The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-23
LOCAL POLITICS.

a sypopsis of the proceedings. We@are COM
pelIed 70 ask this from them, as the rapidly in
creasng nunber Of Democratic clubs in the city
render il impossible for local force, however
large, TO attend every IA Getting. We wish to make
this column a complete compendium OF local
political intelligence, and, with the aid OF our
friends, will certainly do 81. But such assistance
is necessary. We trust thai the Democrats of the
city will give 1t.
The Consultation Club
The Oldest club in tOvn-tbe b. htlescsrred vete-
ran OF many political conflicts, tne nrst ciuD IN
New 0rlesns to organize an ~ Hillary colored
club, the protector of the repres entatlVe man OF
his race, whose freedom Of speech was denied hlm
by Radical tyranny the first eS9o IN ine elly 20
fling out a campaign banner; the only ciuo 10
town with an auxiliary gleo club cen posed OF Us
own members-the Consultation Cfs6 last night
made the presentation of their welleasn sd banner
an affair so imposing 10 the numbers tal ned OUT
so telling in the character of tie men 10 II ranks,
70 beautiful in the transparercies and ~ point
ments Cf the club, so magnificent 10 its sfIt as
play, ss to make ii an affair long to be YET lem'
beTed amongst the exciting events OF this e4
citing campaign.
Promptly at Z O'Clock. the club. ovsg 300
sronR, marched out If i,s headquarters on Ca, lal
street. and coon transformed the wide street. ~ 70
river of dancing lights, glittering trsnspsrea
| cies waving flags. Their torches, which were "a
| the form of bubches of flowers adorned with little
/ flags. we're very beautiful and their conception
/
4 points along the line were the banners, legs and
| wreathes received by the CAB on former occa-
| sions, and in the center was a transparency so
| tasty as to assure the spectator that none other
| than a womans hand had constructed it, Il was
a wreath of illuminated flowers, surrounding the
| names Of the men whose names, if ought eo1ld
| add to their own beauty in the eyes of al pa
triOts, were adorned by the clrclet around them
! the hOnored names of Seymour aud Blair. Formed
| at last, the club marched up Canal to st. Charles
street, thence up to the thester. Oor reporter
| stood ON the corner of 81. Charles aud Canal
| sIeets as they marched by, and Drettier, more
| scuEinspiriDg sight he has never witnessed !; for
the procession itself was pretty but TO thinkon the
objects for which it was thus called out, to reflect
| upon the enthusiasm which sparkled in every eye
| ard made every step more light, was a tnlng lnu-
| nitey more beautiful.
| We have often heard the expression used of a
| theater that il was packed from pit to dome,"
| but never have we seen an instance in which 1t
could be more accurately applied than in the de-
scnpton of the st. Charles Theater last night.
The dress circle was crowded, aud when We use
the word we il in its literal sense. To attempt
TO tell Of what ladies' we're there, how they
looked, how they we're dressed. would entirely
exhaust the vocabulary OF any ordinary " local,
theIef, shan't try so 10 do, but simply state
that the friends of the Constitution Club were all
there, and If that does not coDjure up IN the
imaginatiOns of our readers the array OF beauty
and fashion which was there assembled, why we
do not know any better way so to do. As the
club came in, every handkerchief waived and
every fan futteTed while we imagined that in
many instances - soft eyes spoke love to eyes
that spoke again but this is, dear readers,
| sub rosa.
When the club was at last seated the coup d'gd
| from tie stage was one seldom witnessed. The
dress circle glittering with beauty and fashion,
| Plentuy epriDkled with the black coats Of our
prominent citizens; the galleries filed with sturdy
yeomen of the Democracy; on the stage the OH
| GERS, honorary members and invited guests OF the
club, with their banners and transparencies ranged
on either SIDE and their glee club occupying the
| ar,I in q shaV 70 fha
stitution Club itself, their flower lights seeming
very garden and their little flags Auttering like
leaves stirred by spring breezes.
