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

hand, if the signature is to be examined. Har-
manson charged his opponent with asserting
that he had voted against renting General
Jackson's fine. This is false, said Col. S., | never
accused him of any thing Of the kind. 1t was
stated in conversation that such was the fact.
and When in my speech at Clinton, We believe
] asked DR.. Perkins if such was really the case,
was answered in the affirmative. |, how
ever. was handed Il note from DIR. Perkins soon
after, correcting the statement, WHICH was pub
lished in the paper that had given publicity to
the charge. What more could an honorable
man do? From that time | never alluded to
erroneous statements that | wish to reach the
Congress of the United States. The 'sWamp
bill was then taken up and It's rottenneSS IaId
bare. to the satisfaction Of every unprecedented
mind. If nothing else could have been sand to
prove to the voters Of the Third Congressional
District that Harmanson l,d not merit their
support, this swamp bal, with the attendant
speculation on the part of its originator, equal
" with Van Buren, and slavery, should cut short
and forever his public career, Col. Stewart
showed in glowing colors the danger Of this
bill, and the Inconsistencies and scltishnosS Of
its franlcr, who, by his own confession, had been
three years in getting through Congress a bill
which is loaded with the worst species of tyran-
nv, taxation and fraud and the father of it, the
rery first man to show to gambling and monicd
spectators the advantages held forth by his
work as a faithful public servant, upder the
solemn obligations of an oath! Are men blindt
Are they so far wrapped up in party zeal that
no act of their partizans, however unjust and
perfdious, can alternate their support! Col. S.
exhibited extracts from two speeches Of Har-
manson, one made in Congress and the other
in Baton Rouge. In the first he asserts that
only one million acres of swamp land can be re-
claimed, and that it will take the sum of SOC, 900
dollars to get it fit for cultivation: in the other,
he says that there are ten millions of acres of
swamp land, which, to bring into cultivation,
will only cost treZre thousand dollars! Now,
NIltiL hlilu III NNI pl lbAI III q llItill
like this! The quotations were genuine au-
thoritv, for the first was contained in the Globe
and the latter in the Baton Rouge Advocate
Col. S. branded Harmanson truly and conclu-
sively with being a Spectator in its broadcast
sense. 1t was no use to mince the matter, let
the gentleman have full credit for all his acts.
He owns to have entered one thousand acres
of land, which he hopes at some day to become
valuable, if the Legislature will impose Il tax
on his fellow-citizens to have this land drained.
This is legislating for ones self with a VEN
geance. Col. S. called upon the people to in
struct their senators and representatives in the
next Legislature to oppose any tax for the ben
eft of this swamp bill; how do you know, said
he, but there may be several John Hartman
sons in the next Legislative body of the state,
whose personal interests are as nearly allied to
the swamp bill as the gentleman who had it
passed, and who asks you to return him again
to the scene of his mighty labors, that he may
do something more for the benefit of his dear
constituents. A gentleman here arose, who
asked permission to say a few words: he said
Mr.. Harmanson at Baton Rouge denied that
his swamp bill excluded all land situated on
water courses: and that another person with
himself were called upon to read the bill, Ga
Democrat and a Whig) and it explicitly stated
that no land situated on lakes or water courses
should be considered as included in the BILL
Yet, Mr.. Harmanson denied the fact in the very
face of the fact: and when the bill was shown
to him he insisted that it was not printed right!
Vain subterfuge. Reckless and bare-faced af-
frontery!
We have not thus done justice even to an
outline of Col. Stewards speech. His hearers
testified their appreciation by constant bursts of
applause: and his Democratic friends, although
they frequently interrupted him, gained nothing
by their interruption. And when he descended
from the rostrum, every one felt convinced that
TRUTH AND JUSTICE MUST PREvA1L!-and that
John H. Harmanson would never be returned to
the Congress of the United States!
We must reserve our notice of Mr.. Kenner's
remarks till our next number. Getting out
our paper demands almost wholly our individu-
al labor, and We have much else at this late
hour that calls upon our attention Suffice to
say, that like Col. Stewards the speech of Mr..
Kenner was entirely free from that low personal
%invective and knawing malice which so emf
nently characterized the effort of Mr.. Harman-
son a few days previous on the same spot.
CAN'T BE coAxED BACK.-A highly respectable
citizen of Donaldsonville-Mr. A. J. POWELL
who has been from his youth a member Of
the Democratic party, voted for OLD TACK last
November. The Locos have tried to coax him
back into their ranks by promising to nominate