The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-05-05
From the Louisiana Democrat.
John M. Sandidge.-..-Demooraoy.


racy Of the State, and there is little, If any
margin now for doubt as to what will he
the result Of the Baton Rouge Convention
The tone Of our democratic brethren of the
Press points to but one conclusion; and
there is dccp-rootcd conviction in the
minds OF whom we may for want Of more
ielicitous mode of expression, call prominent
members of the party, that the Bossicr chief
deserves the mark of respect to which we
allude from the hands of his co-laborcrs in
the Good Old Cause.
I Gen. SANDiDGE will not 60 forth to bat.
tie in the holiday dress of Summer sol
dicr, nor will the skies be bright above his
honored head He will be compelled to put
on the old dress that has wcathcred many
q faction storm, and to see clouds gather on
his path in long and tedious wanderinys
We frankly confess that the democracy of
Louisiana have work before them of no or.
binary character, and that perfect harmony
of action, unaagging industry and thorough
organization arc absolutely indispensable
to ensure success in November next. 1t
were folly to question this. or to attempt a
concealment Of the truth from our friends.
wherever they may reside. Leaving out
of view moral obliquity of vision, no policy
| is more reprchcnsiblc than that which coun-
sells silence when truth should be enuneiated
boldly and free from dubicty as it may be
possible for mortal to speak in the present
tense; for when the worst is known-when
we have clear view of the field, with its
strong battlemcnts and salient points-we
can prepare for "cOmng events" without
waiting for the approaching of those "shad-
ows" which are cast before. "Forcwarncd
forearmed.' "Look danger in the face, and
it flies before YOU" The battleis half won
when you know who you have TO fight
and what you will have to contend
against.
We then state that as a party, one of those
vicissitudes which chcqucr and give relish
we may say, to individual life, now threat
ems our organization. Traitors are in the
camp, with vizors on, and with Iscariot's
silver pieces in their pockets. They have
the tongues of their counterpart, tarantula,
nor does the inGnity stop here. Like that
horrid reptile, their poison is concealed be-
meath the organ which sends the fatal fluid
in mad currents through the purple arteries
and those who have warmed them into eyis.
tence may not know their dangerous prox-
unity until the balot-box reveals their tur-
ptnde. This isa thrice told talc-.thc his
tory of almost every day for months past
and he who imagncs that the future will
not mcasnrably compare with the past, is
surely novice in worldly matters and would
be better off in leading strings. Success,
whether it be in the chosen retreat of the
brigand, Or the lolted and barred chamber
OF Cataline, has altrntion--it refers di-
rectly to triumph and place--appeals to the
basest passions of our nature with terrible
forrc-and Virtue must, indeed be strongly
enthroned if she does not feel the earthquake
shout OF victorious inlamy.
With the facts before lls-with the know
ledge that combination, embracing all the
members Of the once powerful and chiyalrousl
Whig party, with here and there an excep-
ton, and considerable number of men who
in time past followed our victorious legions
as patriots follow the caravansaries of the
East--our line of duty is distinctly chalked
out, and no one understands this better than
JOHN M. SANDIDGE. lie will 90 forth,
with clean hands, strong and manly heart
and wel-poised resolution, to do or die
He will unfurl the old chart and hold it np
to his fellow citizens and the world. Upon
it are traced the old lines of Democracy,
the principles that made division between
Jefferson and Hamilton etcrnal-thc prin-
ciples upon which this Government must
stand or fall. Those principles are few but
most important. They speak of liberty
and equality in this republic; of a due OBJ
seryance of individual and State rights; of
opposition to Capitalization of power,
whatever its object may be; of the rights
of native and adopted citizens; and, in
word, of government which shall dispense
its bnrthens and blessings as fall the dews
of heaven on all alike.
Upon these principles, Gen. SANDIDGE
will stand or fall. lie will make no com
promises, accommodate no Miss Nancy SEN
timent, shrink from no responsibility
Those who have abandoned the party and
joined secret political organization known
by half dozen names-Hindoo the most
proper--will be compelled to listen to some
wholesome truths, and vince under them.
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