Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1853-09-10
The stIsland'' Whig Meeting,

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The call made last week in the Capitolion
Wis of West Baton Rouge, rallying the
Wings of Iberville in Public Meeting to-day
at the 'lsland" precinct, struck US at the time
as a most extraordinary move, a singular pro-
ceeding-particularly so from the fact that no
request or mention of the matter had been
made to US. But, if we were astounded at
seeing such a paragraph as appeared in the pa
per alluded to, unusual and out of place as it
was, not to treat it with harsher words, we
were not prepared to hear that, from all the in
formation that could be obtained, no Wing in
the vicinity where the call said the meeting
was to be held, was aware that any such meet
ing was in anticipation, until The announcement
appeared an the above paper! Those living at
the "Island," and supposed to know something
about it, were as much surprised as those at a
distance. Even Mr.. BLoU1N knew nothing
about it, at whose house the notice said the
meeting was to be held; and he did not only
knoas nothing of it, but, as we are informed
felt some displeasure at the liberty thus taken
in announcing that such unauthorized and ire
gular meeting would be held at his house.
The meeting is called, says the Visa Wis,
to nominate delegates to confer with those no.
minated in West Baton Rouge, for the purpose
of selecting a candidate for this Senatorial Dis
trict. If the Wings of the parish, or any por-
ton of them, wished a meeting for that pur-
pose, their wishes could have been gratifed by
having the announcement made through this
journal, and properly selecting for the occasion
the courthouse in Plaquemine, instead of the
extreme end Of the parish.
We cannot believe that this call, made in
West Baton Rouge, for a meeting to-day at
the "Island" of the Wings of this parish, will
be noticed by the Wings of that or any other
section. But if it happens that a few should
be inveigled into the error of assembling, in
conformity with the published notice-done in
contravention of all regularity and rule-and
adopt resolutions in obedience to the sense of
said notice, we feel fully authorized in assert
ing that such action will not be recognized by
the Wing party of Iberville.
Our expressions heretofore upon the Sena-
torial question, were not the expressions simply
which proceeded from our own convictions up
on this eubject, in connection with the Crosse
Tete question, but such expressions were the
reflection of those of the most prominent and
influential Wings in the parish. And no where,
in our remarks upon this subject, did we init
mate that we were opposed to calling a meets
ing to appoint delegates 10 confer with those
from West Baton Rouge, or that we would rot
cheerfully call a meeting for that purpose, if
such call was endorsed by responsible gentle
men of the party. And when a meeting is in
contemplation, having in view the general in
terests of the party, Plaquemine is assuredly
the proper place for such meeting to be held
and through the accredited organ of the Wing
party of the parish, it seems to us, is the only
legitimate source for a notice of such meets
ing to be given.