New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-07-16
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the parishes there were Wing votes given LOT bi-
chanan, upon the ground that Fillmore stood no
chance, and that the South must unite In order to
aefeat Fremont. This view Of the case was assidu-
ousiy encouraged BY the Democrats; but, after
all. Buchanan carried the State by q meagre major.
ity of less than fifteen hundred.
Had not Wings been led off by such appeals to
them--lad they stood up to their principles and
their candidate MIR. Fillmore would undoubtedly
hare carried the State by three or four thousand
majority.
The same game is attempted to be played now
and we are surprised and mortified to hear that It
is attended. in some cases, with success. The cry
is raised that Bell has no chance, and that it is
| throwing away votes to give them to him. 1t is
| unaccountable to us how the friends of Mr.. Bell
can listen to such an appealas this, EVENT. il were
| true. We can understand how it was that some
timid wings were led off in 1856, but we can not
conceive that the game can be repeated success
| fully in the present contest.
4 In the first place the excuse is not valid one.
There is not particle of justification for any man.
4 claiming to be Wing or an American, to aban-
don the candidate who represents his principles
simply because said candidate has no chance Of
success 1t is the duty of all such to adhere to the
/ tory. 1t is the plea of the coward, to abandon
your friends because the prospect of victory IS not
| bright one. As well might soldier desert from
tile ranks on the eve of an engagement, and claim
credit for so doing, because he stood in the pres
ence of superior force. As well might the Ameri-
can colonists in the time of the Revolution, have
/ laid down their arms and passed under the yoke OF
British tyranny, merely because Great Britain had
| greater number of troops than we had.
If principles are worth fighting for at all, they
are worth fighting for through evil report as well
as good. If man believes himself right, it should
make no difference to him whether he be found in
the majority or the minority Ii the latter is the
case he NAV deplore the fact, but it ought not to
weaken his determination Or abate his zeal
We repeat that it is the towards plea to abandon
| ana desert cause when there is a probability OF
| defeat--which. however. we do not admit is the
case in the pending Presidential election Upon
the same ground amember of tile Christian church
might he appealed to to renounce his faith and
forswear lis religion. because there are more sin.
ners ii the world than saints.
But It is NOT true that Mr. Bell has no chance Of
being elected. We DENY the assertion plumply.
From the latest DEVELOPMENTS of the canvass. it
seems NOT ut ali mprobabe that the election will 90
into the Honse IL gepresentatiyes-in which event
ne ,co,aa soone,. hane An. ReB,s chance han dot
IF ~, " b;s comoeti,ors We sav This honestly.
and with good reason for the declaration.
OF course. though, if Mr., Bells friends desert
him. there il al end Of IT. You who are Wings,
and propose to vote for somebody else because
Mr.. Ben \ has no chance, are doing the very
80 s.,
z5 u s L. oo.sa
sha,,aa tara,,s - .o,,,a 49, ~ 80
rave ho snanee pseaase y 3ou,u nos sose
at all. But there Is q way 10 gaoe nam chance,
which ii appears strange to us has never occurred
| "a Won And that is nv ,ot;n1 for him. You de.
z, Ms.
piore 'he iaes ','at he iias o unanoo "nne ou u
doing all you can TO produce that very result BY
! Withholding Your votes from him. Is not this
condnct inconsistent ana unmap,v oneht M,
- -
any MAI, u = III =, - ~ asnaiea ~ ~
up such an excuse as that Tor MS pohueal conduct
To return to the vote of this State In 1856
| when the Democracy were a 1,nit-when there was
rs. N ,u.,. M
hoa oisaheceeu Ahoaiaeen y. sse paitS -ahu mlei
hundreds and thousands OF Wings voted for Blu
ehanan to save the South (aIthough we are
~ 4 loss Ia know IN what resnect the Sontb has
.a...s., :, 100
peeh saseu ~ ny opelat 1s) laoo' We say
under the influence OF all these causes, Buchanans
majority in Louisiana was less than fifteen hundred
~ noaI ~ tho iota f,ovarnaris alact;on Is sinai,
~ =
ABSURD, because everybody KNOWS mat was not
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