New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-07-17
Another Gem from San didse.

| Yesterday we published the speech of the Hon.
| John NJ sandidge, delivered on accepting the nomi.
| nation for Congress in the Fourth Dstrict-accom-
panied by running commentary. We reproduce,
to-day, the jewel Of the effort in order to compare it
with still brighter brilliant let off by the same gen
tlemau while a member of the Louisiana House of
Representatives in 1856 Apostrophizing the patri-
otto Democracy of the Fourth District Mr.. Sandidge
said:
Yourselves the break waters of the Fourth District,
against which the Raps OF party ends have been
lashing themselves, no words of encouragement are
needed from me, members of the great Democratic
family which has brooked the storm Of congomeraed
isms, you SHOULD give to me counsel and support.
Sometime during the session of 1856 the subject of
quarantine came up for consideration. Considerable
feeling was manifested, the State having suffered
severely from yellow fever the two preceding sum-
mers. Mr.. Sandidge Che was Speaker descended
from tile chair and delivered himself substantially in
this WISE in the course of his observations according
| to report made by a then member of the House,
| Mr. Speaker: 1t was my lot to be in the city of
New Orleans on one occasion when the fearful cpl
demic of yellow fever was raging to alarming ex
tent. The dark pail OF death hung gloomily over
the entire city almost every door knob was hung
1 with crape-and every brow was clad with the en-
blen,s of grief and will add Mr.. Speaker, that in
my peregrinations on the evee / was pointed to a
large ship which had been loaded with emgrants,
among whom the ravages oil the yellow fever had
been SO great that there was not left board living
| human being, sauag and excepting THREE DEAD
WOMEN!
/ OF course, neither pen nor types can portray the
effect produced by this remarkable outburst of elo-
quence. 1t cannot be described, but may be i'm
agined, and should have been heard to be properly
appreciated. None but those who did hear it know
how to appreciate it. We may add, however, that it
produced widespread sensation, and nothing else
was talked of, at about around, in Baton Rouge,
for several days
A brilliant similar to the above, although not equal
in lustre flashed before the eyes of the members
of the Mississippi State Senate. question of some
Importance was pending; the Senate was about equally
divided, and two three friends of the measure were
out. call of the House had and the Sergeantat
Arms sent after the absentees He was gone some
time, when at last fdgetty Senator, quite anxious
abruptly rose from his seat and sad MIR. President
would inquire if all the absentees are presentf'
Although the Mississippi Senate g came down y a
this display, the effect produced did not begin tc
equal that created by Mr. Sandidge when he wound u
, his epidemcal experience
We don't believe the Democrats of Mississippi eve
made, or tried to make, Representative in Con
gress of that luminous Senator. If we are i'll error
the editor of the Paulding (Mss.) Clarion, who wa
member at the time can furnish authentic nforna
a ton in the premises.