Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-09-26
Nr. HarrMansOn at Baton Rouge.

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[The following notice of Mr.. IIarmanson's
late speech in Baton Rouge, answers very Well
for his speech herc-a stereotypcd TRADE OF
personal i~nvective and pot-house arguments -
GORE ~spoudcnce of the Southern Sentlnell
BATON ROUGE, Sept. 10, 1919.
Dear Sentinel: At at early hour on Saturday
last it was announced and industriously %cIrcuIa-
ted during the day, that Mr.. liartnanson would
address our citizens in the courthouse OF this
place on that evening. At the hour appointed,
Mr.. H. arrived, Juggling in Il huge armtull OF
books, documents, &c, which, by the way, he
never uses, and was greeted by aefo1rd, a good
" number Of whom were strong and uncom-
promising Stewart men. Mr.. II. arose, and
wagging his head as does the lion Cor cm) his
ul, before devouring his devoted victim, he
commenced his rcpast on the reputation and
character of his opponent with an appetite and
ferocity, unrcstrained by the absence Of the
gentleman. Mr.. II. commenced by saying that
when coming to this place on u previous oc-
, casion, although his ostcnsible purpose was
to make Il speech, lis real purpose WIS to hcar
Col. IS. speech-tItat he WAS then unqualified
and unprcpared 10 discuss the points at issue,
and consequently could not answer his oEpo-
! neuts arguments to his (IIs.) satisfaction; hut
since then, he had been home and prepared
himself, and no,o he was ready to proceed in re-
futing the arguments of Stewart on all sub
jects, indiscriminatelv, and TO the satisfaction of
everybody that the Wing champion was a fool.
and knew nothing of what he was talking
about A few occasional cheers from his fol-
lowers, aroused his native egotisrn, and laying
aside the Illuminating confession, he said that
it was not his wish on the occasion referred to
above to make u speech, or ar~ue the questions
at issue: that his friends urged him to do so,
but his reply to them was that he saw Stew
art was crazy and wiIt-horse like, and would
run in that direction in which his head was turn
ed, whether right or wrong: he saw chlt he had
started wrong, and lie had no disposition to
argue him right, but his sole object was to
mannuvre in such a manner rs to rush him on,
in the direction he had taken" 1t is a pity, for
the sake of State pri5ap if nothing more, that
he had not adopted this last happy excuse for
his confession of ignorance in the first place
vet he rum hnme, and studies how to answer
the speech. Will Louisiana, holding the proud
position she does, among her sister States, sub
nit to this?
Why, from the gentleman's own confession,
to answer an argument or speech in Congress,
he would have to hear the speech first and then
run to his room Cor somebody elscl and study
up something to say. But while in his political
studio at home, an answer to Stewards speech
was not all he studied, his achievements and
acquisitions did not end here, but in persevering
style he gathered together q string of epithets
for this and similar occasions that would cause
the veriest down in our midst to blush in repeat
ing them. Yet he did so, and with that self
satisfied shake of the head, plainly told, that he
thought it very smart. | will not pretend to re-
peat the opprobiums that Issued SO unanimously
from the gentleman.
LIE tillttl III tiit Val bii "NIS IiNPoS
ferrous. From 100000, his original estimate of
the cost of surveying and getting the lands into
market, he has reduced it down to $500. But
the tariff is the question on which he grows elo-
quent. | have heard him three times on that
question, and the substance and sum of his
argument is "keepi it as it is" keep it as it is"
keep it as it is" keep it as it isn-and then
r~etires, satisfied that all is right. Stewart is safe
here; Harmanson has done more for him than
any other man could have possibly done. Our
citizens have a pride in being represented by a
man of dignity, and therefore, would be very
far from supporting a "PoLITIcAL CLOWN" the
popular soqbriquet of Harmanson about these
pats. Yours, &c, XII.