New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-01-18
New York Letter.
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New YoRx, Jan. Z, 1858
Are to have free fight for President in 1855 or
are we not? Are all the great men in the country to
havea chance of coming before the people and putting
therpopuary the test Or must all of them four
FIVE remain content with fighting the battles of those
whom Convention tells them ADLER, or more avail
able men than they These the questions which
all true patriots lnaturely considering What will be
| their solution
If it to be fashionable for every who is afflicted
with White House aspirations to into the field
cap.apie with all the Of years of devotion to the
country with his banner raised and blown straight
out by the pus of his friends and followed by his ad
herents and cansmen. what jolly time the good people
will have What quantity of political tracts will
be spread over the country for Sunday reading What
number of elegant speeches will be made every
night, (alas for the American EagleD How much
money mail contractors will make from the carry
ing of Pub. Doc.n How fine for oubs--composed OF
patriotic young gentlemen who are only busy in the
eyening--for torchght processions--rows and every
sort of shindyo say nothing of the elegant times folks
will have in picking up the money which will be laying
about loose and without any the bad whisky
with which the streets will be flooded How the boys
will join in the chorusses, and how drummers and ers
and all the variety of wind instrument players will make
their fortunes And after it, how many people will be
Disappointed and how ungrateful republics will be held
by vast crowd What combinations will be formed
and spells alliances concocted
1t went do 1t looks very well paper but the plan
must fail The times would be put too much out joint
by any such experiment There is too much money in
the Treasury and too many people hungerng after it
it's adhesive properties too strong permit of any
break to be wide that it cannot cement There
many offices in the gift of the chief of the nation
and too many respectable office seekers dependent upon
the of any for their continuance in and
appointment to situations to allow of things taking any
other than natural course
Doubtless every State has at least man within its
limits no thinks himself fitted for any high oice-the
higher the better-and the wire puIiers and office ex-
pecants would be delighted support him. if they had
legitimate chance--that is, if he was nominated BY
their convention But too much would be rsked with
out that Endorsement When there only two candi-
dates they kaow precisely what ground they stand
They know they do no harm by sticking their party
At least they have but chance against them Open
the feld-let every come inland their calculations
are all in the arthere is twenty against them
perhaps In they lose they absolutely for
gotten. They can't stand this thought. They are a
powerful set Just Leading political aspirants may
ben favor of scrub and the people may upon
the project fayoraby. But it's of use-the reform if
it be a reform, will have to be postponed.
Benton's View of Thirty Years in the United States
Senate is, see nearly through the press 1t will be
highly interesting book. The personal history Of any
man, well told, would be pleasant to read but when
is the experience of who has, all his life been
mixing and associating with the most remarkable men
Of his time who has been among the very front rank of
great party chief actor in all the events of any
public Importance for long series years. his review of
them leaving the history out of the question told as he
tells it, with vgor candor and earnestness cannot fail to
attract universal attention.
1t is time that the Navy Committee people should be
reporting bill for the construction of some steamers
When the of the disaster of the steamer San Fran
cisco reached Washington, upon which there were
large number Of troops the Secretary of the Navy
Obliged to say that there not steamer any Of the
ports of the United States fitted to send out to look for
her.
The pumpkin pie war continues at Erie No one is
allowed to pass that point without buying few hard
boiled eggs Or cup of bad coffee, What's to be the
end of it? little blooahed now. and then diver
sion of travel from the road-hats aland they will be
served right SpEcrAroR