Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-11-01
our Congressional Candidate.

Our Congressional Candidate.
From information obtained within the Thir'
District, and out of it, we have the most con
yjncing proof that Mr.. UPToN will run Mr.
PENN closer than any Democratic candidate
from this District has ever yet been toHowet
before. The papers above US, are sanguin'
and arduous, and more excessively industrious
than usual, from the fact, that they believe
MI. PENN will be defeated. The Editor of the
New Orleans Bee, who receives all the papers
throughout the State, and may be supposed te
be well versed in the political race now pro-
crossing in every section, through various 9TH
er sources, in his paper of the 2sth, in relation
to sentiments expressed by Mr.. PENN, distaste-
full to his party, says:
"These sentiments have INJURED Mr.. PENN
extensively, and his own party are everywhere
in the District calling upon him to disavow
formally these opinions-otherwise they threat
en- to withhold from him their support. Mr..
PENN cannot deny the truth of Mr.. PERKINS,
statements, and they admit of no explanation.
Unless he receives an unusually heavy major
ity in the Piney Wood country, there Is a
chance of his defeat"
The truth is, Mr. PENN, it seems, has been
blowing hot and cold with the same breath
Such candidate has no sentiments, except those
which will place him in office. What he sta
ted in this town, to suit what he thought the
atmosphere here, he has precisely reversed
I... IL rof,coc IN moot Mr. I1pTnN in
debate, and this refusal undeniably originates
from one of two reasons-tirst, that he is
Afraid to meet him, or secondly, that he knows
his inabillv-either of which reasons should
his defeat. The excuse, which he as
serts, that Mr.. UProN had "three months" no.
tice and did dot invite him out, is false and
ridiculous. At the time he wrote his letter,
asserting this, it would place the nomination
Of Mr.. UPTON in June when he is fully aware
that Mr.. UPTON was uot spoken of as candi-
date till recommended by the Convention in
This Parish on the 23d Of August, and then he
lid not consider himself a candidate until the
9th of September, after he had been nomina-
ed by several of the Parishes and on the 25th
If the same month, he wrote his invitation to
Mr.. PENN. Instead of refusing, HAD the gen.
leman retained any proper ambition, or respect
or his constituents, he would not apparently
AVE treated them with contempt, but like Mr..
JproN, have gone over nearly the entire Dis
:rict, as he has done, and m~anfully have Crap
lied IF able) with the mind and intellectual
,owers of the bearer of the Wing Banner.
The conclusion inevitably forces itself upon us,
hat Mr.. PENN fell his inability to cope uih
he Wing candidate, and therefore framed an
reuse and declined, to SAFE his oun reputation
I'D the honor of his party in the Third Dis
'ict! And this is sufficient reason for any in
man to vote against him. ,
And now, at this late day, [but it is not too
tie to plead and to expose facts, for four-ffths :
f our subscribers shall see this paper before +
[onday morning] and for the last time, we ,
Ill for every Wing vote in this Parish, from q
very man who considers himself q Wing, in
.yor of Mr.. UPToN. We must do our might v
st, here, for rest assured that Mr.. PENN has
1t himself into hot 1cater, and the steam is S
aking him so nervous andseontradictory that a
does not know what he is about: his silent
at in the House of Representatives is "grow- ii
g small and beautifully less" as the day of E
al draws nigh. Go to the polls, with zeal s.
d enthusiasm-and WHOEVER MAY BE THE u
.AND1DATEs, LET US DETERMINE TO BE y
'HIGS! v