Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-09-23
which is the Most Acceptable ?

SrGUR, that he stands in a ridiculous position,
and that it is arrogance and presumption on
his part to claim to be the Democratic noml"
nee, while eleven parishes were unrePresented
in the Convention which nominated him, is 10
both cases, untrue as it is ungenerous. Mr'
SIGUR lays no claim to being the nominee OF
this Congressional District, and we can sab
~stantiate from the highest authority that his
position is as elevated and sublime as any that
a public man. a candidate before his fellow
citizens, can occupy.
While he does not pretend that he is the
nominee Of his party for this Congressional
District. he contends, and justly. that mel"
Their is Mr.. DAvIDsoN-and asserts that the
whole purpose of his canvass Is TO determine
as far as it is possible, the feelings OF the De-
| mocrscy respecting DAVIDSON and himself, or
the positions they occupy before their party
and the people; and We are lett to infer ny
such declaration, that if the result proves IN
favorable to himself, be would resign and leave
the field to the former. But the fact is be-
yond dispute, that MIR. SIGUR had not left his
own parish before sufficient evidence had accu-
INFLATED to Justify any unprej JUDGED and lm"
partial mind in arriving at the conclusion that
he was, by far, the most acceptable candl-
date of the two TO the Democracy OF the DIS
trict. Here in Iberville, from which parish not
even a delegation was nominated to represent
| it at the last convention, the fact has been as"
| certained beyond doubt that he will get the
largest and most unanimous vote Of the people
ever given by this parish to any candidate
| Have we not equal reason to believe that other
| parishes which were not represented (buoyed
| up with the conviction that a union of Sonth~
ern men standing upon their constitutions
rights was about to be effected) will also pro-
claim for S1GUR to q greater or less extent =
melted also by the hope and belief that his
success in the present canvass will tend TO a
reformation in political morals and the manner
ia which the peoples honor and interests are
defended and protected.
IberviIle having expressed herself in favor
| of Mr.. S1GUR in a language a thousand times
more powerful and convincing than if she had
been represented in the Convention Of the 3Ist.
the next parish we hear from is West Baton
Rouge-and what is the result there? Why,
as stated in our last, that at the Brusle Land
ing meeting more than q hundred Democrats
publicly and above board gave in their adhe~
sion to Mr.. SIGUR, and thereby ratified as IT,
ervilIe did the Convention which nominated
him. And what does this prove? Why, that
West Baton Rouge has demonstrated by the
unimpeachable and ncontrovertible evidence Of
Uiue roce, as was done here-as also by the inn
perishable record of the pen--that SIGUR will
get the Democratic vote, at least, Of that pa
IRISH.
Thus, the five represented parishes, with
the two which have spoken in a more di~
rect and emphatic manner, make seven that
have come out in favor Of Mr. SIGUR. This
leaves only a majority Of one in favor Of Mr..
DAvrOsoN-and his opponent just entering the
canvass! Besides these encouraging demon
s~trations in favor Of Mfr. S1GUR, at his outset
in the canvass, there are fire papers supporting
him, against four 10 favor Of DAVIDSON. This
of itself is almost conclusive evidence Of the
sentiments Of the people.
Let the ball then be kept rolling! The
enthusiasm that has so suddenly sprang up in
this section, is of too unanimous and fervid a
character to give the presumption that the mere
victory and elevation of a favorite candidate
have wrought it up. While it arises partially
from the brilliant qualities and exalted charac.
~teristics of the man, its foundation in the main
is a principle, which for the first time in I'oui-
siana, is laying d Deep and somewhat methods
ical and organized hold, Of the passions and
affections ofthe people: a principle embracing
within it all that is sacred to honor and virtue,
true TO the interests, morally and p~ecuniaS
rily, of the people of this or any other State
a principle which points 10 wealth and power
a peaceful future and a glorious destiny--the
principle Of f~rGternal anton in the protection Of
cur common and inherent rigbts:-wIthou
which the spirit of aggression will find no
7 resting place till the Constitution itself is blotr
: ID with The ~effacings Of that anarchy or highs
er.sw which sees the hand Of God in every
thingSenish which might and fanaticism can
accomPah. With an enemy presenting such
: a programme, because we have a species Of
{ property sheyvoald vrest from US but for the
protection whichlhe Constitution llns thus far
! rendered US, we must present an attitude evil
. dencing a common feeling and a commonpur-
pose. IF we would strike fear to the heart, and