Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1853-11-05
IL. w. Robertson, Eos. Hi. Erwin,
and the Sheriftasty,

uoi1eIeU iuto uShL-to SouLu us Hleiilteiouo
notes into ears which delighted to hear impre-
cations Of abuse and billingsgate-that has
not contained some description of charge, d.
rect or indirect, accusing US Of being the de-
fender Of Jos. II. Erwin-that this paper Is the
organ of Jos. H. Erwin. We have not motto
ed any Of those illusions relative to us which
have flooded the organ alluded TO for the last
four months, for two reasons-lst, because. IN
our columns we owe something more to our
patrons than 4 continued expression Of person.
al feeling OF advocating any loca! candidate;
even were he a Wing: and ID, the "caliber'
that would be brought against us, were we to
do so, is Of too insignificant a nature-as PROV
ed by what has heretofore appeared in the ''or.
gan that it is impossible for its editor to re-
ply to any political article in this journal, with
out using low personal epithets and illusions,
or if not by him, by his correspondents we
will, however, make one exception, that Of the
article signed "a Citizen of Iberville,' as be.
ing the only decent and respectable notice in
that print that we have ever seen, Of remarks
that have appeared in this paper.
The attempt by the Democratic organ TO
make US the advocate of Mr.. Erwin, because
he was the Independent Candidate and stood
in the way Of his and his friends views, was
for the purpose Of conveying the idea through
out the parish that MIR, Erwin was the regular
ly accepted candidate of the Whigs.-when,
in fact, beyond himself and a few immediate
friends, there is not 4 whig in this parish who
can say how Mr.. Erwin actually stands with
the party. 1t was because we did not play in
to the hands of the "organ," and fill our paper
weekly with stuff relative to the Independent
Democratic Candidate for Sheriff, that so much
bile and bitterness have been spit at US by the
Pipkin street journal. We the advocate Of
the Independent Democratic Sheriff! Why,
we have scarcely alluded TO the subject Of the
Sheriiialty sufficient for the excitement it has
created. Advocate Dir. Irwin, indeed. The
outrageous attacks, accusations, perversions
ana yituperations that have heen heaped upon
him for the last four months, from q source
that requires 10 mention from us, gave plenty
of room for the teeblest pen to have defended
him with effect. But for the reasons stated
above. We did not NEEDLE ourself in the mat
ter of defence or advocacy, as our paper will
show. And We should not now, at this late
day, alIude to this local question, all-excitiDg
as il is, but for that extraordinary etfasion that
the 'organ'' ground out last week, over the
stunning signature of E.sW. Robertson.
When the Democratic friends Of Mr.. Erwin
glanced at this production, in array against the
Independent Candidate, and saw that it was
signed by him who will prove himself the lead
er of the broken wing of the Democratic par
ty in this parish, they must have trembled with
fear for their favorite.
We say that this article of Mr.. Rob ertson's
is an extraordinary document, which has no
parallel in politics or the history of local cleo
tons. He commences it by saying that Il
have, at the solicitation of my democratic
friends, been induced to offer my name. to my
fellow-citizens as a candidate'--a candidate for
the lower House of the Legislature. What
Democratic friends? Those, we presume, IN
der his immediate wing, for there was no pub
lie call upon him by his party. This very act
declares within itself that Mr.. Robertson cor
siders himself a leader, if not The leader, Of
the Democratic party of this parish; and that
all that it was necessary for him to do, was
merely to say that he condescends to become 4
candidate, to be hailed with one universal cry
of appreciation by the Democrats of lberville.
Well, maybe it is SO for aught W. know
maybe Mr.. Ed'wd. Robertson is considered the
light and saviour of the Democratic party here
for anything we can establish to the contrary
Its only hope in adversely and its brightest
guiding star in prosperity. What does, he say
to that party over which he conceives he has,
and may have, such wonderful influence, in the
two columns and a half which he caused to be
laid before it on last Saturday. Did he, as
might have been expected from him and from
his position, give to the people a dissertation
setting forth his views upon State policy and
State interests! No. Did he illucidate any of
the principles of his party which are at stake
in the present election? No. Did he speak of
local interests which, as a representative, he
considered it his duty, as a true friend Of the
people, to advocate when he got into the Le>
g%islature? ! No. Did he anywhere speak of State
measures likely TO arise in the ensuing Legis-
~lature, and the principle and policy that would
guide him upon each. No. Did he make any
~allusion whatever in this long document to
anything pertaining to public or political mat.
tiers bearing upon the interests Of the people!
Nat a syllable! But We will tell those who
had not the pleasure of reading this e%xtraor>
binary misunderstanding considering the
elevated source from which it sprang and the
orcasion which cave utterauco tn it-uhat as