The American patriot., 1855-08-18
The American Ticket.


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The American Ticket.
The Native Americans made their nomina- |
tions last Saturday was week ago, for the
legislature and the Parish offices, which result
ted in the ticket at the head Of our paper.
The candidates would have been noticed in
our columns last week but for want Of room.
Speaking after the manner of the old party dis
tinctions our ticket is exactly divided between
the Wings and the Democrats, three Of each,
but they are every one of them Native Amer
icans
Samuel Norwood, one of the candidates for
the legislature is scion of East Feliciana
growth he was educated at Centenary Col.
lege, is planter by profession, and will make
most desirable representative of the agricul-
tural interest with which he is identified. I'm
assuming in his manners, he is just such
man that the people like to vote for and in
his case well may it be said the office has sought
the man.
r. W. Ward, our other candidate for the
legislature, is native of the State of New
York, but he has lived for many years in the
CITY Of New Orleans and in our own parish.
He is merchant tailor by profession, and
"earns his bread by the sweat of his brow"
He was ever the most answering of Demo
Gratis before that great party accomplished its
mission, and fell to pieces. He is a man of
very general intelligence, and understands well
the principles of our government, and the
means to promote its prosperity. He is well
known as man of unscrupulous integrity in
all his dealings with his fellowmen. and nurs-
ing as he does the sentiment of honor as rich
level in his bosom our word for it he would
rather suffer defeat than stoop to any thing
inconsistent with the character of a gentleman
to secure his election. If elected, F. w. Ward
will make most able and efficient representa-
tive of the mechanical interest and he will ever
be found at his post advocating what he knows
to be right Never fear him.
Henry Skipwith our candidate for Clerk is
well known to our readers. His antecedents
have been with the Whig Party, but he has
now flung away all his old antiquated notions,
and is Native American in spirit and in truth
A trial Of two years has shown him most ef
ficent and active Clerk We cannot find
man in the parish who would fill the post O
Clerk any better and perhaps a great many
would not discharge the duties of the office SC
we'll.
Nothing can be said against his qualification
for the position to which his friends woult
elevate him.
John East is our candidate for sheriff. H.
is a planter, always has been Democrat,
rigid and consistent member of the Baptis
i, Church, and is withall one of the most straigh
forward and worthy men ever born and raised i,
East Felic;ana
JAS A. Scott the Native American canddat
for Assessor, has been long connected as depu
, ty with the sheriff's office and is known per
haps by every man in the parish as one VIII
is emnently qualified for the position for whicI
| he is running. He is an active, enterprisin,
t man of business Of unimpeachable moral char
$ acter, and can beat any man for Assessor tina
the anti-Americans can scare up.
NJ W. Hughes is our candidate for Coroner
0 II elected We predict that he can guess a
near at the cause by which a man came
his death as any body else.
G ORIGINAL CoMMuNlcATIoNs.-We invite tn
/ attention of our readers to the two origin;
i contrihntions-"T Jubilee of Creation an
!. "Ffty-Fivc" We are proud indeed that tn
J. young ladies are beginning to enter the list
as competitors, where literary honors are no
: to be won, and our columns are ever open I
i such contributions.
. To our fair correspondents we have to sa
k that the punctuation of the articles is our owl
and if it is not right let the mistake be charge
d up to the difficulty of punctuating an artic
a written by another.
eW We are authorized to announce that
!. Barbecue will be given three miles north-wc
:, of this place, at the old mill, Just beyond j.
:, Dclee's, Esq, on SATURDAY NEXT, IL
~ 25th Est The public arc respectfully invite
to attend.
q Beal, Allen, Hestand, McWhortcr, G. NJ NJ
r. ler, and others, arc expected to speak
n Mr.. Dawson, the new Governor of kansa
s ia said to he related to Con. Cass