Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-09-27
yours. t:uiv.
LosEvu 5. WILLIAMS.

tpl. "ililatfss. lie "itttI ot tlt Statfliltitt
in reply to Col. PEyoT's letter, is, as is well
known 70 our citizens. 4 resident OF West
Baton Rouge. a former member OF the Legis-
iature O. Louisiana, and a gentleman whose
wotr; vii. not be questioned by NJ either
in this Sta1e OF III Esn;.es:e, where lie once
resided.
| 1t will be seen says the Memphis Enquirer.
that Mr.. FILLMORE comes ont boldly against
he ootouS, unconstitutional, abolition doc
trlue Of "SGuatter SovereisnsE"--. doctrine
which M!. Calhoun denounded as the most
monstrous ever advanced By an American
statesman a doctrine. the Nashville Union
! characterized as of all others the most obi
GUS 10 the South y a doctrine. termed by the
Richmond Enquirer " fair but false ana ia
tai theory" "aa imposture,'' AN ugly idol.
wor>h!ped only by fools and ~Iemasoeues = i
doctrine. which the whole Southern Democ-
racy in lS4S Notwithstanding by ali
that was sacred to Southern men, thev would
never seaport any candidate for the presi-
dency or Vice Presidency who maiit a;ns it,
We caA upon Southern Democrats to comply
with theirsolernn pledges. In oTter to do
So they must throw Messrs. buchanan,
breckenridge and Van Barren overheard. and
go fer Fillmore, Done!son and the ynion.
III addition to the above statement, Wa are
authorized by e private letter to fully endorse
its correctness. The kette. is from, Col. vii
llaH:s himself, and IN the same communica-
ton. which is dated at Somervilie, Tenn
Mr. Williams assures is that the cause of
Fillmore IS growing in that State, wifi a "a
p'dtty unequaled u he history CT poiitics
save 1t be the Juror which spread throughout
the land IN 1910, and carried the shero OF
Ilpecanoe' into the Presidential Chair. The
openly avowed Sqnatter Sovereignty doctrine
OF Buchanan disgustS most of the voters of
Tennessee, and they ask in vain why none of
the presses which herald the claims OF the
Del1ocratic nomiree, have reproyed the
Lorisyi'Ic Courier foe it's vile onslaught upon
the ashes which Le.: beneath TIE sod of the
hermitage.
We snbioin from the Washington Organ:
the following, in regard to Tennessee. 1t is
but an echo OF the advices we have received,
and our tIlends may rest assured that the
State which owns the tomb of Jackson, will
IN her vote, rcbuke the old hero's v%illiaers.
We have the most cheering he VS. from this
noble State. h friends of Fillmore and
ponelson are literally carrying everything
meeting at Knoxville on the 9TH INST, was
one of the most enthusiastic and utn,erously
attended demonstrations of the canvass. The
crowd was variously estimated at from TWEEN
ty to thirty~fve thousand.
The evening previous to the meeting,
General Haskell, Col. Pickett, and Judge
brlen We're met at the depot by a large pro-
cess'on, bearing many beautiful and patriotic
banners and transparencies, and escorted amid
the laundering shouts of the brave men of
East6ennessee, to their quarters. Soon the
cry was raised for Colonel Pickett. That
gentleman though greatly fatigued, came for
ware. and made one of those splendid and
glorious speeches for the good cause which
has made his name a %ralIying word in Ten
nessse Or. Brownlow and others tol!owed,
The next morning the town was covered
with people. Gen. Haskell opere! in a
speech Of four hours. 1t was perhaps the
most brilliant effort of his life. Dr.. Miller.
OF Georgia, closed the days work in a three
oours' talk, which lqade oar friends perfectly
happy. At nignt the enthusiasm knew no
bounds, Chancellor Erien delighted the vast
concourse in his in;mitab!e manner. followed
oy Mr.. Collier. But the crowd had heard
Col. Pickett the night before and he was again
forced upon the stand. Most nobIy did h.
realize their expectations. No man who
heard that speech will: ever forget it. The
speaking continued until three o cIock in the
nlnrnlng, when the crowd determined 10 he:r