Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-04-10
MISREPRESENTATION and the Crescent.

issue, takes occasion to indicate its II Of II
e charge 81 at Tel disuEionasenttina1ents n
asGEf.aa esr!e$fi fnas defines disposition IN refe:
anesto southern 81 ggh b creacest :;
40 andioHhsaa riisht to anEHafiiaiin any opinlol
it=plleasss. Ind perfect liberty 10 Utter then
haWese Z Iisstast elal tthesKnlay beto dsllef4
Isis Il Of Nh lie Wspapafss aaadii is eqlal
Iya right for other journals to ~criticise ther
at Will. Opinions once uttered are publ
property enanating from whom they may
and openly accessible to criticism, ~
Twas not our Intention wiltaIty to r7lac
our cotem porary In Il false position before Iii
/ pesple, ror57has it ever been our practice
fI1is1uote OF ~nIIsrep1eseut either sf our CO
/ ten1noTaries. i, therefore, while an atten
tive peruser Of the c.tstsnt,s columns VIZ
have mistaken our eote11passry,z, intent anc
meaning we are sorry for.i but the fact Is
we can hardly open Il number of that paper
that we. do not find such strong appeals tc
the South 70 stand firm toshez rights, that one
would NATURAL + he de1uded into the BELIEF
T. %@ - 7" ~ 49, ~ ~ - j. - E' 70 ~ "
that the Crescent was an open advocate Of a
Southern ConfederacY. ,~
But We are pleased to find shat our cotem-
porary is moi an advocate ofdisution. except
under certain contingencies, and it thus de-
fines its position sz ~ =
The Sugar Planter spazesof the Crescent
aszs.suryeying the politicalzhoTizul with Its
disunion teIescope.o Thesidea e~onveyedsin
this sansence.We utteTEvTepudlate.z @tnakek
us what Weare not. Itteauses Us to occnpY
attitude we hare never assumed. We
are not disuEionlsts, and never have been
We are Union nlen--trae, staunch and feryent
las long as the constitutional rights Of our
%seetiief., and the laws by which we hold our
property, are respected by tbs majority sec
ticn OF the North. We ask nothing more
thaal what the Constitution and laws right
fully entitle lie to, and X vii never bs.eon-
with less. But, as has been the case
for Years. II that constitution and those lava
tra1lspfea under foot, flour property is I'd
be stpIe1 iran us,eas Is continually; aud
il we are to be sslbiugated 10 the. dominion
OF NeIthern fanatIcism, and Seward ard ali
the principle ii bolttion leaders triianp h a:iitt fyS
proclaim that. theg will have US In that de-
graded condition before the lapse Of many
We are Southern from the crown
our head to the soles= of our feet, and 10
not thInk i incumbent upon It's 10 be aaartica1
'a1ly scIupuious Ill our fealtY to a Constitution
which Is always broken by orr enemies,
when such breaking rebounds To our injury.
insult-or excessively loyal to a Union
Fllch The Observation-Disclosures of the.land say
nal exist, without regard to conseaqlu noes,
n order that q rich subject lop spoliationn
lthe koatil1 may not escape from their plum
tering grasp # this be treason make the
When teiat time comes, Mr.. Crescent, there
viii scarcely be d dissenting voice ID al the
Southern States to The dissolution Of this
Union and the formation of a Southern Con-
ederaeg, and VI will be among The foremost
O advocate it, and give it our heartiess
import. The Tins IS not yet. These threats
nuzt be put into execution or we must have
after :utad more ~glaring evidence that they
vii be, than we now have, before VIC can
eeeggnlze the practice Of fanaiiiarizins the
outhern people with o~isanion, as being Just
correct n any Principle whatever. The
%outhern people We believe understand ex-
city The position in which tl1er stand to-
ards the North--they will cling toadlvr to
re Y nion while q shadow of hops. remains.
when that hope yanishes, they will act
) one man, OF this there heed Be 70 fear.
ere we differ materially WITH our / &C sseeanr,ipo-
~, as to the practice Of continually harp
e upon Southern Rights. we believe this
'ould not be done, because it is so easy to |
the soathernpeople With the idea
'as eEerY Constitutional privilege is being,
: wllt'he, taken from them, THAT sii.ey will
.ver BE content hereafter, unless satisfied IN
! Observation-Disclosures desires be eaui- !
thei to the North or not. and that a.dissolution
II eventually ensae, even probably without )
Just cause While wesre determined to have
q maintain our Constitutional rights t
the lflo,, we should always bear IN u1ind !
ct the North claims an equal SHARE in this +;
ontefeIracc5y. She y % jealous Of them as i
g are, and j. as much entitled to those
80 e. #e are. we sadly fear the South :
$ i be .ea. TOO extaetf1gg II many Instances. ;
Y look upon such rasn-tanatlcs rather !
HORACE GEEELY, sKWa np, GEsRET Saith, /, i,
q others OF the same Black political ecolo on +
EXON u mere indll7ftdfuaIs who utter inai- d
saal sentiments. True enough they have {
iqlip@ers, snchsas they are, but W. =
,a IlS MI oas co%ten1apo1ralrsyi if these lew mis-
ided men 5us1 echo The sentiments Of the entire t
'fthestli people, Are theg Is be taken as +
air aud honest expression ofthe sentiment !
Inc entSre Northern peoples " E doubt 4
iah : 1Hlserahle fanatics as they IRE, they b
! ~ j.: short time snnftheir race, and sven 9
y memories vii be biotted out Of exist Y
lte a = traitors g the compact binding us !:
'eHaer- In the same category Of fanatics q