The St. Landry whig., 1845-08-21

Ter Representatives
LOUIS RoRDELoN, JOHN I. GARDINER,
sENJ. X. ROGERS, WIN. .. ~cAMPBELL,
JOHN a. TAYLoR.
For Clerk o Coart-A. G4RRtGUEs.
For he S6ertF-pIERRE Roy.
OUR POTY IN THE COMING CONTEST.
ss He who would let his feelings Of personal
atfachmsat influence him more than his regard
or his party, il not, in this crisis, true Wing"
So said as good and true ! Wing as ever lived,
IA Wing from principle Wing, because of
the benefits our measures will confer upon the
country and the American people-a Wing, be.
cause Of our defeat At The late election for Presi-
dent BY fraud, corruption and Illegal voting.
EDwARD SPARRow, our candidate for Lieuten.
nt.Governor, uttered . noble sentiment when
he wrote the quotation at the head of this article;
and We have no doubt, if the Wing party, in our
coming important election, will use but unity Of
action, discarding III & personal feelings Of at
tschment, = andlaying aside alljealousies, piques,
or disappointments, We shall again place our no.
bic State in the Wing sanks, elect . large ma
iority Of Wing officers and, in al the great
measures that arc % 30 masured by Egae new Lee
gislature, give Wing features and . liberal Wing
stamp to every act. ~ This not a prize worth
contending fort Y
Every man Of common aense must admit, that
this election 10 the most important one ever held
in our State and that shat party carrying it,
may gain everlasting ~laurels, erdanan itself it'll
infamy and Misunderstanding e the use9s ii
makes Of the power put into its hands by the NO.
pie. All disaffecsed persona should look at th6se
things coolly and dispassionAtely, and reason ftle
matter as rational beings. They may thIlk
themselves sighted or oyerlooked:-is that the
fault Of the whole Wing party, and should they
leopard the intereats OF this State, because they
conceive themselves neglected Theyenay not
exactly like the tickets presented them BIZ EsgS-
larry organized and fairly constituted pdies
but should even that 10 blind them that, the
sake of avenging themselves, they wouldaacEi.
fec all the inducements of victory, power, and
pleasure? We trust not. Nothing can be gain-
IOd ny suSA . uieO@CVO1J ttAhtsk AOALi MN3
The coming election, we have said, ID au
important one--why7 Because the People have
a Governor, Lieutenant. Governor, Senators, Re,
representatives., Sheriff., Clerks, Justices Of the
Peace, &c, to elect. The Governor, by and
with the advice and consent Of the Senate, has
ali tho other officers Of tho State to appoint
whose appointments are not otherwise provided
for, from the chief justice OF Louisiana. dowr
10 the lowest officer. The Legislature have blu,
sinesS still more important to transact-they
must enact the Laws under which those officers
are TO work; they are to make the machinery
that 10 TO set in motion our new Constitution
and SO many and various are the laws, and 90 i'm
portant their bearing oneShe future dsstiBiss ofoui
State, that the people shd5 ID look and wei consid
er to whom they will 4rnfde these importan
trusts. Ifthey believe that Wing msassires ant
Wing features should be ourfatqru policy, NJ
.'persolal attachment .hould influence then
more than their regard for their party in THU
important crisis--no supposed injuries shoult
turn them from the path ofdutys Ifshey believ,
ths Dcrnecrstic line o. conduct most congenia
.O shs prospsris and dignity ii the State, le
thcm vote for Democsa snd create disSention'
ii thair own parsy-ahs is then done!
WI shall presume owever, that there i No
Al AensaG With Ii State Of I.ouisiSns, VII,
wisasst NV LosOfocoism triumphant. D WING
gerry licking he dust. Our long cherisSe.
principles ats too sacred TO be sacrificed at III,
altar of ambition, revenge or disappointment
We shen muss warn our friends OF surrounding
danger, and impending ruin, else we are no
Gaishiul 70 our trust. Does there live q Demo
cratA l~ocoEoco nemocrat-who, when part,
lines arc drawn, would cast his vote for = Wing
We think neti Why then should wings hvo
any ofthe proiacts Of locOs I We know that gu
Democratic fieada are much concsFned abou
Us, and take q great interest in our a~ffairs-
WHY Is It to hvor our cause, It's principles, o
any Of its msmbersf No! We say emphati
cally, No. It is to advance their own ~interests
Locotocos hate Wing measures with s holy Ia
tired; and when they discover any great aympa
thy for our cause, we may be aure there are ain
lister motives At the bottom of ell their friend
ship. W. uagn tks Wing Parry Of Locofoc
EoUe! Like the hug of the bear, il becoms
stronger and stronger, until we ere crushed
Listen not 10 their tales Of scandal, or false re
porls Of political wrongs. Like the fruit Of III
tupas tree, they scatter death wherever they &I