Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-04-04
JUDGE BURK AND THE IEsERVHALE
DELEGATION

Il will be seen next Monday whether the
Democrats of this parish will sustain the de-
termination OF delegates appointed by their
Convention, or whether they will he whipped
into the traces" and made TO support Judge
BuRK through the domineering attitude OF the
| Democracy of East Baton Rouge and the lash
ings Of the Advocate.
The delegates from this parish at the Brusle
Landing Democratic Convention to nominate
a candidate for Judge of this District, positively
refused las previously stated by u.s. to partl-
cipate in the proceedings of that Convention !
The Inference is that the Baton Rouge parish
convention having instructed its delegates TO
vote for Judge BURK, the lberville delegation
conceived him totally incapacitated for that Of
fee, and therefore acted as their consciences
and the good of the people demanded of them
TO act. If this is the reason Of their repudla~
ting the Brusle Landing Convention, and we
can divine no other, it is no small honor to
those delegates as wise, sensible and patriotic
men, and their names ought to, and as far as it
lies in our power shall be, made prominent be"
fore the people of this parish. The card be-
low fully answers this purpose.
AS n matter of course. the noncompliance
Of the Iberville delegation to support the no.
minee of the Convention and the ~favorite of
East Baton Rouge, caused no small panic in
this latter parish, and consequently, in the Ian
guage of Wilkins Micawber, we looked for
something to turn up" to destroy if possible
the bad effects created by the resolution of the
Iberyille delegation-and sure enough, "sone-
thing did "turn up"
A few days after the Convention the Adro-
cate publishes the following correspondence
relative to the Brusle Landing Convention, but
whether it will arrest the evil it was evidently
intended TO arrest, remains yet to be seen:
BATON RoreE, March 10, 1857.
F.. w. ROBERTSON, Esq:
Dear Sir: From the proceedings of the Con-
vention held at Brnsle Landing on the 10th inst.
to nominate a Democratic candidate for the
Judgship of this District, it appears that you,
representing yourself and two other delegates
from IberVille, refused to sit in the convention
on account of remark you understood me 10
make, prior to the organization of the conyen-
ton.
i regret exceedingly that a misunderstanding
flor a misunderstanding it certainly was) OF
what | said on that occasion, should have pre-
vented the Iberville delegation from taking part
in the deliberations of the convention.
1t appears you understood me to say if the
"two-third rule'' was adopted by the convention
Judge Burk's friends would not support the no.
minee of the convention. / went to the CONVEX
ton determined to support its action, whatever
that should be. Isaid, in and out of the conven-
ton, that if the convention adopted the two-third
rule, l would acquiesce in its decision. What /
| objected TO was the refusal, as / understood it, on
the part Of the Iberville delegation, to 90 into
| convention until the two-third rule had been
adopted, and hence the misunderstanding. feel
authorized to say that the whole delegation from
East Baton Rouge were prepared as fully as my
self 10 sanction and endorse the action of the con-
vention under any circumstances.
hope this explanation of our mutual under
standing may have the effect Of harmonizing the
Democracy OF the District, and thereby secure
its success in the election for the Judgship.
Yours. truly,
ANDREW s. HERON.