New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-06-11
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SOMEWHAT TRUTHFUL.

35s SOMEWHAT TRUTHFUL.
The following, from the Courier Of yesterday morn
ing, is quite suggestive. There Is matter in it for
reflection but net the kind Of reflection our cotem
poSary ayors. It is calculated to lead the mind back
to the past land the Democratic political past in this
Stateso far as the purity Of the hallotbox is con-
cerned--win not bear scrutiny. The closer it is
investigated the more corrupt the developments.
Says our eotenhpo rary
evils longer cup of injury
e AZ w eSo g. s M Sas sF
.hsse aersss e So Wholly ide e talk The
come trusted Tie aeeencs Of the Nothing party
te and grossly deceived
70 secure our rights " adeaiRte msansf u
The above paragraph sets out with d trlism none
will dispute. It is principle Of human nature That
crime hegets crime, until the evils become NO longer
endurable Such has ever been the case throughout
all time SO far as the records Of the past furnish en-
lightenment iii tile premises. We may search the
pages Of ancient and modern histor we may recall
the traditions Vi the orient we may pore over the
legends of the oceident; may ponder upon the re-
aties Of the present, and look where we WILL the
melancholy fact stands forth bold relief = crime
beeets crime just as invariably as night follows the
setting Of the sun
But, who should be held responsible? The author,
Or the incident The cause, or the result naturally
flowing therefrom We contend that the author the
cattsef Of crime that begets crime, should
be forced to those who have been
He'd away BY the influence Of evil example.
On grounds like these, the Justice Of which no fair
man will attempt to controvert We are willing to go
to trialto put the Democratic party on the stand
and to show that it its leaders, are really and truly
responsible for violations OF law flowing from, Or
caused BY, attempted corruptions Of the ballot
that the Democratic party originated the practices
now 50 vehemently complained of--and that to them
is rightfuly chargable long train Of evils all good
men deplore. n;
/ We have only to point to the past to substantiate
all these propositions, and more too. The leaders Of
the Democracy should challenge Investigations
into that past The closer the antiquarian researches
the more revolving the dscoveres-the more repnl-
sive the developments ID
For six Oh eight days the Courier has been bitter,
disnge and savage, in its onslaughts upon the
American party Since its disastrous discontinue, on
the I'd of June it has been boiling over with wrath
and venom, and has hurled Its missiles on all Sides
regardless Of right and reckless Of wrong Although
We are not aware that any body has been hurt, or
even scared by the demonstrations of our cotempo-
rary still such proceedings are none the less repre-
hensible.
When the Courier talks about the integrity Of the
ballotboS, Of crime begetting crime, it should go
back to the fountain head, and denonnce it. Let it
denotnGe and crush the source Of frauds upon the
elective franchise in Louisiana, if it would prevent
| frauds in future!
The Courier has plenty Of spleen for the American
party, but word not even syllable Of reproach,
for the stupendous Paquemine frauds of 1884, which
| in their enornaity and vilainy exceeded any and
everything Of the kind perpettnted before since
| Crime begets crime.'' True-most true. The
hideous Plaquemne crime has not been without its
legitimate consequences. But, that year, crime Y
helped the Demoeracy hence, was not deemed par
ticularly criminal! $as.$ Il.
Let us pass over the intervening years, and come
down to November, 1858. During the summer which
preceded that election the most awful epidemic ever
known had prevailed throughout the city The cal
cuation is moderate one that two thousand voters
were carried off by the pestence, and that one thou
sand voters were absent. The highest vote the city
had ever before poled was about ten thousand. Ac-
cotding to this just estimate then, there could have
been but about seven thousand legal voters in the cor
poration. How many votes were cast Why, some
thirteen thousand
Here was Plaquemines redivivus. Here was o stu
pendous fraud standing forth in all its naked hdeous
ness Every man knew that five Or six thousand
fraudulent votes had been polled-nany took occasion
to express themselves plainy-but as the fraud help
ed the Democratic leaders, no word of reproach was
heard from them
And SO on, throughout, winding up with the indie
feasible and aroeous conduct of the last Legislature
No matter by what means our opponents possessed
themselves of the spells Of office, all was rightcrime
upon crime, and corruption upon corruption, was
winked at and encouraged; but when disguised and
oppressed people see fit to throw them off, the air
rings with denunciations of their opponents.
We have heard of the Devil rebukng sin, but we
defy any one to produce stronger exemplfcaton of
the saying than to be found III the columns of the
Democratic journals at the present time.