New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-11-08

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| Last Saturdays Pointe- a. la Hache plaque
mines1 National, in its appeal to the sunterri-
4 fed !" was particularly foroible and striking
If not elegant. Wepropose quoting few sam.
ples Here is one:
4 We dare hope that every who loves his country
wishes to it prosperous and happy will not fail
the polls and there exercise his elective franchise
manly, undauntedly and pariotcslly. Come one come
ALL citizens and resolutey stand BY rights and pre-
r5gatiyes Hap what may, FLOCK TO THE POLLS X
should it rain ptehforks should harsh and grating ,hun
der below in tine distance the waters Of Heaven pour
down by torrents to the polls and open the eyes
your misled friends and acquaintance who may have
been deceived by the rroseytes OF Ned Buntline.
large number of confident Democrats may with the
psrtisans Of the Lsntern if they permitted to
ignore the Of the heish advocated
by those conspirators OF the dark.
Now, isn't that strong writing Let it
g rain pitchforks "--let 'sharsh and grating
thunder below in the distance " - let the
g waters Of Heaven pour down by torrents .
you, fellow Democrats, must 60 to the polls and
put down the g heliish measures" advocated by
the Americans! We should suppose it would
be rather dangerous to go to the polls when it
was raining "pitchforks." They might de.
scend prong-end downwards and hit fellow on
the Uranium AT all events, ape wouldn't
travel long distance to the polls during such
q storm. Weshould positively object
But, if the foregoing is strong, the following
is stronger, although there may be some ques-
tion concerning the delicacy Of the arrangement.
Strongly remarks our Empire parish cotem-
porary
AposrEn oIrIzRNs An homcal appeal to daggers and
reviewers has already been made by certain aenated
enraged inurated speaker Fear not this pitifnl
scream of poecat Exercise the rights prerogatiyes
guaranteed to you by the laws of thecountry TO act
otherwise would be the height of cowsrdice.
Here the National becomes emphatic. This is
the way it talks to adopted citizens
REFusE 70 ExHrHIT NAruRAnIzArIos PArEas-l
They talk abou. forcing to produce your natuaiza
ton papers be entitled vote Submit not to an act
of such disgusting seryity enemies can require
Of you nothing more than oath. Be, then men and
behaYs like men.
We haven't another word to soy, further than
that the Plaauemines National advised its
friends to act contrary to the council given BY
the Democratic Central Committee in the parish
Of Orleans. Here they were told to produce
their naturalization papers. There they were
told that such production would be an act of
!" disgusting seryility." Casuists may attempt
to reconcile the two propositions if they choose.
For our part we shall not undertake the labor.
We learn, says the Medina Advertiser, that a
woman was killed at the passenger depot at
Dunkirk yesterday morning. She was standing
on the platform Of the cars as they were start
ing, and the sudden jerk Of getting into motion
threw her down between them and across the
rail on one side. SO that the wheels passed over
and literally crushed her body just below the
thighs and death ensued in about half an hour
She was the wife of a Chicago merchant, mar
ried in September last, and was on her way to
visit her friends in New York city, where she
originally belonged