New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-03-11
mULrrpLrc1rY or ELECTIONS, ETC.


MULrIPLIcITY or ELECTIONS. ETC.
We claim to be is good Republicans according to
the oldfashoned acceptation Of the term, can be
found in this or any other country We believe
strongly in the fundamental principle that underes,
sustains and ytaizes the entire fabric Of peculiar
governmental system and, we also believe it to be
eminentiy just and proper and calculated to work as
much good in the future it has been productive OF
benecent results in the past, provided no untoward
event happens to impede the onward march OF our
prosperous and expanding confederacy.
But, it has been well said, times innumerabe, that
there is vast amount of good without some spice OF
evil mixed with it and this country, its institutions
and people, are not exempt from the operation oil this
natural rule
We consider the multiplicity of elections that are
continually taking place in the States Of this Union
and the exctements, oppositions anmosites and bad
passions that are engendered thereby-the fact that
partisan tempest is raging somewhere all the time
the worst feature of our system of government, as
well as the most ominous indication of the times.
A reason may be asked for this opinion. We can
give one conclusive at least to ourselves, in a few
WAsH1sGroN, ADAMS and JEFFERSON viewed it, is
conferred upon the men Of a nation. 1t should be
regarded priceless heirloom, and is so regarded
BY thousands of honest and intelligent citizens. Now
it will be obvious to the most superficial observer,
when his attention is directed to it, that valuable
things will not bear constantly recurring usethat
such use will cause them to lose taeir value-and
that the end must result in their moral depreciation
until they become as little priced as worthless
woman. We, Of the United States, are called upon
to vote too often. Every six months at the outside,
we are obliged to exercise the oftest attribute of
individual sovereignty, or by not exercising it to
tacitly admit that frequent use has made it unattract
i've if not vaueless to us We're elections four times
as rare they are, we verify believe the right of
suffrage would be looked upona hundred fold more
valuable that we would have better laws, larger con-
tentment, fewer quarrelings, and greater amount
Of happiness and prosperity, both in the detail and
in the aggregate.
These remarks are intended for our sister States
not for Louisiana. The frequency of elections in
other States is not comparable with the frequency of
elections in Louisiana and in New Orleans Here, it
seems our destiny is to be involved in election ur-
moils all the time We are hardly free from one can
vass before we are plunged into another We are
allowed no breathing spels-no resting intervals-no
chances to reflect upon the past in order to improve
upon the future The political waters are kept in a
perpetual whir Hhat mas peeh ohe consequence
that large numbers OF our oest citlzens ali 70
vote at all al many OF our eee'lohs, ana aiio" ni'-
tiers to terminate as luck good or bad fortune may
! direct.
Let us take retrospect of less than two years The
state canvass OF 1853 was otter ana ana
aroused ieehng IN the commonwealth that haa never
existed oelore Inc tna' suceeeoeu us
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ac'on q lne "as scii ~ ~ Ola
sofes ihs.eau u nea,ns .iem -, .ne aoiiio'i'ous
nuhci'ai VI 'aiie iooo, VIM ions pe ieiei
pefeu. anu tne
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upenea - eass' :nu a.
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ensnuslastn NV y Wa anu NJ" enueu
az : ~ suo "na sai'
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pu, pose ~ 10y .Aa. WHY iap'oiy suo'
SUI AZ,
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