Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-02-11
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against their domestic institutions, and
i'll utter disregard of the rights s"ecurcc
to them under the Constitution;
And whereas, There exists no State
OF Federal issues, of a political charac
ter, to distract and divide the people OF
Louisiana in the face Of the impending
Presidential crisis, in which the contln.
| uance of the Union is involved;
And" whereas, 1t is earnestly desired
that the whole people Of the South shall
stand together as a unit in the great and
patriotic struggle to uphold and preserve
the Constitution and the Union, Or, ii
need be, to protect and defend their sep
arate independence, we, the undersigned
Democratic members of the Legislature
and citizens Of the State, do earnestly
recommend to the people Of the respec-
tive parishes, irrespective of former DIT
~ferences, to meet together IN cordial de
termination to support the nominee OF
the Charleston Convention, and appoint
their delegates to meet in the Democratic
State Convention at Baton Rouge for
the purpose of appointing delegates to
represent Louisiana in the approaching
National Convention at Charleston, S.
G.
Ed. Delony, H. R. Lott, G. D. Shad-
burne, Senate. Andrew S. Heron. Henry
Gray, w. G. Martin, 0. S. Lane, VIM.
L. Knox, n. D. Coleman, r. L. Knox,
J. L. Walker, G. w. Lewis, House. L.
". Robertson, Auditor. a. Duplantier,
&. D. Woods, 7. B. R. Hatch, Geo. w.
Munday, Thomas Cottman, w. +. Wag-
ner, B. B. Lindsy, John Gryder, L. Fer
~, f. B. Towne, T. J. Bird, B. E. Cha
ney, R. F. Gray, H. NJ. Pierce, Lafayette
Caldwell, G. NJ. Pierce, JAS. II. Brigham,
James A. Morgan, E. L. Morehcad, Ed
win L. Jewell, r. j. Herring, j. A. Nor
wood.
Baton Rouge, January %, 1860.
Language would fail us, were we to
try to stigmatize, in adequate terms the
above gr0nunciGmento. The great Roman
~satirist has said "That no one attains
at a single bound the depths of mean,
ness.n This is true. For with all their
previous proclivities and aptitudes, it is
only now that the Opposition have
reached the abysmal nee plus ultra Of
political degradation. Rendered con-
by failure after failure Of their
unassisted ability to effect the ruin Of
the Democratic party in Louisiana, and
stung to madness by disappointed am
bition, they tender the above willy invi-
tation to our ancient enemies asking
their alliance in their unholy work of
des~ecrating the Temple, where once they
too worshipped.
To a true-hearted Democrat and dis
interested patriot, conduct like that Of
the leaders among the signers of the
above address, is loathsome But how
blind, too! Did they, could they believe
in giving it to the world, that it would
be regarded in any other light than as
the ~splenetic effusion Of disappointed
candidates, who thus prove their unwor-
thiness OF the place and power to which
they aspired?
To get the vote of Louisiana for Doug
las. at the Charleston Convention. il the
immediate object Of the Oppositionists.
Though knowing full we'll that the
Southern Democracy detest the name of
Douglas and his doctrines, and that he
stands not the slightest chance of South
ern support in the Convention, he is yet
their leader, being at the head of the
Opposition in the United States.
We must confess that we feel amazed
that this pestilent band Of disorganizers
have been SC long permitted to disturb
the harmony which, previous to their
portentous appearance, had existed SO
unbrokenly among the Democracy Of
Louisiana. Can anything be more alb
surd than that a body of men, leagued
together for the purpose of revolution
ling the party to which they only nom
inally belong, should SO long escape ig-
nominious expulsion! That they are
dangerous in the extreme, and succeed
sometimes in involving men of more
than ordinary political perspicacity into
participation oftheir jesuitical schemes,
is evidenced by an inspection Of the
names appended to this precious propo-
sal. We feel assured that many Of the
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