New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-11-10

Referring to and quoting from the Courier and an
other paper published in this city, the Mobile Regis
ter of the Sth has the following

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ter of the Sth has the following:
The other New Orleans papers with two exceptions
seem to winl silence the subject and conen,
enNcye With saying that there were fever ACTS l'lshce
so. This fact would weigh heavily upon the mind if the st
that The excitement only coGcmitant Of zealon1 contss
sus an Immense number Of persons that did s" that
The Know EohnS majority vas arey on that dny
arri,.a that the default produced by the reasons assigned
BY the Courier.
There is one paper We have right to speak for,
that never entertains =" wful silence any other
description of silence, when matters Of public interest
are involved. That paper is the Crescent. We have
given full and accurate accounts Of the transactions
of election day. And those accounts heve been un-
influenced by political bias. Our reporters have
positive instructions to pen things down as they are
not as they would wish them to be. In no other
manner can our ideal Of newspaper be realizcd-a
newspaper that, while fully up to the times, tells the
truth whether agreeable repulsvc to the personal
predictions of its conductors.
Now, in reference to the ''acts Of violence spoken
of by our Mobile cotcmporary We have been in New
Orleans many years, have taken rather prominent
part in many elections and have observed closely the
conduct Of leaders, drummers the active men" and
those in authority. We are human, and do not,
therefore, pretend to absolute correctness much less
nfallibty when we state that there were " fewer
acts of violence fewer disturbances at the polls fewer
rows throughout the city, fewer violations Of law and
order in any and every respect, fewer demonstrations
against the public quiet and fewer Objectionable fea
lures than in any election have witnessed in New
Orleans the past six years
Too much credit cannot be awarded to Mayor Wat
crman for the admirable and efficient manner in
which he preserved the peace and maintained good
order within the limits Of the corporation. With.
meagre police force consisting Of some two hundred
and fifty men, he had to guard city which has six
seven miles river front, and which reaches back to
Lake Pontchartrain by inhabitabc distances ranging
from two to five and six miles. 1t is a proud CON
ISOLATION to him and his friends that, under the cir
cumstanceS, he was enabled to carry an election
through blaze Of excitement, a whrwind of fearful
passions snch community has ever known, with
few disturbances, no lotings, and no killings that
have yet been traced to any political cause. This
great fact, this unenalle truth, will not be forgotten
by those who have hearts to feel heads to think, OF
character property to be imperlled no matter how
gigantic the efforts Of the architects Of causcless OBJ
loquy and cruel wrong to heap opprobrium mountain
high where justice demands commentator anG
praise But true gold ncyerwa injured by the sever
est tests Of the crucible. The end is not yet.
/. The smaness of the vote, which is perhaps mex
plicablc to the Mobile Register. is easily accounted
for simple tale Of facts renders all things clear
To take the lowest margn there were at least on
thousand antiSlidel Democrats in New Orleans who
= did not care to vote for Mr. Buchanan. Why: The,
knew, in case Of Mr.. Bucllanans election that Mr.
Sldcll would he power behind the throne create
than the throne ITSELF and that he forgot hi
friends Or torgave his enemies Or in other words
they were well aware that political ostncsm wou
= be their certain portion It will be. Mark tn
woras-it 'rW be! Need we say anything further
Y instead of thousand, would have been nearc
= the mark
IS Then, again. large numbers declined voting for
y party they preferred the leaders and controllers
: which had so often kept the word Of promise to I'll
e car and broke it to the hope In this wise hundred
c Of the deficiency can be accounted for. And IT,
= balance, we have no earthly doubt, with some ull
Il portant exceptions, concluded that there would J.
disturbances at the polls, owing to the unparalelc
publications Of the Democratic State and Parish Con
s. mittees, and determined not to go them. Thcl
4 is hardly room for question, that on this aCcOul
'e solely the Fillmore ticket lost from six hundred to
it thousand votes. We know Of scores personally.
t. We are sorry TO the disposition manifested
e. asperse and malign New Orleans. 1t is time tn
% course should be stopped. The city has enough a
III tua sins to answer for without being sandercd.
III stead of vilHfyng one another, VIC should all 90
ES work, heart and soul to promote the prosperity al
e elevate the character Of the glorious metropolis
LII which we live.