New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-10-24
MADISON CORRESPONDENCE.
RICHMOND, La. Oct. Ia 1s6s

Eds. Crescent Having curiosity to see and hear tn
heavy artillery Of the Anti party visited an adacen
my arrival on the ground, Messrs Wickfe Noise anf
Sanddge, and three other Anti candidates appeared
Being in strong hold of Antics and knowing there wer,
no Americans to answer them they loudly called for dis
cussion Wickiffe led off ina strain OF shallow cant
rising, sometimes, into puerile defamation and CLOSING
with school-boy eulogy the Democratic party with
cut any desire to disparage Gen Wickfe candor com
pels me to say that think him the most incompetent
man that ever ran for SO responsible and dgnied an
once as Governor OF Louisiana. In the course of his
speech he would frequently indulge in such pot house
stuff as this: What do you think of that MIR Know
SotningsI and there will be such shaking of dry
6ones on the 9th OF November that you never saw the
iikeo This Is only meagre specimen of the disgusting
cant that candidate for Governor of one Of tie rst
States Of the Union resorcd to In Franklin parish said
to myself during his remarks is this Che man the nar
ocratic party have thrust upon the people and with
they are endeayorng to cheaper the honos of the
After the immortaiwi Col ssndge arose to ed.
ny the audience, do not think him By any means an
ton to deal fairly with the two parties Hs
20 establish some points, which, if he had succeeded in
doing there would be no more use for Legislatures
Next arose the Ajax of the party Noise whom the An
Ties keep IN reserve in Of reply their
Or any inew point be raised. Noise under nretence
Ihss hs haa ofs sandersd BY being called foreigner made
u 10 INFORM the people that he was horn in
South Carolina, and that there was more merit in far
egner emgrating to this country to enjoy liberty than
Inere was IN natives inherng it After this he made
the astounding disclosure that he vas in posspson ~
the Know Nothing Constitution and Ritual and can}d
svs gps and even initiate He entered into
an to the American party not
party, but government. Mr. Noise olosed tbis Uar
eaean task with less Of language aud loath
some Hcnrrity than expected to fnd rim using Th;s
canvass has doubtless been of some beneat 10 hin. T.;
making more decent man As Noise wna clnsinm NJ.
ana collecting his documents to leave he wss nm
eApecteuy asked The Democratic party Of Louisiann
Was In favor Of changing the laws He
deavored to svsde the question by making short speech
anu reaong an extract from Of Henry Claws address
sss But aontinued his nterrogator i hsYa bssrd
some OF the Democracy in Madison maintaining that
yonr party was IN favor Of changing the naturalization
laws ana some contradicting 1t. TO be correotly I'M
FORMED have come to you and Gen. Wckfis the heads
q tne democratic party in this State and who certanIy
Rn0w Wnat your party iavos and ask you what
lieniy Guy said out simple queson--sIs the Demo-
eratc party OF Louisiana Ia favor Of changing the natu
rsnsstion isws2,o Noise eoud no longer ersde and
however glad he would have been to avoid an
answer There was no alternative but categorical re-
ply that mis- party opposed to any change in thosa
avs y TINS manner have they been lodging the main
party. Wv N4t'''sAtie
The next day Sandidga and Wickae smoke sans;aa. |
vas replied to by young American the ony sneaker n
ais party on the ground WckGe In his reioipder Ia
AIM displayed in his discoureous remarks ali me ~
ness ssk'iess and pocst bresdng which characerizs
ast such person Old Citizeno in one Of Ills commn
70 the Crescent graphically describes They
ia neither themselves their party ay good ID Franz
here cannot bring myself to believe that public dis
ernment OF ability and respect for the dignity n nmr
nave sunk so low that the people of Louisiana will
laes succ humbng as Robert @ WckFe at the head
snei government He has not even the merit Of being
syoid Of 1t. III AZ % sosaAy
II aser It behooved great party to use vigilance and
ssduous exertion, it nownot only to crSsh forsi
anuenee which l. 50 aarmingy threatening us mt "a
esp such unworthy, unqualified and Incompetent men
W Of positions which have been honorable occnniaa
the most distinguished talent of the COUNTRY
The american is doing as well in Madison as va
an expect considering the violent opposition We have Ia
ncounter and the sly low tricks have to ferret mt
nu expose Messrs Wiekiii1e. Heron and Parham fof
cue vote notorietyO busiy sterming old Madison
~ "sek but she will prove to them more than sebas
po ~ no parish in the State, perhaps has thu Amer
an party mel with more hostility, and in no parish
sney STOOD out more boldly and more determnedy
roop with bitter disappointment M.n,san
FOR VIoKsBURG, The swift and elsganb mac.