Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-12-25
The Happy Family.

is 8 great State-a fact IN which o.
Lonisiauians agree, and 70 eager are Gel
tain fractions of the great whole const1
tut:ng The people OF louisiana, that 1 the,
are quarreling among themselves forth
patriotic honor Of sending asenator t.
fill the expired term OF Mr.. BENJAMIN
The people Of North Louisiana claim
precedence In the ranks Of the martyrs
while Northwest Louisiana tenacious
II persists in thrusting her claims
forward, TO the great horror and lndig
nation Of the other portions of the State
Middle Louisiana, laboring under q
plethora of Senatorial martyrdom, ar
rives at the: sage conclusion, that she is
and of right should be-, at the very head
Of the suffering patriots, and must have
the selection 1; while South Louisiana,
with the most intense patriotism, has
relieved her unfortunate brethren, by
taking upon her own shoulders the pain
full, though pleasing task, Of singing out
the victim, Thus all Louisiana seems
to be in a erment as TO who shall be
the lucky individual to ill Mr.. BEsJA-
MINIS place;
1t would be as we'll to inform The
reader, lest he be enveloped in political
darkness, that all this squabb|e exists
within the body Denocratic-what is
generally known as the Harmonious
Democracy" or, apter still, the =" Happy
Family" whose paternal, maternal, frat
ernal and eternal bonds of brotherhood
and anity We have had such evidence
here in happy Louisiana as we'll as 10 a
national point Of view. The excitement
seems to increase as the session of
the Legislature approaches, when the
result will be known: and IS all
cannot DO satisfied, the excitement in
creases to know what the unlucky ones
will do. The Satellites and anti-SIidelI~
ties are having q nice time Of it, and as
they are having it aIl among themselves.
the consequences will, We fear, be gerry
deplorable. We shudder intensely every
time VIC think of it. We have shed an
abundance Of tears, each as large as a
~locofoeo's conscience, over the direfuI
results.
Times were when Democracy would
be satisfied at a result, ever if that result
was not in accordance with their views
and sentiments, but that was when they
had a vigilant and vigorous enemy in
the field, and unity YVES necessary for
salvation, but times and things have
changed, however, and Democracy stalks
about, like Selkirk, lord of all it sur
veys"-thal is, as a whole, but as in
every similar cass, whyn the enemy dis
appears and is no longer TO be found,
the leaders of the victorious army quar-.
rel over the spoils, as Alexander's l;eus
tenants d'smembered his kingdom after
bis death, from an inability to agree AS
to whom should be bis SUCCESSOR. But
we beg pardon Of all mankind for COM
pairing the Democratic party of this
State to the resalt of the great Maeedo.
mans labors.
We have not q word to say in this ex~
citing contest: like the little boy when
thrashed for stealing apples, We hay'nt a
ward TO say. As a member Of two po~
litical parties which aver were antagon-
isticsl 10 tbs Democracy, we must look
on quietly and submit to the result
No Wing or Know Nothing will be con~
suited, unless he have a vote that may be
Influenced by the leaders," and may be
induced to vote this or that way, as the
w~ire~pullers may determine. AL that
we a do is to implore the Democracy
to bear we'll in mind that the Interest.
and dignity of the State is at stake in
this contest, and it becomes them to
WELD their power with that prudence
ard q r which, cot onIy the South, bnt
the interest Of our State demands. Let