Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1848-09-28

ana ii R1QFeW JiChsOus dS dfNSt
the Calumnies of General VIM. o.
Butler.
In the appendix TO the Congressional Globe pub
lished at Washington ciry, by Blair & Rives, by an.
ihority of The Congress of the United States, will
he found on page III, under date of January 1lth
1S43, a speech delivered by Gen, VIM. o Bntler,
then a representative from the State of Kentucky
in Congress, and now a candidate on the Cass tick
ct for the Vice Presidency, from which we make
the following extracts:
But there was still a third class, who neither
owed nor protested any allegiance to this nation
The city and country We're filled with foreigners
and strangers from every cline and zone, of every
tribe and tongue. whose sole business was TO better
their condition-having more or less interest staked
on the result of the coming contest. Who wonld
pretend to vouch that these lockers on III Vienna
were all good men and true. and ready to do or
die in a cause not their OWN? Or who would even
vouch that they wonId not join the enemy, who
seemed TO have victory already written on his ban,
nety Sir, had one-half of the population of uis
country Louisiana pledged themselves for the pa
triotism ofthe other, itcoutd not hare been expected that
a man as deeply read in That intricate roiume-the
human hea-t-and as aceH acquainted viM all its
springs of action. as General Jackson is kn0lcn to
be, roud hare giren 1t q moments Credence.
"But General Jackson was not left to speculate
npon this general knowledge of men and things.
He was warned and forewarned previous to reach
ing Louisiana-and that, too, from the very highest
authority in the land-that ii was filled with spies
and traitors"
The ely troops, who should have been the last,
were the first to manifest aspirit of insubordina-
lion. Many claimed leave TO return TO the city; and
il is commended that they were entitled TO this indus
gence. as their fataiies or friends resided there
The gay Carnival season. too, ,cas draring to q close;
and their national lore Of pleasure OorMy seere most
~ of French origin WAS TOO STRONG FOR THEIR
PATRIOTISM. Not having succeeded in their appIi-
cation to Gen. Jackson, many. who were known
TO be American citizens. applied to and received
protection of, the French consul, who invariably
certified them to be citizens Of France. Armed
with these certificates. they demanded their dis
charge, leaving their brother soldiers from distant
States to delend the very iresides which they We're
so eager to enjoy"
As citizens of Louisiana we feel bound 10 notice
the above SANDER upon the Creole population of this
State, and upon Gen. Jackson; for Gen. Butler
would bring in the sainted hero of the Hermitage
a. u booisc VI io fHC &b1IScs. Al Is uiIiitCGS-
sary for lis TO speak of the love and confidence Gen.
Jackson had for the people of the Creole State
He ever looked upon them as does Gen. Taylor,
as the most gallant of our land. To defend the
chivaIry of the citizens of Louisiana. would be a
mockery. We will not call from the tomb the spi-
rits of our fathers, who stood shoulder to shoulder
with Gen. Jackson, in repeling a haughty enemy
at New Orleans, whose watchword was "Booty
and Beanty'-nor will we upon the six thousand
gallant volunteers that rushed to the rescue of our
conn'ry's flag in Mexico. at the call of our Taylor
nor the Spartan band that first struck their mus
kerry against the walls of Monterey-to contradict
this foul SANDER. But we call upon the friends and
descendants Of the ilIustrious and unforgotten dead.
Will you not record your sense of such infamons
language onathe 18th of November rext?
Had Gen. Butler uttered these expressions in
the heat of youth, they might possibly have been
overlooked, but he carried in his bosom his bitter
feelings against the Creole population for twenty
eight years, and after that long period of time,
vented them upon the population of louisiana
And yet, the office-holders and the friends of Gen.
Cass ask the Creoles of Louisiana to vote for Gen.
Butler for Vice President, whohas denounced them
and their fathers In the halls of Congress, and be-
fore the civilized world.