New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-11-09
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 9, 1863.
THE ELECTIoN--THE REsULT-TIIE
LESSON.
Now that excitement has comparatively passed
away, and sober reason has resumed her sway over
the minds of all save the most radical and embit-
tered Of partisans- they will soon recover
their equanimity, it is to be hoped-a few earnest
remarks regarding the late election may not be
deemed out Of place or inappropriate.
With the circumstances of the election and its
general result our readers and the public are fully
acquainted. For the particulars, in full and accu-
rate detail, they referred to the statistical
tables published elsewhere. According to our be-
lief, having been prepared with much care, they
can be relied upon as strictly authentic. Should
any error by any possibility inadvertently creep
in it will be corrected as soon as discovered. In
matters of this kind we aim at certainty, and snail
never be satisfied until we arrive at certainty.
With the election, the manner in which 1t was
conducted, the incidents appertainng to it, and
the result which characterized the close OF the
polls, we are satisfied, pleased and delighted. The
result Of the election delighted us, for it announced
that the PARTY whose cause we had advocated to
triumph which, all the circumstances taken into
consideration, was unexampled in the political an
nails of New Orleans or louisiana With the Incl
dents of the election and the election itself we
were both satisfied and pleased. The peace and
quiet which prevailed the good order which
reigned everywhere, without hardly solitary ex-
ception the genial humor and brotherhood which
seemed to animate the most active of opponents; !;
hands: and the determination which was apparent
on all sides that the complete rule of law and order
should be preserved-were worthy the occasion
and deserving Of all praise.
We had pleaded for peace and quiet; we had
appealed for law and order; we had called upon
our political friends and the public generally to see
that these ends were attained and, thanks to the
American party, and all honor to the patriotism
and good sense of citizens generally, every
thing that could be desired was secured. Order
reigned paramount throughout the metropolis.
From the upper boundary of the city down to the
barracks, and from the river to the lake, not an
outbreak worthy the name occurred to mar the
universal harmony which prevailed There were
neither fights, riots, ntmidations or threats. The
way TO the polls was unimpeded The way from
the polls was unobstructed. Every one who wanted
to vote voted and if the vote small one, it
was because our people did not to turn ont.
And, as there is no law to compel people to vote
they have the same legal right to refuse to vote
as they have to yote-nobody has any just ground
upon which to found legitimate complaint.
New Orleans has been given bad name abroad
on account of alleged disorders on election days.
As general thing nothing could be further from
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alluded. The election Of two years ago last Mon
day was one Of the most peaceabe ever held in
the city, no matter under what names different
parties contended. The municipal election last
June was unprecedentedly quiet, although great
fuss was made in certain quarters about it. And
the State election last Monday, as have observed
before, was model one and we trust it will be
closely followed hereafter. 1t can hardly be i'm.
proved upon, either in its conduct or its results
We pride ourselves upon it, and hold that all good
citizens have an indefeasbe right to pride them
selves upon it. And, from this time out, let the
home and foreign maligners of New Orleans moi
only hold their tongues but strive to initiate the
laudabe example we have set. "uem"o.
This election and its result should teach lessor
which aspiring, if not unscrupulous, politicians
should not forget, and which, probably some o.
city would bring forth about eleven thousand bal
LOT. 1t is true there are some fifteen thousand
votes registered: but since the Registry Law wen
into operation it is fair to presume that at leas
four thousand voters have died or gone away. WI
imagine no candid reasoner, and we address our
selves to other, will question the verify o
this proposition Something less than seven thou
sand votes were polled last Monday, and full vot
would have brought out about eleven thousand
What was the cause of this discrepancy, in tn
face Of universal peace, quiet and order, whel
every who wished to vote had the freest
fullest and safest possible opportunity to vote? w
think we can give good and sufficient reasons. Il
the first place, the people were Disguised with th
politicians of the dominant party in this State
In them, and in their acts, they that persona
aggrandizement not the public good, ruled su
preme. In the second place, many Democrats de
clined voting because they wished to have no ham
in more firmly fixing in power the present, an
for years past autocrat of the commonwealth. L
the third place. the mixing up of ''lndependen
Americans y with Custom-House Slideans, tn
claim for obedience to ''rules and usages'' on tn
one hand, and the unqualified reputation Of til
very same ''rules and usages' on the other-a
supposed to have been prompted by one man, an
that man a matchless manager-led to general il
subordination and in some cases. downright rebe
lion. And, in the fourth place, to cut the stor
short the general people saw that individual inter
ests-not their interests-were alone cared for, 9
taken into consideration. Hence, the smallness
the vote. Hundreds and hundreds of Democrat
stayed away from the polls altogether The
didn't wish to vote for mongrel ticket, and did'I
feel disposed to vote against anything that wa
even called Democratic.
This is the lesson which has been taught
will not do for selfish politicians to drive the spul
in too deeply. If they do, what has been don
will be done again. The people will cause the
overthrow way another If they can do
by non-action, well; if they can't do it that wa
they will accomplish their object by action.
TALK ON CHANGE.
Fine dry weather for picking cotton appears