Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-11-06
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! those who arc now engaged in this cru
sadie against him were formerly among
liz strongest supporters, and were yea!
I pus in securing his nomination and cleo
! lion to the Office which he now holds
What change has taken place in him, o.
what he has done to cause all this hrf
| and cry. we arc at Il loss to discover.
| Tic is the same firm and unainchinS De
nncrat now that he was before his nom
! ;nation, and he has been active and III
| firing in his efforts to promote the int:
! s.sts Of his constituents, and has dom
| much towards advancing the prospcrlt.
| e our parish and developing its resour
| .es. He has been absent with his fam
! ly most Of the summer, and has be"t
seriously i'll and confined to his bed f.
! u number of weeks During his abscnr.
, communication, sent from Baton Rougr
| was published over the signature Of
Justice" making charges against hin
in relation to obtaining money from tn
State and retaining it Illegally. When til,
|acts in relation to this matter become fu,
ly known, it will be seen, if we are no
greatly mistaken, that no blame what.
cvcr can be attached to Gen. SHINES f.
my thing that he may have had to d
with the transaction that if he RI
:eived the money from the State, he di'
SO merely as the agent Of the contract.
II to whom he has paid it over, and tina
,ie has now nothing whatever to do wit.
nor any interest in, the matter, excer
that he is surety for the contractor.
Another article, coming from the sam
locality, (Baton Rouge,) has lateI.>
appeared in the Sugar Planter, for tlr
purpose Of serving as a text for anothe
TRADE against the persons whose ain
are mentioned, and was doubtless set
up as a target at which the shafts o
their enemies might be directed; al,
these articles are caught up and use,t
for that purpose with such eagerness,
that II cannot help coming to the con.
~clusion that it was precoIcerted am.
that their appearance was looked f'4
and expected.
We are no panegyrists of Genera
! Slmnles nor any other individual, bnt
| when we see one whom we have chosc1
70 represent US in the Senate, and who
t cannot be denied, has been faithful
aud efficient in the discharge of his d.
ties, made the object of such maliguan
personal attacks, and attempts mad
to destroy his usefulness in the SENATE
md to deprive him of the power of SCI
wing his constituents, by newspapers
calling themselves Democratic, we can
not but look upon it as an attack upol
the Democratic party. It is not the par,
of a good Democrat, and particularly OF
a paper protesting to speak for the De-
mocratic party, after having assisted IL
nominating and elccting Il candidates,
to turn round and to CRAFTY privat,
grudges and feelings of personal hostili.
ty, endeavor, by vituperation and abuse,
to destroy their influence in the body to
which they were elected, and thereby rem
der them unable to adyancesthe interests
of their constituents. Such a conrse cannt
be productive of any good to the public,
and only tends to throw discrcdit and dis
upon the party and to create dis.
#sensions among its members. Were all
this abuse to come from our opponents,
we should consider it quite natural, al
though we are sure it would lack much OF
its present acrimony and venom; but they
are sparedthe trouble-we are doing the
work for them better and more efIectual-
" than they could themselves. All they
have to do is to stand by and look on.
and when the war wakes feeble for want
of material, they have but to throw in a
fire bran like the article in the Sugar
Planter, and the attack is commenced
again with renewed vigor.
1t is perhaps unfortunate that the De-
mocratlc party has become SO strong
and numerous. We have too many dis
appointed candidates and aspirants to