New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-05-30
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4 ON wednesday last under the above head we drew
attention to the startling and horrible fact that the
counsel for the plaintiff lin the case Aud vs.. Wal
ton, admitted that FORTY PERJURIEs had been
committed BY witnesses on the Democratic side, and
that the counsel for the defendant stated he would
prove that the pernres would reach the awful mum.
Der Of one h,rdrea That he did do SO, to the salts
faction Of the jury is amply demonstrated by theil
yeraietnot one of them finding in favor of the plain
tiff! "a
We also quoted extracts from the recorded evidence
on file in judicial archives of the parish with the
names of the parties, showing that PERJURY was the
main element Of our opponents strengt fraud their
right ARMAND corruption Of the ballotbox the prin-
cpal hope upon which they relied in the last
are well aware that those rrefutable disclosures
taken IN connection with the Statistics of Natura
zation, publshedb by us on Monday created an met
fable disgust in the minds of all honorable citizens to-
wards the fraudfnI schemes and carried out
by the leaders Of the opposition, which render the
ballotbox OF seething ceuption instead
Of being what it ought to be the palladium Of our
4 liberties and the pndicator of all that is pure and
| honorable in republieanisn.
The Statistics Of Naturalization proved fraud Of
the worst order The 6 Black Record, z of Wednes-
day, proved fraud and perjury Of the most odious
description IN both publications Whichwere drawn
from official sources, and cannot therefore be dis
puted enough Of vilainy was exposed to sicken the
heart of honesty, and make us discontinued with the
workings Of the institutions under which we live.
Who would not prefer the tyranny Of European des-
potisms to the tyranny Of Unrestricted perjury?
Having exposed one class Of peIjuries, we now
come to another, and call upon all our feow-citzens,
without distinction Of party creed nationality to
read over the evidence we are about to submit, and
Judge for themselves We don't ask them to take
our word for the proof II is on file in the different
Courts; hut We pledge ourselves that every word
contained in the following abstract is tri1e-abso-
iutely true letter and spirit that there cannot
be an honest doubter in the city, without he goes
the sources designated and satisfies himself.
invoke the careful attention of all honest men to
the following testimony Part Of it was taken last
fall and thronghit (wth infamous mass Of SINH
lar kind, which will see the light in due season j
three American Senators and several Representatives
were arbitrarily and Wrongfny excluded from seats
which they had been elected by the sovereign peo-
pie. And it has been attempted to be used since to
defeat the righteous claims Of Americans rightfully
elected to parish offices. thorough cross-exanna-
ton exposed its deformity, and ELECTED facts which
will disgust oil Just thinking suragans. We ask our
readers to note the broad radical difference, between
the sworn testimony Of the same men, taken before
different Judicial tribunals and to bear in mind that
it is snch evidence that Americans have been IN
justly oppressed and the American party stgmatized
without stint.
Here is the testimony: