New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-04-14


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i iii M article headed 81 Contested Elections
5sssaturdsy morning list, wes said
~ another wifhaFANRi raes h
AZ a Ne
5a desfa3t from ta hls i'll Some
she plainii,
Vii ass sies
Ga HE same catd. igaed by 4 Mr..
Ill selne u The apels, giving his
reasons the sit III they
are Is fooWs states he is as
ttllatlle Was elected oyenber and
hut lie would long
ere s. Of the cIefksli Of the
district Court Il; That lie accepted postas
would .s interfere
prosecution Of my claims llayIns
sen pant enfpanneng and tne
jaEy for the present id not aee a y
proper Us that tlle elflaeter
E5of5 contestant
fttel ne missing oul that never had
any claim rist ~ ttte in question:,
and tIlat Nh Bazoit ere haye been
the incumbent Of The tile Third
III lie TINT the reason
8for Tic discoit the cause are very honol-
aljle md proper. contestant n suit should have
part ling and pubpa
iitiy before Which his own interests were likeyto
come for trial and sett ement. Such procedure
EWond at war with all q ecedent
But, iii. puente feltfa going to
trial Under the crcunlsta he night have had his
case stponed until another could he summoned,
with the selection Of which he would have no hand.
The month is nearly half passed and adeay Of two
weeks would have suieed to the purpose. Be-
sides the rate hich has distinguish
ed the Court The Trial Of these eases, ii quite
will clips before they are all con
clndcd ould have given ample time, while it
freed SINAI Hest imputtio improper
interference.
We have d lurking suspicion, however, that Mr.. Al.
the trials would not close until the period for
which he thinks he was elected expired and that he
accepted the Deputy Sherifatg on principle that
20 bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. We
may be mistaken. tt SO, we shall be ready make
amends SO soon as the error pointed out AIT all
events the delay that have aiken place enough to
make any one despair Five cases tried in months!
Just think Of ait. a. 3 Nth #
Mr.. Alpnente called at our office on Saturday while
were absent temporarily He was right in express
i ing the belief would not commit intentional
Injustice We would not wrong him, or any one,
knowing oil unHnoWinsly, if tile latter could be
4 helped ne suppose he objects to the phrase usedby
us that lii bis tontestation, latter keep
ing tic Enjoyment Of his iustrights
for some FIVE months calculated to prejudice him
before thepublie. For our part diseaim any such
design land ne submit that without explanation no
0ther logical conclusion could have been arrived at.
4 Having given the substance Of the explanation to
which We were referee, we take leave of the subject
and Done1 son No Eeeting
"a mass meeting of citizens favorable to the eleya
Willard Fillmore and Andrew Jackson Donel
aspn To tile Presidency and Vice Presidency Of the
Repablc, lEas held in Canal street Saturday eve
ming The platform used during the day, i'll the Clay
Monument Ceremonial, was used on this occasion;
the awning being removed and vicinity brilliantly
Illuminated.
a large crowd Of citizens absut two thousand
#--asseIabted. There would doubtless have been
many more but tor the fatigue and dis
position to letrenent which was natural after the
great event 81 the day, to=it the laying Of the cor
H#nerstones Of Che Clay Monument.
the hour the meeting was called to order
bg 8. g, Poinde who nominated the follow
ing gentlerte officers N&
If PaEsipzsr--Ios. q. NJ CONRAD.
len RESIDENTS:
EiSst X. Bright, Col. A. P. Field N r.
III aabSS s's o Rsss Yss Ia aeMs ssss
'sB!ss 9s E ss NtsS @iR
CART stesfssa Tosdano j. Mo1ys s
seoH ,l pfF n Iiss!ysnu DeEgy r G ;P
, tsisF, hd. Burnett,
Third Dfss8id lie Blame ST. s. Gunault John Cn
Bash .a MsEtEay Fel Eosa
sagi fs5ss 5aRSisl y FeFf Bs$lsgsr FEsd
.Tsasoaae Targsaa, i. Borges, 7. fanaas. " 1s'
III trs G Gop L ELL %shsr Rsr
ltslys Jenkins: H. Phelps, & b. Sweet, s. ii. Ken
emSs s5yoa g TRe%as RSss
II Pinesan: Edward Wilson, Arthur FoFe
s. ay I sssr5oTeHS osashiia Il Y
r. R e on oags
M Ea Baton Rouge White LafG1Tche B r.
ss;s Af"Fs ss SsFts ?"
Ohm Connolly rslrsbonne r. G, Camp IberSile Geo.
bas Es F5l sSe ps Rs jh5
parharn Country, H j. Hyans, West Baton Rouge.
The nominations were approved, and then the fol-
flowing speakers addressed the meeting: Mr. Conrad,
the President Judge Moore, Of st. Martin Major
4 Waddell, of Natchitoches j. ". Harmon, of this
city; Col. S. Williams, of West Baton Rouge and
Col AP. Field, of this city. Each speaker advanced
his own particular ideas in support Of the great ag-
gregae ideathat in the present distracted state of
political affairs, and Of Feesoil fanaticsm in the
a North Fillmore and Donelson alone are competent to
steer the ship Of State safely all Acquiring them
selves ably and eoquently and to the manifest salts
, faction Of the auditory.
3 The following resolution was offered by DR.. Har-