New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-03-31
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This is a serious anestion and should be calmly
considered. New Orleans is admitted by all persons
having any right to think the subject, to be the
headquarters and general rendezvous Of thugs, mid
night assassins and orphan Killers Now, what shall
be done to check the tide Of awessness which chokes
the baI1otbox and ntimdates the legal voters to such
an extent as to render it terrible to the Democratic
Central Committee and other recognized custodians
Of the public peace Her misrepresenting represent
tatiyes of the past two legislatures have asked the
question and called on the Attorney General (who is
admitted on all hands to know more than anybody
ese) to give his views to the best method Of APP
plying remedy, which the aforesaid Attorney Cen
era did, in very interesting paper embaimed in the
archives Of the State Library. The faithful Of North
Louisiana have chimed in to the music Of the party
bulldogs of the Crescent, and the result OF the
general barking has been to furnish New Orleans with
generalisimo - Captain General who is to have
power to life and death, the entire people
during election time. How far this mnion Of Democ.
racy can go with his authority is to be tested in No
vember next. Then we are to know how much of
the spirit of seventyax is yet left Pickering in the
breasts of the American citizens of the Crescent City
Would that we had within our borders some poetic
genius with sufficient capacity of mind to do up the
present political history Of the times in creditable
after the ides of November. Contemporary news
papers, literature will not last long enough to hand
the events Of the day down to pcsterity.
The question is, who shall be the captafn-generaI
to command the forces to give Democratic protection
to the ballotbox in New Orleans! He ahonld be
named in time to have coating of steel forged to
protect his body and should take out policy Of in
surance on his life the day after he is named by the
Executive. Judging from the recent federal ap-
pointments, we should say the man to be named for
this unenviable position lives somewhere in north
Louisana-some rough handed, simple ehearted wheel
horse of the party, who knows enough to know that
he can draw his wages on his warrant, if he
wives the day Of battle.
One thing in reference to the matter, and about
which we are alone concerned: It is, to have the
event done up in respectable rhyme for the benefit
Of posterity. We have mind to advertise for COM
petitors [Baton Rouge Gazette, 28th.
1.-THE Crescent has already had one lyric on the
election law. That emanated from our serious poet
Our funny poet will have something in relation to the
same law before long, written in the steeme
skwirght" style, which will excel anything Of the
kind before published. The only difficulty he
experiences is in bringing his down to the level
of his subject.l
KANSAS AFFAIRs.-Under date Of the 23d, the
Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun
writes
Intelligent men from Kansas, who are now here,
say that immigration into the territory is increasing
but that the present agtation1has had the effect to
arrest the tendency to extravagant specuiations in
lands and town lots. Further, they say that civil
war will probably break out in the territory within
thirty days, though they themselves deprecate its
effect upon their own interests as property holders
The northern people whoare ockng to the territory
do not, generally carry arms With them at the present
| time.
It rumored that the administration will decide to-
day to the policy Of Mr. Pierce in regard to
the selection of Governors for the Kansas and Ne
braska Territories, and will send Southern man to
Kansas and a Northern man to Nebraska. Several
| names have already been mentioned in connection
| with the appointments. A man of high character,
courage and independence should be selected for Kan
sas and such can be found in Robert J. Walker,
though it is not be taken for granted that he would
accept it. But better opportunity to render distn.
guished services to the country is not presented to the
i ambition of any man.