Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-09-11
''Truth, though Crushed to Earth,
will Rise Again ~

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appears in political newspapers upon the eve of
a Presidential election; but it is our infailible
rule, when we discover any striking or impor-
tant observation bearing upon the character or
previous political course of a candidate, to pry
into its truthfulness, and if true, lay bare the
facts asserted. Editorial criticisms among
Southern journals, when canvassing the claims
of Presidential candidates, should be mainly
directed, in our opinion, to their principles upon
great questions which are deemed of para
mount Importance to the safety, integrity and
prosperity of the South, and of the Union
and upon these, the candidate who gets South
ern votes should be as spotless as cloudless
sky at MONDAY.
If we are disposed to view with an unbiass-
ed mind the past acts and reservations of Gen.
SCOTT, we will find that he not only never said
or done anything in his life antagonistical to
Southern institutions, but on the contrary he
has ever expressed the most unwavering at
tachment to measures which we are all attached
1 ~ hClS. " at tIS tlCdu Va GHC lISl tUluLlL
and see what he said to SEWARD when he ques-
toned him as to his views upon acts which
are advocated in the South. He spoke this
sentence, to which we allude, to the Mississippi
delegation. Who dare doubt his ~yeraeity in
this respect-the v~eracity of a man who has
shed his blood and so often faced death for the
honor and glory of his country? And what
does QUITMAN say of him? He would rather
"trust ScoTT on the Slavery question than Ell
ther WEBSTER or FILLMORE" pure as we all |
know these exalted statesmen to be upon this |
subject. Let us delve as we will into the past, |
we not only see WINFIELD ScoTT true to the |
Union and the South, but we find his name |
connected with all that is glorious and great
ALI that embellishes history and gives tone
and character to a nation-and, which establish
es his claim, high, holy and just, for the high
est Office in the gift of his countrymen.
1t is the daty of those who pretend to pay
any attention whatever to political matters, to
endeavor to exclude prejudice from their minds
as much as possible, when any grave and seri-
Gus charge is made against a candidate for the
Chief Magistracy, or any other high office, that
they might be able to examine it eoolly, to sep
arate it from the mass of falsehood and vitu-
with which the party press abounds,
and pass upon it a correct and impartial judge
ment. We give circulation to no imputation
which has not some semblance of a truthful
foundation. When the statement first appear.
ed, that Gen. PIERCE had made a speech in New
Hampshire several months previous to his no.
nination for the Presidency, Cat time when
neither himself nor any other human being on !
he face of the earth supposed he would re- !
such nomination. that said speech was r
in W newspapers-that there was q
IN those reports, said to have been /
Uttered by the speaker, and which language
lad not been contradicted until Gen. PIERCE .
lad received his nomination, although originally !
ppearing in a newspaper published in the 4
own where he liyed-we Immediately %eonelu- Il
ed that if there was ever a just foundation to c
anything attributed to another. this was :,
instance. We were not wrong in our sup f
.osition; subsequent evidences have made the h
ruth of that language attributed to General
FIERCE appear as clear as the light Of day.-n
hat language (Which we show at the head of e
ur first column) was highly obnoxious to the n
'outh; and if nine-tenths of the Southerners P
'ere honest in their sentiments, they would not 81
ote for the man who used it to give express Fl
to his sentiments. Democratic leaders II
the Democratic press were aware of this,
nd they deemed it their especial duty, not to
rove that the language was a peruersion, but Z
lat it was false from beginning to end To HI
0 this by the easiest route, they first attack the az
.naracter of the reporter, the employee in the b
Of a faithful duty; they discover th
lat he is an 3abolitionist," a spenitentiary con- IL
wandering vagabond." But he goes he
fore a magistrate and swears to the truth of ii
s report. Fearing that the character given w
the reporter is not sufficient to invalidate al
s testimony in the minds of Southern men, ap
rather, that it has not done it. they go to It's
ork and get up an irresponsible political Ger hl
to which a hundred names are rapidly Oh
soithom the aid Of a magistrate, denying 10
general terms the whole matter. This was III
SO thought the Democracy, and the
Movement was duly proclaimed in splendid 90
pitfalls and brilliant EXPLANATIONS. But, strange do
Of human nature, the people South Az
ere not yet satisfed--the murmur of doubt WI
q suspicion still rose with the breese which II.
flied over our sugar, cotton and rice planta- in
MS. Something more must be produced to
ar AWAY the fearful clnnd And now nm.