The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-12

Inc kilograms say that one clayton, VINO
signs himself governor of Arkansas, is crazy,
the supposition being based on the fact that
he has issued proclamation declaring eleven
counties TO be in a state of insurrection on
account of the assumed indisposition of the
people of those counties to treat Clayton's
carpet-bag officials with becoming Difference.
We do not see that there is any ground here
for accusing him of insanity. If such things
are symptomatic of dementia, all the carpet
baggers in the South must be replete with
the madness of the moon. If a chronic in
capacity for truth, and reckless career of
fraud prove insanity, Warmoth, and Shelly,
and Conway, to say nothing of their allies in
other States, are as mad as March hares.
To be sure, it has always been rather diff
cult to distinguish the knave from the fool,
because knavery and folly are SO apt, in the
end, to lead to the same results but never
fheless the common sense of mankind does
make distinction, and the common sense of
point" carpet-baggers and scalawags are not
fools. Hence We protest against the assump-
ton of lunacy in the case of the so-called
Governor Clayton. Tha. pretended func-
fionary is only playing the game which had
been made for him by his Radical allies and
masters at Washington. They wanted the
vote of Arkansas. They tried to get it by an
attempt to disfranchise the white people.
But the white people declined to be disfran-
chised. They spitefully and rebelliously per-
sisted in registering, and they contuma-
ciously insisted on voting. Hence another
plan must be tried. The Radicals are
great on proclamations. They can proclaim
anything except the truth; and for truth they
have no sort of use. So Mr.. Clayton adopted
the plan of proclaiming eleven Democratic
counties of bis dominions in state of insur-
rection-against the Radical party; in state
of revolt against the Grant ticket and the
cafpet-bag candidates for Congress, and hence
entirely disqualified from voting. This is the
secret of the whole affair 1t is simply
device for ignoring the vote of the Demo-
cratic party, and giving certificates to the
Grant electors and the congressional carpet
bsggers. But it's long lane that has no
turning" and we fancy that the turn of
Clayton's lane, like that of Louisiana carpet
An enthusiastic Alabamian writes to the
Register, from Pineville, that Seymour re-
eeived between eleven and twelve hundred
votes in Monroe county and Grant only fifty
fve, and he ventures the assertion that
Monroe is the banner county of the South.
We are sorry to disturb the complacency of
our Alabama friend but we must assure him
that be is beaten dozen times over in
Louisiana. For instance, New Orleans gives
23, 7e4 for Seymour and 276 for Grant
st. Martin 1456 for Seymour and 10 for
Grant ; Sabine 934 for Seymour and Q for
Grant Calcasieu S14 for Seymour and
for Grant Claiborne 2941 for Seymour and
2 for Grant Caddo 1896 for Seymour and
for Grant Bossier 1886 for Seymour and l
for Grant jackson 1898 for Seymour and
none for Grant Lafayette 1922 for Seymour
and none for Grant I; Franklin 1918 for Sew
mour and none for Grant, and ST. LANDRY
47S7 for Seymour and NONE for Grant. St
Landry is the banner parish of the State. and
the South and the country. New Orleans is
the banner city.