Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-03-03

ground, completing the arrangements Yet
the administration presses have the uiblush.
ing impudence to say that Seward was elected
by the "Know-N othing' party!!" /.
And here is what Senator ERAsrUs RooKs
of New York said in the Senate on he day
after the election Of SEWARD, who as so
suddenly become hand. in. glove with prominent
Democrats:
Sand he could tell the Senator firm the
twenty.siyth that there was rejoicing to-day in
Virginia over the election of this same nan to
the United States'Senate. Yes, sir, th9riends
ofhe administrator in the Old Dominion are
exulting to-day over that event. And'H tell
you why. 1t could be used against theNNhigs
there. The administration friends wuld say
to them, the Wings of N. York have astain-
ed Seward, and you must sustain US, his oppo.
nents.' There has never been a sreatr fraud
than this same senatorial election. Every
thing was sacrificed to secure the election of
members ofthe right stamp to the Legislature,
and, once here, everything has been lone TO
seduce these men from their allegiance to their
constituents. Members have been beet in the
Legislature and out of the Legislature They
have been Toasted, and wheedled at thoe feast
ings, and defrauded oftheir honest convictions.
And now, Il great object had been accomplish.
ed, and he wished the managers and prpetra.
tors thereof much joy Of the result"
The american Organ further says, i, MOTTO
ing the above:i
ayes, it is true, that the Administration pare
ty in Virginia, as well as in Washington, RE.
JOYCE at Stewards election! They sent .ftly
Custom House officers to Albany to influence
and procure this result, These Janus-faced
hypocrites, who profess to be alarmed for the
South-who shed crocodile tears over the pro.
gress of fanaticism-who warn the South
against the Vaccinations Of Seward, Ell id omne
genus, these very administration hucksters and
tricksters canvassed, electioneered, and intri-
gued to promote his election. x
But our Southern friends ask US what mo-
tive prompted the Forney and Pierce party to
aid the election Of Seward! The motives are
as transparent as glass. They hare staked all
upon The success Of Wise in Virginia. Anni-
hIlated at the North and in the West, the adj
ministration is rithom hope but from the South.
To carry the elections in Virginia, they are
straining every nerve; r%esorting to every expe-
dent; taxing all their ingenuity; bringing into
requisition all their chicanery. X They secretly
planned the reelection of Seward-they made
three of their soft members of Assembly vote
for Seward to insure his election-they kept
back the residue of their forces for the second
balloting-the coalition and fraud succeeded
on the first trial--they elected Seward by their
maneuvering. and now cry out, see uhai the
rascatiy Know Nothings haze donsA!"
The following, gives some further insight
into the charge of sympathy and collision on
the part of the Administration. What its
friends would do it would do. 1t is the cor
respondence of the New York Express, wris
ting from Washington:
"The reelection Of Senator Seward has been
very kindly received here by the Democratic
members-even by The Southern Democratic
Senators. y He is on the best terms with
the 'slaveholding,' 'lash driving tobacco chew
ing negro overseers-dining and supping with
them at all times. on just as good terms as he
was with the Boomers and negro men and
in his own home at Auburn"
We are sorry that we have to 60 to this
in reply, but in this instance our reputa>
ten for truth was wantonally assaulted, and bu,
for this outrageous departure from true cour~
tesy and from the rules of legitimate journal
ism, we should not have noticed the article
The right of political expressions belongs to
US, and are demanded of US by our patrons
and he who throws the epitbet of 'black
falsehood" in our teeth in consequence, shows
he hopelessness Of his own cause, and must
over in the estimation Of the community the
mind which dictated it-but ensconced behind
masked battery" its venom is unbridled.