Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1853-08-13
What's to be Done E.?

'p-day q meeting or the Wings OF West
Pton Rouge takes place, for the purpose of
dominating delegates to confer with those
which may be appointed from this parish, for
the purpose of selecting a candidate for the
State Senate. No delegates have been nomi-
mated here; and if there had been, we are con-
fident that no agreement could have taken
place, for the reason that a question Of great
local Importance to 1berville and West Baton
Rouge will be decided by the next Legislature,
Ito which parish shall Crosse Tete be attached)
and as a matter of course each parish wishes
the choice OF the candidate that will advocate
its interests. The stand which both the Wings
and Democrats of West Baton Rouge have
taken in this matter is too plain to be mista-
ken ; and from all that we can learn, the feel
ing will be met by a corresponding one here.
We regret exceedingly that anything should
have arisen to disturb the harmonious political
relations that have ever existed between the
two parishes. We would be glad to offer a
proposition to avert this evil, but we can think
of none to offer. When a local Legislative
subject is in anticipation which aims at the de-
s~truction of the interests of a parish against
questionable right and justice, all political con-
siderations, courtesies and usages, must be
done away with.
Upon this question of the dismemberment
of Crosse Tete from lberyille, to which parish
it has always belonged, we are convinced there
is but one sentiment among the people here
They consider that the section of country al
luded to is justly a portion of this parish, and
shall contend for its being continued as a por-
ton of its territory they deny any right save
that Of the Legislature to take it from us; and
cannot believe that any Legislature will thus
act, contrary to the wishes of an almost unan~
imous voice Of the people Of Crosse Tete.
The very fact that the sum of ten thousand
dollars has been given by this parish to con-
stIuet a good road for all seasons, to enable the
people of Crosse Tate to reach our town with
out difficulty, is proof positive that the people
will not relinquish that portion of our territory
without a struggle. But it is exceedingly to
be regretted that a struggle of this nature
brings us in collision with the interests of our
brother Wings of West Baton Rouge-and
we presume that the Democrats here are in
precisely the same situation.
In such a state of things it may be we'll to
inquire, "What's to be done?" In our opin-
ion, there is but one plain course to be follow
ed; it recommends itself by too many power
full and truthful reasons to be doubted. In
each District and Parish, according to the pop
ulation of each, Senators and Representatives
are allowed the people, that their interests be
particularly attended to in the Legislature-not
political interests-but the interests which
are allied to their moral, intellectual and pecu.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 1t is clearly then our
luty and our safeguard Gas it is also that of |
West Baton Rouge with regard to her inter-
ssts) to vote for such candidate for the Sem
tie at the approaching election whom we know
% be true to the interests of this parish upon G
he Crosse .Tete question. t