Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-10-25
Communicated
70 tho Wings Of 1berville.

:. In a few days you will be called upon t
discharge a duty devolving upon you as Amer.
lean citizens. Now as | AIN an old man anc
the father of a large family, l may be. permit.
ted once ia a life. time, to address the children
of my early associates. / was in this my ma.
tive State, when the first dawn of American
liberty assembled the mountain. It was the
messenger Of deliverance to the oppressed
We hailed it as the ship wrecked marine,
would hail %aurora's herald-the morning
star, after having been tossed upon the angry
pillows of the ocean, amid the thick darkness
Of night, l have seen it in its onward march
spreading from mountain top to oceans wave,
until it has penetrated the distant west-that
fades into the east.
On the third Of November you have to choose
some of your Parish officers, among the most
important Of these are your legislators for
they will be called upon to vote for q United
States Senator: Remsnber that the Wings
lost a Senator not long ago-by an unhappy
division i in the ranks Of the Wings of lberville.
These Legislators will also have to dispose of
the amendments proposed to our State Con-
stitution-to take some final action npon the
Citizens Bank-to say whether the levces shall
remain under the control Of our police regu-
lations-or be transferred to the State author
ities,-thereby, increasing our taxes, and secu-
ring to us the certainty of annual overaows
ofopr crops. Upon all these subjects, no two
gentlemen could have been selected, who are
sounder than Messrs. JOHNSTON and BAB1N.
You have also to select a school superinten.
dent-one, who will take an interest in the dis
tribution of the school funds, and the proper
performance of the various duties of that of.
fee. You pay about nine thousand dollars
enough to educate every child in the best in
stitutions of America. Now what is the rea.
son we cannot have schools to educate our
children as do the people Of other parishes,
There is a wrong somewhere. l will not say
where it lies; but I firmly believe, if you will
elect Mr.. Brown, that we shall have a new
order Of things spring up-that will rejoice
the hearts of those who have children to edu.
cate. Let US make the change, and if the sys-
TEN does not work better in the future than it
does at present-let US go in for its repeal.
You have also to elect a member to repre-
sent you in Congress. You have before you
as candidates, Mr.. PENN and Mr.. UProu. Of
M. Penn, have not = word to say. If his
acts as recorded in the journals of Congress,
and his declarations at home do not condemn
him. l will not bring any railing accusations
against him. But of MI. UProE, l can speak
freely. He is my neighbor-his every interest
is identified with:tbe people of lberville. That
he is q man Of fine talents, and one of the best
debaters in the south, no one will deny. He
will, ifelected, do honor to the State. He is a
man at heart, and this fact will secure to him
q large democratic support. He has been cal
led from the quiet of his home to bear the peo.
pies banner. He has yielded to that call, and
is now manfally sustaining their cause. Shall
he be called to sacrifice so much and not meet
his just reward! Is there q Whig-good and
true in the parish, who will not discard
even personal obligations to sustain Mr.. Up-
TON, who is battling so manfully for the Union
and the interests of the south His interests
and ours, are completely identified. Let US
one and all then rally to his support, and thus
aid to perpe,uate the blessings of American
liberty, pure and unsalIied to posterity. Such
is the ardent prayer Of !
AN DIN MAN