Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-05-24

Inc lfioet!NN r1 the present admin
i>tration IS what mi ght he expected from
such party corruption and such utter
ahandonment Of all principles. It came
into power almost by ydhc genp%aI consent
Of th" States, and It has los. the control
Of Congress- and is a minority Of almost
every commonwealth. In practice belly
ing is professions, It has entered the ro,
Iitical arena with all the patronage and
power OF the general government to con
troll the free suffrage of independent
States. to BE- defeated in all.
It has let IooS. the tnries of diScord
and scclionAIi>m in violation Of the mos,
solemn p,edges.
1t has squandered the public treasure
upon part'zAns, aud put up claims and
o,ilces for public sale.
1t hombarlcd the straw huts Of Grey
town for drunken assault o: crazy
tnnsro, We. permitted Holland to imi,ri,"n
| American citizens and cor!i>catn Amcri-
can property, vita inpunity; Cuba to
fire INTO American vessels, and only
opened useless and protractcd neCotia
ton: England to violate solemn treaties,
and only fteh!v demonstrate: while til"
savares Of Panama murder citizens III
cold blood, rob and plun,ler public and
private property and interrupt our tran,
SIT across the isthmus to our golden Cal.
| ifornia, and the semi civilized Cost;
| Isicans vie with them in deeds Of ont
rage. without iemant. for speedy re
dress it busters about tee Sound Dues.
and even allows Sitt.e DenIharll to treat
it with contempt.
1t countenancrl iiI,ibuste'ism By or
dering an assembly of ministers at Os
tend, and then denied its prisItv to the
act. and now attempts even to prevent
clarrants to Nicaragua peaceful Y and
in the garb OF citizens, from leaving our
ports.
1t PROCESSES to acknowledge the rights
Of the South in The territories, and SEM
an abnitonist, Rrefler. to or~anlZe Il ter
ritory and cnnsacratn it to freedom.
Its full of contradictions, and attempts
to reconcile impossibilities. nenouncins
secrecy in political organizations, 1t has
established the secret political society of
Sag NicIts. Affirming adherence to the
Kansas ard Nebraska bill as the test of
true democracy, it declares il the North
that this consecrateS all territory to free
dom. in the South, that it secures all for
slaverv /; worShipS a dead Clay, whom,
living, it ever as,uileu with the titterest
maiignlty.
Without one grea. principle as the ba
sis of It's organization, with no settled
line Of public policy, struggling for pow
er for the sake of 'he plumber, a'ty'ng
Itself with all parties and consistent in
its hostiIities to none except the Amerl-
cans. the Democracy Of 1856 has moth
inr to recommend it to the patriotic, the
true hearted, the upright lever Of his
country: nothin. OF that heroic bn'Id
and consistency which marNed 1t when
Jefferson, and jackson and Polk, led 1t
on 20 victory.
To such party, with which in the
time of its glory Benjamin could not
affiliate. he now gives in his adhesion
and Marks, who, side by side, with his
present conf:ere in deserton. fought
many an honorable battle against it
nay. afterwards even joined and sought
to marshall the forces Of the American
corps with whom he swore eternal trend
ship, now accepts nomination at Its
hands.
! With their motives we have nothing
to donor do we desire to attempt to
reconcile tleir past career and long
avowed principles with the course OF ac
ton they lav-: thought pr per to adopt
But we would ask the old line Wings
those who see the predictions of Clay
Webster. and even Benjamin and Marks
veriiie, by the present condition OF the
Democratic party, il they can follow the
example set. Can they s,utify themselves
by afiiliation with an organization which
at the time it had character, principle
{ chivalry and great leaders, their con-
science ard patriotism compelled them
to condemn
Can the admirers Of Clay, among
whom we may mention Messrs. BenJa
min and Marks as most enthusiastic, re-
ioice in the nomination and support the
candidacy of Mr.. Buchanan, whose ma
lignant oppcsition-whose political leg
er,le'rain, defeated their sainted chlefta''1
when he was placed in nomination by
the old Wing party for the Presidency
Of all men who have held a distinguish