Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-10-06
The "Bogus Party" g. the Bogus Ticket"

men at a late meeting in New orleans repudiated
the regularly nominated American ticket and
substituted new one. The miserable sham is SC
shallow as to be seen through by every one. II
was intended as a scurvy trick, by the alarmed
party, but as usual they got the wrong SOW by
the ears" The tin trumpet of Thursday morning
proclaims with grand flourish, "Trouble in the
Camp!" War in the Wigwam," and then in a
! column and a half of puseendo writes the eptaph
Of the American party. 1t first tells us that the
late convention "has done neither more nor less
| than stricken the name of Mr.. Derbigny from the
regular ticket and substituting the more Aneerica"
one of John Ray; further on it tells US tine
name of Charles Derbigny as Candidate tor the
office of Governor, has been erased from ther
ticket and replaced by that Of John Ray, SIMPLY
because Charles Derbigny is a creole and CATH
olic Ali indeed! Mr. Derbigny is Catholic, but
Mr.. Raw is more of an american than MIR. Der
biguy, because he opposes the Catholic re1g1on.
IF the writer of this estimated the mantle Of dem
apoguesm to cover his design, he acted in igno-
rance of the lesson which teaches philosophically
that no cover is wide enough to couer itself. The
hue and cry all along has been dark lantern
party religious persecution" hostility to the
Catholic religion" Now, when they openly avow
their sentiments of uncompromising war upon the
Catholic Religion they are True Nothings," and
are entitled to the respect Of every sensible man
for the candor they evince in thus honestly coming
out and courageously asserting and maintaining
their sentiment" Was ever deception and gro
yelling seviity attempted under any pretence so
contemplate and degrading as this?
See in what ridiculous situation this
"Union" and the "Bogus party" are now
placed The Minden Gazette alludes to the
Hon. John Ray, the Bogus Candidate y
for Governor, who addressed the citizens of
Claiborne on the 18th ult. Mr.. Ray is satisfied
with the veteran Chas. Derbigny, and he is
now advocating his election, Notwithstanding
Mr.. D. is q Catholic, and would scorn and spit
upon any proposition emanating from Bogus
concern. How will this suit the Courier, the
True Delta, the Lafourche Union, and their
friends, Messrs. Hardy, Perry & Co.:
On Monday evening, the gallant John Ray.
of Monroe-a gentleman for whom Americans
might s'hope to live or dare to die"-ad
dressed large and intelligent assemblage at
the Court House, in exposition and defense of
the principles of the American party. He
made speech which no man could answer; but
Roland tried-yes, he tried! Now, inasmuch
as the said Roland "aforesaid" seems inclined
to be cold towards our humble self, on account
of the just castigation we gave him two or three
weeks ago, we will not particulartze as to the
attM tArashing John Ray inflicted upon him at
Homer! None, except those who witnessed it,
can imagine the intensity of that "usng up"
And it was done in such way, and under such
circumstances, as to be fully justified by all
men of all parties present.
But how comes this? 1t has been proclaimed
from the stump in this Parish and through the
State that the American party opposed the Cath
ole Religion, while here we have number OF
men from the ranks Of that party-who denounce
it because it does not enter into religious proscrip-
ton. Here is difference Of opinion between the
secessionists in Convention at New Orleans, and
the secessionists in Convention at Thibodaux.
Now which of these conventions tells the truth.
Either one or the other must falsify. We, says
the deectable of Thibodaux, seeded from the
American party because it opposes the Catholic
religion. We, says the holy of hottest, in Conven-
ton at New Orleans, seeded from the American
party because it does not oppose the Catholic
religion. Beautifully consistent! Will our chiv-
alrous citizens who seeded from the party here,
vouchsafe to enlighten the "Bogus Party" and
set them right on this question? :
Thus it ever has been with the Locofoco anti
American party, like the widows cruise Of oil, which
ever remained full, its heart ever remained full of
deception and perfdy; and now as the Office
holders and corrupt leaders of this clan look about
them through the length and breadth Of our land
and behold the mighty achievements Of great
and good scheme of political economy they fairly
howl with rage. One would suppose from the hue
and cry Of the Office holders and Office seekers
that they consider their days numbered. The
truth is, they see the hand writing on the wall
they see that the people the honest Masses have
determined to break through party trammeers and
change their rulers. And hence this terrible con-
sternation among those who get their fodder at
the public crib.
CONVERSION or A DESERT INTO LAKE.-Capt.
William Allen, of the British navy, has published
a book advocating the conversion Of the Arabian
Desert into an ocean. The author believes that
the great valley extending from the southern de-