Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-12-30
Hon. z. =. sigur.

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A writer in the last number of the Gazette
W rmly proposes the above gentleman as a
suitable person to be our next Senator in Con-
gress, as the next Legislature will have one
and probably two Senators 10 elect. The sug~
gestiou meets our hearty appreciation. Mr.
SIGUR, in the late canvass, displayed a little Of
The metal of which he is composed. He Gauss
ed the bursting of a new political dawn for
the people Of Louisiana, and they are eonse-
quently deeply in his debt. He uttered bold
but palpable truths while beating down the
"onesman power" that has SO long rested like
an incubus upon the action of the controlling
party in the State, and altogether exhibited an
energy and ability which have characterized
him since he reached manhood, and which emf
nentIy recommends him to The highest position
which the people of his native State can ele.
vate him The following is the conclusion of
The article alluded to:
In contemplating the possibilities of
slavery agitation in the Senate of Con-
gress, the Legislature of Louisiana
must not be in the rear in selecting
Senators TO represent us IN the halls Of
Congress. We should be represented
by such men as will do honor to our
patriotism and credit to our Democra>
cy. Then we have the material in
this trying crisis in the person of the
Hon. Laurent ]. Sigur, who derived
his ideas of Democracy and civil Lbs
erty from the purest fountains of Sou
them institutions, and who fed the
youthful vigor of his studious mind
with the theoretic knowledge of their
wisest philosophers and statesmen, and
who has refined the theory into the
quick and exquisite sensibiIity of mos
raj instinct, bycontemplating the prac-
tice of their most illustrious examples
by dwelling ON the sweet>souled piety
of Washington or the gallant and pa~
thetic patriotism of Thomas Jefferson
and the pure austerity of Calhoun,
who, to move from his integrity, would
have been more difficult than TO have
pushed the sun from its course.
would add, that if. he seemed to hesi>
tate ii was but for a moment; that hes
was like the passing cloud that
floats across the morning sun and
hides. it from the view, and does so for
a moment to hide it by involving the
spectator without approaching the face
Of the luminary. To enter into any
enlogiums on the superior mes
Of The Hon. Laurent J. Sigur and
his competency to represent us in the
Congressional Senate, would be only
repeating what is familiar 10 every
leart in Louisiana. No man ia the
State has a better claim upon the De-
nocracy of our State than the Hon.
y. ]. Sigur. The Democratic party
;annot forget the great battle Of 1856,
md the very great service he rendered
o the cause Of National Democracy in
Importing the strong claims of james
Buchanan to that position which he !
now as President Of our great
republic. Was lie not the chosen
hampton Of the Democracy of Loui>f 1
lana then?-consequently his superis
/ claims upon our Democratic Legis> |
stands uniformly for any posts !
on in the gift Of that Legislature,
those duty is to award justice to that s
who advocated their cause, when
lany Of them, who now shout in lofty !
ines, almost despaired of its success.
hen false 10 itself, and to the people I
HON they represent in that august as $
would be that Legislature
no would not in this threatening !
upton, elect with Southern enthusi~ 6
IN and Southern devotion, the man S
no has the will to act and the fore>
ght to beat back this approaching
orm which iscollecting in dim specks il
Dill sunny South. / must resign /,
e task Of ~delineating the claims of Il
e Hon. Il J. Sigur las the most reli> a