Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-06-19
TFRRADuG MATTER on EvERY PAGE.
Ths Hevolution i'm New Orleans-.1vhas W
have atalea and rEhat we have proved.


have stated and what we have proved.
We have condemned the Know Nothing City Gov
ernmsnt Of New Orleans on account Of their tOtain
efficiency in the punishment and prevention Of crime
We have made copiOus extracts from the New Or
leans Bulletin, whig paper, the Bee, Ehig paper,
the Peeyuns an opposition paper. the Courier, the
Data and the True Dslta all Of which furnish abun
dsnt evidence Of the horrible abuses and Outrages
which existed in that city, under the very eye Of the
municipal authorities. The Parrot malntsinedOn the
other hand, that the government Of N. o. was an ad
mirsbs one and was distinguished for its prOmItaess
"a the administration Justice. The single and IN
supported authority on which it relies, Is the ~ o.
Crescent, the Thug organ, which stands alone in
defence Of the cut threats and outlaws Of its own
party.
Again, xs stated that the vote vas exceedingly
small at the lste Mayors Election, that the re-
suit did not indicate the popular sentiment in the city
and that fraud aud intimidation we're used by the
Know Nothing bules to secure the success of their
ticket. We quoted the BuHetiR on this point, which
says that "the old game Of intimidation was again
believed to be commencing" It is known to our
readers that on previous occasions in New Orleans
x. n cut threats. armed with slung shot and elubs
and FIRE arms stood at the polls in every ward, for
the purpose Of intimidang the orderly citizens and
preventing then from voting. SIT was believed, Z"
says the BHllet that "the old game ofintimidatiOn
vas again commencing" Now If this belief pre-
vailed in The city, the effect would be to prevent
many persons who did not wish to participate in the
scenes orOt and blOodshed which they had witness
cd heretofore, from coming to the polls; and such
was the result. Out of 1900 registered voters in
the city, only about seven thousand according to
latest sccOunts) voted. The Bulletin, in further
confirmation of our position, states that it uRder-
stands that persons who went to register their names
in order to make themselves qualified voters, found
= crowd at the Office to prevent them from gaining
admittanes." The Patriot cannot conceive how any
body can understand what is true and the fact that
the Bulstta understood these things is sufficient
idencs to the Patriot that they did not exist. Well
our neighbor has exhibited little understanding in
this whole controversy that cannot expect it to
rely on the BulIetia's.
The Patriot exhibits very fair specimen Of its
luminous style of reasoning in commenting this
passage from the Bulletin Il states that we bring
forward "the charge that the registration Of voters
was prevented by the American party" and that
this charge is sustained" by the foregoing quota
tion from the Bulletin. Well, We think it is fully
sustained thereby, and SO argued in our previous
article. But the Patriot says eve knock down this
little cob that is the charge that the reg
istTatiOn Of voters Wss prevented" giving the
number Of registered voters ct 1900, which we
must infer are all that the city contains" Now
this is certainly overwhelming! Nobody could pos
sibly have been prevented from registering, because
the UaioH and american says there we're $4,000 reg
istered voters, and the Patriot must infer that the
city contained no more. Now let US take familiar
example to illustrate the Patriots logic. Suppose
some one were to assert that our neighbor Of the
Patriot had been prevented, by his own stupidity,
from acquiring great amount Of knowledge; then
suppose We should contend that cur neigabor did
know how to put on his breeehss; the Patriot would
Immediately conclude that there was nothing else
in the vide world to be known except how to put
on his breecbes We are compelled to dissent from
the Putrfofs conclusion in both cases. We are not
obliged to infer that there were only 1900 legal
voters in New Orleans because only that number
were registered; for we are informed that many
others we're prevented from placing their names on
the lists.
As additional evidence that fraud and intimidation
we're used, we conclude with extracts from the New
Orleans Courier and the True Delta:
Says the Courier:
This much We have sscertained approaching GER
tainty rom the testimony Of bystanders and others,
that ct the second poll Of the FIFTH precinct there
were eleven such votes, at the first pol Of the
eighth precinct fourteen, at the first poll Of the
sixth precinct fourteen making in three polls thirty
nine votes for the Independents rejected. If any
thing like that ratio IS obtained in majority Of the
remaining polls Mr.. Beauregsrd is elected by from
two hundred to three hundred majority.
Public duty requires that an investigation should
be made of this matter; and if it be true that su-
oient legal votes have been rejected by the Commits
sioners to turn the election the fact ought to be
made apparent, so that no candidate should usurp
Office through an election virtually by Commission
ars against the wishes Of the people, and, if it be
not true, 80 that all csviling against the validity of
the election Of those having the returns should be
stopped
The True Delta says:
II was not enough, therefore, to let loose the
Thugs upon the people on the day Of election, to
overaWe them wherever an adverse vote TO their
prompters might be anticipated; but it is now pro.
posed not in the theory Of their publications, but
in practice, to harass, vex, and annoy, every man
having spirit and manliness enough to resent this
infsmous state Of things, and, where it with any
propriety be done, entangle them in criminal
charges.
"a The Patriot will not tell US what it thinks Of
br Bell and Mr.. Crittenden. The New Orleans
Crescent high authority with the Patriot, condemns
their course on the Lecompton question in the most