Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1848-10-16
The Candidates.

~nication from a friend at Bayou Crosse Tete, which
has been hitherto unpublished on account of its
length, not of its matter, and which even now, we
must take the liberty of giving extracts only:
at is amusing to witness the efforts made by the
leaders of the l%ocofoco party, to prove that Mr..
Fillmore is an abolitionist. They would if possible
make the people believe that his defeat was a mat
ter of primary importance; yet when they speak
of their own candidates, they make the election OF
VIM. Q. Butler only matter OF secondary inpor.
ta,ce. They warn the people not to vote for MIR.
Fillmore, and then appeal to them to vote for
Gen. Cass. The truth is, they know Gen. Taylor
has not an assailable point-that his character is
known and appreciated by his fellow citizens of
Louisiana, and that every SANDER against his fail
fame will only re.oil upon their own heads. They
therefore strive to divert the attention of the people
from the first candidate on the Wing ticket, and d.
Presidency, against whom they have manufactured
something which they deem worthy their abuse.
and against whom they hurl the bitterest dannnca-
tons. Their very efforts, directed as they are,
show the Iameness of their cause, and the desperate
straits to which they are reduced.
Mr.. Fillmoreis is, contend, a safer man for the
South than Gen. Cass. If he acted Gas tho DEM
ocratic leaders in the South assert he did) with
Messrs. Giddings, Slade and Adams, when he was
a member of Congress, how comes it that they all
now bitterly oppose him! Whoever heard Mr.. Fill
more charged with aboltionism before he was a
candidate for the Vice Presidency If he had ex.
abolition sentiments while in Congress, is
natural to suppose that the Democratic members
who were with him in the House and of course
knew what his sentiments were, would all remain
silent upon the s%ubject7 Not would have been
rung from the St. Lawrence to the Rio Grande.'
Onr correspondent then allndes to Gen. Cass's
Nicholson letter, and in speaking of The change
had been going on in that gen,leman's mind
respecting the Wilmot Proviso, says:
1.-The (Cass) has once changed to gain Southern
votes, what assurance have we that he will not, az
SOON as he is firmly seated in the Executive chair,
if the public mind should undergo another change,
change also. in order to c%onciliate the North, and
secure bis reelection? If he believed it necessary,
in order to obtain that object, he would not hesitate
a moment to sacrifice the South. What depen-
can be placed in a man who thus watches
way the breeze of popular opinion blows,
and shifts his sails to snitevery changing flaw!
The duty of the South is plain. i, is to give her
vote to Gen. Taylor-a man whose sound sense,
good Judgment and pure integrity have never been
qnestioned-a man, whose ~nrbanity of manners is
only ~equalled by his honesty of purpose-and than
whom, this Government does not possess a purer
patriot or more gallant soldier. ]. H."
1--WE refer our readers to the advertisement OF
J. HAYMAN Il Co., in another column. Their
lime, for sugar making. said TO be of a superior
quality, should be tired BY our planters.
CAss NO SLAvEHoLDER.-Gen. Cass has said that
he is no stakeholder, he never was, he never will
be, and he wishes slavery was abolished from the
of the earth, but, like his namesake, ex-kiny
Louis Of France. with whom he has pretended to be
so intimate, he would make white men act in the
same manner that Southerners exact hom their
slaves. We have before us the Niles InteIIigencer
Of the 18th ult., an able paper published in Niles,
DcEficu COuittJ, uiICtiSduy Hiss $ own Ciate) IN
there is a communication from a { Plebian, ~
which shows very plainly that Cass would make
slaves out Of poor white men if he could. This
communication is on our first page, and we ask
our readers to pernse it.
The TAYLOR BARBECUE AT CAMP AND HAGAN's
PolNT.-We have been Informed BY a gentleman
who was present. that the Taylor meeting and bar.
becue last Thursday at the above named place
was a magnificent affair. About a thousand per.
sons were present, including the bea ..,iful fair ones
Of this and the adjoining parishes. Messrs. Pile,
Preaux, Sewer and Crockett, and young Fillmore
Ranger, Mr.. Flower. were the speakers on the oc.
caslon. The limos enthusiasm prevailed, while
the most convincive evidence was adduced by the
orators that Louisiana would go for Taylor by a
large majority. The spot selected for the Barbe.
cue, seemed formed by nature, in the arrangement,
Of trees and shrnbbeiy. for just such a festival, and
through the e~xertions of Messrs. CAMP and HAGas
every thing that art could do was done to beautify
the scene. Saw dust was laid owe, the ground for
several acres, where the festivities of the day were
to be ended by a carnival at night.
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FROM CALrFoRNIA.-Mr. B. Chomteau1, says the
ST Inllia Renuhlcan arrival ~ C.rt, e. ~, IL.