We have the authority of the New Orleans Delta for saying that the Douglas movement lately attempted in that city, for its influence upon the State and the South was a sorry fizzle. At the close of the dreary ceremonies, three rousing cheers were given for John Slidell and the seceding delegations, when the meeting adjourned.
SOURCE: “Louisiana Politics,” The Press and Tribune, Chicago,
Illinois, Monday, May 14, 1860, p. 2, col. 2
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