Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1856-08-16
LAQUENIINE, PARISH OF IBERVILL, La AUGUST &c. 1856

ton OF every point OF the comps within |
the boundaries of the Union, pes the |
gentleman find anything to objetto, save
what he attempts to construe ashe true
neaning of eight solitary lines, al which
Ilc endeoyors to prove is proscDtive of
Catholics We will also give tat arti-
Gle to the public; we are proud do so,
for purer or nobler sentiment, al more
correct principle, in sustaining ad pre-
serving the institutions and the ndonali-
ty of a government, were never ebodied
in political platform. Here it il
+ No 5. No person should be selected politi-
eel station whether of native or foreia birthl
who recognizes any allegiance or obliaion of
auy description to any foreign prince, pteutate
or power, or who refuses to recognize IL Fede-
raj and State Constitution (each witin its
spherel as paramount to all other laws, 5 rules
Of political Ection,
And this little article, bearing upn its
face such pure and transcendait love
of country, Mr.. Wales calls sweep
ing pronunciamento" against Catlrlics
Is not this simply an absurd concllsion,
to say the least2 Is there a wordor a.
meaning in the whole eight lines tha JUS
titles such presumption, or that sad ar
tlcle takes the place of the 8th artide of
the platform of the year previous? No,
not a syllable. But we can tell the gem
tleman whatthe above article DOES mean.
and by whom it is intended shall feel the
declaration that "no person should be se-
iected for political station whether of ma
tive or foreign BIRTH who recognizes any
allegiance or obligation of any descrip-
''>''-'o any foreign prince, potentate or
power he 'f'r---sa..aity is luckily he
fore US to show the true ai1u-~,.,ss,..
application of this clause. In lecture
a short time since before the Boston EN-
igraut Society, by T. F. Meagher, we
find the following language, descriptive
of the emigrant's true and eternal love
for his native land and the political asso.
Citations which surround it, above and su-
perior TO all the claims and obligations
due to or exacted by any other country.
Said Mr.. Meagher:
"l, for one, can NEVER efrace the records of
my parentage. The title deeds of an Irish re.
bel are incorruptibe. Earth cannot obIiterate,
nor PERJURY pervert, nor sacrifice deface, nor
apostacy disown them. True to them, when,
and as far as ii is in my power to do SO,
shall fulfill the obligations they prescribe-
Life is the limit of those obligations. Death
alone can eXonerate me from them. Were
American citizenship 10 cancel them, should
renounce the citizenship and adhere to the OBJ
legations by which it was preceded. The lat
ter, imposed by truth, suFpasses in sanctity the
former, which is an affinity suggested by
choice or compelled by fate. EVER, AT ALL
TIMES, IN EVERY CONDITION, MUST THE NEeEssI-
TIES OF MY COUNTRY BE THE PERMANENT APP
PEAL!"
One so eloquent cannot fail to be seri-
Gus. Place this extract in juxtaposition
with the above article, and the meaning
of the latter, If it was doubted before,
could be doubted no longer. Itproscribes
from public station, not Catholics, as Mr..
Wales would make the ignorant andthe
prejudiced believe, but all those who hold
supreme in their hearts, core, the love Of
other political affinities nan those 70 be
found III their o,gR country Or the coun-
trv Of their szdoptioa. However auch
we NAV odlnire the sentiments above ex-
pressed, as showing true and genuine
ioye for ones native land, would it ie pc.
litic or safe to place the author of them
in a high political station, where the du-
ties he would owe to the Government are
likely to comN in conflict with his obliga-
tions to the LAM Of his parentage and the
political .associahqns which bind him to
it, ending only witfhis life In the true
American and Denhcratic heart ahere
can be but one sentiale,t upon this point,
and tbat sentiment is IaidIy expressed
and made evident in the 81 article Of the
American platform, which, stAnge osay,
(and yet not 50 strange 70 thNknouing
ones) has been SO grossly pefyesed and
uisrepresented by Mr.. Wales.
However humble the pen by whiclsgliis bis
declaration is made, we neverthelessasr
a.. aatr;otisn, itself could not have given