Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-10-22
Hard Language.

The Madison Journal, a staunch democrat
ic paper, uses strong language against the
old man John" Well! the blessed lambs
should dwell together in unity, according to
the Good Book-wbich, we believe, demo-
| Gratis nowadays trouble themselves very
little about looking into-but if they will in
dulge in bitter invective toward each other,
why, it's none of "our funeral" Here is
what the .Jou,mal thinks of Mr.. SL1DE11 and
some of his fancy ope %rations:
4 X 4 y #
We might with much truth allege against
him, that he, through his personal friends,
advocated at the last State Convention the
nomination of Mr.. Hunter, Of Rap,des, for
the Office Of Auditor, alter the Candidacy for
the Governorship%had already been conferred
upon Mr.. Moor who also resides in Rapides.
and who was h first choice fol that office.
No other man but Mr. SIidelI could have had
the cool lr1lpudence seriously to propose to IL
Convention of intelligent gentlemen and poi
1t clans the nomination, for two Of the most
important offices in the State. of two aspi-
rauts. not only residents OF The Same section,
but Of the same parish. How infatuated ard
blinded a party must be which can, for one
moment, tolerate and acknowledge as leader
a man whose principles of action are entire
ly controlled by self-asgrandizement, and
who acts as much upon the princlpIe"~that
concentration is powcr as Napoleon the Great
the very arch-demon OF concentrated gov
eminent. New Orl MS and R%api.les, the
most most %populous and wealthlest parishes
in the State, are used as a means to advance
the ambitious projects of MIR. SIideIl. If we
had any intention of basing our argument on
personal ground, We might with no less eff
iect advert to the fact that Mr.. SIideIl never
operates by means of free and oral discussion
before the people to susta in his political for
tune such a course would be beneath his dig
nifty as a Senator; but he visits his favorite
country parishes, and sets the machinery IN
motion by the aid of ayen and hireIings; or
he dispatches his emissaries in a certain d.
somewhat unpropitious, with Instructions in
their pockets to act with circumspection. to
observe the .veering Of the winds; to bring
about a division of the Democracy, if the
measure would have Il tendency to improve
the Slldell stock or incite Opposition and
independent men to ruin, and undermine the
Democratic organization. II
We were indend appraised of the fact that
MIR. Hatch and Mr.. Marks hailed, at the time
OF their appointment, from the country, be-
fore the gentlemanly editors O. the Crescent
generously furnished us the information -
But no one who has been an attentive ~obser-
yer OF human affairs Can be deceived by such
subterfuges. Shakespeare says that
the devil can cite Scripture for his purpose"
II his Satanic majesty is permitted to
dabbfe with Scripture texts, we who do not
claim to belong to his household must be ex-
cused If we avail ourselt OF a passage of the
Bible in support of a truth against laIsehood.
Good Book tells us that " whet the car
rass is, there the eagles are gathered.7 This
IS as tue as gospel, and cannot be con-
troverted, and we draw the following mora
rom this quotation The patron saint of all
appointments, the dispenser of pat
permanently resides in New Orleans.
Every one Of the ambitious underlings. who |
IS eager to snatch a norsei of the valuable
Government pap, offered for distribution, as
soon as he is attracted to the center of poIiti-
al !avorlt1sm, becomes as much identified
with New Orleans asif he had been born,
bred and educated in that city. There he has
lis domocile, and there he permanently re-
'ides, aven alter his official term expires
But if the central power for the disposal of
patronage were located in the coun-
~. lit county dppOiuleeS TO New orleans
offices, would find it their interest to return
o their former home: and pay some attention
o their %neighbors and friends.
Besides, we regard the Custom-Honse and
patronage in the light of %tnagnif- II
'ent prizes in the lottery Of political gamb-
ing and if the fortunate winner happens to
estce IN the country, even according to that
'legant maxim of ethics that there is honor
.mong thieves. it would be considered dis -
honorable to cozen him out his Just {
The appointment OF country gentlemen to a
wo lucrative Offices. to which great influence
tut no honor is attached, is a sheer accident, r
by the sheer fatality of clrcum-
1t would indeed be an outrage +
sainat the dignity and independence of the c
'tate Of Louisiana If her Senator could I've r
'ermltted to act in a manner to suit his per- a
onal within or caprice, and deliver, over I'M /
hallenged. the cnoluments of the Custom |
louise and Post-Office. to the New Orleans J
fice-hunters and their thousand and one sub /
rdinates; who being permanent employees, o
re necessarily taken from, or at least consti-
ute a part of the city population. There is {
O rule without an exception, and if Mr.. !
lidell could bestow. all the offices of profit +
nd honor upon city gentlemen exclusively. h
e would be equal to the most d~espotic auto r
rat in the world. He would be the embod- G.
nent of a rule without an exception; he t.
;onid be more logical than logic itself, which t
an absurdity.