Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-01-20
THE LAST SHIFT.


with the extreme abolitionists. "-BeypM Gdzet'
We merely make the above extract from
mass of similar sentences and declarations il
in the Gazette of last Saturday, for the pur
pose Of saying a few words, in reply.
We are prepared, from past experience, t.
see our contemporary make charges not onI.
untenable, but absolutely ridiculous from thei
very absurdity, but we think that the declara-
ton contained in the above extract, Tin the face
Of existing facts as we'll known TO the writer o.
the above as 10 any one else who knows any
thing) rather takes the lead Of all former rs.
s~ertions. He cannot deny that the South is
full Of Know Nothings-that New Orleans is
swarming with them. Are they all abolition
lists? OF course they are, according to the
say.so of the Gazette. The Order, it is true,
originated at the North, but is that any proof
that it is connected with the aboliiionists! Gu.
contemporary came from the North, from the
very kot.bed of abolitionism if we are not mis-
taken, yet We would be very far from calling
him IN abolitionist on that account. He is not
80 generous with US, however, although We
were raised in q slave State, for he calls US a
Know Nothing, and says that "the Know No.
things are all acting now with the ersreme abb
olitionists THAT is, they 60 ahead or are a
little worse than the common fanatics. Thank
you, cir, give US o thick coat of tar, If you
touch US up at all. Such reckless declarations
do more good to tho American Party. than the
support of its most talented writer's.
Like the Wings and Democrats, the Know
Nothings may have abolitionists 10 their ranks
for aught we know, but if the New York 7ri.
bans is any authority, they are precious scarce.
Had the Order not yet spread itself in the
South, then our neighbor might have damn
ed it as an abolition move with some sort of
reason, whatever may have been bic real belief,
and he would have stood some chance proba-
oily Of making a little political capital out of
such charge, however untrue and unjust. But
to rank the Know Nothings as abolitionists
now that they are to be found in every city,
hamlet and neighborhood not only Of the
South but Of the whole natioa, is tantamount
to saying that abolitionism is everywhere all
over the Republic, while the gentleman knows
full well that it is confined 10 a small portion
OF it, q district the citizens of which are more
ultra than Southerners themselves when once
they become residents of this region.
But perhaps our contemporary would wish
the public to understand that he knows more
Of the principles Of the Know Nothings than
10 the Know Nothings themselves, for it is not
likely that the thousands of Know No,biues
low in this State-the three OF four hundred
low 10 this pasish-would b. any longe, con.
'ected with the Order, If what our contempo.
ary asserts was = fact. Oh no-,his ridicu-
charge is "the last shift" of a desperate
'nemy, who signs for his glory departing!
We conclude this article with an extract of
me in the New York Tribune, on the subiec,
4 Know Nothings and Slavery, and would
ok our readers if this is not good authority
expecting the principles Of the Know Motif.
ngs North upon that subject! That paper says.
From The NeD York Tribune
!. It. is understood, and, We presume. will I
Of be denied that the late National Council 6
! the order at Cincinnati decided that its policy +,
ho0ld be to ignore the slavery question al. :
This 10 what the slavery exte !
Us especially desire from the North. The ,
now Nothings are, then pledged 10 sustain {
cause OF slavery BY refusing all aid to that !
! freedom. HE that is not for me is aaaio.t '
2. The great aim Of the order in thi, State n
as been to prevent the re.election Of Mr.. Sc. y
ard to the United States Senate. That cen. .
eman u. above all others, the representative =
! northern sentiment, on the question of ex. q
.nd'ng slavery and confirming and perpetu. 9
l0g the power OF the olliRarchy, who rule ?
'e country BY means Of slavery. There is uots. q
g which could send such Z thrill of ioy 10 y
% oosoms OF Douglas, Pierce, Atchison, and 2
. whole throng. Of nigger driving politicians, =
event which could % dishearten the earnest =
'amPions OF Ffeedom a Tie defeat Of Nj. .
eward. To accomplish it the Know Moth !.
g have done their utmost In this work :
ey have had the aid Of the chief slave catch. y
3 journals in this State. such 40 the Express, $
. Albany Register, and the Buffalo Adver. 9
'er. Not till after the election, when the 9
ew York Times was led by iis convictions :
public duty to enlist under their banner have .
ey had the countenance Of q single Journal |.
previously identified with pro-slayery opin- u
ana with the crusade against III. Seward. .
this is not proof Of their completely ia the !,
'rPoses OF slave power, what can be! :.
:. Our correspondent refsrs to the members y
Congress lately elected from Massachusetts, g:
no, be sayA are I'll anttslavery men. We ..
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