Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-11-03

TO THE VOTERS
OF THE PARISH OF IBERVILLE.
"HON1 SORT QU NAL Y PENSE."
Cittzsns: A labored literary production Tin
reply to my appeal to you of a former da'. q
appeared in the I6srpiHe Gazette of TIE aott
under the fictitious name of sSigm'.n in which
one A. ]. Chapman appears to be t,areatenei
with utter aunihilation-wi..n bsine hung in
Ha5ou Goula, quartsre2 in 1l.quemiue, and
buried under the ruins Of the falling temple Of
false Democracy ard yet he the yeritable
"unwaverjng DeT.ocrat," still lives, moves, and
has asbeing, despite the malice. lies and sian.
ders that candidates and their families ans
cr?olers-"penny.a.liners"-h circulated a.
gainst him all over the parish. And what ia
all this great tumult abouta Simply, because
he, being a poor man, a mechanic, dare to op.
pose the command and orders Of the "owners
of the people," by becoming an Independent
Candidate for Representative in opposition to
the silk glove" candidate Of the Anti.Ameri-
can oligarcby.
But the scribler sSigma," and the libeler, -
Democrat" both make false statements. In
the outset, Stigma" says, "Mr. Chapman ad-
mits he is a Know Nothing and the nominee
of that party" This is entirely false in every
letter ana word, for he does not say any such =
thing or make any such admission for he po-
sairely is not the nominee Of either the Wing,
Democratic or Know Nothing party, but just
what he represents himself to be, an Indepen-
dent Candidate. Neither will he ever suffer
his neck to come Ynder the CALLING yoke Of any
political party that ever has or shall come into
existence. which j, in any wise opposed to the
true test of universal benevolence, viz: equal
rights to all and exclusive privileges TO none,"
to every freeman throughout the length and
breadth Of our happy country-to every son Of
the soil, and to every uprigM, honest foreigner
who comes 10 our shores, the right, the equal
right, to acquire and protect his property, his
family and his home. But he il and ever will
be opposed to hordes Of paupers and criminals
being sent here to be supported at our expense.
while at he same time they are sought out by
political knaves and aspirsnts, and by means Of
filthy lucre hoist themselves into Office over the
expressed will Of the sons Of the soil.
The pretended arguments Of Stigma" are 30
futile, and his pretended quotations 30 gIaringly
wrong, that any child in the parish could not
help seeing the intentional injustice Of his
whole communication-as TIE great "Sigsna"
well knows that many Of the readers Of his !
may never have seen the Address Of
that libeled Chapman, therefore Mr.. aSigma"
certainly must intend to deceive and mislead
them. For if MI. Stigma" only knew what al
Democrat is, he never would have made suclfI
as be has made. But the "intolef-
ant" Chapman is charitable enough to believe
That the capacities of "Sigma" are. capable of
receiving only a certain amount of truth. and
Of only allowing o certain amount Of jnstice-
,nly as much M his party permits-and ~ he
9 only the automatonie m~outh-pisss Of his
therefore he dare not do more than no
mas done.
The Democratic party have always been OPP
posed to Internal improvements by the Gov
srnment, and yet aSigma" wishes that every
State in the Union would follow the course Of
he Gegssnment IN relation to the Illinois Cen.
raj Railroad! Now suppose The General Go
eminent was to take the very great and learn.
d "Sigma's" advice, and give each Of the
kirty.two States three millions Of acres Of the
ublic lands, and place it in the hands Of sir.
rich capitalists, ~ in the case Of Illinois,
hen these five hundred and twelve rich capt.
alists would receive from the Democratic Re.
ubliean Government ninety-sir milions Of
ublic lands which belong to the psople-ths
vhole psople-which, At $40 Per acrs, would
worth el92o,0oo.0oo! Ninssssn Asndred
md tsoensy millions of dalarsH Oh, Dsmoc-
scy! where 10 thy blush! Oh! Sigma"
vhsre IL thy shame! thou that AT advocating
he great principles Of love to thy fsllow-man!
AYE, to the oppressed and dewn-troddsn for
who are driven to orr shores BY the
oppressive laws Of foreign dsspotic govern (,
asnts-aad now Jon come ont in advocacy Of !
'orss systsns of monopoly and oppression
han any DssPot Of Europe dare 10 sain for ,
II that d your Democracy, then l :
solsmnly assure yos, in the fear Of God :
in behalf q my fsllow~msn-in behalf oil
10 oppressed Of my native eountsy and Of
an not eas q your kind II
|smocrats. but . Democrat IL heart and soul, !
mind and strsngsh-ons Who opposes ali 1
evsry monopoly. ]. Sir, want 10 ~ Rail. : 5
ads eonatsustsd By private. individual sntssA !