Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-03-08
Democratic ISLANDERS.

twill use all honorable means to lead
these young men from the tolls OF a patty,
which has arayed father against son, brother
against brother, destroyed the amenities OF
social Life, affiliated itself in ,our National
Councils with Abclitionists aud Black Pe-
publicans ; in private life, with that bruta'
lied element represented by slung shot and
S~rass-knuckle DULLES its ~ corruption has
created, marked its pathway in blood and
formed an epoch in our political history
which, in all future time, will naturally asso-
ciate itself with the Hartford Convention
and the treachery Of Benedict Arnoid.'-dd-
rocate 29M mh.
1t seems to us: that our people have lost
all feelings of pride and bend with %suppllant
knee beneath the villifcations and tongue
lashings of the Spartan band, now in power.
1t has become common-common because we
have hitherto passed their taunts in almost
silence by: to hear the American party de-
nounced as TRAITORS :'brass-knuckle assas-
ins,n "afhlliators with Abolitionists," Sire
brands between father and son. ''murderers
and slanderers,' until the vocabulary Of foul
mouthed locofocoism is exhausted and needs
replenishing. These vindictive terms are
not alone bestowed upon the rabble Of our
cities, but they are lavished with open hand
Unfortunately upon all who have stepped
forward in the proud consciousness OF right
and dared to avow themselves members OF
the American party. You, g~ray-haired sires
who upon the loved oil Of Louisiana, Rave
raised sons to tread in your footsteps when
you shall have passed away-you are an as.
sassin! You, young man. who looked ever
with a freeman's longing, to the time when
you could cast a freeman's vote-you are a
cowardly ~brass-knuckle desparado and mid
night thief! You, sir, with natures bright
est gifts stamped upon your brow, must stand
back, and give way to the demagog"e, whose
thanksgiving prayer. is, that he is a dema-
sogue-and thank God that the arm Of loco
foco justice falls not heavily upon you-for
you are a disgrace to your country-you are
a thug and a murderer! You, Planters of
Louisiana, who own a hundred slaves, and
| whose very existence is bound up in the laws
that protect your property to you-you, who
have shown by our devotion to the South
and her institutions, that you are inseperably
blended with them--youare worse than Abo-
litionists, for without cause you affiliate with
them! Ministers ofthe Gospel, and peaceful
members of the Church, pride not yourselves
any longer, upon your faithful adherence to
the teachings of the gentle Master whose
doctrines you follow with humble step-the
blessing of the peace-msker is torn from you
by your thus voluntarily assuming connex-
ion with the American party~hre-brand
you are between father and son, and living
refutations of the precepts you pretend to
folIov-and are v~iolators of the amenities OF
social life! How dared you all to raise your
voices against holy democracy? Did you
not know you were Helots, slaves, and you
had no right to think for yourselvesa
The caption of this article is but a sample
of the opinion your Democratic adversaries
entertain of you, and whatever may be your
station in life, remember you come under the
| gentle berediction Of those who now a~rrogate
to themselves the once proud title of Democ-
racy. Treasure these things up, members Of
the American party, and when next the time
comes to decide at the ballot box, who shall
preside over the destinies of our beloved
country, show them that you remember deep
ly these calumnies.