Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-09-24
THE OPPOSITION TICKET.

~Ff ""o oV"s~"SsO'
Of the 18th instant, in New Orleans, t,
prepare: and publish a platform Of pri,,
cipIes upon which the unobjectionabl,
ticket that we lave this day placed a
the head Of our columns, should star m
and do battle with the political factions
Of the party now in power. We wer,
not willing to take the fright sort o
men without the right sort Of principles
or the right principles with unprinciplee
men. We are satisfied with the. tickle
aud The platform it has laid down, ant
are willing to throw our weight into the
scale to ensure its success.
A glance at the names composing ou'
ticket: and the earnest, open, straight
forward" and candid platform upon which
they stand, must convince any reasona
bic man that the former will prove co".
s'stent opponents Of the latter, without
caring who suffer SO long as the harpies
who have fed and fatlened at the public
crib are routed out, and their places given
to worthier men.
The resolutions referring to the cor
rupt Administration are nothing new to
the people OF this State. The Demo-
cratic papers have kept the people we'll
posted IN all such matters, whatever the
few, very few, administration papers.
may say and have said: in endeavoriny
to refute or smoother them over. We
are sorry so large a space has been devo-
ted to the Administration and its acts
OF course the journals Of the dominant
party will harp with all their strength of
milk and water argument" upon what
they will call the Inconsistency Of the
9Th section, with the Sentiments of Il
large a Of the expected supporters Of
the ticket. When We assert that the al
ready ~naturalized citizen is entitled to all
privileges of \ native born, and de-
.and that he shall be protected in those
privileges by the General Government,
only assert and demand principles
and rights that the most fanatica| native
cannot disavow. We have never hum
the foreigner into a pseulo-cit'-
penship.for the sake of his vo4e, but il
'eems now a Democratic principle, as in
'erpretea by Mr.. CAss, that a foreigre,
. only a citizen while upon American
'oil.
The ninth section asserts that the " ex-
Of our State Governmenmen: |
re fearfu'Iy alarming" Now we Come
o the point. We ask a careful perusa
# sections nine ard ten, BY our readers
Not an assertion contained therein can b.
'oubted: Our taxes are not only exor-
but crushing in their effect on
'apital and real estate. The foot OF the
ax-gatberer never rests--hundreds and
thousands Of dollars are wrung direct
or people, and pour into the
~mingling with the millions
hat stream into that bottomIess pit from
or common heritage, the Swamp Lands,
II Of Which has been thrown away in a
hammer d~isgraceful to an intelligent peo-
le. And where has it gone? Why to
sward ibis and that favorite, who, back
d ty their drilled regiments, in ever,
their companies in every parish
f our State now form an army almos,
'vincib|e. Rsdeeming lands for pets 10,
'hich the State received oEe dollar and
quarter per acre at a cost Of five or
N. Etriching strangers and fpecula
'rs by quiet contracts, the profits upon
hich were so great that men began the
oar in the ditch and ended it with a
Allowing enterpris;ng citizens
work the vast credit and resources of
State for their own private purposes
disappointing the people until dis
eartened and discouraged, they have
'come disgusted with politics and look
BON our State Government as a swindlp
I'd a farce. This seems to have been
q entire aim Of the party in power, and
ell has. il auccaadad. L ia TINA for "a !