Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-31
ten. Pierce and the South.

be well founded in every particular. we ARK
beginning to think that journals on both side:
of the question. "NNho shall be President?
are dipping their pens rather too deeply in We
| nom and wormwood, either to enhance the dig
nity ard usefulness Of the press or to advance
the interests of the candidate or party &c
which they professedly belong. Whatever
may he the opinions Of our public men upor
great political subjects which may be antago
~nistiral to the interests and even to the safets
of any section of the Union, We have an abb
ding confidence in the intelligence and patriot,
ism of a great party, whether Of our way OF
thinking or not, that in its nominations no real
" bad man will ever be presented for the suf-
tragres Of the American people. To our mind,
then, that a guard Of adamant might be placed
around the deliberations of those whom the
people select to choose from among them one
who is worthy to fill the highest office in their
oft, it should be made a rule never TO be de-
parted from, that such selection should be made
only from among those who have been longest
before the people in a public capacity, that they
might the better know the views, abilities,
principles, patriotism Of such candidates, and
thereby with greater knowledge ard security,
determine whether they are worthy Of their
support. Delegates, too, sent by the people
to meet in convention, for the purpose of Sc
lecting a candidate for the Presidency, are TAX
ing upon themselves a very great and danger
Gus responsibility when they chose 4 man who
is not only well and thoroughly known in his
public capacity to every delegate who gives
him his woe, but equally as well known gen.
ehaily throughout the broad expanse of our
Onion: he should be one who has been tried
upon all great subjects, in dark hours and
bright hours. and whose national as we'll as
sectional feelings have been tested by the re-
cord of history and the opinion of his coun-
by the ordeal of fire and come out steel!r'--
one who has purchased his various commits
,ions by acts of valor which throw a dazz ing
brilliancy over the military page of his coun-
trv's history--but not the mere soldier, but one
who has given repeated evidences of states
manship and pure patriotism, as we'll as the
Earring of the pIumed warrior.
That General PIERcE's past public career,
short as it has been, was vel and intimately
to each member of the Democratic
it is ridiculous to assert; he was
no further known by 4 great many
If them Cor be ieved to be- than as an unwa,
yering Democrat, and Il good and brave man
md the chances were taken for whatever else
If prominent principles, or opinions upon i'm
measures, which he might entertain
low different was the nomination of the
Wings. VIII will say that there was a men,
yer Of the Wing Convention who was unac-
|uainted with the career of Gen. ScorT from
Queenstown Heights" to the "City of Mexi-
%" and with the brilliant services he rendered
country 10 a civil capacity in the interval
these two memorable events? And
We assert that this eminent citizen has proved
his past glorious acts that he is a thorough
patriot, an able statesman, a soldier whose
plume o'ertops the proudest now on earth
md if he has any sectional feelings, they are
far greater in favor of the interests of
the South than those of his opponent.
But returning 10 the first subject of this ar
ticle, that we shall persist in keeping our col
nmns clear from vituperation, and from accu-
sations against Gen. PIERCE which do not ap-
pear to be correctly founded, we are aware
hat we are laying ourself liable to a very
lose and severe criticism. But there is some
hing dignifed in the conscientious determina-
of a man to pursue a just and upright
whoever may doubt his acts or ques-
lion his honesty.
In giving the article below--the flash which
must silver the strongest pillar of PIERcE's
strength in the Soulh-we do so because it
1as upon its face the strongest evidence of its
5enuiueness it is copied from a paper now. in
that paper a Democrat, and the arti-
lie pub ished no later than last January. On
his occasion, when Gen. PIERCE comes out SO
decidedly Gin the itaIicised lines below in his
Ibhorrenee of a law which the South conceives
0 be its strongest safeguard against Northern
ggression, another report was given by the
Manchester IN. H.) Democrat. of the 9th of
a copy of which is now in possession
# the editors of the Washington Republic;
'ut for the reason that it appears to evince
more personal feeling than the article below
much stronger in substance and far
in length, We shall not give it an inser-
ion, preserving it however for the inspection
f those who may feel an interest in the mat
or. The paper from which the following is
(the Independent Democrat) is published
] Concord, New Hampshire. the RESIDENCE of