The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-09-07
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pendent. He shows how the immaculate
manage their nominations in the city
shows how the delegates are not tam.
pered with, how untrammeIed they go
into Convention, discarding all personal
claims and clamor, and actuated only by
motives of public good.
The pure patriots Of New Orleans, fully
approaching the heavy responsibility of
the great work devolving upon them of
saving the country, and Of wrestling the
management Of public affairs from the
Anaconda grip Of the corrupt and faith
less Democracy and understanding thor
oughly the value of unity in action and
wishing to set the country Parishes
proper example as to how nominations
should be secured; and also, wishing by
its independence" of thought and free
dom of action to put to blush the misera-
BILE clique meetings, yclept Democratic
Conventions, held over the State to serve
the base purposes Of few would-be-lead-
ers; we say, having these laudable OBJ
jects in view the American people of New
Orleans, without suggestion from party
leaders Or Office hunters, quietly set about
preparing to make nominations for the
city Offices. The first thing the people
did, who scorn intrigue and wire-pulling,
was to conclude that as the Shrievalty
was the most important Office, (having
most money in it, candidate should be
provided for it. Without any bribery or
money used large majority Of the PEG.
pie, .. {. Samites, were III favor OF Mr..
Mazereau.
Accordingly fee and independent :"
delegates were chosen that pledged them
selves by an oath {" Sons of the Sires "
don't trust one another unless they swear
to it) to support in Convention the peo-
ple's choice, to wit {: Mr.. Mazereau. Of
course Mr. Mazereau, nor his personal
friends, nor those to whom he had pro-
missed deputyships, had any active part
in this matter-there were no efforts by
1 the people to stock the model American Con-
vention with Mazereau delegates. Oh !!
no, not at all, nothing of the kind
/ 1t was to be Convention composed of
such men as held Conventions in the good
old days of the Revolution and in the early
days of the Republic when concert Of &C
ton and the best men were the only OBJ
|iects to be attained. These New Orleans
delegates, none of whom were Office hold
ers or office hunters, were Of course free
and independent men good and true,
chosen to go into council to deliberate for
the public veal, and to place before the
people ticket composed Of the best men
in their estimation the Thugs could num-
Der, ard to be selected by said council
without any reference to availability, to
! personal popularity or to the amount Of
money and promises used, but solely on
account of their honestNand capacity
simply asking, Is he capable, is he honest2
But it seems that by reason of some piece
Of political morality held and acted upon
In New Orleans, and which the country
satellites seem by their silence to approve,
all the people were not consulted in the
selection of the first set of delegates who
freely and independently swore to support
Mazereau.
En- passant, Mr.. Mazereau thinking he
had all the triggers set, and desiring to
have it appear that his nomination was
the natural uprising Of the people without
any interference on his pagt, took himself
North.
How some Parker men then reasonably
lnterposed and disconnected the free and
unbribed movements Of the people, by
getting those oath-bound independent men
to resign and retire upon larger piles of
money than had been before offered and
paid, history perhaps will write.
AT any rate, previous to going into
Convention enough votes were changed
either by the people or by some superior
vcte-changing power,.for Parker to tie
Mazereau; and enough were changed in
Convention to defeat him.
| The AURORA BoREALIs AT THE Morrill,
LOUISVILLE, Aug 3l-The aurora borealis
of Sunday night, the 2Sth inst, was one
| of the orandast Snactacles ever Witnessed