New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-20
GREAT DEMOCRATIC DEMONSTRATION,

The Democracy Of the city and parish of Orleans held
meeting last evening" at the corner Of Canal and Camp
streets The day having been commenced with eools
grafton and continued with display Of tho great steam
eugne was appropriately concluded by brilliant dis
pay Of rockets ncessant discharge Of cannon and
considerable amount Of popular political rhetoric
Early in the day huge platform was erected In the
middle of Canal street. and surrounded with pots of burn
ing fluid the rear of the platform the American ar
was displayed and under IL band Of music stationed
The commenced with discharge Of rockets
and national salute of thirteen gunsthe hand n,avinp
Garry me back TO oid virginia." At this juncture one
Of the pots burning fluid on the stage was upse and
its contents poured In fiery stream over the platform
The stampede wss genera-men going down the steps
headornast and In all other fancy ways dronnno ovar
the side and generally leaving in quick order One or
two Illuminating machines In front were overturned at
the same time and grand resemblance of nra;r,o IN
FIRE was given to those present The FIRE was oonousted
however, and the meeting called to order by Thomas ]
semmes ESD, VINO announced Gen j. b. Planche as
President togsner w'th noetysix presidents and
five Secretaries.
The Presidentthen introduced R. O. W,ct,ies Eso tho
Democratic candidate for Governor to the Meeting and
he was receiyedw with cheers by the audience
Mr.. Wckfe said that the Democratic party was horn
with the resolution that it ia devoted to the
Of civil and religious liberty The American party had
given their Platforms to the public and by them thav
must stand oriah' Mr. Derbigny was gentleman for
whom he entertained the highest personal respeet
The KnowNothing party was then generally asssailed
AZ having come into the State liza a ts,f a., ~, -.
as being Anti American Anti.Catbo, ond nro.,nt;
(At this unssure tne platform partially gave way and
the people ONE stampsded generally As soon as quiet
partially restored Of the pitch pots In front of
the stage over and two or three roen ara
| burned)
Mr. WicklR proceeded to accuse the Know Nothing
L kat, to-,
the Louisians delegations were turned ont from tbe
Councils at Cincinnati and pb;Isde,nbia Tbe ntsor
of the Know Nothings was then reviewed in daa;,tba
religious points being specially dwelt upon The fth ar
ticle Of the American platform WIS read and was warmly
cheered by the audience.
The omission of notice concerning slavery bv the Amer
lean party strongly censured and tina snesksr,s de-
termination to carry the contest vigorously In the
country announced and received with ohaers The
were further eensured and the intimate
fraerna relationship and ever existing between for
eigners and Democrats appropriately alude6 To The
Know-N othiDgs were then further assailed and with
brilliant peroation and many cheers the speaker ended
Mr. Warren Noise candidate for Attorney General was
called upon and received with loud cheers He
after some preliminary remarks, to review the Know
Nothing party and found fault with it for Its conceal
msnt He said 1t professed to be great national party
but has been sectional and antagonistoa to itself IL
plpr
and continued BY warning against religious freedom Mr.
Albert Pike was reviewed and his shameful statement
that the Southern delegates unwingy compelled
to nsert clause into the national platform concerning
slavery suchas was not agreeable to them read from the
American organ ~ washington. The declarations and
confessions mr. Plke, concerning the probability of
Northern supremacy were criticised very severely and
| many iauts puha WIN SAM
The allegations Of the Know-Nothings that the old
parties Ire disbanded Is untrue Both the patforms
the wing ana parties In 1862 superior
that Of the American party.
The position of the Americans the Catholic question
utterly bad So help God that party has no prnci
pies but only passionshatred TO Catholics and h.
trad n fo.s;vnsra. tbesa t,vo tf, 10
'ieo y Aos'bA oo WV iuieInaA passons only, ana
nothing of Inc speeches. OF Broome Raynor and Pike,
ct Philadelphia were in proof of this FAINT and
f-,n tbooa an ee1,au yvara ra,5 i, sto u rr, IT. ~.
nn,, ~, ~ 80, .,o - -, ~ w., s N4' W.
fihe, " snlo tney speaker SAID ~ SUITS well LOT
towards, foos knsVes and backguards to interrupt
meeting and it Ia time for the noliea to
ant and mt them in tba calaboosa - Raraw.a rios f
ts. nj. nov thine r. tba rora so- Ia,,, -
fiAe itiS new shing IN tne Woro iof Anew 10 stand
up In defen Of Catholics but he willing to defend
their religions liberty to the extent of his power fheers
pike and ths American nlatsor were then f,rther r
VieWeu anu ne assaehusetts Legislature bitterly con-
demnedths case Of Judge Loring and that Of MI Hiss
being adyened TO- cloud calls for Piks") The state
mens o. tne American party that they are opposed
WIN huhs diler oAacs anu sae apuSe va sne oalot
box is ottrue, and Sam is but humbug If not q
devil (ohssrs for Sam, y
He then announced that next week Mr. Wiekliffe ane
himself would start out on missionary work. to go into
every parish in the State preaching civil and religious
liberty and the speaker confident Of bringing bach
glad tdiugs and great joy to all men, If every
will 80 to The polls and vote we shall come back in No
vember,
. With freedom's foe beneath our feet
/, And freedoms banner streaming DER u.s."
(Cheersl
The following resolutions were read by MT Lee, AM
adopted:
Resolved That the Democrats Of the parish OF Orleans
State Offices made by the Democratic Convention, held
Baton Rouge on the 18th Of june 1850 and pledge them
support and to use the most strenuous efforts to
Psn ns @ nu o ss1a r VINO o
country and therefore the foes Of
has we mp % tho
Baton Rouge and consider the establishment of thos
70 and to Ms
our precautionary forsfathers and the only reliabl
o me assaults Of Soptbsr
i fanatioisn.