New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-11-24
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The following article appeared in the Baton Rouge
Advocate of the 18th inst. We publish it Tor the
of pointing out of its errors in the nope
tbet due correction will be made in the proper
quarter : cuou
" Only TWENTY OR TH1RTy.'-The N. q. Cres
cent among other K n journals writing under the
indignant rebukes of the country press Against VIZ
anarchcal state of affairs in that ely fe9 o
to prove that it is model corporation Inc VIZ VI
law and order In reply to an article IN 'he Na''neA
Free Trader. the Crescent remarks:
The only Ssn or d he in p ns
Ss sua ncns an upon being The show they
bs s ''s So 1Sa a
athoug Gs rss4 e4ry xearea
S frightened alwss fertile Of N"nch"u
ssnisrs as Mississippi ssanps are OF fever and ssue
It has been persistenty asserted that there were
none Of these savages parading the streets of New
Orleans on the day Of election, but the Crescent the
organ Of the party proves the assertion to be false.
Whether there was or one hundred Is lnmatenai'
and whether any one was frightened by their acts IS
equally 50 it is here admitted that band of SEMI
demons did make their appearance, painted ana uls
guised as has been charged, whose object we 3eeVe
to have been that Of frightening the tlld on eectlon
day. Why were they not arrested while riotng ah9
brandishing their knives and pistols in tile streets?
Why did not your Mayor, Mr. Crescent. dsperse ihein
when they made their appearance at ms door, cheer-
ing and shouting his name. Oh, they were only
twenty or thirty in number"
ment. 1t classes the Crescent as q X. N Journal
This is not the fact nor has it been throughout the
Presidential canvass. True, we advocated the cleo
ton Of Mr. Fillmore to the best of our ability but
our advocacy was based upon national Union grounds
not upon party grounds. We deemed him the safest
Union candidate before the people Our opinions
| have undergone no change. And we fear two years
will not pass away, before the conservative Unlof
voters of both sections of the confederacy will bewa
in bitterness Of heart the shortsighedness that led
them to reject 50 staunch, true and sterling patrol
and statesman. We trust our apprehensons may
never be realized but as We do honestly entertain
them We have a right to give expression to them
If our vindication of the character of New Orleans
from the savage and unfoundcd onslaugnts upon il wa
SO very teebls why did not the Advocate publish thu
whole of it, instead of copying a brief extract? W,
think we can give the true reason That article wa
carefully written its facts were impregnable, ant
they fully INDICATED the fair fame Of the city ron
cruel aspersion Those facts demonstrated that til
late election was one Of the quetest we have eve
had that there we're fewer disturbances at the poll:
or anywhere else, than usual, and no rotinss With
the limits of the corporation, for which too niue
praise cannot be awarded our efficient and enerset
: hut waptonly n1aligned Mayor. We ask the ADV
cate: would our SlatellculS uthc peeL p'i9sGd ~
silence here at the source of Misrepresentation, lla
they been susceptible circulation, Or even Of nsi
depreciation? The common sense and candor of Il
i editor of that journal will constran him to answer
If the negative.
Without intending any offence, we must be perm
ted to say that the Advocates talk about Il
le sayages' is the merest tWaddle and but for its
l. rers, expressed and implied, would not be wort
lie even passing notice. The Advocate asks why tn
were not arrested when riotingE' This was an il
possibility, for they were not guilty Of riong'
u der the law. They harmed nobody: scared nobod
'e while their performances highly amused the sm
ID boys, girls and darkeys. Why, the children wou
y get up handsome subscription to induce them
perform again! In conclusion, our Baton Rouge
ID temporary asks why the Mayor did not dspe'
S, them when they made their appearance at his do
" cheering and shouting his naneT AS they did 7
@ appear at the Mayors door at all, the Advocate
re see that there was nobody to disperse
n Now, if the editor of the Advocate desires a lit
amusement on his own hook, we will tell him how
obtain it. Let him come down to New Orleans, d
N guise and paint himself after approved . India
lr fashion, with feather about yard long IN his CT
Ny buckle half dozen reyovcrs one side and hal
dozen bowie knives on the other, (thelc is no /
. against carrying exposed weapons,) mount a musta
W pony and ride through the Streets throwing in
- extra war whoop Or two every few squares, ana
." will guarantee that all the big and little boys c
-, girls, and all the big and little negroes will vote /
,r the anusngest fellow they ever did see in or
- - of circus! Come and try it. The exercise may
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