Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-09-26
TO THE PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA.

she American psrty
We present, ia An authentic form, 8
statement Of the number Of murders
etc, committed in the ci,s Of New Or.
leans from February 1856, TO the 3oth
OF July 1887, with The nun Der of ar.
rests and the nationality of the offenders
| and Of the victims.
We also preseu. the number OF arrests
made by his honor, Mayor Lewis, in
eleven months, with = police force Of
45o, and of tha number "f arrests made
by his honor, Mayor Waterman, for
the same period Of time, with police
force Of from ESQ to 800 men and also
= s;a,sment Of the number sent to the
Work House and the Insane ASYLUM,
with lhei: nativity.
These statements are IT sde 10 correct
erroneous impressions produced upon
the public mind BY the uutounded asser
tons oil Democratic organs and po!t!s~
cIpns.
It has been boldly allegsd-and the
!sglslai!on OF the past two years has been
based upon i,-that all the mur-
der., crimes. nisde,neanors, riots, ,ows,
Disturbances of the peace and the hreak.
ing Of the ballot boxes, ara Justly chsrg
cable to the American party. How un
just the charge. aud how untrue in fact,
the annexed tables will show. While
ihey are complete sindicatiou Of the
American party, they also convict the
Democratic organs and demagogues of
the perversion Of ,rn.h and Of the fab,
rica;ion Of FsIaehood Crimes" obser
we'd an ilussrious orator, "are the acts
Of individuals, and not OF denominations;
and therefore, arbitrarily to clas. men
under general descriptions. in order TO
prosecute and punish them in a lump for
presumed delinquency, Of which per-
maps but part, perhaps none at ali, are
guilty, is, indeed, Il co,npendious method,
and saves world Of trouble, without
proof but 'ucl, method, instea! OF
being law. Is al act Of unnatura! rebel!-
ion against the legal domain Of reason
and justice
I'hs trusl, Of the above remarks is
obvious 20 all. That native Americans
occas.naliy are guilty Of the asinor rs
we'll rs tie grayer offence, is Iamentabiy
.fue aid that crime. IN all its gfalations
viii continue to shock tlle public c)n>
science, is also unfortunately true: but
tha: either party, IS party, is guilty OF
all the enormous offences which are
committed, is a libel upon human nature.
With these remarks We will revert to
an instance or two of ou,rages which
happened in the past few year,. Of all
crimes agains the glorious righ. of free
suffrage, the pl quenine fraud, conceived
and executed By the worst fragment Of
he Democratic party of this city, IS the
most prominent. The succ ss, unpun-
isteJ in that case, led to aud was the
origin Of the shameful frauds OF 1853.
though the epidemic OF that summer
nsl decimattd the CITY, ye. the vote WAS
larger then than it had ever been or will
be for some years to come. The sub.
slan,iai men of the city, after that eject
'on, thought it time TO act, and in the
winter Of 1854 a party, called the referm
party, was organized, and in the spring.
brought out their ticket, With the ex-
cept.on OF the Mayor and Recorders, j,
>ucce.ded After this date it took the
name Of the American party. Success
has Always been certain since that date,
Simply because the unsernpulous leaders
Of the Democratic party have been pre-
vented from egraetising the infamous
trau ds of 1853. Tire result Of egerv
subs@qnen. election eIearlr demonstrates
that the Democratic party is IN large
minority in the city, ami .ha. It's previous
SUCCESS WAS solely attributable 10 the
large number OF fsaus!ulent and perjured
votes which polluted the ballot boxes.
At the two last elections the American
ticket had no opposition, and it is gene
rally understood it will have none in
November next, the Democratic party
not wishing to expose its weakness, bnt
preferring to keep up tie spirits Of its
followers in the country by Faissaffian
exaggera,ion Of its numbers here,
10 all large cities, when political ex~
element is at fever heat, disturbances at
or near the polls are likely TO occur.
On two occa<ious th0balIot boxes were
broken-in 1854 at one and In 1855 at
Two precincts. Without any evidence,
without even the slightest cause for sus
picion, those acts Of violence we're at
tributed to the American party. At
these two dates the Attorney General,
District Attorney. Judge Of the Criminal
Court, Mayor. Sheriff and Recorders,
were all Democrats and yet, with al!
their power, with the police at their com:
n md, aided and assisted by disap>
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