New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-10-17
a sourHERN PARTY.


Of interest.
a SOUTHERN PARTY.
This is a fayorite phrase with certain politi-
clans, when they are aspiring TO public office, or
when, if in public office, they desire to kick
aside the ladder BY the aid Of which they
climbed to distinction. The phrase has two
fold operation: It answers the purposes Of an
&spirantin the enc case; and, 10 the other, it is
used to justify the faithlessness Of any leader
who seeks cover for his desertion to the camp
Of the enemy. Ali he had to do, heretofore, was
to shont Justify Southern party Southern
rightsl' But, the saying has been used 50 often,
that II has lost its charm, and office seeking
demagoguss will have to invent some other
rallying cry, or else their vocation gone. The
shareholders of the South Rotc understand them
thorsughly. Hence their professions are laughed
at, snd their devotion spurned.
There is but one Southern party, and that is
ths present american party which is, also, the
only national party now in existence The
question of Slavery is the only enc which has
ever divided, seriously, the North and the South,
and should crisis ever arise, there will be no
differences in opinion among those having any
interest in its determination. There is no rea-
sonable doubt but. that the members Of the
] American party in the South own aeyen-eighths
OF the slaves Of the South. 1t strikes us they
should be consulted by these politicians who
become SO abaorbingly patriotic Just prior to an
election, before measures are entered upon
which involve the safety of all they possess, as
well as the salvation of the South
But,al is delusion and o snare, got up for
the express purpose of deeeiving shareholders.
.dffe,. the election, we will hear no more about
the great Southern party ut least, not until
the approach Of another election may induce a
repetition Of the old ssdodges y
On this point the Nashville Gazette has some
very sensible observations. There is, remarks
our Tennessee contemporary, certain class of
Southern demagogues, Of the present day, who
talk about the formation Of an exclusive South
ern Party. What will be the formation of a
Southern Party, but the immediate creation Of
o Northern Party We want no Southern, nor
any sectional party. We want q national
party, and that we have in the american Party
Let us, like true men, stand to this national
party. stay in, and fight for our rights inside the
unioh, not outside. Those who contend for a
Southern Party look more to their own aggran-
dizement than the interests Of the South, they
love themselves more than their country.
In Louisiana. Mr. J 2. Benjamin goes in
strong for . Southern Party, and seems willing
to aid any organization that will crush the
American Parry, having entirely forgotten, it
would seem, that he brought forward PROPOSE
tion in the Convention Of 1916, that none but
natives should be eligible TO the office of Cover
nor! Pretty good Americanism, that, anyhow.
But the Senator has changed. He don't talk
nov as he usedto talk land. for aught we know,
his dreams are of different character On the
10th Of August he wrote letter to the .araat
Courier, Published in ST. John Baptist parish,
which We find reproduced in Yicksburg paper
& We append the conclusion
Soon sir the day will come the light will strike all
eyes. Tn the meantime permit me to congratulate YOU
on the position taken by your paper In continuing to
employ Languages so firm and energetic, you fulfil the
true mission Of iournalistyou discharge your duty a.
patriot For Time yen viii md yo,,rseif Ia the minor
Ivy put soon you viii zee all the enlightened spirits Of the
State enter the ranks Of the Southern party and The
sae qean Of Rotp Noisiugism eiH be eBaced foreaer
loMpiesy forgotten, as one Jerg DIS eril dream
Several points are deducible from the forego-
Ing, !. The Senator evidently thinks Louis
lana covered with q Know Nothing night, but
hopes that g the day will come" q That the
editor is o good fellow. g. That he will find
himself " in the minority . for time. 4 That
he will soon witness q change, chow long after
November, Mr. B. , and that all g enlightened
spirits domestic or imported , will rush into
the rankB " Of the Southern party s. That
Know Nothingism is miserable thing, at best.
y And that it will DO !" completely forgotten
etc.
As we perfectly agree vith Mr. B. that this,
and oil other anti-Ameriean editors of the
ssate, will find themselves 6 in the minority .
aot only IN November next, but for a long time
@ come, We will dismiss the suhiact, with merely
ashing Z question or SO: Should tbs miserable
question q kpow- Nothingism' ? carry tho State
should 9 miserable Know Nothing legislature
% chosen by the sovereign people; and should
those miserable opponents of the ponnlor
viii tell the Senator that he is nisrepresent;ne
his constituents, and request him to resign mil
he resign Or will he continue to hola office
In defancesof the plain wishes of the people
ereally trust these suggestions may super.
induce no evil dreams y
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a. O'Clock this afternoon She connects with Yazoo
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GuRoPgAa lsTELIGEScE.- THE Collins steam
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