New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-09
XII.
Nem 0rleans 4aiIp Grtsetnt.
THE COURIER ON THE GERMANS.
THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 0, 1859.


The Germans Of New Orleans are always in bad
way when they do not yield implicit obedience to the
quasi or actual leaders of the dominant party.
A few days ago the Germans Of the Third District
held meeting-a peaceable, quiet, law-and.order
meeting and after fair and open discussion, ex.
pressed preference for the American ticket then be-
fore the general people. For this presumption on
their part they pitched into right savagely by
the Delta. We defended them to the best of our ab
ity, contending, as we always have, that they pos
sessed just the same rights possessed by other cit
liens.
1t appears that quite large number of Germans
voted the American ticket on Monday last. At all
events should Judge so from the following, which
we take from the Courier of yesterday mornng--the
itacising being done by US
The Crescent which, we believe, Of all the papers
in this city, can speak knowingly the subject for
it always speaks by the card, says that the number
of votes polled smaller than usual. What votes
were smaller than usual? Not the majority of yotes
assuredy for during the last two three years. it
is notorious that The members Of the Democratic party
proper have wholly abstained from exercising the
right of suffrage The minority, therefore, il on the
Know Nothing side. Cannot the minority be lessen
ed :? We will see. week or two prior to the cleo
tion the Sachems of the tribe, in grand conclave as
sembled held quasi meeting in the Third District
At that meeting the foreign naturazed citizens-the
German population chiehy-were largely represented.
The purposes of the meeting were evident 1t was
not to marshal the members OF the tribe into service,
this had already been done at the respective wig
wams whose deserted chamber revealed whole his
tory but there was something more important in
view. The German population, if properly disci
p!ined, would prove potent auxiliary, the 6as
| est Hessians of them aH' The diplomacy by which
their sympathies were to be secured was Of the
shrewdest Last year, we all remember, the Vigil
ance Committee-which unfortunately undertook but
halfway measures--had within its ranks large num-
ber of Germans killed. through some misfortune, by
some of its members This, presented to that
gulibe population in all the deceptive persuasveness
| Of political astuteness blinded the poor Germans,
who at once took up the cause of Know Nothingsm
| as opposing what they called new Vigilance Com.
mittee movement
The " basest Hessians of them all!" "Overgullibe
population y " Poor Germans!' We have seen some
more amiabe epithets than these, in our somewhat
protracted editorial experience. What the Germans
have done, to them the application of all these
choice phrases at the hands of this old and nfluen
tial Democratic organ is, we presume correctly in
timated above. They held a mass meeting, express
ed preference for the American over the Independ
ent ticket, and many OF them, we suppose voted fol
the American ticket. That is all-anyhow, all VIC
know about the matter.
| We have had pleasan. acquaintance with very
1
knowledge of the German population. We never
| found them to be Hessans' or overgullible,' OF
poor" =" in any ignominious respect. We have usu
ally found them patriotic and honest, sharp and in
dustrious, full of thrift and steady enterprise which
generally eventuates in placing men in the posses
sion of comfortable share of this worlds goods We
count them among our best and most reliable cti
zens; and if the Conriers acquaintance has led it tt
| different conclusiOus We cannot al If
Bat, while the Germans are being assailed why
should the Irish escape? Might as well charge OF
them too for, if we are not very wide of the mark
goodly number OF Irishmen took the liberty of ex
pressing their preference for the successful ticket
Monday last Shall such treason as this be perntte,
to go unpublished? Will the monarch of all th
Louisianas allow it? Why has not the organ
already sounded forth its loudes and ercest notes
denunciaton? Why, the occasion calls for the employ
ment of the harp of thousan strings sperrits O
Just men made perfeck.' Let it be brought forth
and with it let the hewgag,'' the tonjon and th
" fuzzyguzzy be produced The times require tn
instant application of all the instruments of patriot
ism If something isn't done there will not be pi
feather left in the tail of the American eagle in thre
weeks. The aforesaid bird must be protected =
" Let the Union slide" Save the bird
Now, for the Couriers reference to the Crescent
We predicted that a small vote would be poled, an
small vote was polled. We didn't "speak b.
the card,' or by anything else, except by the rul
prescribed by common sense. There was nothing t
call out full vote nothing to produce the vim re
quslte on such occasions. We showed that the cit
government could not be radically changed under
year-proved that the independent movement We
i'll timed and uncal!ed for-and, besides, we kno
that many of the staunchest independents of forme
years were with us heart and soul this time. Hence
the complete reasonableness and legitimacy of OF
conclusions We trust this explanation will be full
satisfactory to our cotemporary.