Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-07-25
A LETTER ABOUT POLITICS.

vile, which we find in the Sugar Planter,
evinces such an erudite knowledge Of the pos
Iitical ropes Of this parish, such prescience,
and pays such a compliment to the Sentinel in
the outset, that to make up in some respect
for an apparent slight on our part on a former
occasion, as we'll as for the interest the letter
must be TO our readers generally, we cannot
refrain from publishing it in full:
PLAQUEMINE, July IA, 1857.
Editor Of The Sugar Planter:
Dear Sir: Having no paper in this parish
through which we can make known the pros
poets Of the American party here, ALLOW me to
trespass upon the columns Of yours. Altho'
we have been abandoned by faithless SentineJS,
the prospects Of our party in this parish were
never more cheering than they are at the pre-
sent moment.
While with each exaccrbatioD, the Slidellian
war becomes more and more alarming to the
adherents OF Thomas Green Davidson, our OPP
ponents are split into a hundred smaller facS
tons, the most prominent Of which seems to
be led by Messrs. Gallagher and Talbot, it is
said, control the course Of the UerUiHe Ga
~ELSCs az u " my LllGtC 4 A41bJ bbo IlkbIA
complaints. This sentence or specimen of
> l.,a give just as we lind it, and the rea-
der --~. ~ rs we do, make the best sense of
it BE- an.-Ed. Sentinel 1t is charged that
the action of the parish convention was fore
stalled by the Gazette publishing a list Of the
aominees of the Democratic ticket in adUance
y The parish meeting! In other words, that
when the delegates appointed to nominate can
didates, met for that purpose, the organ OF
their party bad relieved them Of their duty by
publishing the Democratic ticket, and strange
to say, leaving out every Democrat on the left
bank of the river, even that eVerNfalthful off,
Ger and unflinehing Democrat, Z. A. ArcenauX!
With the Slideil and a%nti>Slidell, Davidson
and anti, Davidson; Heron and anti-Burk wars,
our opponents are soon likely to be in the sit
uation of the Kilkenny cats; and it is the pub
lie opinion OF your correspondent privately ex3
pressed, that we will sweep this parish BY an
average majority Of at least one hundred
While the very name of Davidson seems obi
Gus to his OWL party, that of Watterston is
hailed with enthusiastic pride, by men Of all
he will carry lberyille beyond all doubt.
As yet We have made no nominations for
the Legislature and parish otficers-and it was
to suggest such a move that | frs. set down
to write. 1t is true that for the Senate there
seems to be but one unanimous voice in favor
Of DIR. David B. Pierce, than whom there is not
a more popular, talented and worthy man in
The whole parish; but we want other candidates
wish to nominate a ticket for all the off
With Pierce for the Senate, and Il good
for the other Offices, in November next
lberville will stand redeemed, TegeneFated and
1isenthralled from the shackles Of Locofoco-
.sm and misEule.
AN TBERvLLE X. N.
Mr.. "TbergilIe K. ~" starts out with an as
'ertion that is erroneous. There is the same
source at the present time through the col
INNS Of the Sentinel, as there ever was, to
make known the prospects Of the American
party here" The reason that ue do not make
such prospects, is simply, because we
could not speak of them in a 1attering mano
Ter without Lieing. His ~allusion to "faithIesss
Tess" on our part is as untrue as it is unjust.
We have proved faithIess to no party--we yo-
unfairly assumed a partizanship which we as
Voluntarily declined--that's all. 1t is rather
moreover, that a correspondent should
lccuse US of 'faithlessness," who never helped
With his subscription to maintain our paper,
out read it whenever he got a chance! Ii is
such men as these vino call editors
o taw or haul them over the Goals.
Upon his remarks in reference to the Demo-
;racy, we have no comments to make.
The ~allusion to DR.. D. B. PIERCE, so far as
lis popularity, fine talents and gentlemanly de-
are concerned, is correct he would
10 doubt make useful and able Senator but
,andidly, we did not before know that his name
lad been preached for this Office he would
doubt, if nominated, receive the best vote
hat the American party in this parish could
rive.
The assertion Of "Iberville K. N" that his
object in writing was to suggest a meeting Of
he American party to make nominations, had
IS well been dispensed with. A similar sug-
%,estion was made in this paper a week or two
but without avail. And in our opinion.
md from every evidence that we can draw a
conclusion, there is no prospect whatever that
he American party of this parish, at the pre-
ent time, have any idea of holding a nomina-
ing convention. If t'did, we doubt if COM
'etent men could be found who would accept
is nominations. Such is its true position
nd there is no use trying to conceal the fact,
to raise hopes which are doomed never to
'e realized.