Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-11-19

ct opposed to tbs Administration. VII,
was not this done them The answer i:
easy. Instead Of taking any proper step:
10 Organize a State Opposition party, IA
had previously been done in Virginia
Tennessee. and with such signal success,
what was tace,iously called a estate
Convention" was helJ, composed of rep
resentat''eS, or 'eputed representatives
OF q lew secret clubs in this parish, and
a few scattering persons from three ~
tour parasites, oul Of the forty~seven par
!shes Of which the State is composed
There WAS a "State Con yrnlipt" with q
vengeance! But eve this, ridiculous
as 1t may seem, was not all. Tie first
notice the people Of this parish had of
any such movelntnt WAS that All adj
Journed meeting " would ba held. Eve
rytIa'hg OF course was cut aud dried, say
by a single parish, AID the proceedings
thus had were expected 10 receive serious
attention by the tosty-seyen parishes of
The State! Of course The whole con-
Germ was treated as a good joke BY the
country AS it observed to be Nobody
could be expected to pay tie slightest
attention. 10 such F. caricature upon pn~
1tlcal action as this. We could not of
course refer 70 it seriously, and we'll
knowing that any other reference would
be nlsrepresented and misinterp,ete,l,
We RETAINED entirely from any a~.Iusion
to It after thai unique " adjourned meet
'nh bad been properly honored. as we
saw that it Was too late 10 remedy what
had already taken place, eFFen # there
had been a disposition 10 do so. Every.
body knew that the lection would show
the absurdi.y'of the movement, and
though We we have not heard from the
country, we feel confident that it has
done So. The opposition to the denloc.
Faey has been greatly damaged in 11.oui.
slana, and that party correspondence
strengthened. That IS the way that
party retains its marvellous tenaeitv l.,
taking advantage Of the bIunlers of its
opponents. If the latter were half as
sk''ltul as their antagonists they would
|ongasince have been in power.
The only purpose the clubs meant 70
subserve in this parish in tile matter of
a so~cal!ed State Ticket, was TO strength
their parish ticket. For this object
the State was b~amboozled, and any op-
to the Administration brought
into ridicule was in Louisiana--
Probably tie Democratic majority in the
will amount to as many thousands
as it did hundreds IN the Presidential
Of 1856. Thousands, we feel
confident, did not 20 to tie polls at all.
They would not vote the democratic
ticket on principle, and theyywould not
:ountenance huubug on the other hand,
and consequently stayed at home. Even
n this parish not half Of The voters saw
to exercise their right t vote, aItbo'
here was no obstacle to their doing SO.
They stayed away from sheer ind,tfvr-
snce OF other motives known only 10
themselves. II politicians, and especi-
the "Orposition," choose to profit
y The lesson the election has furnished,
hey will do so. II not, they will con-
1nue to give very easy victory / the
Democracy.
Cor BAcg.--The Ijtlle excitement Wis
about the ferry-landing md especi
lily on board the Sonny South, On
Wednesday last, was caused by t,s re-
nrn of OUT friend, Capt, RICHARD MARK
from a summer excursion to Eu-
ope. The Commodore looks well and
Iearty and seems to have vastly enjoyed I