Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-09-26
. NO Red River american, Is.n i.,.
Ihe Card Of Ten Mile Boh

ses that tASe beeH made againt sse Char
ing aFHstHs, CERTIFYING and sbett,n" ao' Nd
GegrosS to vote n the parisi If pssh e 'fss
Our readers, II the afst plac. "1pas'-~
tase notice that The sarr was ~ please
Orleans Tor publication WV 10 We"
~ ga ne not sent Il 10 his home orna,
800 2r s@,' L.. vas the md sent to New o. ~
Ems 70 o''ne The people OF that nor.;.s "
Ire State to the facts 81 TIE ca.e7 w. fI1oa o I
80, tof ne Knows tia he has been s,; ,a'hs
al that we have charged him viii u,,sI Of
50 Kh9"* that, u The year lsAs, when NJ I'm
a candidate fot the Senate. IN onno.;.. "as
! sehWick Brent, the regular D.ms"lse
npn,Iitee fof that Office, that be, Rohs.ae
hunter, charged these vegy Tan VIA.
with heIuE free me groes, and sent H.. .'"ess
ts's brother among them, 10 cha,Isn.". '..a''
vote at The Caicasieu peecinct an ,as1f
grounds Ilhese negroes then voted ;, .sss
ptecinct, not having n precinct es.abI;ss's
among tEem, as mas since been deDpl vs.
did he DO th's' From the fac. that i. s,,.as
enaa these negro voters were undo The go 49,
OF the VFeiton Dynasty, who wer. h. h.iasss
p%o'Ittcal enemies at that time aud for : ~
Der Of Years after, and he we'll knsw sIA.
they through the Influence of tbis r,,.r .ss
Dynasty. or rasins family, il our psrisb uaa,a
vote against him. 'eia
Tan he degy this: No--he esnros f,,
wen SnosYs that there are a number vel H.
ING II Enc CaIea5les precinct who know mi.
TO tie t'"e to the letter, and, If he will Ell
upon -, we wsIi refer him to gentlemen H.
ing there who stand a great deal high., !.
the estimation Of the people Of Rspjds, ma
he does-men who viii not finch from u.
truth for him or any one else. but who !.
ready and willing at all times 10 defend .bs;s
honor. # they were negroes in ,s4s A..
eotiI12 to his " statement, how have th.v
become white men nowa Is it beeap.. d,
American party have forced the Oyerten
dynasty TO follow IN the wake Of Robert j"
%1tuEter, and to nominate him tor State Tre,e.
lrer, which, Ne believe, was done thro,,rs
their influence
What an example Of Consistency /, here
presented Robert A. Hunter, in the v,,r
1855 declaring them TO be negroes, and =
The year 1887 declaring them to BE white
men, and now using such language a. Ear,
puppy, seou.arfi and eorard, towards tbo.s
who say that free negroes 10 vote in Rap.
'des. aud that he, Robert 4. Hunter, has lad
anything to do With their voting, when III.
evidence has been published to the world II
the sworn a'sidasits Of honest men, which
ought to satisfy every impartial man in ths
State OF the fact that the Democratic party
in this parish do rote fifty OF sixty negroes.
and thas, at the last November election. they
arned and fortified those nsgroes at the peHs,
so that white men who belonged to the
American party could not approach the spo.
TO challenge their votes without presenting
10 the world the humiiiating spectacle Of
white men-Amerlcans-iaying down their
arms before the sable sons Of Africa, led
on by Il. A. Hunter, their row candidate f,r
the high and honorable position Of State
Treasurer.
He cannot deny this he may publish "a
many cards as he pleases, he canrot deceive
the enlightened people Of this State into tie
belief that lie is innocent OF the charge.
brought asatns, him.
AS 10 his card, we have but little 10 ssy
it is simply written in q style borrowed iron,
Yankee Sullivan, Tom liver or other bulIi4s
Tor their perusai, merely refrsark,ng that snch
an article ought TO damn any man who ofe
himself TO the people for their suPpo1: to
place him in a high and lucrative Office.
Asst for the gentlemen who went to the Tea
Mile precinct on the sth day Of November
last. as the Challenging Committee Of the
American party, we presume they will attend
to his case, for charging them with beins
:. towards and ineior;ous'y fleeing like whip
ped curs,' from the polls, at that time Ihfyi
IN another column, place him in the true po.
sit.on before the people Of our State. For
our part, we hesitate not TO say that they are
men who can be relied on. and that not one
Of them IS afraid TO meet this modern boE'
bastes " face to face,n They are men who
knew him ~weil-they possess . thorough
knowledge Of his political career, whichis
far from s~potless, and they are pestfciy viii
ing 10 tell him so to his face. At any rae,
they will not travel tvs hundred miles to tell
OF it behind his back.
We hope our readers will pefuse this let
ter, which be took coed care to have publish
ed 300 miles from home in the first place, no
being at jhe same time some 2o5 mics rem
the parish of his residence, where ne is wen
known to be a d~enagosas OF the Haosea aye
a worthy follower of such characters a Joan
SlideiI and others OF the dominant party IN
this State, who would not scruple st anI
means, 90 matter bow vile, 10 aeco"p'sH
their perverse ~objects-they, would, evan
ike Robespierre, had they the powe., US
the gus,lot,ue, snnihiiate ali who have sae
manly courage to oppose them 10 tae'i n1a
The following is the card alluded to aoose
uas there last fall, when thirsy'sssen
Thugs lin imitation Of their brethren n New
Orleans, marched up in sight otths po'l.Nas
the avowed intention Of taking possess'0n :.
the ballot-box; but when they foand s.s
they had to contend with mon VINO .as.
sheis rights and were determined to n1a,a's"
thefa. they fed like whipped ours. n
Gard.
To THE PEorLE OF LousiAsA.-ne
with surprise and reeIes WEI y
read the above portion Of r. 4. hanIs.s d,
dress to MS isilow-citizens Of toaleaah p.,;...
were surprised, because we d'd 20. o !,
that any mar, however reeklessiy sseepsS~
n~artisau stife--not even this African 49, III
tor-wocld dare utter so ba'efaced : lN u;sh,
we fee! regret, because he IS a ciIl1e ho.ored
Ms OF the amt parish, ard has aseh III
hr , norton ri the peorle OF the Stare "nN