New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-09-27
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SOUND SENTIMENTS.
II dIsl James Yell. Of Arkanaas-brosher 10 Col
! Ysll, who fought and did 30 gloriously 81 Buens
Vista-haa for many Years been one Of til,
. leading pillars Of the dominant party 81 tina,
State. He never finched In his fealty to hi
party as longss there was anything in the shap,
ofprincipte to fight for. He could undoubtedly
had he desired it, have long since enjoyed ths
highest political honors Of his party.
il Not long ago committee Of the so.called
Democratic parry invited Gen. Yell to address !
convention at Camden, The General wac III.
sent from home (pine Buff at the time the let
tef-arrived, and consequently there was some
delay in answering it. On hisreturn, however,
he did make reply, and that reply is 50 very
good terse and to the point, that we subioin the
various portions Of II bsaring upon the Ameri-
can question. After explaining the causes Of
delay, Gen. Yell says:
Receipt the thanks Of heart warmly and fsepy alivs
with gratitude for the Complimentary in which you
aude to the services have rendered the Democratic
party in years that have gone by am happy to know
that the great principles for which then contepdel
hive ali been settled BY the country, as so much
Yon state in your letter, that You believe am one
ever ready 70 hsss II hs Ct Democracy under
great American partyto che contrary
n you by this that aweys ready battle I'm
der the bare Of Democracy, wthont regard to prfn
oiptes, when there great principles involved
under the name, your WRONG If however you mean
that Always willing do battle for such principles
were once under the Democratic banner whsn
lcontendins against the Wing party, you are right
But sill those old issues arc nos settled And these
tended they did, the questions being settled, they
longer exist as partrs. u 7Sl5& fs5ssrs
heretofore been discussed by the two named parties
upon this they never NJ isaue. the slavery
wss ii which party had the best national
which favored Southern This question
fully setsed superseded, BY the American party
having sdopted placed before the country better
platform thar either than presented TO the
pope u the United States before The ayery Question
being the great question Of the times aud the nericsn
platform being the hssf upon that subject shall always
bs found advocating the prime PISS therein set forth
The Democratic PLATFORM this subject, best
we previous the adoption of the American
platform. therefore Btood upon that until ssw the
latter He is oc The Democrat Tho stands ton The 5e
platform for the Of Che States, That, in my opinion
Lis the great American platform. ~
When parties are formed the party in power by
that endency, holds the popular but the
aus will their purposes long when tho people
ind thsy have principles to susain the name, r
General Yell speaks the truth. Until the
adoption Of the American platform4-which CO.
yers- the whole constitutional ground there,
never was q platform which came up to, and
fully, squarely and manfully met the require
ments Of the occasion, so far as the question of
slavery was concerned. Both sides worded their
declarations of principles so as to meet, and
| take advantage Of, the currents Of popular
opinion. With the American platform the case
IL widely different. Consequently, it is no
wonder that true patriots are found, in throng-
| ing thousands from the opposition side, zeal
ously engaged in the support Of just American
principles. NJ. s-Fi...s3, - .3,f ~
ST. LANDRY. The letter Of our correspond
ent, 0pelousas," win be read with interest
1t is full Of interesting facts and Incidents as
well as of encouragement to our friends through
out the State. We; know the writer we'll He
10 a man of intelligence and reliability The
Antics made "dead set +" at old ST. Landry;
but, at every point they encountered Waterloo
defeats. St Landry will roll up majority
for the. American cause in November next that
will astonish the most sanguine. Aprivate let
ter says: s'The Antics are completely dis
heartened in this parish, and well they may
be, for the shadow of defeat already rests
gloomily upon Them ..5
From all quarters our intelligence is of the
most cheering character. In every parish our
fmporTanee IL al enemy aIIoweu to Walk over
the field nueonfronted by able and patriotic op-
ppnenrs. and almost invariably the victory
perches upon the American standard. With
the same industry and zeal for the cause of
truth and. patriotism that now prevails, we
shall carry the State in November next by
majority Of thousands. Our country friends
may rely upon it that the city will do it's whole
duty. "a 5l5t gNi r |
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AMERICAN NOMINATIONS IN AvoYEILns The |
American party Of Avoyelles, at their recent |
made the. following nominations, |
according to the account given in the Marks
vile Villager, Of the 18th:
For Senator, Il 8 Taylor; Representative, oleophas
authier; for Sheriff, A. D. Coco; for Clerk Vaierv
syeu1; for Assessor, j. p. ]. Aymond for Coroner "
Areau. - /
The Mails. The Northern and Eastern mails |
due yesterday came through, bringing dates
from all points as late as due, with the Euro-
pean mails by the Collins steamer Baltic. ar
rived q New York, Later adyices are now due
rom Europe, The Washington, from southamp-
ON and Bremen, with dates to the 18th inst lis
lue at New York, and tho Asia, from Liyerpoel.
II the 18th, at Boston via Halifax, is also fully
lue. 2 e g s1s'zfAsfgs7E ~ 2s'1si~ ~
We are indebted to the officers Of the steamer
forktown for late papers from Cincinnati and
.ouisyille. 5lZt-zz
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