Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-07-02
. DIsINTEREsTED PATRI0TISM.n

"DISINTEREsrED PATRIOTISM" 4
The Baton Rouge .Advocate Of Monday last
treats it, readers to a homily upon the helm
Gus evil Of endeavoring to array one portion.
of the great Democracy of thia State against
the other, and particularly in regard to the
nativ ity: Of their nominees. The article refer.
red to complains bitterly Of the insidio"ss
wiles OF the defunct K. Ms and their organs
who are ate mpting to create dissension IN the
ranks of the ''unwashed" by charging them
with great neglect to the Creole population
Of the State in excluding them from partici-
patton or the State ticket. The Advocate and
kindred journals may wrlthe and twist as
best they may, in endeavoring to squirm out
of their unpleasant position, but it wont do
The Creole population have suffered a slight
at the hands Of king Caucus" and their
fiery chivalrous disposition will fully appre-
ciate the indifference with which they have
been treated. a ! Is. -~ =.
If our memory serves us correctly, the first
intimation brought before the public of this
outrage against the Creole population ofLou-
isiana was through a letter published in the
Advocate from the Hon. HENRY ST. PAU, a
Democratic Senator from New OrIeans-and
we believe Mr.. Sr. PAuL's orthodoxy as a
Democrat cannot be questioned. Therefore
the first frebrand was from a Democrat, and
the Advocate should not attempt to fasten it
upon the "Samites." The New Orleans
Crescent did afterwards notice it. and we
think commented upon it with great propri'
ETY.. The " country echoes' of the Crescent,
are, we think, rather few and very far be-
tween. The Central Organ, a Democratic
paper also tooku up the cudgels in behalf Of the
Creole population, and in the course of its ar
ticle ind ulged in some appropriate and WELL
timed remarks. The K. N. press of the
country have dw indled down to a mere lrac-
tion-three, as far as our memory serves us,
constitute the whole number. The Houma
Ceres, Alexandra american and our own. In
the former We nave seen nothing in regard to
the matter; in the second nothing, and we
feel very confident that our columns have
never contained a word in regard to it until
now. While the .3duocate is thrusting its
vigorous blows all around, it should be care
full to hit only in the right place. Don't plas-
ter over the Tombstone Of "Sam" an inscrip.
ton of doubtful authority.
The fact of the business is, the Democratic
party Of this State, has communicative will
not say an ~outrage-but all objectionable neg
lect towards the descendants of those who
colonized Louisiana. That party is begin
ming to wake up to an appreciation of its po-
s~ition, and it sees itself standing upon the
brink Of dissolution. Such an indignity was
never perpetrated before by the old time
Democrats, the Wings or Know Nothings, and
it is a lift for modern Democracy to institute
bb y sR ccRhfa& ii tl1 tbeie k A~let fave af R6pi 1eaR} e:
cluded before. D.
The advocate speaking Of another dodge of
those journals-which we can't say-to be-
get q pred judice against North Louisiana"
and winds up the paragraph with the follow
ing rich sentence:
It would be q point gained could our oppo-
nents once provoke an irreconcilable hostility
between the Democracy Of the two sections
of the State could they only prevail upon
the chivalrous Creole to doubt the fidelity of
the no less manly Democracy of North Lou
~isiana, how easy for the disjointed relics of
" SAM to organize and step 10 for the State
Government and-Me spoils!
From the general tone of. the Democratic
press of this State for many months past, there
is scarcely a corporaps guard of K. Ms. left
in either Of the parishes, therefore according
to their own statements the attempt of the
"disjointed relics'' Of Sam to org anize and
step in tor the State Government is not alone
contradictory, but highly charged with the
ridiculous.
Our contemporary may get off all his harsh
epithets against the s%re1ics of SAM he thinks
proper-he may charge the "~relics' with ev-
cry and anything tending to interrupt the
harmony Of the !" unwashed' and create dis.
%sensions in their ranks, but the game is too
old, and WORKOUT, to be Of any value. People
have grown tired of such twaddle and they
turn away from it with a full appreciation OF
its value But there is a fast-growing power
which may we'll cause the friends and sup
porters of" King John'' who dub themselves
the j" true Democracy" to tremble and turn
pale. The opposition that commenced some
two years since, has been fast increasing
against the lone man" power, and the act of
that last State Convention in excluding a
representative of the Creole population from
the ticket, has given it an impetus that will
eventually o~vesturn all opposition. This op-