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

Inc Eustaee Benton, spoken Of above as r.or
tally wounded, was a son Of Capt Nat Rau4on
nephew Of the Hon. T. IT, Benton.
tfrem the Baton Rodgs Gazette, 12sh inst.
Where are the Affidavits %
"aat right have you to make this inquiry
; Fhr: true Deitas What relation do you sustain
to Mr.. Miles Taylor that you can tbrnst hir,
3 aside from his own defence and with a uagiste-
rial air demand the affidaYfts? Ia he q ssetb
cred BY party lines, as to be guided entirely hy
the leading strings Of the True Delta whsnever
/! IS necessary 10 defend his political reputa-
tion = is t9e SPIRIT OF :. Cbapman" 80 degene-
rate these days, as to find no nobier aIIv ma,
the political Bdftum on Church street Whv-
before Miles Taylor himself has the hsrd1bood
TO deny or question the impressions which his
ant-fpreIgn- corruption notions made on the I'm
derstandings Of Mr.. Elan and others, before
the lrue peiEa would allow aim to deny or corr
rect them, that embodiment Of Truth takes mn
| the quarrel and demands the affidayits! WIN
! not let Niles Taylor, t0s whom the letter Was
| addressed, sefute or dispute or even DEM the
charge IN it An you fear that he may prob
| ably have much higher regard for thai
natchlesa virtue, TRUTH that you counterfeit,
than VII exactly conduce to the interest of the
| Democratic party
Mr.. Elan understood Mr. Taylor ato saw
| actthout any qualification that II something
was not done and done speedily to purify the
osllot oox from the corrupting influence Of
ieignGfss american liberty would be LOST
MIR. Taylor does not deny this charge and
trom the little values which the True Delta
places upon personal repu tation on the partof
that gentleman, it would seem that he Will NOT
be permitted to do so.
Inc True Delta. however, with an extraordi-
nary zeal, excessively admirable eonfronta ti,e
charges 6efore they are denied4 Inrfaeds be
seems 70 consider this raatteF Of 5Yo sfsspe md
dtfect denial of secondary Importance if he can
successfully avoid the affirmative assault of Mr..
hlam 9y Trying e prove negative. Though
armor bearer TO Miles Tayler, this redeubkable
eaieor, becomes SO enlisted IN this political dis
pute, that he leaves his chass=isn. leadefsuncoy-
cred and unarmed toSt9ie SaMa&Ess of .hiA foe.
wiiiie ne Tor moSe cest&M victory -attaeks.A{r.4
Alah from sanotaen quarter. It really appears
100 that, willie little solieitude is felt as to the
thFuses MR. layler may receive in his political
eorporcsity the True Delta with the assistanoeof
it's VassstS on church street. is determined n,
MAKE away With Mir. Elan. It seems to them,
the only mode Of saving their leader. But how
syer much they may desire to take this fight off
slfs lor's Hands, they cannot do it, He is
|Snottfg hting against t1F EEara the Solitary
%nourner' nor any one else: but against his
own expressed opinions, presented in a tangible
ana unquestonable shape, He may dread to
meet so iaonstrous foe but should be eneouraped
with consolation offered by old Hadibras
ne, that ls valiant and dsres fisbt.
Though drueb'a can lose no honour by IT,,
Mr. True Delta. there is no question of the
outrage you and the Advocate have committed
against Me. Taylor and the Democratic cause il,
the himsey defence you have made for that per-
secuted individual
Neither OF you deny that conversation did
take place under the circumstances stated in Mr.
1laEn's letter and you both try to explain away
1he opinions expressed by Mr.. Taylor on that
ha 4 MI
tends and his friends insist thne in the conyer-
saFlon mentioned, he did not speak OF the foreign
vote IN the terms or in the sense imputed to him
ny the strong letter writing weakness, 9ut lid
G0Hatmn me e0fTuptioaS pTactired at the bal
lot bra by both parties" The Trna DELTA gang
NIT. taylor has always been endeavoring to
correct the corrupt and unfair practices, which
nave neen notorious at preliminary elections
lor delegates, and which he and the adopt-
cd citizens denounced at all times and upon all
occasions
Now if Miles Taylor did as the POLITICAL
" 1hersites3 on Church street declares s con-
GeiaH the corruption practfced at tie 6aikot-b0r
bg 6oh parties Mr., Elan was at least correct
in stating that 50 the subject OF the conversation
was the corrupting influence of the foreign vote
or the efforts resorted to for obtaining the vote
OF foreigners in the city of New Orleans" How
Mr. Taylor expressed himself on this subject is
the matter in dispute
Mr. Elan asserts that he fTaylor) directed
his eopdemnatory remarks against the forffen-
ers aotthoM angi qualifications. The True
Delta, oy display of logical tactics inimitabls
to the Advocate, undertakes to establish a sort
Of political ali5i In the case Itinsists that Mr..
Taylor was warning against the private cor
Yuptions Of the Democratic party in its prelimi-
nary eleeti0ns--ineteado Of the foreign vote in
final elections He would have Mr. Taylor's
conversation interpreted thus: 's If something
is not done and doHe 6pesdilg TO correct the cor
lpAn uhi kov hna
torlous ut preliminary elections Of the Demo-
cratic party, (for be is supposed, in honor, to
be unacquainted with the domestic affairs ofthe
other party9 for the selection OF delegates, Amer
lean liberty would be lost.'' Really, if any
body Is acquainted with the aaoalts operaadi Of
Democratic preliminary elections, Mites 1ag-
tors recent experience enables him to be; and
perhaps he feels the full force Of the above.pre-
diction.
This posture Of defence assumed BY the True
Delta reminds one very much OF a scene which
has doubtlessly been published in that paper
itself
swell, Thomae3 said the Justice, ssWbat do
yoa know about this fFaeas y '' know Bob
never struck Billy Patterson We're you
present, sir, at the timeitis alleged the striking
took place."
why7ao sir Then Why ars,@yop so
positive 70 yonr assertions Did Bob ever deny
striking Btllys-Patterson in your presence p"
+" No sir" s'Well chen, sir, how do Won know
that Bob never struck Billy Pattersuais why,
you sse, Bob and l are ali one Iueser struck
Bully and, therefore, am sure Bob never did
either. Please your honor, Bob has been strt-
king somebody else all TIE time"
The True Delta holds Che ourb-strngs Of Mr.
Miles Faylor's political faisb, and as he of the
True Delta never condemned the GoFrupting
influence of the foreign vote, nor wished to see
il purified, therefore never did yEfiles I'agIor
| And such is .the get-Gb0at way in which the
True Delta thinks best to answer the direct
charges of Mr, ELAN; the probable result of
which viii not be natter Of self-gratulation
to Mr. Taylor.
The True Delta and the Advocate make out a
much stronger case against Miles TayI Ior than
Nlr. Elam does. He is represented by them Is
n2t only condemulng the domestic transactions
Of the Democratic party; but Of charging upon
them instead Of Foreigners a share Of taa aog-