The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-08-31
New Orleans Correspondence.

Parker as Sderif--rhat has a .Samueli,< !,
tight tor-Capt. Dreur-supineness Of Demo.
cratic party Of tile city-misehief of the 10,
purifers--Soule--7enbr
New ORLEANS, August a. 80
The Know Nothings as you will learn By III.
papers have made their nominations. As Informal
you some time ago, it became desperate struggle
but money proved to be king. Mazereau and Par
ker went into convention with r. votes each-M.
new secret organization, the appointing power h,,
been placed in the hands of 81 delegates two from
each District, and no delegate can sit in the nom.
mating chapter who isa hunter after Office. q,
whom an Office seeks" by these means the eba,t.,
Is kept pure and ncorruptible, and all tomhat;o,.
arc based on the Jeffersonian rule ais he honests
he capable After eight unsuccessful baIIs,.
Parker receiving IL votes and Mazereau u. one ~
the incompatible on the 9th ballot voted for Par.
ker ana settled the controversy. Wilt and Trepae.
nler were nominated for the First and Second D;s.
trlct Courts, Toledano for the Third, Cbalon 70,
the Fourth, White for the Fifth and Philips for the
sixth, tile last fourare new nominations Bradford
beat Fonse for District Attorney, Holland Of the
Sixth District Court was dropped and Reeves q
the Fifth was also beaten, but received the noin..
ton for Assessor -Dr.yBeaeh succeeded Dawony
as Coroner--Askew as Tax Collector and Herman.
dez as Assessor wets.again re-nominated-au ~
those holding the most lucrative Offices were ~
no'ninated--if vote could have been, by any po:.
slbility, purchased, there Was plenty money AZ
hand to pay well for it. lis openly charged by
the disappointed, that one Of the delegates M
induced for consideration, to change his md
the grumblng is !" loud, long and deep" TIE ID.
town or Faubonrg St. Mary. Know Nothings have
received nothing as all the breaking Of ballot beye
Vhnggng and sssassnatiehs occurred IN tie Isl and
9Th Districts they must have been paid by the lob.
as none Of their claims for Offices were considered
By the nominating chapter. The 9th District Cour.
dersship IS almost salucless, compared 10 theda
2ad, 3ra 4th and 5sli District. The 9th vas riven
uptown, the others were given 10 the Creoles.
Askew has ansassed q large fortune as Tax Colec.
tor, having held the Office since lsaS. Hernande,
has in the last four years made fortune as Asses.
sor--whilst Wtz and Trepagnier are clearing near
5000 year as clerks in the LIST and md District
Court--Parker's profits are iDcalculable, and the
losses he has sustained by the dishonesty and care.
lessness Of his deputies, though quite large in The
are not comparable With the losses sus.
tanned by some OF his redecessors-parker gives
each and every branch Of his Office his personal at.
tention, thereby giving universal satisfaction To-
The public and securing to himself large profits.
He is universally popular with the Bar and the
Bench, and every legal process which is directed to-
him is acted upon promptly and satisfactorily. He
listens toeyery complaint made against any Of his
and If found sufficient reprimands Of
lisuisses the offender. He has by these mears
occurred for himself popularity outside Of biz
,arty, which makes him quite formidable One OF
he intense said to me on Saturday last-sThe
Know Nothing party is Il party Of spoils, not u
principles and whenever rotation in Office is aban-
[oned, all its cohesiyeness is. destroyed" What
las Samuelite to fight for now Must he sIung-
hot, abuse, cuff and iutimidste the poor German
ind Irish from the polls tor the purpose Of making
Toe Hernandez, and Tom Askew millionaire?
Must be perpe.nate upon Wilt and Trepagnier
SIC, 900 year, when hundreds ofthe really prom
nent men in the organization are struggling tori
,are subsistence.
You will see before November independent can.
lidates amongst the Know Nothings rs thick as
,lackberries. But whether they may hot be
;hoked off before election day, is matter ofdoubs
in my mind. Capt. Dreaux who was defeated by
Bouligny before the nominating convention 10
much dissatisfied and threatens to run independent
or the lst Congressional District, but am at
oss.to say what appliances may be used by bit
party to alter his determination They have here.
,oore been able to curb the refractory in their
party and they may still have the same means Al
their control. The Democratic parry Of the CITY
IRE stjl resting on their oars, awaiting perhaps 0s
something 10 turn up. You will perceive that
The lOl purifiers are still bent on mischief, they
have organized Democratic association With Pres.
aent, Secretary, Treasurer and Committeeman and
will proceed to make nominations for the parish
offices, with the hope Of forstalIing the Democratic
Central and Parish Committees and throwing more
confusion into our ranks, which, ifa conclusion can
be formed from the result of the last FIVE or SIX
elections parish and municipal, are now in help
less minority and with the brotberly aid Of the
True Delta clique may remain so ass ns the citys
They appear to be playing with gieat
assiduity into the hands of the Know Nothings ana
the counting Of votes in November next will atsAs
same time display their ssrsngthand malevolence--
as they failed SO signally in procuring standard
bearer, by their secret circular, for the purpose
an opposition to the Democratic State
ticket they will, to cover their chagrin and morf
Gcation, nominate a parish ticket for each and
every parish Office, and their only hope and desr
IS to secure the Legislature to the mueli.es for the
purpose Of beating John Side Tor The Senate; they
do not expect to elect q single man TO any Office
vet to embarass the Democratic party, will nomT
nate candidates without expectation OF success.
They may perhaps contribute materially to the sue.
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