New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-10-11
SHORT OF MEMORY.

Seward, lets off the following hit:
notorious Hindoo orator addressing Council not far
from Medina N Y not long since, as usual lashed him
sewsrd said he is scoundrel-a viliains traitor
he's in league with the Pcpe-hes Anercan-he is as
speaker scratched his head)-ss
treaeherous Gentaen ahct hi oas that feisr's
sranle that betrayed Ch'rst!h
Barring the profanity. the joke is not a bad
one; and it very strongly exemplifes, also, the
bitterness Of the hatred which, like a wall of
consuming FIRE, divides the Americans and
Sewardites of New York. If ever two political
parties did hate each other with a Carthagenian
hatred, the Americans and the followers of the
arch -Abolitionist Seward, constitute those par
ties And that feeling is stimulated by the fact
that the contest involves the eristeace of one or
the other parties--that it is a struggle for life
and death Senator Seward knows, and the
Abolitionists know, that there will be no chance
of ever electing him to the Presidency-which
is the darling object Of their schemes, and the
strongest ligament that binds their pestiferous
organization together-if they cannot succeed
in crushing the American Party in 1856, and as
soon before as practicable.
To accomplish his election they have fused
and coalesced with every ism in the North
have fostered dissensions, and taken advantage
Of factions; have been Maine law men in one
section, and anti-Maine law men in another
section, just as the popular feeling ran; no,c,
they would be friends Of foreigners. to degree
when foreign influence was deemed important;
then, they would be violently native American
where that feeling MISUNDERSTANDING out
strip the natives themselves; they have pam
dered like liekspittles, to ssctarian strength in
large cities, and then wormed themselves into
the American Order for the purpose of violating
their obligations and betraying its secrets
Nothing was too infamous, hypoeritical or vii
famous, they would not chesrfully undertake,
if Setcara advantage could be obtained
thereby. To only two things we're the Adolf
tionists ever true-friendship to Seward, and
hatred to the South Their animosity towards
the American party is founded solely upon the
openly expressed determination of that party to
put down Seward and Abolitionism, if they ever
| obtained the power! However, this feeling does
not come within the scope embraced by the two
primary feelings, for, if the Americans of the
| North had gone over to Seward, as they were
first pressed to do, the AboGtionists would have
Rugged them to their bosoms with joyful de-
| light, and pronounced them the best and most
patriotic fellows that ever lived. They would
| do SO nov if the Americans would only meet
| them halfway. ."-
| The Abolition leaders are as shrewd as they
are unscrupulous-as sharp tacticians as they
are dishonest politicians When they cannot
succeed directly, they at once resort to indirec-
| ton. Unable to seduce the Americans from
| their allegiance to their country by straight
forward appeals, and fearing to cope with them
| on the plain, simple issue presented by their
principles, they have praoticed on the doc
trine Of "divide and conquer In consequence
Of their Vaccinations, three or four tickets have
been nominated by as many conventions, in the
States Of New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio !
| Thus, every popular chord, ism or prejudice has
\ been touched, aud Rabel-like confusion made
to ensue' This will, we have not doubted for
weeks, prevent fair expression of the voice of
the people upon the main issue, the cardinal
point, advocated by the American party Be-
sides which, local, State elections, involve so
many conflicting interests, that their determi-
nation constitutes no criterion whereby to judge
be decided by the same people, when brought
Il forward on its own merits.
Il But there will be no chance of doJging the
question next year. There may be three par
ties during the Presidential oanyass-the anti
American, Abolition and American Only one
| Of the three can succeed, and that one mast be
either the American or Abolition! William Ell.
|, Seward, the alpha and omega Of Abolitionism,
or some true, national, American patriot, in
whom the whole country can repose unbounded
confidence, will be the next President!
This is the real issue involved, although we
! have no more doubt that the anti -Amerieans Of
Louisiana will go into spasms of delight over
results in the States named, than we have that
every American defeat is, literally and substan.
TALLY, and to all intents and purposes, Sea-
ard abolition triumph a4.-s
For our part, we are willing to wait unit
the great battle approaching can be fought OF
the issues directly involved. We have an I'm
faltering confdence-now clearer and stronger
than ever-that the cause of Americanism, tn,
cause of Patriotism, the cause of the Constitu
ton, and the cause of Nationality, which is tn
. cause of the South, will triumph in November
I l856-the combinations, affiliations and corrup
} tions of the Abolitionists in 1856, to the con
. trary. Notwithstanding.
There is a spirit abroad in the land which
will defeat both them and their Southern allies
AMUSING DuEL.--Baden Baden, which ha
been so long one of the temples Of folly, woul'
seem--if the chronicles of the place which tn
newspapers supply may be trusted-to har'
t taken tone and temper at once moral ant
5 practical The code Of the gaming table is ap
, parently falling from its authority, with TIL
threatened deposition of the gaming table itself
Two strangers, an Englishman and a Prussian
quarrelled, according to Q very common Incl
!, dent, over their play, and agreed in the usna
!, course to FIRE at one another, as the recognise
means of settling dispute. The Englishmal
!, was 60 lucky as to win the first shot, and SO IN
! lucky as to mics his adversary; the latter hal
only now to shoot his man at his ease, and pre-
!, pared to take his aim accordingly, when tn
Englishman cried out, "stop, stop, FL ba.
your shot" The first impression made wa
that of the novelty of the proposal-the second