The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-05
SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 5, 1868.
AN OCCASIONAL LETTER FROM NEW
YORK.

THE interest of the subjoined letter, well
worth perusal in its anonymous shape, will be
enhanced for many readers in this city when they
learn that its author is Alfred Monroe, formerly
and for number Of years a prominent merchant
and estimable citizen of New Orleans
STATEN Island, N. Y, June 81, 1865.
Editor CreScent-Sitting in my quiet sanctum
to-day, watching the vessels passing up and down
the bsy-white- winged saiers and putting steam
ers-thoughts of the olden times have come back
to me those good old New Orleans times when
there was real peace in the land, when you and
could thank God that we lived in land and
under a government worthy almost Of being
worshiped, a government of constitutional
liberty. All will those days, or anything like
them, ever come back TO us again? Shall we ever
again feel proud of our native land-the North,
the South, the East and the West. bound together
In bonds Of mutual love and respect? Or are our
gray hairs going down to the grave with our great
country still wrsngling in bitter sectional ami
mostly; the North hating and vilifyiDg the South,
and the South with no good reason 20 love the
North? trust not. / cannot give up my faith
and hope that free self government may yet be
success, and that the time Will yet come before
we lay our bones away to rest when we may
have good cause again TO thank God for this great
haenhh DE Tpht JHeted republic: But NhgFTss 6icions;
Thank God there as a breaking light which be.
tokens the coming dawn Of a better state of
things, and which enables Us TO inscribe Hone on
ginning to feel sick of thejnauseous doses which
the radical party has so long been administering
TO them, and are looking. around to see if some
thing else had better not be tried TO bring health
to the body polite.
Much hope and confidence are expressed by all
conservative minds that the great National Demo
cratic Convention to meet in New York city on
the coming 4th Of July will be sufficiently wise in
lis selection of candidate for president to en-
able all who are opposed to radical rule to unite
and overthrow the JacObins who now have con-
troll of Affairs in Washington Vino will be nomi.
mated 1t is of course impossible to tell. The move
ment in favor OF Chief Justice Chase is formid.
able one, and is evidently gaining strength every
day. 1here is a strong desire on the part of ali
who are opposed TO radicalism to give up all per-
sonal preferences, TO drop all minor cOnsidera-
tons and unite upon a candidate who can CON-
mand the whole vote of the opposition. There is
a determination to beat the radicals 80 badly that
they will never rise again. Old line Democrats
would prefer to elect an outand out member of
their party to tie presidency, and therefore feel
hesitsncy about accepting Chase as their candi-
date. But If he is nominated as being the most
available candidate TO anihilate radicalism, the
whole party will act as a unit and go into the can
vass with spirit and determination to succeed
not witnessed since the times of Harrison in 1870
when the old Wing party swept the country as by
whlrlwind. ! would prefer some other man
than Chase for our next president, but as be-
heve MIN to be by far the strongest candidats
that could beselecied 10 beat Grant, the radical
hope be will be nominated, and SHALL should ne
De nominated, do all in my power to elect bin. II
he is nominated by the 4lh of July convention
mark my words, Grant will not carry two States
at the North Whoever may be nominated how
ever, the radicals muse be beaten, or we must
make up our minds 10 give up the idea of govern
ment by written Constitutions; IN fact we must
give up the idea OF free selfgovernment alto
gether. We of the North are determined to do
our duty in the coming contest. You of the South
must 90 yours also. The radicals have forced
their big gun of negro suffrage into your midst
Turn it upon them Fight the Devil with his own
lire and God give you strength to help us elect
somebody else for president than Gen. Grant, the
great representative of the radical party.
Yours, etc., Bile