q few known facts answer all buzziung
insinuations. Col Garland, like ourself, when
q any secret society nnless > obaritable one
Of the Know .Ncthings, he knows only what
others know who have not joined them. Oh
course, he can't DO held responsible for their
principles 81 purposes, III which he has had no
part nor Tot. Hitis their idea that foreigners
ought not To lord il over us end seize on all
public employments, he thinks so too. If they
are vowed to exclude all Catholics from office,
he does not agree with them; nor do we. But
neither he nor ourself believe that charge against
the Know Nothings to be true. When asked,
on their part, what pledges he would give to
those who supported him, he answered, g None
but bis past public conduct. Hpeople were not
'atIsied With nat. he had no other pledges to
'ffer Az " foreigners, he has no objection to
hem moro than 70 any other citizens, 80 long
. they behave themselves And that, again, |