Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-04-22
Nr. .UcnninySs VnlcIiCtOrY.

he has contributed much of the space of his
last address to his old description of TRADE
against the gentleman who is at present She
riff, against the Wing party, and against our
humble self, we trust our readers as well as
himself, will excuse Us forturning from our usu.
al course so far in this instance as to give him
and his attacks y passing notice-brief and to
the point.
He says
'In 1913 and 40, while publishing the Dem.
ocrat, the Wings held all the offices in the pa.
IRISH, consequently | did not receive a dollar of
their business"
In October, 1913. the Police Jury divided
the parish printing-that is, Mr.. Jennings was
allowed to do the printing and get half the pay
Notwithstanding that we had the contract to do
the work, but to which arrangement we made
no objection; and while his paper lasted, he |
received a greater sum than we did for doing
half the work.
He says
"When commenced the Gazette, on the Sd
of April, 1852, the Wings still held those Off. |
ces, sheriff, &c; and the Wings still have the |
sheriff, or at east the party organ-one of the
most bitter and ~virulent in the State--which
receives every dollar that the sheriff's office
can dispense"
Well, it is truly hard that "hhe Wings sill
hare the party organ" They have doubtless
a good many sins to answer for, as well rs their
reighbors; but this one, of still Aaring the par
ty organ, is not exactly fair to place upon their
shoulders rs a political crime, considering that
they have 4 freemau's privilege 10 subscribe
for whatever paper they please! As for our
bitterness and vjrulence, the public may ina
CINE lis extent when they learn that one Of our
Wing conter poraries has accused US of be.
ING 4 tr"lto, to our own party: both assertions
wrong Us.
but we cannot go on making extracts and
commenting upon their absurdiry, as it will oc.
too mich space. Mr.. Jennings says that
the main reason for his leaving his Office is be.
'atise ne is in debt, and must turn his attention
to some other vocation to liQuidate it, &c. In
the neAt breath, he asserts that his paper has
double the circulation that any other paper has
gained III this parish. II any one will examine
our subscription book, they will find that the
,entleman's income, by doubling our list, as he
says it does, will be from this source alone con-
siderably over two thousand dollars, which,
with the fvehundred dollars he received during
the past year for the parish printing, makes a
lon1 n.,, o.... A. l.. - -. g..
two items alone, and does not warrant him in
his continued complaints against his
party. ,
lie is now angry that We should do rs he
lid, solicicit 4 portion Of the parish printing :
How magnanimous. lie says We are doing 7
while getting the entire patronage from .
he Sheriff. Now, reader, there has not been f,
III advertisement in this paper, signed Joseph $
i. Erwin" since he has been sheriff, that he /
las not been obliged to give this paper! And
does the public conceive to be the amount
If this much talked Of sheriff 5 patronage? p ;
We offer our books to the inspection Of any
me, and pledge ourself to give to the poor Of
his town all over one hundred and fifty dollars
hat has accrued to US from that ource during 4
he past year!
Finally, our very amiable contemporary, in :
retirement, wonders at our righteousness,
because we ask TO publish the parish printing Fl
nd gethalf the pay, as he once received, while
re are getting this immense sherid's patron.
&c. We only ask a Democratic police jury to
ct towards a Wing journal as a Wing police B
lry acted towards n Democratic journal-to h
wide the printing and the pay, put it to the fl
owest bidder, or whatever else their sense of o.
lstice and duty TO the parish should direct ii
! connection with this subject, we are roundly hi
tied also by our contemporary in his Valedic- g
Try, (Which has more of maledicency in its il
imposition than a respectful farewell to his I
'aders and his contemporaries because we yt
'red, last April, when the printing was sold to al
e lowest bidder, to get it by bidding moths r
g" he did not say, however, that his last bid 70
as next to nothing-that he commenced at
{ hundred dollars and fell to eighty! And l.
silly, he assures the Police Jury that he has st
competent French and English composition" Ia
We hare the Same-one whose interests re
e centred here, who has ever advocated and dt
orked for the rights and interests of the pa. pa
III, who trusts to do so many years to come tn
life lasts, and who has never forsaken his wi
st or his duty-ai is The compassion uho is now NJ
up the type to defend himself from un.
ST aud ungenerous aspersioas. to
In conclusion, we assure Mr.. Jennings that an
entertain no angry feeling towards him, not pr
thstanding the maledicent language of his NJ;
''edIctory, but wish him 4 more prosperous an
.u'e, whatever may be his vocation, and less
that family affection that has heretofore pur- col
hm-which cannot failt excite the sym. Ra
hes even OF his enemies, and which break T..
wn and worry out the mind and the ener. ant
S of the bravest and the STRONGEST ALL