The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-10-24

newspaper the Advocate, 'hefe IS a
leader headed, "the vote Of New Or
leans Which our friend could not
have written before taking break fast
Of beefslake and onions, or some other
like dish, Of nerve stufling material.
Our friend says
No one acquainted with public sen
timent IN New Orleans will pretend 10
deny that on full and iait expression
Of choice, the Democratic party is
largely in The majority Let The
rights Of al the voters he guaranteed
them at any election let them he
assured Of personal security from The
gang Of rntlians who, for the last three
years, have controlled the popular will
by deeds that would disgrace savage
land, and the truth Of this proposition
would be readily established Since
he spring of 1858, when "Ameri
cans began to rule America - by ris-
tol, bowie knife and blndgeon. and the
power Of the ballot box was first sub
ected to the sway Of cut tlroat mob.
there has been no fair and legitimate
vote rpllcl in the city Of New Orleans
Whether The outraged masses. the
legal voters, will ever summon the
courage TO recover and preserve their
rights, is not for lis to determine. but
we feel safe in asserting that. in The
event Of re.enactlnrnt of the dis
graceful scenes Of the last two or three
years at the ballot box in that city. at
the coming election, with view Of
ollseting The overwhelming vote Of
The couutry parishes, the pojce Of New
Orleans WiH not be knoWn IN The pote
Of The State.
This last Italicized ediet, must bring
a fair portion Of the American cii-
zens of New Orleans to their knees,
TO beg those having power to throw
out the vote, if it is not cast to please
the dominant party--not TO do it
How our friend can say that "on
full and fair expression Of choice, the
Democratic party is largely in the
majority we cannot see. unless he |
colne Mt lis with the argument that
il ought to be II it Il Mt and therefore
il must be, Our friend must know
Certainly he has lived long enough in
the State) that for the past twelve
years much illegal voting has been
done under the patronage of old line
Wings, and new line Democrats. =
There Is no one acquainted with The
history Of New Orleans who pretends
to deny The fact. Tho people know
very well, from whence the power
has came. to change the political
scales. In The spring Of '53 as 'he
Idrocate truely says, the first pat
riote effort in this direction was
made, and the marvel with us is,
that in the struggle of The friends. Of
constitutional law and liberty that
more trouble. was not met with. IT
can only be accounted Tor in the fact,
that the citizens Of the Crescent City
had said with united voice, that
there shall be no more frauds at the
fountain head for our political and
religious rights
In 1855 at the State election the
opponents of the native American
movement finding that political pow
er was about to slip from them, resor-
ted to the expedient Of Protest bal
otboxes.' Men applying to the reg
ular commissioners who woro refused
tho right to vote, because they had it
not; were taken, to SGT of solf.styled
" Democratic Commissioners " and
there deposited their votes, We beg
our friends Of the Advocate to say
this is not the fact; and further, that
these votes wero not considered, when
the " inquisitorial tribunal" of the
last legislature---expeIIed from their
seats, three members Of tho American
party-natives, to the manor born and ,
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