New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-07-13
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Gen. Joe Lane, the Vice Presidential candidate
Of one wing IF the Democracy. undertook recently
to expound the cause Of the trouble which has
oVertaken tiht party and brought it to grief Gen.
joe accounts for ii as follows
1t IS the fault Of the Democratic party in dodg-
ing truth. in Aedgng prlncinle, in lodging the Con
stitutiDn ITSELF that has brought the trouble upon
the country and the party that is experienced to-
day.
According to this explanation, there never was
such lodging party before in all the world. II
must have heen composed exciusIivr,iy qf artfal
dodgers who lodged everything that came In
their way. We have no authenticated report Of
lodging where any Q. inc offices were concerned,
nor does Ind General 80 affirm. He only declares
that they dpdged principle, the Constitution and
HE truth.
And yet, alter all, Gen. Joe is about right.
when 1t was charged, in 1856, that the Cincinnati
Platform WIS swindle, it was denied at the time,
tharigh some of the honest Democracy have since
admitted i'll as interpreted in the light Of Mr.. Doug
las views. The Northern Democracy :. dodgedn
about that platform, leaving their allies in the
South to hd il out only after all the mischief had
been. done.
s. So also 1t was objected to Dir. Buchanan that
he was top much Of high tariff man for the inter-
ests of tha South. His administration showed that
/ the objection was well founded. There was a
/ good deal Of lodging on this question. In fact,
there has been nothing but lodging, and attempts
ing to overcome insurmountable obstacles, during
the whole lime Of the present Administration.
i The attempt TO keep q party together which once
had conlmon set of principles but which is now
as various and diseordant as possible, involves an
amount If lodging that was curious to behold.
We don't know that Gen. Joe has ever lodged his
Political principles, any more than he did the balls
s of tho enemy in Mexico and he is therefore en-.
titled to lecture his party for their denquencies.
But the lodging that has been done can never be
undone, but will most likely be repeated if another
chance 10 given. The safest way, therefore, is for
the people to give their votes to John Bell and Ed
ward Everett, who never lodged principle, nor
the Constitution nor the truth: aud who will never
dodge their duty in the high positions to which
: they ought TO be, and we hope will be- elected.
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III MIRnEKous MspMAS.--At Gadiz, on the Atl
ult., ftightful affair occurred One of the Moor
ISL prisoners who, having been III, was placed il
the hospital, whore he was exceedingly well treat
ed got p in the night, when seized with delirinm
], and. arming himself with o knife, attacked tn,
patients right and left, killing some and wounaine
others. The patients whom he did not reach raj
out Of doors screaming for help. and the Moo
rushed after them and stabbed several.
AT last body Of watchmen, armed with lont
ianees, came up. but the Moor stabbed three Q
them, and The Others were 50 terrified at the ap
: pearanbe be presented lis hands and clothe
being stained with blood and bis eyes flashing frs
I that Ehsy took to flight Shortly after, however
plckat Of soldiers arrived and, as the man wouit
not surrender, sergeant fred and be fell dead
Hearing Of the affair." the local authorities burre.
10 the hospital, aud there they learned that fou
men hid been killed and (nclndng the watchmen
sixteen wounded. and several Of them MORALLY.
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