New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-09-30
nun r7vrrBp STATES sENAToRsH1P.

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Our country brethren Of the quill and scissors com
ment upon this rather important matter quite forci-
Div, seriously and frequently. Whether they are
stirring up the embers too soon OF not is not for US
10 determine for we do not belong 70 the party en-
titled 10 rule by the force Of its numerical majority
hut as public journalists aud citizens it is proper and
right we should advise our very extensive newspaper
constituency Of affairs likely to affect their interests
il the future, Hence, we have kept up with the
times and shall keep up with the times, no matter
whether the breezes blow balmily or blusteringly.
We are confident we're up to snuff, and believe in
our capacity to navigate craft in any contin-
gency that may arise.
Not long since we published extracts from the
Shreveport Gazette and Monroe Register both
stauuch Democratic journals bearing upon the Sena-
torship. The two journals didn't seem to agree very
we'll as our readers will remember. Now, we give an
article from the Shreveport Gazette Of the 18th in
slant AS the Gazette is one Of the most influential
journals in North Louisiana, we are inclined to look
upon the subioined article as both significant and
suggestve
WHO SHALL BE THE NEXT U. S. SENATOR FROM
LOUISIANA THE subject of the next SenatoTship is
beginning to invite general discussion. number of
distinguished gentlemen are spoken Of as suitable
persons to fill the responsible and honorable position
The respective friends Of these aspirants will, no
Doubt use their strongest efforts in their behalf.
We are first and foremost, in favor OF man whose
principles have been tested in the cruche OF genuine
| Democracy, and found to be the pure gold whose
public advocacy of these principles entities his claims
to consideration and respect whose past conduct
affords full guarantee of his future action. Eleventh.
hour Democrats we are opposed to toto cello. The
honor should be conferred upon one who has borne
the heat and burden of the day, and not upon him
who has turned somerset to enhance his political for
T1rFl bnfto no5
pies and met with unlaltering step and unq1ailing
eye the political disasters which have fIoWned upon
them, the high honor is due, but never to him who
has rushed into fold in the glad hour of prosper
ity to reap the rewards CALAMITY won by others.
We are next in favor Of man born upon the soil
OF the South champion OF cur cause from the in
born convictions of its right and justice The eradi-
cation of ideas and principles imprinted upon the
mind in early childhood, and the implantatinn of
new and different ones in manhood, is something
more talked Of than realized. The next Presidential
contest will, in all probability, bring crisis that
will test the strength of our country, and in our
national councils we want men OF nerve, those who
understand and appreciate the necessity of preserving
the rights Of the South and in defence of their home
affairs and resides are willing everything to hazard
We only can look for this character Of men among
those who from their birth are identified with our
Institutions The necessity OF this course appeals to
the preudices of the South in the strongest terms
and addresses itself directly to our future interest aud
welfare.
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luminous intellect, who can grasp and master the
political doctrines Of the country, and present them
IN manner bold and manly whose ability will com
l ~ n ~ ag III gi,' oe Ky
aspirations 81 some men TOO oyerIean him
capacity and when they secure distinguished 20.
stQns the weight OF their dizziness IS often disastrous
g. w oes' il'et esSs y 'le'i oouUS' we "ahV
orpiercinE Wit aid pregnant thought
E1dnsd ol 4 ~ ana BY lsarni,s taught
Then give ms a man who to some extent raalizos
the ideal Of an United States Senator not one whose
pgny intellect would bring disgrace upon the State
"'Io ogti ne IseLap{ ees ~ mo-, f.o
Louisiana the (3ihr5ftar of Democracy When Gther
portions Of the State have succumbed to the over
whelmlng force o. hnow.Nothln 2lsm and beat re-
800 SI SLs"ss foti y. tuLS us, parry
the enemy with a worse than waterloo defeot, 70
this portion Of the State Louisiana is indebted for
oelng democratic Without ne large maJorties
thromchont the northeTn marshes owisana MD
now be in the grasp of the Know-Nothinr party.
These parishes have never taltered in their devotion
" pgloeFaIiG plhciples Iney nave neen the old
min This nron5 nrseIonanca instl Won oI mill
North Louisiana to the Senator in Congress We
have men in this section Of the State emineutly
my u t9e piaSe, aug VINO leueet inc qhahhcatons
eiqction onlJ DO honor IN tbamgneS ana ~ 70
State Let us then have the United States SenatoJ
from North Louisiana.
The Shreveport Gazette is rather exclusive and
stringent in the number and scale of qualifications it
prescribes to constitute eligibility for the Senator
ship. For an outandont Democratic journal, it
gerges very closely towards AmercanisrR 1t goes
further than the much abused Crescent ever pre-
sumed to go, or wished to go. 1t would make South
ern nativity test for Southern senatorship. This
KIND oil test viii not be agreeable in high quarters
Tor Mr. shdell is native of the North, and Mr.
benlamln was born on foreign soil But while Mr.
sldell might object TO the application OF the rule
with good show OF justice, we do not see how Mr..
benjamin can, for he, in the constitutional conven
non o. $40, sought TO engratt provision upon the
organic Jaw That none but natives Of the State should
be Governors OF the State. We have always objected
to the line sought to be rgidly drawn by Senator
benjamin at the period referred to- for the very good
and sufficient reason that large majority Of the
present citizens Of Louisiana, although natives of
the United States were born beyond its limits aud
besides reflection and reason have demonstrated that
We have honestly erred Oh more than one occasion
when this subject was under discussion.
Then again, the Shreveport Gazette is very severe
upon at least two prominent candidates for the Sen.
atorship-Hons. Henry Gray and j. p. BENJAMIN. It
is absolutely opposed TO eleventh haur Demo-