New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-04-04
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TTu5erthe foregoing head the Courier yesterday
morning has he lowing the Washing cor
resnnaienS ii .tiie Norfolk Argus. Under the
We consider il more than ordinarily
sipnfRcaDt, aswe shall proceed to explain hereafter
Il may here to correct an error that has been
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he was not M name
Ills Senator wishes subject,
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4 The correspondent writes rs though he wrote by
authority Very likely \; and if 50, there was no:
harm in it. There would have been no impropriety
in the distinguished Senator making the denial hn
self. AS to the private history Of tile matter, O
course we cannot pretend to be advised but Jufig
ing from the undsgused, and even saya mamie
tions Of triumph, on the part some OF s'ilueii
Democratic enemies, the people at least gooa III
ton Of them were led to infer that the =
his name In the Convention resulted from "
lbensioni of defeat. At oil events this idea nus neel
sadulously spread abroad the state avg
te country much to his prejudice as Y has ieu
~ haeye that The prestige OF his nVlncblllty
| was irretrieY bro KEN
strta closing sentence Of the quoted para sfaph'
;cl, is iii ITALICS possesses that VIII
III II lost upon tie Slidel Democratic chieta
/ III means 3 great dealmo than meets the eye OF
| the nn;ntate6 1t signifies that the Senator's enc
nes have never been able to defeat him in fact; and
that the triumph in the Baton Rouge Convention re-
aaring the selection Of delegates to the Cincinnati
National Convention, about which 50 many
have been indulg ed was and Is nothing more nor
less than paper tftsnph "a triumph that has no
existence save I'M inimcal newspaper and unreliable
telegraphic dispatches Let one feel surprised il
such move the fact. Events may show the wand OF
the gician to be more potent than ever
Before the meeting Of the Democratic State Con
vention at Baton Rouge, we expressed the opinion
on several occasions that Buchanan and Slide# dele
gates would be chosen to represent the Democracy Of
Louisiana at Cincinnati. We knew Mr.. Buchanan
was the first choice Of MI. slidell and his friends and
we were as fully convinced then now that MIR. ).
would not interpose the slightest objections to hay
ing his name placed second on the Presidential tick
ct. We also had the best reasons for knowing the
formidable nature Of the influences he could bring to
bear, of the many strong interests that We're at his
service and Of the numerous friends, all tried and
shreWd tacticans who would use every exertlon and
every means in their powerto elevate him to still higher
honors than those he now enjoys. Upon data, and
reasons like these we based our conclusions; and we
are inclined to think the future will demonstrate their
correctness although shortly after the result was
made public, when everybody and everything seemed
to indicate a complete antiSldell triumph, we very
frankly admitted that our previous predictions had
not been sustained by the action of the Convention
1--we thought we had overrated the power Of the Sen
ator and moderated that of his enemies, and wrote te
i that effect. We ought to have added, nous pe1Tons
What will the anti-sldelians think if the vote of
Louisiana in the National Convention is cast for Mr.
Buchanan and our distinguished Senator after all thell
efforts to break him down Won't they be surprised
4 astonished, astounded? Won't they hate to be com
PEELED to acknowledge that they hallooed before
they were out of the woods n Won't theyfeel rather
d foolish, land weak about their political knees, they
i ascertain their triumph all illusion it was
a substantial defeat that they sffeoiced with
i exceeding great joy Il over their own discontinue
not kato,oiag IT, Won't they be sorry they ever said
Goodbye, joint knowing that John " will bear
tie talnt forever III at ectioi.ate remembrance!
If sajorlies rule the delegation, the six votes of
Louisiana will be very apt to be thrown as above in
dicated. IA careful canvass Of the delegation will
show that Mr. sde is not destitute Of adherents by
a long ways. " ia'a q Ss5 5s.ys
So much by way Of speculation and explanation.
For our part we don't care brass button which side
whips and wouldntcry if both got essentially used
4 up.' But, as the Arkansas woman said when hel
husband and a bear were fighting, that all she want
ed was g fair play between the comoatants, all We
want to see is " fair play and no gougng, between
A the Slidellians and antiSlidelians. On these term
+ pitch in, gentlemen.