New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-06-12
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~ thus ei'ys ana inc''aes 70 'ne op'o'oh ''as
Vigilance Comnitkee was necessary ra'uer Imam
otherwise atnouen STRIVES as t''e sage oociusion
that the movement "ou'u 'a''- in's conclas'on was
the onspfns q common fense' II not o. pfopnecy'
A. ~ esen'r y ''As pssn ts'''ssu Aines snen
gees On y .s7oe' 1''.'ua snauow ~ PROOF 70 sus'
ts'n ''s .na' perez. u'sofgan'AAson
o. so'esy nss eA's'eo '"i long 'lme "a new Vt
leans mat tne Jaws were disregarded without con-
cealmenl or hindrance that murdeiers enjoyed q
pef.ee. immunity 'nat rooplng' s'aooing and as
sauinngs Were common occurrences, day and night !
snat tne courts were unwilling or powefiess and
tnat everything was LENDING towards confusion and
anarchy.
We doubt not the Times has trutbfnlly described
the moral, social political and Judicial condition OF
New York and II it had applied its description
where i properly belongs, at home, we should not
have had word to say, for we are opposed In toto
70 the practice Of meddlng with other peoples busi-
ness, or prying into other peoples sairs, without,
indeed they furnish us good cause IN the premises
The columns Of the Times, and those OF other New
York papers, for months and years past, have fur
nished melancholy proof that II, OF oil the cities on
eai'n' wne'ner p nes'p,n'm = =
most prolific Of crime, rceks most with murder, and
= u'es'ous - vssl WIN 'e :" We
u's'he aug he'aa ,anuon '.'ei 'nu'ue'oo'ss
No matter how sadly deficient other cities may be-
10 matter what the fearful extent OF their shortcom-
ines-no matter how numerous and vast their sins az
a,.;r.x, 80 o,,,,.,,ss,,, 4, aua.r ~, - .l..,
oih'ssvn ma co'''.nssion-Alis every one Vi tnem'
can STAND iortn IN Inc sfoad hgnt OIL truth anc de-
onstrate that they are better in all eevatng moral
aspecfs than blood stained. brutal and wretcbedlv
tnisrovarned Now Vol, when Il hacomes ths
1850 ~ 49,. 49, my
Iisnon ior epen 70 taunt SOUND persons with their
health as it health were crime, then, perhaps, Kew
York nav he allowed 70 sneeY at the moral condition
If cotennorarv c;ties Int not before
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We can assure the lines atnongh we nave nc
desire 70 cover up home deformties that its indcf
ment against New Orleans would not stand the test
a. trutb sor an instant If that test were honest,y
y ~" " an '''.s"s' !" ','as 'eSs were nones'y
apphea. ~ y .rur 'nat murders ana ontrages nave
peen mere put not % as great an extent as
70 o'ner c'ies o. similar d'nenslons' bqI y Is not
tiue 'nai 'ne laws sie powefiess' or the courts
aeneen.' * we n'uniepai government uefeict' OF
'na' plo'ec.,eu ns ny oee anotueu y persons ana
piote''s Inc a." Is ana pas oeen most sterniy
s'na'sa'eu "i.nn we've months ~ sweep mas been
's''''y po~e,'u' ,as'eau u De'ns po"e'isss ~ pas
oeen sei.os - warming 70 tne passion
a's ana n'seu'oeu Aue c''minai court Is model OF
eo'i's ior ,sainne' 'inpi'a'''y' mercy ana stern
J'sAes' Ds'oie 'aosc mum niore criminals nave
ueen ofonsn'' ueo' con''c'eo ano sentenced during
sne pass ysal 'nan - any previous nse years o. the
',s'"e y n's pieaeosss''s' AGAINST whom no com
''s :. a'u ne"spepels
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sa-e pai',,als 'i'u 'ney coua zen III
my '''ey "'i NY. my iseu On SANDER,
w. az ~ 'a,seno slu s"sn up n importance
~. = p'oi0's0n y 'ne Aussness " inc he they
n4,s paHuse ~ W an ulsuspec''ns ana uniformed
Fu1,'s W. NY lsI.,A.nvu 'ioin alznca',on 'or
~ ~ y W 'ne ps,h' simple 'fu.n'
VIZ "n,s' 80 aouu assu'suy uie rom an
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w ~ 5sels passeu .ah any o'ner sMrar
I'VE are willing TO stand or fall by it. And so far