New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-02-06
REVELATIONS or THE ORACLE.

REVELATIONS OF THE o1sAc GLE.
Under the head Of I. Mischiesous Rumols . (has any
mischief been done D the Courier, Of yesterday, takes
occasion to enunciate with the authority Of Delphic
oracle full Of majesty and selEevident consciousness
that tie source Of Czarsh power not located thou
sand leagues from Custom House Street. that the ma
orits in the General Assembly have not determined IL
remove Chief Justice Merrick and Justice Buchanan
4 from the bench Of the Supreme Court. IS.
4 Well, we are willing to take theword ofthe Courier
for the present at least although We do not it
pretensions to superior intelligence in the premises
unqaestioned Or anquestionable, BY any manner Q
4 means sst4E 3 IL
Had the Courier confined itself TO mere statement
without any allusion to the Crescentin connection
q which implied that its conductors were disposed te
further the circulation Of nschievous rnors it is
qnte possible we should have allowed the article to
pass b. without notice IA will set US right
and account the leading article which appeared in
Mondays Crescent While at Baton Rouge not long
z since we heard the removal Of Messrs. Merrck and
III Buchanan frequently discussed by members Of the
party to which the editor Of the Courier belongs
We returned to New Orleans the same report or
assumed shape in city contemporary, that we ad-
yerted to III These facts fully justified us in writing
Il, what Ne did write, and in publishing what we did
publish instead of rendering liable to the reproac
n pf circulating Inischevous rlmors, or any other
sort ofruo not within the usual puryew ofeditoria
"a custom.
Whether we reposed implicit confidence in these
ruaors is altogether foreign to the subject. They
were feienty disseminated to command attention
II and as the public mind vas slightly excited, they
i formed legitimate and fair themes for criticism.
4 If our opinion regarding the question at issue is
deemed Of any moment, we express it very brief
W. We believe the subject has been discussed not
Withstanding the agelments Of the Courier; but we
do not believe the majority possesses either the pow
er or the nerve to hazard the terrible issues which
would assnredly arise. An act Of unexan1pled des-
potisn like thisWhich neither Queen Victoria. nor
Louis Napoleon, nor their nlinions would dare at
tempt-Would raise such commotion in the Com
monweath that the chief actors in the drama would
soon call upon the rocks to fall upon them and hide
them from the wrath Of an outraged people, incensed
TO the last pitch Of burning and consuming fire by
the preparation of intoleIable wrongs.
For these reasons we inclined to think as well as
from Information recently received, that movements
will be made to expel Aessrs Mer1ick and Buchanan
from the Supreme Bench, which they adorn by their
learning industry and character The fear Of the conse-
quenees Of the last resort, would, Of ITSELF prevent the
contamination of sneh an act Of unlimited, causeess
and wholly unjustifable tyranny.
But the principle is the same in regard to State
officers paroehial otherwise. The only substantial
difference is in the style and grade Of the Office If
the Legislature can remove one officer, not on &C.
nfn orf1npn hair
in his official eapaeity but simply because his politics
are obnoxious, the Legislature may remove all other
officers There viii be no assty for reason, law,
equity or justice The dicta Of an arbitrary majority,
should this despotic and ruinous precedent be adop
ted, will override everything and future Legisla-
ures referring to this detestabe precedent as an
ample, may remove all opposition Judges, sherifs,
ETC., in the State without assigning the smallest ar
guInenti in Justification thereof!
Just contemplate, for moment, what such course
would lead us to It would, as natural consequence,
unless thepeope Of Louisiana have
become more fitted for Austrian slaves and sers than
for free, brave and loftysouled citizens Of SOW
ereigntyof the North American Republic. And as
ne believe Louisianans have not degenerated into
slaves and cowards-mean despicabe and utterly con-
temptible caricatures upon American manhood-as
matter Of course We believe they would resort to
revolution before they would submit to an oligarchc
sway more odious and repulsve in all its features
than that which ever ground the people of any por
ton Of the earth before.
After fully denying that the majority in the Legis
lature design taking any action in regard to the su
preme Judges, the Courier concludes as follows:
Ass sTS S o ssfy
great public and they will that du:y firmly and
ooc1py hem without Wight and against the opinion
@ dr are I'm eps set n
leave Of ali oher doubtful claims to Office 10 the
We presume the foregoing is intended as an index
Of legislative action, regarding certain obnoxious
officers in the parish Of Orleans. It is entitled to
just about much eredence in deliberate opinion
as the denied rnnors respecting Messs. Merrick and
Buchanan, and no more for the reasons arguments
and Illustrations above given.
Thereare no Americans in office in the Parish of
Orleans Rho.did not set there through the regular
process Of law and to remove them without charge
against their official conductor the Legislature can
only know them as offieers--woud be an act of out
rageous tyranny which would justify any mode and
measure Of resistance.
After getting through with Orleans, to carry out
the parallel the Legislature should turn its attention
State American Clerks, SheTifs Recorders ETC.. are
to be found. Turn them all out, gentlemen of the
majority! You will have inst as much justification
IN the one case as in the other and there ARE hungry
partsans in all the Parishes anxious to obtain office,
no matter how, although we are free to say we shall
pity the men who attempt to get into office through
the means proposed They may encounter divers
and sundry shipTrecks before they reach the other
side of official Jordan.
But softly, the Supreme Court may have something
to say about these matters reverse the arbitrary
action limited at by our downtown cotemporary- and
unless Judges Mer1ick and Buchanan are removed
the whole beautiful game set down on the party pro-
gramme may be utterly Destroyed Parochal officers
have rights and we shouldn't be surprised if those
rights were sustained, despite the nefable disgust of
Central Committees and partisan leaders.
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TMroRrAET ARR1vAL.--Mr. Gschwindt arrived in
our city few days since and has opened his Office
at No so Chartres street. He is well known to our
citizens as he was here last season doubt all who
are DESTROYS Of seeing him, viii avail themselves Of
this opportunity and commission him to furnish them