New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-10-27

Scenes 81 Violence brutality The Of many leading
are vhe sammy pre- s
ssn o6s sGIs G nei Inc o
shamey and disrssardea and o; ~
wiei heir stead substituted the decree of rFe
sPsnsS's @an r 4 hose live
claimed their utter DISREGARD Of the CGnstt49n or ths S %
schemes with regard to the exclusion of naturaz citizens from
4 their rights as voters
The editors Of the Courier either have shocking
bad memories or else they go upon tie principle that
when their party profits by the most odious and dam
A nable frauds that ever disgraced humanity and soc
cety all is right, but when they are beaten at their
own game Or by practices not one:tenth as bad as
Il those which wrought out previous successes for them
u that detestable and datolical crimes committed
long as their bull snot interrupted in gorng other
5peopes oxen, they full Of gleeul beatitude, but
when that bull made to pay the penalty Of his out
Ilageous acts, they declaim loudly and vehemently
against what they term the unfair conduct Of Others
The Courier shouted for joy when, by frauds of the
most infamous, base and detestable description, the
vote Of tile parish Of Plaquemines was swced from
n some three hundred up to some thirteen hundred.
II Then fraud benefited the Democracy!
4 Iii 1853 Eve don't pretend precise accuracy in
4 either Of these cases although we not far enough
from IL to amount to anythng) the Courier was de-
lighted beyond measure over the supendo1s frauds
of that year. for then too the Democracy was the re-
cipient Of all the advantages flowing from the pepe-
tration Of successful fraud. 10 refresh the memories
our somnolent neghbors will state few undeni-
able facts The terrible epidemic of 1858 enjoys fear
full worldwide reputation. We went through it. suffer
cd by III and know all about it. renee to its
7. horrible rayages even now almost makes blood
, run cold. To say two thousand voters died between
/ the commencement of the epidemic and the first
/ Monday in November would be rather under than
over the mark and that fear of contagon kept fully
i thousand more away until long after election day,
every candid man who recolects the condition Of the
i city at that time will readily admit The highest
Il vote the city had previously given was some ten
thousand five hundred. Deduct the thousand dead
n and absent from this, and seven thousand five hun
ic bred would have been honest and correct vote.
at But, what qpas the vote? Why over thirteen thou
n sand Between four and five thousand fraudulent
votes, perured votes, uquestionaby poled and
IS the Old Line Wings WERE emphaticaly long ways
tile other side Of nowhere. That enormous frauds had
~ been committed, was evident patent undenied. But
ed as the Wings contested elections and as The
i'll Democrats are always content with victory and The
3D. spoils the matter passed oyer quietly. Had The
Gu Wings, however poed four or five thousand lega
votes and thus fiaudulently beaten the Democrats
they would never have heard the last of it. Tn
Wing bull that gored the Democrat OK would haV
W. been pronounced the most daboical bull on record
wv Thus circumstances would have altered cases
" But to recur to the quotation Of the Courierabovc
Admit all that is stated and still it is apparent as tn
sun at monday under an August sky that the Demo
cratic frauds at the single election Of 1858 more tha
II councrbaance those alleged to have been committe
by the American party at all the elections since it
Ater first organization in this metropolis Admit tina
Err members Of the American parry have been guilty
- fighting and rowdyism. Is not fighting and roWdl
AY ism far more innocent amusement than engaging
the frauds and perIlies which blacky characterize
the election of 1883?
us But we do not admit the wild talk of the Coure
i'm Its statements not founded in truth At thei a
not electonn this city the first deadly weapons draw
IN were drawn by Democrats. Witness the vilainoI
M attemptat assassination at the Seventh Ward poll
nr where all was peaceful before a Democratic rowe
GER came and raised wanton disturbance which lie tr
ton to end with murder! Witness the murlerous 60
isa certcd onslaught, of the Scilans upon the Eleven
ssr Ward polls where all quiet until they made thu
!, in appearance!
en The Courier stutifeq itself if it supposes our p
pie have forgotten these things. In the intensity
blind, hcadlong, partisan ZEAL it may forget ii
- other people have memories, but they have, never
- less And il there was ever paper or party VIII
should bear in mind the old saying that those W
me live in glass houses should not throw stones, it
the Courier and the party of which it is the organ
We see nothing in the Courier further which
Use in quires comment indeed we have already deyo
q me too much space to the subject
cY Inconclusion, however, we must restate CON
lion limited at by us on Friday morning, that some
the Buchanan leaders seem determined to have a
date turbance on the day of election, noleR$ rocnS
d i is quiet all peaceful and there are not even sy
ye1 toms of trouble, yet measures unknown to the
. y( of the State and the ordinances Of the corpora
Of TIC. are being taken by them
d Than What does itmean?" we again ask, as we as
I, on Friday morning. unless riot is premcdta
ions n with view to justify the highest officer in the s.
if possible, in the exercise Of a despotit shete
wishes power never known to this continent since its dis
cry, should a certain contingency arise:
- - nsrLiver Complaint Dyspepsia and ri