Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1856-10-04
THE DELTA ON BRECKENRIDGE.

the speech of MIR. BE~ECKEKRIDGE at 1lppeca-
noe. in Ohio, and the assertion he made, that
she belonged to no political organization which
desired to extend Slavery" We are surprised
TO hear that Gov. WIcKLIFFE has also uttered
this sentiment, but subsequently. If this sem
timent is really the views and feelings of the
Democratic candidate for the Vice Presidency
on this great subject Of Southern interests, we
cannot imagine how he can dream of getting
Southern votes. We thought there were no
difference of opinion among Southern people
and parties upon this exciting topic. 1t is only
in the advocacy of the extension of Slavery,
upon the principle of political safety if Moth
ing else, that the South has any hope to cling
to, to save her from Freesoil fanaticism. Let
but the Freesoil party at the North learn that
the extension Of Slavery is opposed by the
Democratic party South--Iet but the senti~
ment of Mr.. BRECKENRIDGE be concurred in by
distinguished Democrats of the Southland
the hopes of VAN buren,, DIX, GARRISON,
PHILLIPS, and hosts of other Freesoilers and
Abolitionists at present voting with the Dem
ocratic party. will be realized, and the death
knell of Slavery be sounded at once in the
halls of Congress, and by whom? by the party
'opposed 10 the extension Of Slavery" But
to the extract from the Deza's article:
And further we say, boldly and un-
hesitatingly, Mr.. Breckenridge is not with
US; he is against US; he is the worst kind.
of foe, a pretended friend; and we subioin
the proof of what we say. We subjoin it
with reluctance, it is true, we had hoped,
in spite of Mr.. Buchanan's dangerous
views on S4uatter Sovereignty, to avoid
any positive opposition to the Democratic
tickets but We prize the interests of the
South more than those of any set of poll
%ticians, good, bad, or Indifferent. and
when Mr.. Breckenridge assumes nm atti-
tude obviously hostile to those interests,
it becomes u ~disagreeable duty to ex-
pose him, to pluck the artificial feathers
from the chattering daw, and exhibit
him, in all his original and natural ug'i-
ness.
In the Tippecanoe ORATOR alluded to,
Mr.. Breckenridg e says:
This was no time 10 deceive. lie would ex~
press his convictions that fifteen States believe
that the Republican party was making most
persistent efforts 10 create vindictive feeling in
the minds Of the people Of the other portion
of the Union. against the Sou'h. 70 create
this unnatural prejudice it had been charged
that it was the design Of the South 10 he ag-
gressive upon the NortEl-to use tir federal
powers of the government TO propagate slave
ry. This was not true. To Whatever extent
he might be authorized 10 speak for the South,
ern States. he pronounced it untrue. lie
WAS CONNECTED WITH NO POLITE
CAL ORGANIZATION WHICH DESIRED
TO EXTEND SLAVERY; nor was he con>
nected with one that opposed The free ex-
preston of the voice of new communities upon
this and all other domestic questions"
We call upon the shareholders Of the
South to read the foregoing paragraph
and 'ponder it fittingIy.' 1t is an open
confession of the principle of Squatter
Sovereignty which John C. Calhoun so
vigorouIy denounced, and which has been
set up, as a political wilI-o'-thc wisp, to
mislead the South from quagmire to
quagmire, until it sunk irrcmedially in the
slough of despond.' Ii is a positive de-
claration that the 'sqnatters' of a territory
have a right to legislate slavery into that
Territory or out of it, before the ~organiza-
ton of a State Government, and as such
we hold it up to-day to the scorn AMI
Indignation of the S~layeholding States.-I
Words are but the counters of shought,
it is true; but such words as Mr.. Brecken-
ridge used at Ti%ppecanoe are spurious,
ring false, and should be nailed to the
counter without hesitation or fear.
Remember, men of the South, he puts
himself forward as the spokesman of the
Democratic party, and moi content with
promulgating the doctrine of Squatterl
Sovereignty. coolIy proceeds to commit
that party against the extension of slave
ry. And yet Mi. Breckenridge demands
the entire vote of the South in November,
and is actually verdant enough TO believe
he will get it. Why should we vote for
him or his? Because he is opposed to
the extension of our institutions Be-
cause he is ready to affiliate with Fill
more to secure his election? Because he
is a Southern maj with Northern pripci-
pies? Sooth, these are sorry reasons, and
will scarcely avail with the honorable men
of the South.
The time has come TO fling away every
while we fling away the scab-
bards of our swords. We are face with a
ruthless foe. We must speak and act in
tire spirit of earnest men, The D~resent