New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-08-25
pR1MARY MEErrNGs To-NIGHT.

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In accordance with the recommendation OF the
Executive Committee Of the American farty' ana
the various Club notices which appear in our columns
this morning. the members Of the respective CLUBS
Of the city and parish Of New Orleans will assemble
at the regularly designated places OF meeting, m's
epcning, at halfpast o'clock, for the purpose Oh
selecting delegates to Parish Convention, 70 DC
held in the Lecture Room of Odd Fellows Hall, on
Thursday evening next, 9th inst, to nominate can
ddates for Parish District and Legislative Offices.
We trust none of our friends will forget or neglect
the hour or the occasion.
We earnestly hope the attendance at the primary
meetings will be general Our political friends should
turn ont in full force. There should be no iukewar
ness nor holding back. The occasion is one OF much
importance not only for the present. but in the future
If we select the proper kind of delegates they will
nominate the right kind Of men, and if the right
kind of men are nominated, the parish ticket will
be elected by amaorty Of thousands and the Ameri-
can party will send an unbroken delegation to the
Legislature, and delegation too, that will protect
this much abused metropolis from further persecu-
ton, outrage, wrong and oppression.
These primary meetings, although usually viewed
as rather unimportant in themselves, are really Of
the utmost Importance; for, as matters stand, nowa-
days, the delegates elected are charged with the
custody of the vital interests Of the party so far as
the nomination of reputable candidates is concerned,
and without reputable candidates no party should or
is likely to succeed. The American party has suffered
sufficiently on account of unfortunate nominations
and appointments and the severe lessons OF the past
should learn them wisdom for the future.
If our merchants will turn out, as they ought TO ;
if our property holders will turn out, they ought
to- if our tradesmen will turn out as they ought to
If our mechanics will turn out, as they ought to ana
if our masses will turn out, they ought to, and as
their duty and interest require there can be no doubt
Of suitable selection of delegates and suitable
nomination of candidates.
But will they turn out That is the question, and
it is question of infinite moment to the welfare OF
the American party--to the welfare OF New Orleans
to the honor and prosperity of the commonwealth
at large, for we regard continuance of the reign of
the present dynasty raught with disgrace and i'm
poverishment These being the issues in controversy,
we need hardly reterate fervent wish that there
may be an overwhelming attendance at the Club
Rooms of the different Wards, this evening at half
past7 o'clock.
For the general convenience we will now proceed
to append the location of the various places of meet
ing as set forth in our columns, towit:
The First Ward American Club will meet at the
corner of Basin and Magazine streets.
The Second Ward American Club will meet at No.
New Basin.
The Third Ward American Club Comprising the
district between Julia street and Canal street. and the
river and the lake, will meet in the Lecture Room of
tine Odd Fellows Hall.
The place of meeting of the Fourth Ward Ameri-
can Club is not designated, but we believe they meet
at the whitehall on ST. Louis street. opposite the St.
Louis Hotel This Club embraces that portion of the
city between Canal and St. Louis streets.
The Fifth Ward American Club will meet at the
corner of Orleans and Royal streets.
The Sixth Ward American Club will meet on Hos
ptal street, between Burgundy and Dauphn streets.
The Seventh Ward American Club will meet in
their usual room on Greatmen street, between Union
and Bagatelle streets.
The Eighth Ward American Club will meet in the
building of the Hope Hook and Ladder Company, at
the corner of Margny and Levee streets.
The Ninth Ward meets at the corner of Louisa and
Moreau streets.
The Tenth and Eleventh Ward American Clubs
(Fourth District) will meet at their Club Room on
Tchoupitoulas street, above jackson street.
We have now grouped, in small compass the vari
Gus localities of the meetings to be held this evening
for the benefit of our readers and the public All thu
meetings. it should be borne in mind, are conyoket
| for haltpast o'clock.