New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-11-24
ExrREsrELY INCORRECT.

Tho following article appeared in the Baton Rouge
Adrocetn If the 18th inst. We publish it for the
of ponting ont some of its errors in the hope
that due correction will be made in the proper
quarter - = ESQ.,,
!" ONLY TWENTY OR Tn1RrY."-The n. O.: Ores,
cent among other X. Journals, writing unuet t te
indignant rebukes of the country press, Against we
anarchca state of affairs in that city eeby attempts
to prove that it is model corporation IN te WY VI
law and order. In reply to an article IN te Na'1he|
Free Trader, the Crescent remarks:
be aud they dispsed 0o.s The GnennF Of the pG s
Without nhcng upon hE e ee SoSs r d dS
,asae W Esss IT ne ae s R s on
s's"s fs
frightened s WIFI ysr a Inf sre
If has been persistently asserted that there were
nnne If these savages parading the streets of New
Orleans on the day of election, but the Crescent the
organ Of the party, proves the assertion to be false
Whether there one or one hundred is llnateIai'
and whether any one was frightened by their acts IS
equally so it is here admitted that band OF semi
demons did make their appearance, painted ana as
guised as has been charged, whose object we 1eeVe
to have been that Of frightening the tld Oh eectloh
day. Why we're they not arrested while noting aha
brandishing their knives and pistols IN the streets
Why ddnot your Mayor, Mr.. Crescent. dlspersc then
when they made their appearance at ms door, cneel
ing and shouting his name. On, they were only
twenty or thirty in number"
The Advocate starts out with a palpable msstatc-
ment 1t classes the Crescent as " X. N. journal"
This is not the fact, nor has it been throughout the
Presidential canvass. True, we advocated the cleo
ton of Mr. Fillmore to the best of our ability but
our advocacy was based upon national Union grounds
not upon party grounds. We deemed him the safest
Union candidate before the people. Our opinions
have undergone no change And we fear two years
will not pass away, before the conservative Union
IF of he
in bitterness of heart the shortsghtedness that led
them to reject so saunch true and sterling patriot
and statesman. We trust our apprehensions may
never be realized but as we do honestly entertain
them, we have right to give expression to them.
If our vindication of the character of New Orleans
from the savage and unfoundcd onslaugnts upon it wa
SO very feeble, why did not the Advocate publish thu
whole of it, instead of copying brief extract? w
think We can give the true reason. That article wa
carefully written its facts were impregnable, ant
they fully INDICATED the fair fame Of the city from
cruel asperson. Those facts demonstrated that tn
late election was one Of the quietest we have eve
had that there we're fewer disturbances at the polk
or anywhere else, than usual and no riotings With
the limits of the corporation, for which too muc
praise cannot be awarded our efficient and energetic
: but wantonly maligned Mayor. We ask the ADV
:.
silence here at the source of Misrepresentation, ha
they been susceptible of refutaon, or even of ms
terpretation? The common sense and candor of Il
i editor of that journal will coustrain him to answer
If the negative.
Without intending any offence, we must be perm
ted to say that the Advocates talk about Il
lie savages' is the merest twaddle and but for its
H. rers, expressed and implied, would not he Wortl
lie even passing notice. The Advocate asks why thu
were not arrested when rioting? This was an il
possibility for they were not guilty Of roting' u
d der the law. They harmed nobody: scared n0bod
'e while their performances highly amused the SIN;
. boys, girls and darkeys Why, the children won
> get up handsome subscription to induce them
perform again! In conclusion, Baton Rouge {
ID temporary asks why the Mayor did not dispcr
S. them when they made their appearance at his dot
Y. cheering and shouting his Nance" AS they did II
g appear at the Mayors door at all, the Advocate VI
e see that there was nobody to 6 dsperse y
!. Now, if the editor of the Advocate desires lit
amusement on his own hook, we will tell him how
obtain it. Let him come down to New Orleans, d
II guse and paint himself after approved " India
If fashion, with feather about yard long in his ca
y buckle half a dozen reyolvcrs one side and hal
dozen bowie.kllyes on the other, Qherc is no Ii
"a against carrying exposed weaponsO mount musta
pony and ride through the streets, throwing in
- extra war Whoop or two every few squares, and
-, will guarantee that all the big and little boys
girls and all the big and little negroes will vote
~, the amusingest fellow they ever did see in or
=, Of circus! Come and try it. Tie exercise mag