New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-23

A QUESTION OF ACCURACY
In reference to the leading article in the orea-
cent of Saturday morning, the Courier Of the
followinp day remarks:

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the principles Of the Know Nothing party were
sived In alsahood and nourhed In
.eges. He said Ths party was conceived ~ Ia.ssaeoo
md pourisned deceiti slluding of course 10 us
nd to the well known custom its members OF denying
their connection with IT. With this correction we eaye
ensmants beresitar on some of the assertions
threats contained In Ito leading aSaice OK saturday morn
ng.
We do mot conceive the Courier's explanation l
helps Mr.. Noise out of his difficulties at all. We
rather think ii sinks him still more deeply in the
nire ofhis own passionate imprudence and injus- |
dee Admit, for the sake Of argument, that he I
vas s.slightly misrepresented,' what them Why,
he publication Of the entire paragraph, in the l
Courier Of Friday, upon o quotation from which /
be Crescent's article was founded, would make 1
aim liable, we respectfully submit, to still Sc
serer animadversions than we INDUCED in. In I
the hurry Of the moment We omitted to copy that |
We now proceed to supply the omis-
sion, and are perfectly willing to leave the mat
ter at issue between the Courier and ourselves
to the Judgment Of the public. Hereit 10, taken
from the Couriers report Of Mr.. Noises speech.
The ITALICS are our own:
The party opposed to has put forth ohat thay coli
platform Of their principles But this party eonceed
Jaehcod and notsfsaea u deceit How then DO we know
s,SSonsa How do va Know that what they call their
ritual not authorize them to act in direct opposition 10
their published declarations I" s.lss
It strikes us--and 50 we think it will strike
every intelligent and candid reader--that the
distinction the Courier would fain draw in favor
of Mr. Noise is without any substantial differ
ence, so far as cur structures upon that honor
able gentleman's speech are concerned. The
whole paragraph is full Of, the bitterest denun-
citation, and the most unfounded and unjust in
situation. Gall, NORWOOD and prejudice, and
regardlessness Of consequences, seemed to ami
mate the speaker. Admit that he did not say
directly, that the principles and platform Of the
American party were "conceiyed in falsehocd
aud nourished in deceit, - what did he sayi "THE
PARTY opposed to US has put forth what they
call platform Of their principles. But THIS
PARTY was conceiped in FALsEHooD and nour-
ishsd in DECEIT" What sort Of o platform
would naturally come from such party If there
was the smallest scintila Of truth in his deline-
atiopi Why, just such one as he illustrates !
So much for the point Immediately involved
| ii the discussion II we have not oonclusively
demonstrated the substantial ACCURACY" Of our
original position, we are very much mistaken.
AT all events we are willing to leave the matter
| to jury of our own countrymen.
Not content with the sulphuric aoid of denun-
citation, Mr.. Noise proceeded:to pour upon the
devoted heads Of at least two thirds Of his ma
tive.born brethren of the United States, resid-
ing within the limits Of Louisiana, the still
crueller and more dangerous vitriol of his insin
nations He asks, how Sc do we know" that
athis very platform is not made with certain
| mental reseYpations?r Mr. Noise must enter.
tain very poor opinion Of his own born coun-
Itrymen, If the Courier reported him correctly.
Not satisfied with saying that they belong to o
party conceived" and "nourished " in all
| manner Of wiekedness, he proceeds to insinuate
that their platform was ssmade with certain
mental reserpatioas." This sentence embodies
two-fold implication, Not only was the party
conceived in falsehood and nourished in de-
ceit," but the very platform they have published
to the world as an exponent Of their principles,
| may have been "mada with certain mental re-
seryations "--that is, the American party OF
Louisiana are 50 debased in feeling, SO lost to
| every honorable emotion, that they have put
forth, deliberately and cooily, q platform where-
| with to deceive and betray the people, mentally
| reserving to themselves the privilege Of casting
it aside whenever it suits their purposes If the
interrogatory quoted means anything, it can
hardly bear q different Interpretation If we
are mistaken in its spirit or tenor. we shall be
\ happy to be corrected. The speaker then pro-
| ceeded to ssk's how do we know that what they
call their ritual does not authorize them to act
in direct opposition to their published declara-
tions' %
We can explain the s'hotc" to Mr.. Noise in
short order. Because such authorization and
| such action would be in the highest degree dis
honorable and disgraceful; because any man or
association, guilty of such atrocious conduct,
would be unworthy the association Of gentlemen
and because Americans are not yet so debased
and contemplate as to publish one thing as the
exposition Of the principles they are determined
to support, while they have, at the same time, a
secret understanding to act in " direct oppo-
siton" thereto.
These may be hard words, but they are
true" to use again the reported language of the
speaker. And we might go on, to almost any
length, and quote and comment upon similar
examples Of gross injustice both in fact and
illustration. That we may do so hereafter is
quite probable. Both of the leading speeches
Of the evening are susceptible of dissection,
which could be rendered as complete as it would
be Notifying to our opponents
The Courier winds up its article by forewarn-
| ing us that on some future convenient occasion
1T will comment " on some Of the assertions and
threats made by us on Saturday morning.
We shall always be happy to meet our neighbor
on the arena Of fair and courteous debate. We
are not conscious of having made any threats.
It IL not our habit to indulge in language bear
ing such purport And we are particularly
guarded when we make assertions. We opine
our neighbor will find it difficult job to upset
our statements without repudiating his own
report. NV. z=s..5. o.
A PETRIFIED INDIAN. - While engaged in ex-
cavating recently upon the Milwaukee and La
Crosse railroad, near Schlesengeryille, Iowa,
the workmen came upon the petrifed remains of
an Indian, and with the remains some singular
relics of olien times The hodv uas na,soot