New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-09-17
oerosIrror Stars TICKET.

We Is mot lutend 10 ~ that the Opposition State
Tsckst y iaking lie wildare." Or thas ~ aasens
IA 49, hailed With an enthuliasm entirely unpaf.
sIleled j. IL character o. that Tie plains, hills val
a. snd pVamps Of The great sugar and cotton State
ain shake Win fervid and vigorous animation on
.ccourt u its publication, but We do aay, because
= have reason 70 know, that IL public and formal
anaoopceasns ~ met with reception quite en-
oourasiue In IL description. That i al. We had
iucthinx % ID with the matter, from beginning to
end, and only speak from the knowledge acquired
through oar somewhat extended office means Of
sst&ing accurate Information.
AZ yet there has been one formal acceptance and
ons formal rejection. Hon. Chas. D. Drsux has de-
clined running for Secretary Of State, and Ar.
Thomas J. Dnrant, the eloquent, able and learned
advocate, has accepted the nomination for tho Office
Of Attorney. General. So far a his professional
qualifications and personal worth arc concerned,
there will be IN universal acknowledgment OF ms
eminent fitness for the position.
We here quote Mr.. Durant's letter Of acceptance
HICKORY HALL NxAz PoxrcHArouL4,
Parish Of Liviqgstsn. L gu Y issa (
H. n suxxrRs Esq, Chairman, etc.
Dear Sir. have this day received your letter Of
the 18th instant, informing mo that nad been &C.
lected by number OF citizens as suitable candl-
date for the Office Of Attorney General OF TINS Ssate
At the approaching election u Novem0er. ~. ,.,vs,s
Who condemn the administration OF Mr. Bucnanans
should have ticket in the field as the exponent OF
their opposition, and II my name can be OF any
service e, such purpose am T,ns %
voo have conveyed 10 me the Intelligence OF my
Nomination, accept my warmest thanks
Your very osedisns servant ,HoxAs J. puRANr.
The above ID bold, manly and to the point, and
shoud and will please the oppositionists and all the
friends Of the distinguished writer.
We have been told, and have no reason to doubt
the authenticity Of the intelligence communicated,
that It least three other of the gentlemen named
will PROFESSIONALLY accept the nominations rendered
them. We allude to General Thomas ]. Wells, Of
Rapides, nominated for Governor; Hon. John Ray,
Of Ouachita, for Lieutenant Governor; and R. 81.
Cuny, Of Catahoula, for Superintendent Of Public
Education. These are all worthy and unexception.
able gentlemen-as citizens, not damaging syllable
can be truthfully breathed against them-they are
fully competent in every respect to discharge the
duties Of the respective Offices assigned them with
honor and usefulness to the State and credit to them
selves II they, with Mr.. Durant, enter Immediately
upon IN active CANVASS and go before the people and
address the people everywhere, it is possible tho Bill
dell ticket, erected in Baton Rouge last May may be
pulled down. But it will require the hardest sort Of
work. This counsel il good; We give i for nothing
and have not the remotest intention Of charging red
cent for II, never have had, and never will have.
We do mot know, At least No have been v0nchsafed
NO information a. to whether Dr. Jehu Perkins, Of
East Baton Rouge, will accept the nomination fol
Treasurer. he would make an admirable officer, and