Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-06-12
no the Polls. Citizens !.

4 ~ lew LuOFe nOuES, anu our ClLiLoHo Win y '
called upon to deposit their votes for Delegate:
to the State Convention. As our paper will
reach nearly every district in the Parish previ
GUS to the opening Of the polls, we feel in
clined to make a few remarks for voters to re
fleet upon. For the parish there are four can
didates, W of whom only can be elected
lemon LABAUvE, AUGUSTUS TALBOT, K. l.
WATSON and P. o. lIEBEnT-two Democrats
and two Whigs--are before the people. The
Convention for which these gentlemen are can.
didates, should be entirely free from party pre-.
iudices; but the Democracy started early in
the field with the determination to elect 4 ma.
jority of their party to the Convention, as was
the case in the Convention of 1916, that they
might again enact over their party-colored acts
the first nominations made in the State were
made by the Locofoco party OF East Baton
Rouge, their very head quarters. It was a rir-
tue THERE for the Locgiocos to make party no.
limitations for this high moral trust, but oh
what a sin it is HERE for the Wings to follow
tilCli CAdLHpiC3 ttst1t lFS P0opiC iiiSht ~ ~
from a second exhibition of Locofoco misrule
and Locofoco exultation. The party lines be-
ing first drawn by our opponents, we are will
ing to meet them upon their own ground, and
abide the result.
But apart from party considerations, we are
satisfied to run our candidates upon their own
merits, that the test may rest upon their INTEL
lectual attainments and high moral characters.
In this view their regulations give surety that
in the Convention, they will have both the in
~clination and the ability to do their duty. They
are not the men to be enticed away by idle
pleasures and vicious habits, which, %unfortu-
nate1y, cannot be said for all in this State who
are at present candidates for the Convention.
Come, then, TO your test as MEN, and we have
no fear for the success of LABAUvE and WAT
SON. Of the first, is it necessary to speak =
By dint of application and perseverance, he has
worked his way up amongst the people of this
parish, from a young man, to an elevated posi-
ton in the State. He commenced life as the
among the humble, and his past ca
reer IS a lofty example of s~potless honor, stern
resolve and undagging industry. As a man of
the most correct principles in all the relations
of life, and in every vcissitude, progress and
position since his earliest days, there are none
to gainsay. Truth and integrity have been the
marks, the fixed stars of bis destiny;
and in public as in private life, these great prin-
,iples have never for a moment been lost sight
If. As Il jurist, his name stands among the
of this State, and equally abroad as
1t home, he is known for his virtues and abili-
les. For many years he has represented you,
.itizens, in the State Senate, and with singular
bility and consistency; and his merits and at +
ailments have been acknowledged by success r
i've Legislatures by his being placed upon the
ighest and most important committees. Such Il
lemon LABAUvE, and we say it frankly, b
from party feeling, that the parish has I
ause to be proud of such q citizen. For our a
steem for bis private worth, and for our gra- Il
tude for his past services, let us turn out on =
Ionday next and give him an overwhelming "
.-.E r. .
Mr.. WATSON came with reluctance into the 81
'ntest-but if elected, he will prove to the O
eople of the parish that they have not made ST
n injudicious choice; though much younger n
IAN either of those opposing, they have no Ct
over him, if his equal. in all the h
Publications for a useful Delegate. He knows NJ
Ill we'll, and so does his friends, the crushing A
~fluences which are at work to defeat him; but tn
is safe if the Wings will do their duty. We Il
IL upon the pride of the opposite side of the 5
1er--the gallant citizens Of the left bank "
go to the polls with the determination to y.
We Dick WATSON a majority that will crush af
other majorities of the opposition! nj
The Senatorial District race is all one-sided, a,
we take it. However, do not let us depre- an
tie our enemy, but work to give DARDENNE Sta
d LYLE a majority that will make Mr.. STU- of
T sick of politics for the balance of his DAYS. ed
citizens, to the polls early on Monday, ov
iect we'll before you deposit your votes an
tn a clear conscience, look upon the men, III
cir characters and their principles, and we !"
sr not the result! no
thu
False Representations. Ola
1t is surprising that a gentleman will descend 'H'
L., - - L. Gil