New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-06-02
JUST AND sEEsIisLE RENAslxs.

we extract the following from The last Baton Rouge
Gazette received Il this Office: Ell
TIE ELRCTIoN LAw.-On this interesting subject
the Advocate says
Mayor Waterman hatter his cutthroa emssaries that
sy superior all enacted for the protection o. hs
SIT up rebellion against the States authority but all will be in
sss.Sa ,ns III
L To judge from the vote given Mayor Waterman,
when he was elected to the position he now occupies
about of the citizens Of New Orleans are
his cut throat emissaries"-a harmless thrust made
ut them by the party press often that it passes BY
UNDECIDED. Mayor Waterman has only acted IN TINS
matter as any passibe reasonable man OF tne otner
side would have done. He has submitted the letter
from Mr.. Noise, calling on him to appear at the office
Iof Superintendent General Cotton, to the Board OF
Aldermen, rejecting in bis letter accompanying it
the undoubted public sentiment OF New Orleans IN
reference to the law He refuses to obey the sum-
mons without advice from the Board, and expresses
the desire to have the constutionaty of the act at
once tested before the Supreme Court. In this he
acted wisely md in accordance With the clearly ex.
pressed wishes of the people who elevated him to the
position he now occupies Should the Supreme Court
pronounce the law constitutional, we presume that
Mayor Waterman and his cut-thrOat emissaries y
would more willingly submit to it than large num-
Der Of the Democrats Of the city who opposed its
passage.
The interest some country politicians profess in the
domestic affairs of New Orleans for the purpose of
denouncipg our local authorities is truly remarkable.
We have never met with anything like it in our ex-
perience. While we truly appreciate their concern
for u.s. we hope they will not neglect matters at home
Perhaps, if they would scan their immediate neighbor
hoods closely they would find enough to occupy their
attention without devoting any time to us. ..
So far as the course of Mayor Waterman in regard
to the Election Law is concerned, we verify believe it
meets the hearty approval of nnety-nine hundredhs
Of the people of this much.maligned commercial
metropolis. Our means for obtaining accurate knowl.
edge are rather extensive than otherwise, and we
have yet to hear the slightest whisper of dissent The
Mayor acted properly in communicating directly with
the legislative branch of the corporations govern
ment. Had he withheld the information embraced
in his message to the Common Council, respecting
the invitation to participate in the proceedings OF
the Central Board of Commissioners, he would have
laid himself amenabe to severe censure in our opin-
ion. Nor was there anything Objectionable in the
wording of the communication, according to our
Judgment. 1t is as easy for inimical parties to find
fault it is for temagant to scold and just about
as natural This is a fact the dsinterested public
should bear in mind.
The idea of Mayor Waterman's employing g cut
throat emissaries only excites a smile in this com
WuLty. luc 10 uUt ueeutu WoL1Hy
notice. From boyhood to the present moment his
character has been above and beyond reproach. Nc
stain attaches to his escutcheon. 1t is pure and I'M
sullied and what is MORE the people at large are
aware Of the fact. And when his official record is
made out the great truth will be apparent as the
sun at midday that this much illuminated magis
trate has performed more labor, made efficient
officer overcome more obstacles than any of his pre-
decessos and that all his acts and all his policy have
been controlled with an eye single to the general
veal He doubtless has committed errors, but let the
perfect man throw the first stone.
We have no hesitancy in stating to our Baton Rouge
contemporary that it is the earnest desire ofhe Mayor
Of the Common Council and of the press and people
Of the parish Of Orleans that the constutionality of
the Election Law should be tested before the Supreme
Court with the least possible delay. But we hardly
believe it will be so tested until after the November
election. We are being led to the conclusion that
it is the intention of the Board of Commissioners that
it shall not be SO tested. We are beginning to think
there is Interior object in view and that the delay
in the organization Of the Board has been purposey
caused in order to accomplish that object We may be
wrong, still we candidly state that the misgvings we
have entertained for time are rapidly ripening
into convictions, and that they will become convic
tons unless some steps are taken by the Board o
| Commissioners to relieve the suspense which weighs
upon the people, before the week expires.