New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-11-07
ExrRAyAGANCE IN POLITICS.

We hear deal about extravaganza in this great,
glorious and enlightened country. Extravaganza III
dress extravaganza in living, extravaganza III per
sonal adornment extravaganza in equipages eXtra'a
canoe in furniture, extravaganza in houses ana eS-
travagance in display have all been duly cntclsed'
inyeighed against and sermonzed upon by as many
different individuals as there are different tastes
habits, prejudices and partiates i'll the community
Well it is undeniaby true that undue extravaganza
in all things should be discouraged; but, at the same
time it should not be forgotten that the caprces and
wants Of the extraYagant are the sources whence
hundreds of thousands, and millions even of people
draw their susterance, acquire respectable living,
and in nnumerabe instances, accumulate an honora.
bic competence. Thus, an ncaculahe amount of
good is made to flow from practices not only venial
in themselves, but which do earthly harm save to
the parties concerned in the first instance. Such are
the mysterious orderings Of nursing Nature, which
are always right, although human vision is frequently
too weak to penetrate through the veil that conceas
their workings. In the language of Pope: What
ever is is right And if it isn't it ought to be.
That's our belief; and Pope was unquestionably OF
the same way of thinking, or else he never would
have written fine line from which we have quoted.
But. there is another kind of extravaganza which
is really worse more nonsensical and less calculated
to accomplish any hudabe purpose than any OF the
others we have named. We aludc to the " EXtraya-
nance in Poitics"-the identical heading of this artl-
cle In our political extravaganza rush to the very
verge Of downright insanity-leave common sense,
good feeling and regard for the views and scnsbl-
ties of those who differ from too far out of sight
This is all wrong 1t effects no patriotic object
arouses no elevating sentiment; leads to nothing
hI,1 hpnl.
fetal results seldom or never flow.
In this country it is our pride and boast that all
men are free and eeual-that we all enjoy the same
high prerogative of entertaining, expressing and
acting upon principles public polty which
seem to us best calculated to conserve the general
veal Here the rich possess no political superiority
over the POOR the poor over the rich All classes
stand on the same political level, exercising FRAN
chises of exactly the same character
Under such circumstances it would seem that our
people could get along without trouble. But what do
we sec? Let tie reader consult the mere partisan
Journals and listen to the partisan speakers of the
| day, and he will ascertain. For doing precisely what
D arrogates to hmself-that is speaking, acting and
voting as he thinks fit without let Or hindranceD
charges \ with contemplating evil practices, with a
lack of patriotism, honor and fair dealing, and with
entertaining sinister designs. This naturally eXas
perates A, and he retorts violently. Then bolster
Gus discussion succeeds, in which both parties get
excited, do wrong charge each other with deeds nc
ther ever had the slightest idea of committing, and
before they through, public and private character
suffers mercess onslaughts, and all without actua
reason or real justification.
Weput it to all dispassonatc men, without distinc
ton otpary if the foregoing illustration is not liter
ally true And the one illustration will answer fol
the entire country; for, in all sections the same de
plorabe extravaganza III political warfare prevails
Would it were not SO.
Now we hold to decided political convictions, ant
we never were chary in giving expression to those
convictions. We never shall be. We entertain the
profoundest contempt for any man who controls /
press and yet hasn't nerve enough to say III deccntant
unmstakablc language what his political views ant
preferences are. For instance, during the canvass
just over we have advocated the election Of Nh Fill
more zealously and honestly. We believed then, al
we believe now that he was the best and safest MAJ
for the Presidency before the American people, The
popular verdict has not shaken our belief in any de
gree whatever, yet we never, either directly ndi
rectly, assaulted the character of his opponent. I
elected, Mr. Buchanan will make It very good Prcsi
momentous crisis does come, we shall have little con
tidence in his tirmness. At all events, we shall b.
prepared to accord his administration all the justice
his warmest friends claim and we trust we shal
be agrceably disappointed in the generalization o
our apprehensons.
The election being over it is to be hoped there viii
be dmnution in the political extravaganza we have
deprecated Let the triumphant wear their laurcs
with becoming magnanimity, and let the defeated
bind up their wounds with the sotest bandagcs they
can procure. One party is just about good as the
other if not little more so, and both would fight,
| glorious and united band Of brothers, were Our com
mon community attacked.
For our part we would remind the public Of wha
is known almost universally, that the Cresccnt-ont
of the best papers in Christcndom--is published Il
No. 70 Camp street, New Orleans, State of Louisiana
United States Of Amerca-that it is the most valuable
advertising medium eNtant-subscripti price t.
daily $40, weekly So in atlvance-that we have
splendid job office in the building, and that, despite
the election, are ready to greet our friends ant
patrons with smiling faces
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