New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-06-06
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We give, IN hnDkhek 0stes.as's S. 8s a $3.50
~ sso..ssr o thea We invite the attention Of
81, ,nts,ssisd Or casual reader, although such In
,;.ss;,n NAV hardly be deemed necessary, the CIR
cnrsstances considered.
srze election passed Cd quietly and peaceahly,
q id bean The inyariable case for several years.
NJ disturbances, worth serious mention, occurred
Il 81 adjacent the polls and every legal voter IN
the metropolis, had he been 50 inclined, coalu
have exercised the privilege Of the elective fran
chise without hindrance, obstacle or moessation
m This respect New Orleans sets good example,
vorthy imitation in many large cities and if her
people won't vote ii u because they are disposed
nat to vote--not because they could not all vote
II they SO wished.
Ii win be seen, By reference to the official re-
turns, that the vote cast has been very meager
ene Scarcely one-half Of the legal voters conde-
scended to notice the ballot box with their snf-
frages This they had right to dos legal right,
we mean, as there is law providing for compul-
sorry voting land the result has been about as We
anticipated and predicted on several occasions
previous to the election. full vote, despite all
adverse circumstances, would have carried every
name ON the Citizens ticket trinmphantly through,
while the small vote polled has enabled several
candidates on the so-called American ticket to
succeed. In saying this ne are only repeating
what We said before the election. Consequently,
our remarks cannot be imputed to either cnuriisa
| meas OF disappointment. Indeed, we are not d1s-
| appointed, save III on agreeable sense Had We
known iii Monday morning that the vote would
81 80 small, we should have given up nearly all
hopes Of success for any man whose name ap-
peared simply On the Citizens ticket WE should
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The worthy candidate for Street Commissioner,
whose victory was wellnigh universally conceded
HI advance BY many men Of all parties.
As the election has terminated, the support
era of the Citizens ticket have unquestionably
achieved triumph which win be fraught with
salutary and lasting characteristics Without or
eanization, with scanty means, and without gem
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candidates the Citizens four out Of FIVE have been
elected to the Common Council in the great First
District and that our has been hatteringly
marked in the second District and elsewhere, the
I'll, ryessta NV farce itself upon every
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intehgent ana canaiu nlnu, lnas tle o,.'Ae ms nay
achieved q wonderful triumph, oil things dlspas-
sionately viewed, and have given ample token of
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thoroughly organized, unless such reform as IS
necessary is set on foot.
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~ TINS connecton. But we cannot ayoid IL. Gir-
cumstances, well known to the community, forced
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zehs 70 sake position apparently gonissac "
the American party. We did not shirk our duty,
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this course We nave peen assaled IN every imagln-
able mode and form Our motives have been i'm
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lninking minds mas peen MADE 70 seem me re-
yerse. We bore all this patiently and phil0sophi-
caily f,elinu confident that the time had not arrived
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