New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-09-10
THE GAME or OUR OPPONENTS

The nominal secrecy Of the American order
! which applies solely toits working and inter-
nal discipline, for every leading principle is
spread broadly before the public-has been the
main point of assault on the part of our enc
mics. notwithstanding they have keen told,
time and again, that all the cardinal doctrines
of the American party were published in the
various newspapers of the Commonwealth sus-
tanning the Order. still they persist in intima-
ting that something terrible, atrocious and
vile, is hid behind the curtain, and are willing
aye, anxious, to take the words of few traitor
Gus renegades to voluntarily assumed obliga-
tions, in preference to the unqualified state
| ments Of gentlemen whose characters are be-
yond and above reproach!
This sort of a game will not win. It is too
transparent. The commonest mind sees through
| such demagoguical gabterfugues and wretohed
attempts to delude the unsuspecting and unre-
feeting a
Not long since the Courier had short para
graph in regard to speech delivered by Mr..
Louis Bush, of Lafourche, in which that gen
tleman was made to s. defy" the Americans to
release him from his obligations and allow him
to speak out! And the Antics throughout the
State made great deal Of fuss about the mat
ter. If they had found a mares nest /" they
could not have become more jubilant." At the
time, we referred to, refuted and exposed the in
tent of the paragraph, in proper terms, but it
elioited no response The battery of the enemy
went down before the. bombardment of truth,
as it always will.
Our able contemporary of the Thibodaux
Minerva, in his issue of Saturday last, has a
crushing article upon this subject, portion Of
which we subjon We commend it to the care
full consideration Of our readers. We commend
it to our opponents. Let them ponder over the
questions asked Mr.. Bush, and the preliminary
and concluding remarks We commend it to
the Courier, aud to all other partisans disposed
to practice wrong upon us:
Mr.. Bushs publisher tells that soon as he (Mr
(" found he had been dettdeds-hgh compliment indeed
to Mr. good senss-by whom he deluded 7ss be
had the inaoiines and self respect to get out nsda
ceivers? hat the facts Mr. Bush Joined the Order
the s Of June 1854, and Withdrew ON the 29h of IT,
month in 1856 For more than year Mr. Bush was
member Of the so-calied Order of Know Nothippaj
jealous and consistent member Now here propose to
put few plain, honest questions Mr. Rush Truth
and candor demand of him explicit answer
Did you not Mr.. Bush while you were member of
the induceany one by word or influence to join
the Order?
Did the oath or obligation administered to YOU when
you became member of the Order obgs YOU not 10 tote
tor Cahoe prescribe o had Cathode tyfts or
on account VI any religious faith o. belief?
Was not the principles purposes of the Order In
which you belonged the Same the day you left they were
the day you Joined
Does not the published platform of principles of the
Amercanpary OF Louisiana contain all OF tie prncipes
md purposes of the party and are they not the
hat party |
Answer these question:, Mr. Bush, and you will satisfy
me courier better than ii they answered by any
In good standing Of the Order It due to your
elf-your manliness and high bearing among us-to
'ome out and place this matter right The nuendes
contained In the Courier Of the 18th of month are
nnwarranted by the facts knows them to be
better than Mr. Bush For the they NAV serve
manufacture little political oapitsl but the course
u time truth will overtake The day is close at
laud when every ot and title pertaining to the present
American movement will be made pubic; when these
eepy hidden eoaaties Of which Mr. Bush and his editor
re now making capital, will be published and our friend
Mould reflect what will then BIZ his chagrin II