Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1856-11-01
THE DAY OF DESTINY.

good or evil, wealth or poverty, renown or in.
fanny, shapes, directs and controls them in all
future time. till decay aud death ensue, and the
name they possessed is at length bIotted out
from the memory Of succeeding generations.
How sincerely then in their devotion TO the
principles of justice, equality and right, should
a people like ours be Influenced towards each
other, that the bond of Union which now ce~
ments US, and which is the true guerdon of
! our glory and our strength, should continue
for all time to come to bind US more firmly to-
| Cether as a free, united and happy people.
If that day has not already arrived and pass~
cd, il is still to come-that day Of destiny in
the life of the North American Republic
that day when all differences, animosities and
jealousies will be healed between opposing
| sections, aud q future open before Us too bril-
liant for the imagination Of man TO grasp or
to portray; or g day when an impetus will be
given to the widening Of f~raterna! feeling
among our people, and n rapid alienation Of
interests, ambitions and hopes, and which will
prove but too palpable, in such an event, that
we have commenced swiftly 10 descend to the
valley Of death, when our name will be strick-
en- from the list Of nations, and mans adap:a,
biity for self.government proved to be a va
query and q dream.
That day of destiny for our Republic, ac~
cording to the opinions Of our wisest and most
distinguished statesmen, will dawn on Tues~
day next, the 4th of this month. We are TO
cast our votes on that day to choose a fellow.
citizen for the highest Office in the gift of man.
! Upon this subject the people of the Union are
| divided between three candidates one is plac>
ed upon the platform Of alien suffrage and all
len protection, opposition to the extension of
the period of naturalization, State sovereignty.
and "progress," whether by fair or foul means
that's the Democratic platform-and the man
who has been placed squarely upon it, or who
has himself wormed himself into its very core,
is JAMES BUCHANAN of Pennsylvania.
Another, and the first candidate nominated,
stands upon a platform of a conservative and
! preservative character-conservative in the lib
erality Of its political views upon almost all
subjects, ard in its earnest desire to promote
a feeling Of friendship and love between
fellow-countrymen preservatiVe, in the desire
to econcmise in the expenses of Government.
protection of public property, and in the pre-
servation Of the country's honor in all its
foreign relations, as a principle beyond all
price, whether in the faithful observance Of
treaties or in demanding immediate reparation
for outrages committed upon our flag; it cons
ceives that the blessings of our Union cannot
be enumerated, and only with it's death will it
cease struggling for the perpetui'y of that Uni.
on, in opposition TO Sectioualism on the one
hand and Secessionism on the other, (Which
latter we neglected to enumerated one of the
principal planks of the Democratic platform)
and at all hazards, proclaims the principle that
the American people should shape the policy
and conduct The affairs Of the American Gov.
ernment-aS the Irish should Ireland the Ger
mans, Germany the Italians, Italy /; and the
French, France. This party is the American
party, and It's standard bearer is MILLERD
FILLMORE, of New York.
The third plants itself upon q platform in
direct antagonism to the institution Of slavery
and the introduction of slavery into any of the
Territories or States hereafter to be organized
and admitted into the Union. It thus in this
point takes a position in opposition to the con-
s~titution (Which is further aggravated by its
affirmation that Congress possesses the right
to legislate upon the subject Of slavery and it
9 therefore unnecessary to notice further the
foundation upon which this party 10 buih, save
than to say that a portion Of the Protestant
ministers at the North Gan evil omen in itsplO
madly and fanatically support this party, even
in the pulpit! and that, being the offspring of
the anti-slavery States alone, il looks alone 10
the anti slavery States for success, while it
calmly and mathematicaIly calculates and cons
templates a separation Of The Union into Nor
them and Southern Confederacies. It's nomi-
nee is JoHE c.. FREMONT, from the Rocky
Mountains!
Thus, people of Iberyille, we have endea.
vored to portray the outlines of those princi-
ples by which the three candidates for the Pre-
sideDcy are controlled. The latter you have
nothing to do with-you cannot even reflect
with a calm spirit upon his heinous position
Ills election is a moral as q mathematical i'm
possibility. We cannot believe that God has
forsaken US in the alst year Of our existence.
You have therefore 10 choose hatu,oar Tho