New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-06-10
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Willard Fillmore, Eof New York, for the Presidency,
and Andrew Jackson Doneson, Of Tennessee for the
Vice Presidency. AT the time, we thought the nom
nations premature, and so expressed ourselves but
since then, political aairs have akena direction that
incline us to the opinion that the Philadelphia Amer
lean Convention acted wiseiy-that nothing could
have been gained, while much might have been lost,
by delay. #5
e The national canvass is now opened. me oppo-
sing hosts, and their commanding officers are larry
arrayed before the country The aitnough
a peaceful, is a glorious one. In grandeur ana SUD
Unity it has never had parallel OUTSIDE me ohlteo
States The civic struggle extends over an area IN
known to ancient or modern warfare Greece, IN her
| most glorious cru, never knew such an occasion
Rome, IN aer paImest days, when her eagles foated
in urdsputed supremacy over the known world
when She ssreled earth with her naughty shadow r.
never was acquainted with o conflict such as will ter
inmate Oh The first Monday in N November next
Just think Of 1.-THE magnificent battlefield!
| How stupsndous its proportions-how vast its area!
What varied soil and climate, population and pro-
duction, it embraces! The sun has never before
shone upon such scene, but we hope it will, for
many decades to come, although we fear not The
spectacle is soulnspirng, but there is one drawback
there are serpents in the grass, North and South
which continually obrude their forked tongues, and
hiss, and hiss and hiss
But We wilnot allude to these unpleasant features
further. We will return to the grand political battle
field. II extends from Maine to California. breaches
many degrees Of latitude and longitude 1t will pre-
vail from the half frozen lakes Of the North away
down South to Mexie's Gulf smiling in perpetual
warmth. It Will be known on the beaches Of the
stormy Atlantic and along the margins Of the quiet
Pacific 1t will excite arouse and stimulate millions,
and will end in peaceful acqueseenee in the popular
decree.
The two armies have worthy skillful gene
4 -consummate tactieians. We tell our American
4 friends, with the utmost frankness, that James
i Buchanan is not a foe to despise. BY no means
i by no means. He is q strong man probably the
strongest could have selected with the
exception Of Douglas. He is respectable gentleman
of the t:oId fogy' school, about half century be
hind the timesin which he lives and has a beng-and
consequently, will receive respectable amount Of re
A spectacle old fogy support. And Mr.. Breckenridge
brings to the ticket considerable influence from the
ranks of Young America. Of him, his anteeedents
y and relationships, more hereafter.
A The American party, however, has standard bearer
la generalin-chief-such as no party has ever had
7 since the departure Of the grand old men-Clay
jackson, Webster and Calhoun-with the past few
W years Willard Fillmore has been tried. He was sub
jected to an ordeal such few Executives ever
subjected to. He passed through the fiery furnace
and came out pure gold. The harder the test that was
applied the purer and brighter famed forth the ma
tional love and national patriotism of the man. The
people know these thingsthey are part of the re
cordof the past-and hence they will vote for and
support that icorrupble and rreproachable patriot
Mr.. Fillmore.
Mr.. Buchanan has never been tried Although a
respectable gentleman, it does not follow he would
prove an efficient and reliable President in troublous
times. IT is sure his opponent would. Hence the
confidence the masses Of the people repose in the
American candidate.
AWFUL STATE OF MORAL DEPRAv1TY.-A few
days ago a stranger putup at the City Hotel in this
/ city, to take supper and stay the night Feeling
much fatigued from days travel, he pulled off all
clothes, save his shirt, and betook himself to the
1 arms Of 1norphcusH When he awoke in the morn
i ing every stitch had been stolen, and he was COM
PEELED to lay abed until about z o'clock before he
4 could be supplied
his pantaloons stolen from the foot Of his bed hooked
q with a long pole, having a nail at the end. The
s. pockets were turned inside out, and the breeches
i thrown in and out of the place, showing that the
Il thief was disguised at finding nothing.
4 What shall become of us, with such state of moral
u depraYity before our eyes? Is
j, IA 35E [Baton Rouge Comet, 9th inst.
Baton Rouge is, we are sorry to say, becoming {
very wicked place; but, not half as much New
Orleans if certain Democratic journals are to b
\ believed. The moral deprayity' Of the American
of this city is awful to contemplate. If they ar
: abused and insuted, they get mad and knock dow
their abusers and insulters! II they are shot at
sought to be murdered, or their friends are unprt
Il vokedly fired upon, stabbed and manged, they fl
into rage, and so to fighting their account
!, Such atrocous wickedness is without parallel, an
i cannot be too severely reprobated.
!. For our part we are getting tired of preachn
!. peace and good will among men, We thiuk ii
! Legislature should be Immediately conyoked by tt
Z Governor, and stringent laws passed to this effect
LIST. If any member Of the American party, whe
If kicked, slapped or spit upon by Democrat pr
sumes to resent it. that lie shall be sent to the pen
tertiary for life. I'd. If any member or members
the American party, when fired upon cut Or mangle
II by Democrat or Democrats, presume to show fgl
g exhibit much less use deadly weapons, that the
y shall without trial or hearing, be forthwith burned
the stake by the slowest sort of fire. in order to ell
q out their agones to the farthest possible limit,
strike terror into the souls Of the pestilent race
\ This would settle the business of the Comma
i wealth, one ,cay or another, in short order!
Z. t&S
g An OFFER. Col. Samuel Bugg, of Tennessee, r
Gently wentto Cincinnati, accompanied by several Sc
wants to attend him and his family. He offered IL
" abolitionists not only every opportunity to sedu
!, them from his service, but premium of $1,000 to
9 handed over to any orphan asylum in the event
Z their success.
t, The dismissal Of Mr.. Champion calls to mind Il
Y case of Mr. jackson, the British Minister, who w
dismissed in 1909, for grossly offensive conduct
l. had just returned from Denmark, where he had bee
insolent and overbearing. Our government Won
ID not submit to his arrogance. The Secretary of Sta
II informed Mr. jackson that no further communicate
IN would be received from him. Mr. Pinckney, our Mi
lister to England, made representation of Mr. Jac
he sons conduct to the British government and he w
lg recalled. Fifteen months elapsed before success
liz was appointed. ..
u DESTRUCTIVE FIRE Elm OpELIKA.--We learn that
" destructive fire occurred at 0peka. Ala on the
" nst destroying the hotel and other buildings adj
ne cent.
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LAWYER ARREsTED--A. Russell Kelam, an {
err tomey at law, recently from ATLANTA, but now
hi Brunswick, Ca recently arrested for negro ste;
to ing, and lodged in jail, from which he made his
cape on the 18th ult. The Sheriff Of Glynn count
nor offers reward of $50 for his arrest