New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-02-05
SPEECH or Al. q. BR1CE,
On the motion to print Tie repg g tig COMMITTEE and
q Evidence IN the contested elections,


SPEECH or A. q. Brs1CEs
On the motion to print Tie rsog9 of ts Committee and
\ Evidence IN the gcontestsd elections.
Mr.. sPRAKER: ! am not disposed to treat this sub
eet in light and trifing manner must oppose
he amendment offered BY the Hon. member to print
5000 copies It's tendency is to defeat The reaDu-
ion. The party in power desires to lay before the
oeople the majority report 81 The Go1nnftts On con-
ested elections, and the facts ( in evidence which
determined them in deciding these cases. THESE doc
lrnents are to be the seed for them to iii the next
POLITICAL campaign believe they will produce rich
an the truth u placed before the people Of
lo1lslana-but the American party viii he the reap
rs Publish all your facts gathered here the REPORTS
# the commit View Orleans Will send out herre-
,et with IT, and the people shall learn who despises
aw and order, and 30 sacriegfo1slT tranples under
DOT constitutional provisions Of our State. :gs
a New Orleans has vested rights under the consttu-
ion, Of which she has been deprived By the ruling
power Of the State since 52and the American heart
there, in ts leniencF, had born Che wrong done her,
suffered the insult to pass unrebnked and the frauds
and pollution Of the ballob01es Of oHr city to
oFbearance had long ceased to be virtue. 70 suffer
tese abuses of the elective franchise longer was but
9 grss insult to American character. The party in
poWer since tlae adoption of The present Constitution,
dersd the peoples money, and adjourned, and the
asgat Of New Orleans to a Registry Law guaranteed
y net 6y an express grosison o OBJ
k.se1 a, y tb violation q The organic
aT q me slte LII tell yon. New Orleans has of
fces Of enolarent. The tax an each one brings a
handsome sum into the political efgera of the Iso-
eratc s.ate Central GsnlFalt This money Bqute
are pnt up and sold like sheep III sllanIFles--Where
human beings viii swear into tie many
votes during an election ~ yoa WIN Place dollars INTO
Iheir hands. lass the end
ed, and these lucrative Offices pass from aeh ae51oc-
Tacy 1t IL their death warrant. This Ii the reasaD
And this is the qnetus read to conscience Of their
Legislators when the article 81 the Constitution
e.
ed from your violation Of the Constitution 5s.
5 The blood of human beings has flowed ID NeB Or
leans. Take the blame 70 yourselves. ysu tha5 have
ruled the State since ~. Under the sanction If
stitution, Democrats hoW have You discharged your
obligations to the State and the citizens Of New Or.
leans? desire these facts to reach the people, de-
sire that they may know how serious have been the
results OF your violations of the Constitution. You
tel us there are representatives here filling blood
stained seats!;' What insult to New Orfeanst The
crime is yonr own. the expression be well found
ed, sIrs lastly prefer seat secured The legal
pense of blood than to sit in one gotten by fraud,
perjury, and the pollution Of the ballotbox and the
elective franchise. Is there choice in such ease
as this? IA s5 g555s Il 55#. CEN e. S.9 :ssgS5B.s5
Gentlemen from the other side Of the House teILus
that the American party, Of New Orleans, imported
rufans and bu!lies from Mobile, the Five Points and
elsewhere to ciate at the late eleeionI Oh ahane,
(Which deny1, challenge you to produce an IN.
stance Of native born citizens, thus coming from a
neighbonng city, that attempted TO periure them
selves or offered to poll and pollnte the
balot-box Of their country, Talk Of men imported!
How was it in times past in New Orleansz Men lead
around in crowds, from precinct to- another, and
vote as often as could hedeeeiFed or
bribed TO take their Who VIII ever forget
the famous election of 532 Al wrathfnI pestiIenee
swept over city, thousands Of souls were hurried
to their account the city was depopuIas III HIM
dreds Of votes, and get, on the heel Of this fatal
Calamity Y the vote N, q my own precinct there
Need / tell you how such q thing could be- q Need
tell you Of the perjury and pollution Of that election
day? is implanted Of that in the recent election
i in New Orleans, the American party had faeo com
mssioners at each poll at the election following that
fatal epidemic all the were Of the DEM
ocratic party I@hear no complaint Of
from the dominant party. Not q word. One Of the
Of the third precinct informed that
"When the last gang Of twenty five were marched up
to vote, that he ordered the leader to take them
away, sufficient votes had already been received TO
assure success, and they were not needed n The
counting stoo plainly confirmed the statement. II
might refer to other precincts for like examples but
| it is unnecessary. For Democrats to charge the
American party with importing buliies and rufiians
from Five Points, Mobile and, elsewhere, what ae-
frontery! Have they forgotten the hundreds Of men
they carried down to Paduenine and other PLACES,
not to protect The ballotbor, no. but fill mp tfat bon
! with illegal votes! Importing men indeed The
American born party is free from such horrid deeds
Of infamy. 5S5s
Our fathers fought for the rights Of the elective
franchise Their offspring still desire to enjoy these
rights in good faith. The Of the soil eSpec.s his
vote count as many that Of anaturalized citizen
!. No more. A provision to secure this right #as
guaranteed to the native citizens of New Orleans by
the constitution fou, gentlemen in power, withheld
this security from these under the sol
emn sanction Of an oath TO make registry law to
secure this right and maintain the purity of the ballot
in New Orleans-you, in your might, set at defiance
the constitutional provisions down
. act, and by your highhanded measures gave censt
to still further corruption Of the elective franchise
The patriotic freemen of that city could bear thes
insuferabe acts of your party no longer. They re
Il solved that the baotbox should be purified and AM
and all attempts to poll Illegal votes in their mida
should be arrested. IF blood has flowed life sacri
/ fed, on your heads rest the consequences. Yot
are to blame. Yon are the reprehensible party.
J, Having majority, you may pass laws, and affee
4 to control the true American feeling in that gTea
city, but your efforts unless you give costitu
tional rights, viii be futile as your past acts have
1 been unjust and deserving of rebuke. That power
that can tre with the American heart may well dread
its retroactive action 5sl4 G5 t75fb aS58t i
am thankful that there is determination in this
body to enact registary law. The true popular tciH
in such an event. will hereafter decide who shall ad
minister laws and ill our Offices of trust and
honor in the city. }a e
Publish and distribute your one sided facfs--yaus
unlawtny obtained cIpaafe evidence among the pee
I pie I am anxious you shall have q goody number
printed Members from this side Of the house desire
copies as well yourselyes-and satisfied You may
be that the true and full facts of the will be print
ed and sent to keep yours company. carrying with
them the antdote to your r. erculatiye poison Resi-
assured that the people win discover who is the party
to be trusted with the rens of government in thia
State, and to them twill be awarded. entertain no
! fear as to the issue. sEzlz
. Lieut.. Gov. HIopton's Address is
Senators:-In taking my seat as presiding Office
OF this body feel the anxiety which is felt By anaE
nat - hny I,1n tp1t