Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-07-25
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name would seem to denote, Will" it
acknowledges 40 love more ardent
than its own, for the Union and the
Constitution, is 1T the same time Il
sentinel upon the Southern watch
tower, lending its feeble aid in giving
warning Of the approach TO our bor>
ders Of Northern abolitionism and ia
naticism, and commenting unprejudi-
ciously with reference to party upon
the best means, in view Of such ag>
erosion, in sustaining the rights and
integrity Of the South; in perpetnatlng
an institution as holy as it is righteous;
and which is its glory and its life
blood-aS we'll as preserving that Unl>
on without which II greatness as q
milton would Re Iost-and in sustain>
ing unimpaired a Constitution, the
erasure of one word of which would
he the signal for a dissolution Of that
Unioniamidst such a mighty whirlpool
of human contention and blood as the
world never saw before.
Such, in its feeble capacity, is the
duty OF the "Sentinel." 1t is a duty
which no true Southern man, patriot,
and lin its legitimate sense) democrat,
can feel Gallons to and we call upon
the friends of such principles-and
who are not ITO step forward and
sustain us by their c~ountenance and
support. We do not make this call,
however, from any falling off il the
support Of those who have been our
steadfast friends through every poEtl~
cal phase for the last nine years (and
for which support we feel the warm
est gratitude but we make such call
upon all whose political atiinities are
balanced between a love for the Union
and a love for their native South
who can'appreciate and respect an at
titude Of seIfreliance-and who are
sufficiently free themselves to acknow-
ledge the business and correctness Of
a free and untrameled expression by
The Press, on subjects Of local and ma
tional polity, in times Of great political
excitement and danger.
All such then, we trust, will, now
upon the eve Of our tenth volume,
ANTE in assisting us to extend the sub.
scripGon list and general business of
our paper. Shall we hope in vain E
There is scarcely a single friend Of the
HSentineI" who has not sufficient in>
fuence to aid its prosperity-and to
all such it is unnecessary to say how
thankful we would be for their gener-
Gus services. Enjoying but a 1.-THE Of
public patronage land Don perhaps to
lose that we are thrown upon what
ability and industry we possess in
making our paper prosper through its
own merits. We have but little Of the
first, we are well aware, whatever we
may have of the latter we have great
faith, however, in an earnest and I'M
firing devotion to our business, in the
desire which we shall ever retain, to
make our columns a medium of in>
struction and interest to oIdand young,
an agreeable companion In the family
circle, and a welcome visitor to all
and believe that such desires and ex>
ertions will ever meet with their due
reward.
With these few remarks on our own
part (which we would not have made
had we not an Extra to make them in)
we conclude by saying to friends
that, as soon as type arrive which we
have made arrangements to get from
New York, we anticipate charging
u paper to a size that, for the sake
of publishing all our advertisements,
will make such an extra unnecessary,
while we shall have more room to fur>
nish interesting reading matter. Aid
us then with your subscriptions
those who are not already subscribers
Ito meet the necessary expense of
those Improvements, and for the labor
we shall give in promoting your plea
sure and extending your knowledge,
and we shall work on with renewed
zeal, and with the bright hope and
consolation that
HE who works must vim