Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-04-19
The Late Election in New Orleans

The Late Election in New Orleans.
A correspondent of the New York Herald,
writing from New Orleans on the 18th ult-,
says:
1.-The city election for Recorder of the first
District, and for Aldermen and assistant AL
dermen of the city Of New Orleans, took
place on Monday last, and resulted in the
triumph of the Know Nothings really, but
Reformers ostensibly. The election was re-
markably quiet, peaceable and orderly--no
rows. NJ fights, no killing. The inspectors
were all Reformers, and conducted the cleo
ton to suit themselves. Fully 1900 Demo-
Gratis declined voting and ], 600 were rejected,
having been, in contravention of law, required
to produce their naturalization papers which,
for the principle involved, and that only, they
refuse ! to do. The vote stood for Reformcrs,
5. 7O5: for the Democratic candidates, 1859.
The usual Wing vote is 500, and the usual
Democratic over 1000. The victory, and
Sans departure for Virginia, were to have
been announced by salute Of loo guns yes
teriay at noon, but Capt. Soria of the artillery,
was unfortunately horribly mutilated by a
premature explosion ere the twelfth gun had
added IFS voice to the clamor. Bereft of an
arm, an eye, and portion of his face, he is
now lingering between life and death.
"The Refomers say the election was all
right, an honor to the country. The Demo
Gratis pronounced it the highly concentrated es-
sence Of compound villany."
"The inspectors were all Refomers, AID
conducted the election to suit themselves" This
is most candid admission on the part of the
HeralFs correspondent and as "fully 1900
Democrats declined voting, and 1000 were
rejected, having been in conformation Of lo'o,
required to produce their naturalization pa
pers, which, for the principle, and that only,
they refused to do,' the Know Nothings
gained great victory. But as with all Their
other victories, the footprints Of Sam "
are stamped in infamy and outrage in
fanny, in taking possession Of the ballot
boxes in the persons of their inspectors-out-
rage, in the demands made upon adopted
citizens for their naturalization papers, when
the laws of Louisiana require nothing of the
kind. "a great victory"
A similar course to this has been adopted
by the Hindoos in our own State. AT Logans-
port and other places, hired DULLES have been
placed as the special guardians of the ballot
box, and foreign born citizens have beer
menacingly told that if they would vote
they "mast sli0t0 their papers" There is nc
law in our State authorizing or legalizine
such demand. 1t is not required of adopted
citizens that they should SHOW their papers,
and it is to be hoped that the injustice and
illegality of such demand upon them will
deter those to whose peculiar guardianship
American liberty has of late been committed
from so gross an outrage upon men having all
the rights TO the elective franchise with ma
tive born Americans. But if every sense Of
justice has deserted the conclave who would
rule America" and they are still intent upon
pursuing that policy which has heretofore
marked their course with outrage and high.
handed assumption Of privileges not guaran.
teed to them by the Constitution and laws
we know of no resource left to Democrats
but to maintain their rights in another way
We are not the friend Of mobs or violence
nor would we counsel aught that may not be
right and proper, but ''there is point beyond
which forbearance ceases to be . yirtue.~ II
that period has not already arrived, the infs-
nous policy of Know Nothingism, as demon.
strated at Cincinnati, Louisville, New Orleans
and other places, win hasten il upon u.s. Let
every man, therefore, who has the good Of
his country at heart, who would preserve the
purity Of the ballot box, and would not see
the glorious fabric of Republicanism tottel
to decay, be prepared to "choose whom he
will serye"-that party which has steadily
led on our government in her career of great
ness and of glory, or that one which, will
ruthless hand, and fanatieal phrenzy, would
plunge the country into anarchy and civil
war.