Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-06-16
A WONDERFUL SPECTACLE.

| The two sections of the Uuion-the Nortf
and the South-present sights of surprising
strangeness at the present moment. Histor,
furnishes no parallel. We search the record.
of the past in vain for precedent. There i.
nothing resembling it We ever heard of, o,
dreamed of, much less read of. The antipodes
have met in loving embrace. Bitter fanatics
Of the North, whose undying hatred of the
South and its institutions years of unrelentinn
hostility have amply proved, and the leaders
and organs, If not the masses, of a once great
Southern party. join IN chorus of rejoicing
over the not unexpected result of the Virginia
election! The New York Tribune-noted for
the malignity with which il invariably pursues
the South-is highly pleased, in fact hugely
delighted over the defeat of the American party
in Virginia. The New Orleans Courier, the &C
credited mouth-piece of the Democracy of Lou .
siano, has been in a state Of ecstatic beatitude
ever since the telegraph first indicated the re-
suit! All over New York and the North the
greater and lesser Seward organs indulge in
rapturous EXPLANATIONS OF unrestraned delight.
The reelection Of Mr.. Seward to the United
States Senate hardly afforded them as much
pleasure. Their jubiations are excessive
their exultations unmeasured. They sreioice
with exceeding great joy"-there is scarcely
limit to the exuberance Of their gratula,ions
The Allies could not get up greater amount
OF enthusiasm over the capture q Sebastopol
than the AboIitionists have got up over the de.
feat Of the so-called American party in Virgin.
10. And, it We are to judge by the outgivings
OF the Democratic organs South, those they
represent and speak for are equally joyous
equally ~ exuItant as the Abolitionists of the
North!
Now. what strange, what an unparalleled
spectacle, is this. We can not, for the life of
US, understand it. 1t is beyond our compre-
heDsion. Our capacity to understand and ap.
precate is here ut fault. We can very we'll
comprehend why the Aboliiionists exult over
the defeat OF the American party anywhere and
everywhere. The Abolitioniss have shown
their hands. They know that the American
party is opposed to tiem; aud that, couse.
qusntly. it that party succeeds, there will be
no chance to elevate Senator Seward to the
Presidency of the United States-the darling
and cherished object of their hopes and aspira.
tons. Hence the rancor with which they have
pursued the oew party from the time it became
lormioa0ie up to the present moment. But,
how and why Southern Democrats, interested
in and identified with Sou,ha,, .;,;o. .na
States, should vie in noisy reioiceinos and nonn.
lar demonstrations with the Aboiitionis,s. be-
cause of the result of an election in a South.
srn State, exctes surprise and amusement, not
unmingled with apprehension.
What made the Democrats of the South in
common with the Abolitionists of the N orth!
How can they rejoice over what affords our
snewies unbounded delight! Their exulta,
ions, mingled with the exultations of the Abo.
itionists, cannot fall pleasantly upon true
Southern ear. The South should not be- par
coarly pleased with regard to an occurrence
which has carried joy into oil Of the Seward
amps above Mason and Dixon's line. This
proposition few will contravert, we pre-
'ume. And here we will say. In justice to the |
masses Of the Democracy. that we do not be-
ieve they sympathize with the rejoicings Of the |
10 iine leaders, who are nothing, and never
would have been anything, except as politicians