Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1853-10-15
NUMBER H..

fuence TO defeat my election One of these sign
ers has already violated his pledge, by voting
for Wing for the State Legislature against
the regular nominee of his party; and had
received the nomination, he was ready to vo-
late it again by voting against me. What
makes me so repugnant to those gentlemen, is
the reason, perhaps, that have some personal
wing friends-that have acted for three years
as Duputy under Wing sheriff-that have
done my duty faihfnily-end that l hare inra-
riably roted for Democrats for political Offices.
To notice the many ISLANDERS and falsehoods
that have appearc;' from week to week in the
Gazette, respecting me, would occupy more
space than can allow myself to give. To su-
perntend the French department of the Gazette
Mr.. Jennings has employed a Mr.. Briois; and
he allows him to dabble away with his pen
without regard to truth, and almost without re-
gard to sense. For instance, when handed in
my answer on Thursday the 2lst July, to the
| letter addressed to me by the Central Commit
tee, Mr.. Briois read it in the presence of wit
| EeSstS Dut "LCiI lhS "U~Ctt" "1o i"'oS'' w
find Mr.. Arceneaux's answer to the Chairman
of the Committee translated into French, and
immediately below it, this truth louing French
editor "a beautiful pair they areO says, "Mr
Erwin has not yet thought proper to answer
the letter addressed him by the Central Com
nittee, and his Wing friends pretend he will
not answer it," &C. Why did he say Wing
friends1 Was it because he wished to impress
on the minds of the Democracy that have
none but Wing friends! Why did he say
had not answered the letter when he had read
that very answer, and when he knew the same
to be published on the English side of the same
paper in which he denies that it had been writ
ten? 1t was the lowest species of chlcanery
which could have prompted such wiiful, glar-
ing and unblushing lie Perhaps, however from
the examples shown him since he has been ar
employee of the Gazette he believes an editor
las right to lie with impunity.
Mr. Jennings said that my friends defeated
me for the purpose Of testing my Democracy.
Then, when the authors Of his editorials threat
ened to start another paper in opposition to his.
can say with equal propriety that they did it
for the purpose of testing his-the Democracy
Of a gentleman who pretendS to edit Demo
cratic paper-and he being made of 'pliant me
ta," and for the sake of ''private interests"
yields submssively to the calling yoke of sla
very-ailows it to be bolted hard and fast
around his neck, and dragged headlong into
the mire of meanness and nothingness as a man,
and permits articles to be published as his own
which he acknowledges did not express his SEN
timents, and which he would never dream Of
inserting were he free and independent man
master and editor of his own paper! The ve-
nom Of all those articles is melted through the
simple fact of the position which have ASST
med before the people of Iberville. All over
the country, and throughout this State at the
present time, there are Independent candidates
for high political Offices. I will merely allude
to DR.. Jones, Wing, in the Second Congress
sional District and Hon. Chas. Gayarre De.
mocrat, in the First Distrct--but there is COM
paritiyely nothing said of the right they have
thus exercised, while like pack of barking
ours, the clique hitherto alluded to, are endea-
voring to harrass me to DEATH because | atm
also, and announce myself as
candidate for the petty local Office of Sheriff Of
the Parish of Iberville!
1t is said among other ridiculous things, in
the hope to injure my election, that am run
ming to defeat Mr.. Rousseau. Whether it
does or does not, | have as much right to be q
candidate before the people as that gentleman.
Mr.. Petit and himself are candidates for the
Arceneaux and myself arc
for the Sherihality lfany one wish
IS to vote for me, he can do so as we'll with Mr..
name ON his ticket as that of Mir.
Petit; this is a free country-the people are in
dependent, and vote according to their con>
sciences.
The author of the Bayou Goula correspon-
lence, No. 3, who writes over the signature of
The People," says he has carefully studied my
political life; has not criticised single act Of
nine without procuring information from the
most authentic sources; that he is privately ac-
used of calumniating me, and that have read
lis letters and not denied the charges they con-
aimed, &C." Allow me, Sir, to inform you that
am as we'll acquainted with your political life
S you imagine yourseIfto be with mine. That
etter No. 3 you composed in this tom, andh held
he Crosse 1tte letter signed "1rutb" before
our eyes at the time Ideny your charges, one
nd ALL they are as false as the hypocritical
cart (hypocritieal not only in politics) which
ctated it. pronounce you, boldly and fear
essly, to be the lowest and vIlest libeller that
las ever disgraced community with his foul
Imposition, You have dared to call me hy-
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