Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-10-23

held. Then did freeSolilSnl, Will d oo'"o
face, appear from under the mask which accI'
dent had upIifted. Finding that the New Dos
ton speech declarations were more firmly and
concIusiyely established in truth the more 1t
was Observation-Disclosures IDcontroVertlbly and
beyond the power of chicanery beyond the
sting of editorial ~invective and vltuperatlon'
in spite of the denial of the nominee himself!
the stump was at once taken. The flag OF
the Freesoilers was unfurled and VAN buren,
and Dix, and other chosen orators, proclaimed
in hamlet and city the issues that were at stake.
Those issues were the election of the Democrat
tic nominee and the abolition of Slavery, Or the
success of SCOTT and the South protected
There was no equivocating by these bold Free
soil speakers. They had discovered that chance
had made the South as we'll acquainted with
the principles of FRANKLIN PIERCE as them
selves; and while they plead with Il greater
assurance and a holder tone, SoULE and Gle
MEMS and others, finding that concealment of
PIELCE's anti-slavery sentiments were no long
er possible, openly stood side by side on the
same platform with those enemies of the South,
and bid and plead for Freesoil votes! And
the campaign at the present moment assumes
more the appearance of Freesoilism as up
held by the Democrats, and the South as pro-
tected by the Wings, than the existence in the
contest Of any Of those measures heretofore
advocated by the two great parties. And con-
sequentIy, the more recklessly as the gauntlet
is hurled in the face Of the South by PIERcE's
Freesoil- Abolition friends, the more speedily
and the more sure must he loose the favor and
the support of the Southern people.
What say, then, the people of Iberville-of
Louisiana-what is the vote they intend to give
to the candidate who represents the true Free.
soil Abolition party of New Hampshire, of
Ohio, of New York, and sections Of other
In precisely the same ratio that PIERCE has
sunk in the estimation Of Southern people has
ScoTT risen in their favor. Long before his
nomination, Democratic Journals, in anticipa-
Of that event, had baseIy originated against
him the foulest Of ISLANDERS, which had caused
suspicion to terminate in the breasts of South |
ern Wings. He had been proclaimed an aboIi-
ZIONIST and an enemy to the compromise mea-
sures. But, uDon his nomination, and strict in
~luiries being made into his past acts and ex-
these charges were leveled to the
earth; and as the canvass progressed it was
ound, truthtuIIy and unerringly, that upon
he shoulders of the New Hampshire candi-
late, and not upon him who shed his blood in
defence Of his country, was the faint of Abo-
indeilibly fixed. But 10 sooner was
me vile charge exposed and crushed, than ano-
her rose to be similarly destroyed. And at
his j%uncture of the campaign, after having
'assed through the calumniating ordeal of Lo-
ofoco vituperation, malice and perversion, he
justly estimated by the people of the South
calm and unprejudiced minds--as being
qually as true to their welfare, their legitimate
'ghts, and rs strong in his advocacy of the
fugitive Slave Law, as our present noble Ex-
.cutive, who, in l84S, like ScoTT in 80, was
epudiated and scoffed at as an Abolitionist.
The retrospect shows nothing but bright and
Apply augeries for the triumph of WINFIELD
CoTT and VIM. A. GRAHAM. Wings of h.
rvilIe, you have a reputation at stake in this
Ontest which is worth a powerful struggle on
our part. VIII you make it? We believe
lat an affirmative response will rise in the
lroats of all who claim this glorious old Pa
sh as their residence. Aye, struggle for your
official existence. Come out from your fields
nd your sugar-houses on the I'd of November
from your workshops and from behind your
understand work as Wings know how to +
ork in a great contest, and victory will assur-
lily crown our efforts. ;
A TTE FROM CPNSSE TErTE