Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-11-13
Changing their Tune,
Or, circumstances Alter Cases.

VIZ circumstances ttC SNoC
In the last Gazette is a communication which
leads US to believe that that journal, with the
assistance of the Democratic "leaders,' as ma
mayer and prompters, will endeavor to have
enacted in the next canvass, with the aid
| of those they consider their automatons, a new
farce entitled, "Changing their Tune, or Cir
cumstances Altar Cases." which, in plain Eng
| lish is--now that the Democrats seem to be in
the majority, they must repudiate the principle
formerly advocated, that Of supporting candi-
| dates for local Offices for their merit only, and
that the Democrats must, at the next local
election vote the Democratic ticket, whether
its candidates have either merit or capacity
| This is the conclusion arrived at, after perusing
the article alluded to. And, as it is an article
expressive of sentiment only, and as our con-
temporary does not refer to it IN any manner, it
is to be taken for granted that he endorses ey-
cry syllable of it, and that the ground is broad
ly taken, that whatever principle he might have
formerly advocated, he is clearly of opinion now
"that to the victors belong the spells" and that
the Democrats ought as a matter of principle,
now that they have got the majority, to vote
the whole Democratic ticket for local offices,
no matter who are nominated, or whether they
have any merit or qualification. If we are
mistaken, and our contemporary does not ad-
vocate the policy of his correspondent, and
that he thinks men and their capacities should
alone be considered in local elections, we ex.
pect to hear him say so in his next number.
This correspondent alluded to is possibly in
hopes of being a candidate himself for some
local office, therefore, perhaps, his main reason
for wishing the Democrats to stick to their tick
ct, for if they didn't, it is Likely he imagines he
would stand but a slim chance of being elected.
Hear how he branches off to give the idle Of
tce-seeking" wings a rap over the knuckles,
merely for the reason that those who are now
filling the local Offices of the parish, (%particular-
ly the Offices of Clerk, Recorder and sheriff.
are particularly known and characterized for
their peculiar and eminent capacities for these
which the people have called upon
them to fill. But, hear him we say, and then
sweep"
"When there are so many people in com.
that claim to belong to no party, it gives
the wings the advantage, because they have
idle, office seeking gentlemen than WE
have, who can spend their time riding around
10 tell their poor ~neighbors how to vote, as well
as those in their employ"
Now, here's a mass of impudence in a nut
Wait till the next Democratic Conyen-
ion, to nominate candidates for local Offices.
md then we'll see who are the "idle, Office
gentlemen" 1t will be as "good as a
'lay" to see the struggles of each to obtain a
nomination which he conceives is tantamount
0 his being elected. And the "poor' people,
90, and those who are "employed7 to work,
hey have to be "told how to VOTE" says this
correspondent. Remember this,
e soyereigns of the land!