New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-09-10

ments having real foundation--and shall, here.
tofore, by combining ourselves within the bounds
ranted by irrefragable data endeavor to show that
the premises and conclusions of the Address are
wanting in truth and lacking in logic.
Without occupying our space and wearying our
readers with refutation of the often told tale about
the fall election of 1855, and which has been reuted
time and again--the repetition of it only showing
the barrenness Of the authors of the Address in sound
argument-we will proceed to quote the allusion to
the Presidential election Of 1856. Says the Address
In the succeeding election Chat for Presidential
eleetors) the same system of terrorism ana violence
produced like results Many citizens refused TO reg
lister their names voters, considering VAN Tor
mality and out of ii ,92l voters who did register
their names, nearly 5000 were excluded from the
right of voting, prudently abstaned from the eSe
else of right which was attended not only with
personal danger, but with sense OF degradation Mr.;
FimoreS majority in the city OF New orleans 1ell
short of the number OF excluded votes.
The foregoing is not true in any sense. 1t is false
throughout. Premise and corolary alike founded
in untruth The Presidential election of 1856 was
the most peaceable and quiet election we have ever
known in this city. There was no terrorism at
the polls and no unusual violence" at Or near the
polls. The day, considering an exciting election was
pending, was extraordinarily marked by peace, alb
sence of violence and everything approaching ter
rorism." We saw no one alarmed: on the contrary,
everybody appeared as contented and secure pos
sible and We or our assistants visited nearly every
precinct in the city, with the view of obtaining
rate, personal knowledge Of what was going on, in
order that we might be able to write truthful report
at the proper time, anticipating, we did, that the
tongue of calumny would make itself busy, no mat
ter what occurred. We would be obliged to the au-
fhnrs of tho Ad1rnSs If thav wnuld mention any
Democrat that refused to register his name. And,
if any failed to vote, it was their own fault. They
could have voted without let or hindrance. There
was no obstruction, no danger, in their way. But
the Address fails to give the true why there
was so great a falling off, We will give it. The
antslideAD Democrats, knowing full well that ban
of memorable ostraeism would be lit has been) put
upon them by MI Slidell in of the election of
Mr. Buchanan did not to vote for the purpose of
assisting in their persecution. This accounts, in
great measure, for the falling off in the Democratic
vote. Furthermore, if we are not much mistaken,
Mr.. Fillmore received majority of the registered
votes.
We will now proceed to give true statement of
the occurrences the last Presidential election day.
1t is copied from the Crescent of the 18th of Novem
Der, 1856, and written in to article in
month. It was not questioned at the time nor has it
been denied since. The man who denies it, denies
the truth-that is all. Here it is
There little nothing election
which should bring the blush of shame into any mans face
1t the peaceaby conducted election the city has known
for years. according personal observation aud kuowl
edge There fewer knock downs fewer Disturbances
usual riotngs The police arrangements
of efficient ami patriotic Mayor contributed much
securing this result for which he hns the thanks of all good
citizens biased by prejudice and partisan many
@ Of course have nothing do with the reflections of the
Free Trader upon the of he Democrats Of New Or
leans They in the newspapers that they max
ing tfgh ard they didn't fight it of
business.
8. This intmdaon' business is the mscst kind of hum,
bug It won't bear investigation And f four Thousand
could be nnidaed minated the verdict of any brave
jury would beserved em right Men who won't fight for
the important franchise earth, would not be re-
able in case of foreign invasion
L. In regard the information communicated the editor of
Free Trader by highly respectable gentleman from Will
kinson county, all We have that there not particle
of truth in Of the smallest 1t grossly incorrect
throughout No such lie tells transpred No Demo-
shot down. for 'hurraing Buchanan
anything else. The Indians spoken of only twenty
thirty number and they dispersed long before opening
the polls without nictug harm upon human being The
oo they made quite interesting the little boys girls and
darkeys.
s. The first weapon drawn the day election drawn
by II leading Democrat.
g. Nc leading Fillmore drew used sought any
deadly weapon the day Of election.
l. There shooting stsbbng Of the polls and
knock downs at but very few.
s. The only serious of the day the
polls or adjacent to them.
An lrsmsn accidently shot in the snorning not at
great distance from the Twenty Third Precinct by friend who
showing him his pistol but it did not kill him.
To- A German named Lang shot and killed in fight he
had with unknown the of Eysian Fields
and Claiborne Third District he having stabbed his
before being shohe affair taking place five squares
from the nearest precinct.
H. member of the American party stabbed by another
member Of the party in coheeose the Eleventh
Precinct, st. Peter street, and he is getting we'll
L. Late night Irshmsn killed Tchoupitoulns
street by unknown person.
49, These al the serious Of election day md
night.
We have pledged ourselves for the truthfuness of
the above statement. We have published it several
times 1t never has been controyerted and yet the
same old calumnies are regularly eXhumed whenever
party end is to be subserved.
The Address, towards the conclusion, endeavors to
argue in favor of the UNANIMOUSLY notorious '' Army
BILL and takes occasion to sneer at the police as
being Inefficient ETC.. and fortites its position by
quoting from certain Grand Jury report, the fore
man OF which is reported to have said: " That for
all purposes Of useful efficient action they (the
police) might have been as well in bed We happen
to have the figures at hand to refute this SANDER
upon the efficiency of the police under the admins
tration Of Mayor Waterman. Taking term of eleven
months, under the Democratic administration of
Mayor Lewis we find that, with a police force of
45G men he made 10 81 arrests For similar term
under the American administration of Mayor Water
man. with police force Of less than 800 men most
of the time, we find that he made % 800 arrests
difference 5,79S! These figures dsprove the charge
of ineiiciency, while they completely vindicate the
police and their indefatgable chief. Figures are hard
things to get over, and this the Central Committee
should have thought Of before they published their
Address.
Further along, referring to the Army BILL the
Address observes (the italics are our own)
To have omitted, under such circumstances the
enactment of some Flaw regulating the elections in
the city of New Orleans by which "the privilege of
free suffrage should be protected and which should
provide adequate penalties against all undue intlu.
ence thereon from power, bribery, tumult or other
improper practice would have been not only pal
pable disregard of plain constitutional duty, but
would have amounted to demssion of the first aud
greatest attribute of sovereign State, to-wit The
right protect its citizens in the exercise and enjoy
ment of their constitutional rights. A Government
which fails in the discharge of this primary obliga-
ton, ignores its own existence such, and in fact
proclatms anarchy 1t releases the people from
their allegiance, by proclaimng that the contract
which imposes the correlatiye duties of protection
zens either Individually collectively, to the choice
pF pf and int Inir