The band having played " Hail Columbia Mr.
A. DupIe, Jr, vice president OF the club, who
Uresided introduced Capt. C.. f. Fenner, who had
bees selected by the ladies to speak for them to
the club. Capt. Fenner opened his address with
a recitation OF the good deeds the club had done,
and a well merited compliment to the gallant
gentlemen who compose it. Then turning TO the
banner be said " lake this flag; it comes to you
laden with the love, esteem and confidence OF Its
donors with their hopes, their aspirations, theii
reliance upon your ability to maintain it." Closing
E his speech with earnest exhOrtation to the
: | club TO go on in the good path they have chosen
and with finely Worded prediction of tne success
Q of our principles and our party in November
! Capt. FenDer sat down amid the prolonged cheers
8 of The audience.
9 Then the glee club, composed of a number Of
the members of the Constitution, the only club OF
the sort, by the way in town and one that is well
= worthy Of imitation, sang that nne " victory
= March," When the cheers with which the sons
. was rewarded had subsided the flag was brough
. forward preparatory TO its formal reception b.
the club. II is of silk, red on one side with tn
inscription Constitution club-ls6S; the other sid
ID yellow and on it is the motto " our rights WI
will sustain" and in scrsll below 1t the motto
our State, A." union, justice. confidence" Aroun
D. the banner is heavy gilt fringe, and the stan Is SUI
T. mounted with gilt ornaments. The whole affair ia
r.; a solid beauty, a real costly excellence about u
which make il one of the handsomest banners VI
hav
Id order Of events: hr. Dnpre, when the banner ha
ID been carried to the front of the stage, introduce
!. Mai j. E. Austin the president of the Constitutio
- Clnb who had Detn selected to speak the thanh
a of his club. In few eloquent, pointed aud real
as brilliant remarks Maj. Austin proved how we
the club had exercised its judgment. The mamie
in which be discharged the duty allotted him wa
all that could have been asked by the most critlca
es and for the public We thank him.
ed As soon as Mai Austin had concluded, the bal
ed was borne hrst to the proscenlum box on u
4 left of the stage, where sat a number OF ladle
'u one Of whom, in behalf of Mira. A. %. Deyeza
10. representing the ladies Of the First and FOuri
Districts, fastened TO the stsf beautiful wreath
ba / and then TO the box on the right, whence Mi
- Iarooue on behalf Of the ladies OF the Second az
al Third Districts, placed upon il another wreath
rs, Then came the Constitution Club Quickstep
ch by the band and after that the singing OF . II
,ar White Mans Banner" by Mr.. Wheeler and u
:, Glee Club. The chorus Of this song contains thr
U.s. cheers for Seymour and Blair and every time thu
were uttered the house almost came down.
he the conclusion the applause was absoluIely te
ba rife. Cheer after cheer, shout after shout aro
' until The club were compelled 70 repeat the
LOT song. After the Seymour Legion Quicksiep
)ry by The band. the Gee Club again favored &
md assembly, this time with Matched" solo, snl
iao by Mr. A. Davis, and chorus by the club. Tn
came the Faust March," and the ceremonies
lo' the theater were over. Before We leave theI
-ge however it is but right to state that the aTrang
ment OF the building bad been placed IN the han
IN of Mr. j. B. Tourtarel, and to his clever manae
meut much of the success Of the affair must
Vi attributed.
led Outside of the building the scene was e
tits one. The Legion, the Delegation rom the fIs
= Blair Guards and the Seymour SOuihrOns, We
w. ali there awaiting the coming out of the Const
; tion. When they arrived. the four clubs form
A. in procession and marched over the route adv
tised. The streets, wherever they went, w
,o, lined with spectators, the galleries all crowd
'ou with ladies', and, in many instances, the houl
M. illuminated. On their way, the Constitution VI
and were presented with no less than five msgnlhc,
= nIlNaln of III