New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-08-14

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The Richmond (Madison parisD American of the
9Th instant contains long editorial report and re-
;a, - snaaI ,a,;,ored IN the conf honse of that
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parish on the previous fllaay oy ool hsoer' A. nun
ter, Democratic candidate for State Treasurer. The
American saws there was crowd Of about forty y
nIasan. q more than one.half of whom were Ameri
= .a,;.;aaI s;.,;sa..o. p.sa,.,r oror that
oahs' ~ . pois@e" e'sniie"so'i. ass,ns W. -,
portion of the report referring to what the Coonei
said regarding partisan issues generally, we come
down n that mart Of highest ;mporance to Col Hun
:. !. o, as If most
vi - . n1a. anu As oanu'oa.e' = --h.,I-.
moment to the people of Louisiana en- n'asse, whoiy
irrespective of party ties antipathes associations
OF course we alnde to his connection with free negro
ro.;,,,, n tha rS 80 pan;des If which we have
'oIns ~ Sue PARISH u .''p4uss, I. - ~ -
spoken on several occasions, ana 70 winch we PAID
special and lengthy attention in the Crescent of yes
| terdav mornno
L., 81 u,ntor,s SON. concern;,, his
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oonpnci'y WIN 1,e. ooe.s ~ i'ap.oes' as se'
uoMn ~ suo iepoi' ue'oe w. W. oos.ue'
-. u N' W. P'ei'i
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he had nernetrateS frauds mon the IN the
parish Of Rapides in securing for the Democracy
large free negro cote in that parish, at precinct
caieo .e,,-I py Wnlc9 ne mas acquired the soDf
bscI ;nt tha h;star cf th;s acus. a sa e.
these peone who live in the prolific hills of Ten
Nile" HAD AFRICAN BLOOD IN THEIR VEINS and :" had
never Voted until 1885, when the wings beat OLD joe
,sa H. s so.e .o eae ta. ata
to Their Sac and the Wings kicked M al II and in
dcted the commissioners, and after long trial they
were acquitted that IN ls4I, another trial occurred
NV ~ h WV se saI sa e..t VIII
I thirty three men last November armed with rifles
many of which had broken breeches that he was the
L tp in Tho yuI,n pcith
Uo .nas cdomh y sn1y,sesen
| with munitions NJ war among which he snecified
twenty-five pairs of brass knuckles came within one
hundred and eighty yards OF the polls but retreated
upon nearing ma! ne was mere ~ she nesd 9. DIS ae
,chicI he ,rns nro,d that he WAS always willing to Law
down his life ID defense of the RIGHTS
of his FELLow-cITIzENs. With repetition OF what
ne naa saln ~ the o. ms speech aoonS
Democratic marty ccnclndes ''''
The Hon Peter Alexander ID editor Of the Rich
| nnnd American We know him n he a oentlernan
Of she highest tome and stanaino-a man who would
| NOT ,nder an1, c-cnmstoncos ,rto and n,b;sb ON
incorrect or Unfair renort of sneecb deI;vered bv
nolitca onnonent. Nothing conld nduce him to he
eniltv of sncb an oct and nothing conld indnce
him to sverve hairs hre,dtb from the strict line Of
integrity and trntb Hence We take far Granted that
Hunter ia make the omissions set forth n the above
quoted narapnanh
procaea;ng IN this asspmpt;on we take the nm.
ona1fed oround that ca, Hunter is not entitIed to
tba snnnort of anv free white male citizen of the
st.te If Ionisana nossass;n tho SLIGHTEST claims to
;nte,oence n,triotism resnectab;litv or 1ovatv to
tha ;nstitrt;o1 Of s,ovor, An ossociato and votor
If free negroes an nnbolder of negro eona1tv i. a
so+tor of nar,;oo,s and do ,ooro,s examn1es nac
fool exemnlifer IF craeepsm and sewar,ism in ;ts
,,ost ronnIs;ve and ,bborrent sbane Nautical ira.
A. g.. .ho s,nnort If .fcons. an obettor of +roo
~ = ~ ctta of b;s res;de,ce bv a;d,o and ,het
t; foa naoro Miro oe an ,,ms5 dafander of THAR
nriv;Iaoe of voting and man whose nractices are
os nucb Of war with our nresant honor and fntpra
saftv no are tose of the vilet Aho;tionist Of tho
Northern stata.-be sbon,d he stricken from the
tickat bs name alike endanoers and d;soraces and
CONSIGNED in lifelong obscnrtv in the realms If i'm
measurable contemnt
We ORC ver,, ,va,, avora that tb;s 10 strorr ,on-
o,aoa. b,t n is no,a too strono for tho c;r.nn,-
stancas and tho occasion We ;ndge ana s,e.lr os q
man hv b;s acts and II 10 IN tho ant, IF col Hnnto
onr lanopaoa is directed of him nersons,,v we
know nothne- If his nrb,;c conduct tho newsn,nors
and current ranorts have made ma nrettv vol %.
manted BESIDES he s a candidate for biob station
and IL ia orr dnty os s.;tbfn journalistic tno n o
mission as such to let the peonle at large throuphont
the State know for whom thew are heinz called mon
| to vote Tbev will sunnort Col Hunter if thew are
favorable to eeyatnp the free negroes to an equality
with themselves If thew are opposed to such policy
| thew will vote AGAINST him. ....
Instead of attemptnp to extenuate the enormtv Of
his offanse apaipst the white men of the State and
the Soutb.-nstead Of uniting forward or trying to
nut forward some plea in iustification-instead of