Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-09-26
From The Clnroa Patriot.
Virtuons, Or Pure Democracy.
rerSES.
National, Or spoiIs Democracy.

tor The last fifteen years, since W.
have been Exercising the n : 1t e suffrage
N right aud prlvijtg Lie most sacr.,
: known 10 the native bora Of this repl,b
lie Of united soverrignties We have war
I red increasingly against the Democratic
party as orga' lied during that time
not against Democracv, but against a
c,nupt, train baud of pacenen and po,
+ I1t'cas luyg'ets, who @ure the livery Of
! Democracy 10 Serve themselves in. and
OF account Of our opIn'>iti have been
c instantly clla'ged by the bIoa,rd petty
chiefs Of this p"rty as Icing oI posed to
''to the people" i" favor Of 'skirg pow
er oui OF the hands of The people, afraid
10 trust tbs people" etc. wInIe they
/ claimed 10 FepoSe entire faith in ",he
virtue and Intelligence Of the people
The tue nemncracy OF tse land" in a
sort Of noisy, taught :wat,!e. which they
bad been sciiooled TO, and which sen!
ou, its echo { ON every bar room, tavern,
and cross-roa,i in the country.
Now, we are aud ever have been, III
all or SOCIAL and political frslings, i
e rst, Audstsx that very reason we
have steadily ~a5rsh against party We
b~jieyeJ had u>urped its holy name
holy in the true sense and mpaning OF
Tie term rs given BY standard Ivxicons.
and ss felt in the patriotic American
heaft--but when used rs a term 10 Ies-
'enate he party which usurps it, We 'e.!
an distinctive rrpuguance t it, becau g
we regard 1t rs political cliea. and
swindle.
We have not The ra!ien"e, nor ,lo We
know lat it would be profitable TO recur
back TO the different swiudes Of that
most gignntc sslndle, falsely called De
mUcracy. Who hrse does not recuIect
That in the courthouse of Clinton, in ls47,
tbs party Resolved, that the y itlg,. II,
. par;}, were giving "ald and c..mtort 10
he e,ietnr IN the war then existing IN
II xicos But 10 90 even further buck :
WHO has forgotten e Oregon or "iifly
n,ur 4o or fight" swiudle The Kane
telter or "Tifitt,' san.lIp? and last.
Though hot le:.sl, tie Piaquemine
swindIe, ri! OF wI..ct. it took 10 ucra,
Nh. Clay il "A. These swlnlIes were
necessary 10 aud resulted III party sue
cess aut though they were srevious 10
tile heart Of til. patrlo; whu loved lis
county more than party, YET, the prlmci
PIE agents in MI Of these frauds and ont
RACES, were either rewarded BY executive
favor q. party uoniina IONS.
Mr.. Side!I wa. appointed Minister t.
Mexico, and afterwards honored with IL
p.r:y nomination and election to The u -
:. Senate, and has since and now controls
for his friends, the federal appointments
for this state. in the exercise of which
lie has spirs the Democratic party wide
apaft. .....
We fear that the spoils and not psin i
re. Is ut the bottom Of tie split III tins
toHmrrss;ora! District -.ha, Tie Si.ur,
,r ,flnuus Democracy of tie Dl>tr'c,
would urvcr have denounced the Kan
sss " ssin.!t, bad it ~, have been for
tie Cincinnati >wtnd g. and til. fed
ernI appointments III this state as a neces
surg sequence to II. Treason is openly
charged upon the delegates to Il al con
veniton, and corruption and sale intcfeli-
TALLY. S!Ie.i, Davidson, Hatch, aud
Others are assaied without stint.
In the last Congressional canvass il
this District, the prestr, supporters Of l..
J. Sigur supported Davidson. The
'rituls Of Col. Pond, as wei! rs Col. P.
himself, abstaine,i from A.! personalities
i'll than contest. Judge Wallers,on's per
>onsi and po lt,ca! Integrity IS wi:hou,
i,ivuish, and he desires this CANVASS con
ducled 50 far rs lie or bis friends are
concerned. upon tie same high ground.
Ar. the friends of L. J. 81 ur consistent
IN this contest! S the moral "A, d p,~
IllicaI character Of T. G. Davidson more
venal than when he was elected by your
vote~ over Col. PoNds Why did yoa,
as honest men, support man such as
you t-Scribr Davidson to bel The lber
vile Gazette says Necessity compelled
us TO vote for him, IN 55," that "it was
necessary to defeat Know N Not!,ingis,n,
10 vote for him, and prevent Pond $ cleo
ton; bu, that Know No,hi"gi>m is now
dead, and that as dread 0, Know Nolh-
ng;sa Las subsided, disgust for L. G.
Davidson mas increased Are the pe,-
lu.cai and pe,soua! characters Of Demo:
cratic politicians only to be "sssile'i when
they violate Democratic usage, or place