Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-05-14
An n Confession.

Il The Macon Press, an acknowledged orga
Of the Democracy, relieves its conscience b
the following frank aud honest confession, j
reference TO the Kansas swindle and Oreyo
| bill y -
The passage Of the Fugitive Slave La,
was a h"mbug and an outrage OH Sou'her
shareholders; the Kansas bill was not niue
better, while the Oregon bill was nothing t
boast Of"
The Southern men, who were wiIlin,
dupes OF the political intrigucrs and dema
gogues, who contributed to swindle tn,
South by the Kansas bill, will doubtless b.
interested by this confession, however l'ttI'
their intel gence may be 0attered or com
p'itnented. We hope they will appreciat,
and enjoy it tuuy.-A.8uafa Chronicle.
And in the face of all evidence confrmin.
this outrageous swindle upon the South
Southern men can he found endorsing ano
favoring STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS. The Mem.
phis Avalanehe, a paper bitterly hostile to tht
American party, and all that .avors Of oppo.
sition to its Interpretation of Democracy.
denounces the opposition" for everything
vile, and declares that Southern Know No
things are no b.tter than abolitiopists, and
the time is fast approaching when they will
unite 10 opposition to the Democracy. Such
language elongs to the bigoted passion ol
party spirit-a spirit which we are glad to
see is not sustained by other democratic
journals. STEPHEN A: DOUGLAS is a demo-
crat, and was always considered by that party
as one of its most fearless@cxpounders, until
his celebrated Freeport speech removed the
scales from the eyes Of a large portion of the
Democratic party South. Now, he is sus-
tanned BY no true Democrat, and as for the re-
mains Of the American party showing him
any favor as a whole, is as destitute 81 truth
Or reason, . the -Avalanche's foul 4aspersions,
The American party, in the canvas ofIs56,
denounced the Kansas Nebraska bill as I
swindls upon the South, and they endeavored
BY all means in their power.toplace it before
the people in sucha light that Ill mensnight
it. For 80 doing, itzwss constru--
e dAinto an attempt tOEslander and misrepre.
sent the true intent aadEmeaning of that bill.
Many of the more prominent Democratic
Of this State took issue with US, and
used all the argument Of which they were
to disprove our charges upon the
Of that bill. The result Of the cam
vass showed US beaten by an overwhelming
majority, and it is well known that the issue
that contest depended upon the proper in
of the squatter sovereignty fea-
Of that odious measure. Time has shown,
'ye, proven conclnsively, that we were cor
'ect, and we, though but a fragment of a party
low, Notwithstanding truth for a lie, did
We for a moment entertain the slightest par
for Mr.. DouGLAs, or that portion of
he Democratic party giving him countenance
y favor. Mr.. DOUGLAS favorites are not
With us; our party, while it had existence,
TODD ,unon- the nlatfnrm~ of. canal rights, and
firm belief in the doctrine of State Sover-
'ignty, utterly repudiating such diabolic al !
md unconstitutional sentiments as those con-
aimed in the Kansas Nebraska bill.
The little squad Of Know Nothings in and
bout New Orleans, who participated in the
showered upon Mr.. DOUGLAS, du-
ing his recent visit there, do not reflect. BY
thousands, the sentiment of Southern Know
'othings. We are conservative men, Union
men, while there is a hope for equal rights
Or the South in the Union. And if it becomes
in the approaching Presidential
anvass for us to cast our votes for a Demo-
ratio nominee, he must, be a national man,
the ~strictest sense of the term. Bad and
orrupt as we believe the Democratic party
be, it is the, only party having any claim to
atlonality, and 1t would be running from
al to wo'se to unite with a sectional organ
under no matter what dag or platform.
may differ at home as much as we think
upon questions Of local Importance
one can be seriously harmed or injured, but
hen we are brought to face the greatest
ar OF the South, Abolitionism, the South
I'll be united as one man.
We have gone further than we intended
these remarks, but if we have many man.
assisted in disabusing the public mind in
gard to the position Of the American party
1860, our object is accomplished. We
'nnot patiently read the villainous SANDERS
tered against the American party without
ielding our pen in its defence. We are =
w where we have ever stood, upon a Union ..
f
The following extract from the Memphis =
drew forth these remarks. The
'ragraph at the head of this article tells. the q
the latter does not: q
WARS IN A NAME.-The Know Noth;no r
'nfs manifest an indecent haste te get under :
e Abolition. flag: They insist on being
i!eo me OPpostio~" so as to rank at once v