New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-05-19
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The following is taken from the Courier Of Satur

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The following is taken from the Courier Of satllr
q day morning
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The Courier is q strong Democratic organ, as the
4 public is well aware, and rarely lets an opportunity
whereby its party can be benefited or its oppo
4 nents injured. Although otreputed to be unneces-
sarily conscientious when a party crisis arises it
q generally maintains an air Of decent dignity, which
A favoraby contrasts with slang, and yul
s, gar demeanor Of certain papers of its own way of
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These being our in regard to our cotemp
is not necessary for to were surprised at
the foregoing small business, Y puere attempt, to
injure the American party. We had looked upon the
Courier as wholesale dealerin Democracy not as a
petty retailer, swapping up small things, unworthy
things and giving them an unusual prominence. We
trust the future will not dsappo us notwithstand
ing the incident referred to has. s
Before we proceed to take the Courier out Of its
Sboots it is proper we should make an explanation
| which every publisher Of q newspaper will readily
understand and acknowledge. The advertisement
out Of which the to make political CAPT
tall was handed to book keeper by responsible
merchant Of this city. Without thinking and with
out consulting the editors he sent it to the compo
sition room. Of course it was duly published. Had
our eyes previous to publication it would have
been sunmariy rejected, because Of the bad taste
I embodied in its wording. Although we publish an
advertising paperand thanks to the kindness Of our
friends we have no reason to complain of lack OF
substantial encouEag does not follow that we
notpossess absolute control over our adYertis-
ing columns, just much as we do over our reading
columns. |35 =5s .
6. somuch BY way Of explanation. Now for some
+ thing else.
Because q Wretehed advertisement, under the head
Of. wants. appeared in the Crescent, and because
the Crescent supports the principles Of the American
party, the Courier seeks to bring odium upon the
whole party on account Of that advertisement |! What
9 petty subterfnge! What a miserable pretext to
acquire capital! What a z small potatop business
lit ~ throughout If the Democratic party Of New
Orleans is 50 weak and imbece that it must needs
prop upits dropping fortunes by taking exception to
the words of four line advertisement Of a solitary
advertiser it must certainly be in the last stages of
political consumption It is said drowning men
catch at straWs. The Democratic party must be
going under the waters Of defeat when it is deemed
indispensable to clutch at such straw as this Why
it hasn't buoyancy enough to bear the weight of a
mosquito much less that of fragmentary portion Of
IA once powerful party
< Let us ask the Courier question, and we appeal
to its sense Of fairness to- do u.s. and the party to
which We belong, justce:-simple jrstice--in the
premises II an advertisement in the Crescent-a1l
American newspap er-renders the American party
amenableto charges of intolerance, religious bgotry
and ignancy, and prescription of class and creed
would not the same dyertisement, if published in a
Democratic newspape render the Democratic pa,ty
a1nenabe to the same charges2 Answer yea or nay
You must answer in the affirmative, for there's no
escaping the alternative.
The advertisement about which the Courier essays,
to create false impression on the public mind, ,cas
published ~ tie Ne1e Orleans Delta the same morn
ing 1t cas published in The Crescent, and has been
hostility to the American party as the Courier, and
throws its whole influence the side of the Demo-
crazy. Yet the Courier tries to make out the Anleri
can party criminal because Of the accidental publca
ton Of a. miserable advertisement in the Crescent
while it hasn't word tosay against the publication
Of the same advertisement in a Democratic organ
What is criminal in case, is Edenlike innocence
in another Does the Courier suppose it can cram
such unaduterated nonsense down the threats of an
intelligent community? H,sis
a few words in conclusion. In attempting to in
ure the American party, the Courier has made gross
misealculations and gross nisstatements, which, |
when corrected will cause its missiles to recoil upon
itself and its party The editors evidently wrote I'M
der complete misapp rehension. They assume that
the writer Of the advertisement in question is big
oted Yankee Protestant. On, the contrary he is a
Kentuckian by birth and for aught We know, is q
Catholic. Heis certainly related to the first Creole
families Of the State, if we are not much mistaken
And, he yoted fol, Mr.. John NJ Bel, the Democratic
candidate for Sheriff of the Parish Of Orleans, at
the last election l5s d .1stt5s ssa -fs2e3
From the foregoing facts the public can judge of
the Ameficanisns Of the writer of the advertisement
The Democracy might as well take charge of their
own, and pocket the loss, first as last IA
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