Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-09-19

any low LFlcKSteT, with outside monled IN
fuence to back him from certain sources,
whatever may be the character of his
morals, his abilities, or his antecedents,
will receive that honor which should alone
be awarded to the highly meritorious and
worthy.
We have thus attempted to show some
thing of an outline of Mr.. S1GUR's remarks
on Saturday, without going into minute
detail, but upon concluding in our brief
style, we feel how tame and unsatisfactory
u review must read by those who
were in attendance and listened at times
without a whisper to his logical argument,
and then again worked up to rapturous
applause by his thrilling eloquence, and
whitening sarcasm. For the failure on our
part to do full justice to Mr.. S1GUR's effort,
we might offer an excellent excuse-butit
is unnecessary. We only trust that all
in the District will endeavor to hear him
at least once before the end of the cam
paign, when they will say, as we say, that
he is just the mar to send to Congress at
the present ~juncture Of our political af-
fairs-one whose bold and eloquent de-
fence of our rights will make him respect
ed if not feared.
In concluding his speech, (Which lasted
nearly two hours) Mr.. SIGUR said that his
present design was to get as near as he
could the feeling of the people of the Dis
trict, relative to his nomination and sup-
port, and he would therefore request all
those who were in his favor, to go over to
his right. The Courthouse was crowd
ed to its utmost capacity-there not being
less than three hundred people inside
aohen every man Instantly, and aoih a shout
that seemed wouH rend the Uery aOazls, mos
Ued Ouer to the side indicated! He then
desired his opponents to move to his Jeff,
aohen not q ma stirred in that direction !!
The meeting now adjourned with such
wild huzzas for SIGUR as were never bea
fore heard within and around the walls Of
our Courthouse, or in our town. The
hand of the eloquent and gallant champion
Of the South was grasped by hosts of his
fellow-citizens, and it was some time be~
fore he was allowed to leave the scene of
his brilliant triumph.
Papers had been prepared by the Secre"
taries, which were headed with a request
that all those who were in favor of Mr..
SIGUR and his course, would sign it--this
being also for the purpose of getting a
practical and undeniable expression of
opinion of the people of the District,
which, whatever its strength, would be of
q character which could not be contradict
ted-uhen three hundred Were obtained in
q very short time!
During which the IL FOUNDER frequent>
~ belched forth its notes of triumph, while
GLAsER's band, thrilled the heart with its
strains of inspiring music. There was not
a face that did not beam with the inspira-
ton Of the hour-and many who were for
Davidson previous, now fell into ranks
like gallant sons of Louisiana, in support
of one of its brightest ornaments.
And thus, in glorious triumph does Mr..
sIGUR start from his own parish. Let his
friends in other parts of the District rally
around him with half the enthusiasm that
they have rallied around him here, and he
will return to bis home with the grateful
consciousness that a proud and eventful