New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-09-07
A nETRospEcr-MR. MILES TAYLOR.

The anti American Convention recently held at Thibo.
aaux nominated Miles Taylor Esq, for Congress in the
Second Congressional District Mr. Taylor has been for
several years citizen Of New Orleans and resided and
(urisss he has lately moyed) s resides in the Third
Municpayout Of the district which he seeks to rep
resent. ~ 49, ss
Is doult TO imagine Why party which Is apt in its
nominations to consult the availability Of candidates for
Offices at the expense Of every other Recommendation
should have committed serious blunder in the
lection Of Mr. Taylor The district has generally been
conceded to be American 1t must DO rather from the
consideration of his being used to defeat than with any
expectation of suecess that Mr. Taylor has bean drawn
from bis residence in the sold Third" into the Second
Congressional District to become the leader of this for
lorn hope - H
Mr. Taylor has been since his removable New Orleans,
constant candidate for public oacc. Without going
further back we remember that he was candidate for
the Legislature from the Second Representative District
in 1851 and was beaten In 1858 he for Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court iii the District above Julia
street. and beaten again. In 1854 moved ntothe
Third Municipality, became candidate for Assistant
Alderman of the Ninth Ward and was worse beaten than
ever before. Nothing dsunted by bis bad SUCCESS, in
1856 We find him at it sgaip."
Not to have been elected in 90 many trials argues
the most splendid talents for defeat proper appreca
tion Of such talents the part of antAmsrican
friends has doubtless induced them to call forth Mr..
Taylor from that retirement which citizens have
often and sometimes alphabetically voted him smnenty
fitted to adorn.
Mr. Tayler is gentleman Of amiable manners and of
respectable legal attanments and position The only time
remember him in public life was in the Convention o.
1916, when he delegate from Assumption He did not
there sgnslize himself by measures of enlightened states
manship by any eequence or logical in debate
We observe that there is strong effort being made to
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but may permitted question the sincerity of such
undeseryed praise and express opinion in which
we believe the public will be found to concur that be will
g never set the river on fire y
The only he gave in the Convention which is
particularly entitled to commentator is the which
We have doubt he will take most pains to explain
away He voted and spoke in favor of Mr. Berjamin's
proposition that but native should be eligible to
the office Of Governor In view Of the unprecedented n-
since then of foreign immgaton influence inso
lence riots and is not unl kelly that good
Democrat as Mr. Taylor may have altered his opinions
upon this subject which sngrosses public attention
1t may be that the support Of the wing Of the
Democratic party which from the tone Of the organ Of
that faction judge that Mr. Taylor has unquaedly
secured was obtained only after his promising the ms-
date Remuneration of opinions which hitherto he has de-
hberatey enter tanned. .. sa=ra a
There another stumbling block however, which the
faction that nominated IByl0f Will NOT mug easy
to remove from the path Of their faYonte but most
lucky candidate We refer to the course Of studied hos
ty the city, and hence to the true interests of the
State which Mr. Taylor manifested ithe Convention of
1s45 upon all occasions Let it not be forgotten that in
that body he perhaps the chief supporter Of the
odous clause in the constitution then framed by which
the seat of removed from New Orleans
and prohibited from being fixed at any place not
than sixty mies from the eitya clause which furnished
important for the overthrow of that nstru-
ment in 1851 and which, although robbed of Its most
offensive features still has BEEN and continues to be-
most serious injury to the city Let 1t not be forgotten
TINT Mr. Taylor it who, when appealed to by dele
gate from New Orleans to expunge the odous restriction
from the constitution and to FIX the seat of government
ut any particular spot persisted In retaining in the
organic law Of the State provision which drew circle
around the city, and put stigma uponit
There other matters in the public career Of Mr.
Taylor which equally Objectionable his extraor-
binary ard persstng hostility to the city and which
shall hereafter call particularly to public attention
With bad grace can this gentleman present him
self before the citizens New Orleans support at
their hands the opponent of our present distinguished
Representative in Congress- the Hon. @. Hunt. Col
Hunt has by his talents eloquenoe high character and
attention to business the esesm of his constituents
and national reputation which is honor to himself
and to the State he has 80 ably represented