Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-11-01
Communicated.
To my Fellow Creoles.

But few days more will elapse, and
nation Of freemen will have sbovered
their honors upon one Of their number
BY e'evating him to the highest Office in
their gift. Ny time will not admit OF
the statement OF, md instant refuts,iou
which has followed them, of the myriads
Of calumnies which have teemed from
the pens and gangrened the throats o.
| Aboitionists North and their cousins.
german, the disuaionists of the South
The srmor Of integrity and National
ism which adorns the character of MIL
LARD FILLMORE, is rs impervious to the
malicious darts of GIDDlses as TO those
Of THoAAs GREEN DAVIDSON, and |
leave to my fellow CreoIes to decide if
MILLARD FILLMORE has ever been found
wanting in the day of trial, when the
VAN BuRES's and BucHASAS's were
batting against our rights or shrinking
from expression Of opinion as the latter
sluuk from the assistance and upbraided
his ccunt'ymen during the war of 1912.
We are satisfied that our press and
our orators have set forward in their true
light. our principles ia all the purity in
herens to them, and denuded of the
flimsy concomitsnts with which Anti.
Americanisn North and South has
sought to impede their entrance. by
their fruits shall ye know ,hem," and We
point you with pride 10 the acts of the
administration Of MrLLARD FILLMORE,
aud dare ans one to compare the
fruits Of peace, harmony concord and
brotherly love Of the Union which re-
suited from those acts With the apple Of
discord-ths fruit of the secret u,achin~
atom. of such men as JAMES BUCHANAN
and JoHN SLIDELL, Of whom the form
er is q worthy type. Look a. M1lLARD
FILLMORE, clothed with the proud con-
.ciousness of having done his duty to
both North and South, and dignifed and
exalted with the knowledge that neither
personal feelings. ambitious promptings,
the yearnings OF friendship or the scorn
Of his enemies could for = moment sway
him from the path Of Constitutions
duty-Then gaze on JAMES BUCHANAN
and his career Of quibling and evasion,
until now, after long life Of political
dabling-no doubt his proudest thought
accompanied by q self gralula.ory chuck
!e rs II have never committed myself
and am too old fox to do i. now"
Squatter Sovereignty lends her charms
TO dignity this necessary ap,endage Of
the Cincinnati platform, and repulsive to
the North-nauseous to the South and
disgusting t9 every Union man, he
stands prominent among his many com
petitors Of the Van Buren school--uot
the Democratic, but the Cincinnati plat
form candidate for President.
Fellow Citizens We call upon you
to choose between these two men; ex
anime we'll their precsdents; satisfy
J ourselves as to the securities offered by
these precedents for their future actions,
and then vote as your conscience die
,a,es-vote as your heart demands you
to vote-aud we know full we'll that
your vote will be for M1LLARD FlLlAoRE
Of New York! Let no fear ofthe result
lrammel your coursc-act and vote as
and vote ~ il the decision |
Of the contest rested with you, and thanks
to the similar action Of hundreds OF
thousands Of unbor ght, patriotic free
men throughout the Union, We have no
|ears Of the result.
Our standard bearer has stool upon
he rostrum, in the heart Of Abolition
sm-boldly confronting our freeso'l foes
.nd spurosd their aid Is be spurned the
,otes Of those among " who'd +" rather
'ule in hell than serve in heaven, -rath
y serve = faction in ofiics, than enjoy
,uietly the fruits ofpeace and union. out
4 it. Not pandering to Us for our