Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-06-26
Modern q emocTacy.

~ourself with politics & ggalfi--to 1ak IT,
If political storms howl and rage around Us
without even attempting to stay Or con
n trol7thann, cong what would. but there
are times when the old feeling Of adore,
ton for ''Stam"-as the opponents a
e that ubiquitous individual are facetlousIT
pleased 10 term Litn--rIscs up within us
whenever We hear him. assai]ad By those
: : who have fought hard and long under
i his banner. have said, and others
lave said SO for Us, that The American
Parry is dead-ataoluteIy deprived Of
life and gone to that vast receptacle
Which receives all things thai have had
their day, and whose taet1ory lives only
ID history. But somehow OF other, al
though Sam" las "depassed this exist
ence,' lis former alyersa,ies won't let
him stay deeently dead, but occasionally
revive him though the agency Of demo
cratic gaIyanisEa for the very savage
and inhuman purpose OF giving him
another decent killing. Fora Simon
Pure'democrat to DO tIllS,exoitas in us on.
IL cnm n1iseration for their inlnmanitY.
and we eau pass by these uuilatlowaa aets.
with indifference, but when We see such
papers as the p3aquenife Hazets d Ser
hneI acknowledgment the defunct carcass
| Of SAM but his memory, we feel as if
| some one WAS trying hard to he intensely
democratic, bat didn't know how
DEApyURs, as every ore knows. is tho
| editor Of the Gazet;e d SeutsueI aud
whatever is found III the columns Of tue
combined journals, mustb attributed to
lis cratic pen, SO THAT some grains Of al
lowaucs must be made for his intense
democracy. We must however, be
permitted to judge the GazetA d Se1s~
hi7eis democracy Of q remark made by
the individual Gu=ette At The time when
]. Il. BALoa, Esq., was its editor. We
had objected 10 some harsh expressions |
used against thu M u sfiean party BY our
opponents, when DALon took up the end
gels in our behalf by saying that Hey |
were generally tho iaTentlons Of rene
gades from The same L. q. party who
strive to become popular witIItlls DEM
ocrats through the violence with which
they assault their quandotu friend s.
Might We not now apply this remark 10
tile Gazette & Sentinel man Mhy ofF
course
The following extract from tire cou1-
bined papers is rjc|'-is is from an article
headed *Ii'e pew Party"
We say We kssew Of tie existence Of
these facts, therefore We warned the
Democracy MOI 10 allow their arms to
Fust-not to t!4roH aside That vigilance
wi.iol. always -cE1aracterizes lie gopd>
sentinel upon tie wafchtuw4r. Wrue Is
proving the sruthfe|ncss of our warnings
and The necessity Of oId~faslltonea Demo-
cratic union, harmony and canstaue7 IN
action. 4 uew party. powerful and
dangerous for a while. will be orgahIzad t
and it sill make desperate eff1rls tel
achieve victory III 1850. 1t will emhodv
talent Of 3 high order, aud ii will rot b
altogether sectional. It will claim 10 be
national, and Twill receive the support
Of all the followers Of Sam IN the SouLl,-
Mark the prediction We are not al
prophet nor the son Of d prophet, neither
are we an aIars1ist. But il Is folly to
preach security when danger ACTUALLY
None but a eowafd seeks TO
hide or evade q confess which IS i~nevita-
bic. We wish only to have the Demo-
PERFECTLY prepared fo1the approach
ing battle. And IN order to be prepared
th9re should BE- perfect concert and fellow :
in every ~sectien Of our common
1t our own State all differences 5
can be easily healed, for whatever Of dis {
agreement exists Or has existed, has al !.
most entirely been confined 70 leading J
politicians who have wraugled for hon t
ors and preeermeni While they protested {
he same identical principles. Nov, these !
did not make the Democratic
'arty of Louisiana. and II will CONTINUED
Q exist without any Of her assisgan
they persist il carrying their :
PERSONAL feuds into the Democratic eoun- s
els, it is the duty Of the Democracy to !
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