New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-06-09
MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1876
SNsb 0rleans 9ailu Crestem
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
[FRom QUE srBcIAL conREsrosDEsa

Convention has drawn off all the Democratic MEM
oers Of Congress, together with the entire army of
,poilseekers and campfollowers who inest this city
luring the sessions of Congress. Quiet, for once,
reigns not only in the Legislative halls but in the
streets and hotels and in the caucus rooms Of politi
cal adyenturers-a even the Sumner assault has,
great measure, ceased to be the theme Of corner
consultations.
Both Houses of Congress adjourned from Thurs
day last over to Monday. There will be no quorum
on Monday in either House, and consequently they
will adjourn over to Thursday. On Thursday there
will be no quorum again, and another adjournment to
the Monday following will be- necessary consequence.
Thus the necessary legislation Of the country will
be arrested for ten days at least, in order to accom-
odate the Democratic dgnitaries who go to Cincin-
natl to wrangle over the spols The daily expenses
of Congress- at the lowest figure, exceed four thou
sand dollars. The Democratic Convention will there
fore cost the Treasury the party-at least forty
thousand dollars of the peoples money. This may
be all right according to the Democratic code Of just
ice-but fail to perceive the proprety Of thus in
directly spending the public money for partisan
purposes Ny idea is that the people sent their rep
resentatves here to make laws and to attend to the
public business-not to intrigue for Presidential IA
vorites, or to juggle for the spoils Yet it hap
pens that Congress virtually dissolved for ten days.
in order to accommodate the Democratic Convention,
the pay Of the members and all the expenses Of the
body going as usual Ten days of time, and forty
thousand dollars of the peoples money, for the benefit
of a party convention f= ''5.
When the American Convention met in Philadel-
phia, there were only five members Of Congress who
neglected their duties here in order to participate in
its deliberations-and these ought to have stad
at home. That Convention was composed of dele
gates fresh from the people, not old party hacks and
professional politicians They represented the popular
will. The Cincinnati Convention the other hand,
is composed of jugglers and intriguants-lneh who
make politics their profession, and who live, move,
and have their being, in the atmosphere Of the spos.
It is estimated that there will be twenty thousand
visitors there, outside of the
all the supernumeraries and scene-shiters of the
Democratic green room. Probably they may wrange
for week, Or for two weeks; but, no matter how
long, when the nominee is duly announced you will
find Freesoil Democrats from the North, and seces-
sion Democrats from the South, Squatter Sovereignty
Democrats, and States-Rights Democrats internal i'm
provement Democrats, and hide-bound Democrats
strict constructionists and atitudnarians all mingne
in one mighty hosanna of applause and glorifcation
For he who shouts the loudest expects and generally
receives the highest rewards This will be the action
of the politicians and the ppelayers of the party
1t remains to be whether the honest people of the
country, who do not seek Office, and do not want it
will endorse the action of this corrupt set of jugger;
and placemen. t
Who will be the nominee no one can tell. Probably
you will know by telegraph long before this reache
you; for there has been no security or regularity il
our cinnn Nr r,n,nhau hos
Office of Postmaster General. But the general in
preston is, that it will be either Mr. Buchanan, Q
some new and untred man. Mr.. Buchanans friend
openly declare that if he is not nominated no other
the prominent candidates shall be-and they al
strong enough to accomplish what they threaten I
therefore, Mr. Buchanan be not nominated, it may
! that they will take up Rusk, of Texas, or Cobb,
Georgia. The only objection to the former will |
, that he has some welfouuded pretensons to tl
character of statesman ...E
The dismissal of Mr.. Champion and the Britis
Consuls has created but little sensation Such an e1
hibiton of moral courage on the part of Presder
who illustrated his valor SO signalIy in the valley
Mexico, has vastly exhlarated his friends-and
would not be surprised if this act of immense heroisl
were the prelude to still more vigorous demonstr;
ton against Billy Bowlegs and the Indians of Florid
=
istlation may expend itself in another bombardme1
of Greytown. The President has yet nine months
official career before him in which to astonish tt
world with succession of startling events.
The assault upon Mr. Sumner seems to have raise
! great outcry at the North 1t was perfect go
send for the insane fanatics and political nigge
worshippersr of that region. If Mr.. Sumner we
only to de- it would crown the summit of their bli
fta t,u,tl Mr.
ter every day, not being in fact, half as much hu
as many an 1rishman is in an election row. But the
have already canonzed him as a saint They ha,
placed him in the van of the mobile army of martyrs
Henceforth he instead of Seward is to be their tit
lar deity. Without one-tenh the brains or ability
Seward-a mere literary fop-a manmilliner of ettel
and statesman of the most difusive superfcialit
he has already been elevated to the highest pedest
in the abolition niche of fame. A reelection to Il
Senate will be necessary to heal his bruised honor.
reelection to the Senate is what he wanted, but won
never have obtained had this circumstance not ha
pened. He has purchased it cheaply, at the expen
ofa cracked crown and bloody nose.
The news from Kansas is more and more warlil
We hear daily of robberies, murders, assassination
and the burning of houses. United States troops ha
endeavored in vain to quc the tunut and disorder
: the people, Thus do we see the slavery question
to turning the very foundation of the Republic and in
N ting the people to the verge of bloody civil
I'd The Democratic party of the South have made use
slavery agitation to perpetuate their political pow
re The Abolition party of the North have done the sal
e. thing to gain the control of the country. Netl
er could live any other issue and thus, between
IN IN two stirring up sectional hatred and creating St
l.. tona animosities, many cool men begin to belle
VI that the days Of the Republic are numbered. And
they are, if the people continue to listen to the
peas of desperate political adventures, and to foil
Il blndly in the lead of professional politicians. Il
L. apparent that the crisis is at hand If slavery agi
tion-the blne of the country-is to be quoted
must be done at the ensuing Presidential election.
it is to be continued and to grow more and mere d
gerous year by year, it be done by eecting cit
the Democratic Or the Black Republican candid
The stock in trade of each, consists of slavery ag
vn ton alone. When bitter experience shall have
Ii monished the people Of the folly of following poit
ug leaders, and of obeying the tyrannical behests
party, then we may look for an amelioraton of
evil-not before. Essen
- Re- Mr.. Gfen, the Treasurer of the city, mott
all who have not paid their taxes to call at his Of
o., and pay up before the first Monday in July, if t
:, would avoid suit.