Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-09-22
Especial Correspondence of the Minerva
Letter from Claiborne Parish.

| Especial Correspondence of the Minerva
Letter from Claiborne Parish.
| M1SnEN La Sept. 5tb 1855.
know.
| WAGTAn.-What of that? We will bri g down hur
dreds Of men from the country who will say that the
try is for him, and the City will give him up in despair
| RANDoLPH.-Well! but have lately Travelled throug
| the State, and know the Country is for him.
TURNcoAT-You forget that we shall have agents in tn
Country, who will circut lha. the City against him.
! School for Politics.
| The appearance of hundreds of communca
| tons in the Anti-Ameriean papers, interchange,
between the upper and lower parishes of tn.
State, very naturally suggest that the Opp PSI
ton leaders have been learning in the .echoo
for Politics, and are adept scholars. That wis
| old saw GA drowning man will catch at straws,
was never more fully verified than in the pres
ent instance-their cause needs support, and
their hearts some balm. Around them they
see only destruction, and such reports from
distance are hailed as Good sends" to cheer
their dropping spirits. But those who play
"Gammon without throwing the requisite
numbers are very apt to be 'gammoned al
the close of the game. And know Of none Of
the ellis which flesh is heir to- which affiicts
the pseudo-Democratc party up here, more
than want of the proper numbers You may
set Claiborne down as the Banner parish of the
State, and her sister parishes as truly sisters
in the good cause.
Do not believe half the fancy lists of with
drawals you hear of up this way, for I assure
you if more than ten names in all reach you the
rest are truly fancifu1, and exist but in the
Imagination. They drop off one at a time, and
for every withdrawal we HAYS dozen Access
sions-and, as the Gazette says, we gain the
loss of these, by acquiring greater moral as
cendancy.
Col. J. H. Fitzpatrick, the American candidate
for the Senate in this district, has withdrawn
from the canvass after fighting nobly in the
cause for several weeks. Some unexpected
emergency which will require his presence in
Mississippi during the sitting of the General
Assembly, in the cause of this seemingly wild
freak of the Colonel. He is good jackson
Democrat" whole souled, high toned gentle
man, and as true to US and US IS firm in the
faith" as any American could desire. Gen.
John Young is spoken of to fill the vacancy
Our candidate for Auditor, Doctor Walter
Rossman, is in fine health and spirits, and
speaks Of success as certain: l should like to
see Louisiana swell his vote beyond that Of all
others, for he is a truly worthy gentleman
none better. Claiborne will show her appre-
citation of him in November
cannot close my letter without saying to
you that wigwa,n of forty members, in Winn
parish, disbanded the other day, and warning
you to explode all bogus reports of "with-
drawals " from that quarter. These gentlemen
saw no necessity of secrecy, nor of meeting,
and so concluded to "dsband." But they
are all with us to a man; and, than to be an
american
"They know higher praise"
hear of other wigwams in Union and jack
son parishes which have pursued a similar
course, and for the same reasons.
Mr. Blackburn, of the Gazette, is editing the
best paper in North Louisiana, and pitches into
the work "with his sleeves rolled up. Those
in your ''parts" who desire to hear of us &C.
should subscribe to this, the richest,
rarest, raciest paper anywhere.
am yours, PETRUs.