Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-10-07
RAISING ANOTHER RARRICADE.

Vors to prove it, mainly from three souFces-the
advocacy Of Sigur by the Della, which journal
is termed a "Disunionist," and the portentous
meaning of seven words which that paper uses
in connection with the nomination Of Siguri
and with which the Advocate heads its article;
from the language Of a communication pubs
lished in this paper q week or two back; and
from language used By us in the following pa
ragraph:
The editor of the paper from which we quote
above, a Bewsfangled latteroday Southern
rights champion, Of the Pandora<box school,
says that in 'the election Of Mr.. Sigur, the unis
on of Southern men and the Southern Rights
Party in Louisiana will have advanced into
something real aud tangible; q party and Il
leader viii have been established" for carrying
out the principles of the Constitution and pre-
serving the Union.
He is a fool who does not interpret the "pith
and meaning" of these expressions.
This language of ours is italicised and small
capitalized TO make it more prominent. Now
we will ask our contemporary, what is the diff
ference between the sentiment expressed in the
above language and the sentiment expressed
in the following extract from an article enti~
tied "The Duty of the South" which appeared
in our paper on the 9th of May last:
While we saw "Amencanism" crushed, BY
the ~national ballot,bax of November last, We
saw on the other hand Black Repnfjcanism
rather jubiiaLt than Otherwise in consequence
OF that action-Demoeracy had
"Scorched the snake, not killed it
and we at once informed our readers What they
might expect 10 see in %l660-that there would
then be but two parties 10 the contest, the De-
mocrats and Tie Black Republicans-aud that
the only hope of the South was 10 thrown aside
all previous political differences and form "an
unbroken Southern phaiaHx" I'VE cared not
under what name) for the purpose Of defeating
the common enemy; and We called upon SOUS
thern Journals, in view of such a fu.are, 10 use
their mighty lever 10 bringing about this har-
monious action These we're our sentiments,
as expressed in the Sentinel on the 6th of De-
cember last, and in subsequent numbers, and
they are our sentiments now. In consequence,
We were attacked bY cur old enemies upon the
ground that We wished TO raise y Southern
Party, upon the ruins OF Know Nottingham. II
j. false. We want 10 Southern Party" bat
we want a union Of Southern heads and Sou
iheFn hearts for the preservation of an instilu~
ton which is the life blood OF the South, aud
for the purpose of staying a ianaticism which
threatens even The overthrow of The Governs
meat.
Tae Adrocats, a few days subsequent, in no.
tieing the Article which contained the above
extract, (which extract contains the only alln- !.
sion 10 the article relative to a union Of South
ern men, that We might present an "unbroken
Southern phalanx," &e.) uses the following
language:
We have before us the BeryiIle Sentinel, of
Saturday last, containing an article SO aprepos
to the crisis, 50 sound 10 logic, and truthful in
sentiment as 10 justify a reproduction OF Il por-
ton of it in our columns. The editor, it will
be seen, recognizes the existence of only two
political parties in the Union-the Democratic
and Black Republican, The one embraces the
gallant South, and what there is left OF national
conservatism in the North; the other is compo~
sed Of material destructive of every sacred
principle Of republican government; TO choose
between the two is the work of a moment
We commend the high-toned and patriotic
language of the Sentinel to it's late colleagues
in acknowledgement; it congresses the DUTY
Of the South in the compass of a nutshell.
Now we would ask all candid men 10 say,
whether they can see any great difference be-
tween the sentiment expressed in our issue of
the 9th May, which the Adeocate SO highly ap-
plauds, and the isolated sentence it quotes
above? We scared not under what name
that Southern p~halanx'' be marshalled, II it
takes the name Of Southern Rights" we
know no better one; and as there must neces.
be a "leader" in all great political re-
forms, we know Of no one more competent to
be such a leader in the great reform now pro,
crossing in the Third District than /. J. Sigur.
n in that struggle we can recognize the strue-
gle for a sunion of Southern heads and Sou
hearts for the preservation of an ~instjtu.
ton which is the lifesblood of the South, and
for the purpose of staying a faaaticism which
threatens even the overthrow of the Govern
We spoke truly when we said 1--WE
want no Southern Party" which, as it would
Indicate, would prescribe everything that had
a Northern faint about it. We wish no see.
pfejudices-for each section Of our great
is necessary to preserve the glorious
and reputation which it at this day pre-
'ents before the world, Each section is as ne.
,ezsary to and dependant upon each other for
he strength and happiness of each and Of the
united whole, as are the members Of our body
TO their individual and collective aid,
comfort and perfection. But when a fanatic
rev arises in one section, with the avowed
purpose Of disturbing the pence and Wrestling