The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1860-02-17
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Rieuyille. The differeat friends Of
aiesas. Paarcs and GRAY bare had =
beautiful MUS. On the 4th Instant, an
attassapt was made BY the Democracy
of sid parish TO hold mseting for
the purpose q nominating delegates 70.
the Baton Rouge Presidential ConFen-
ton t was q significant failure.
The friends Of GRAY we're as greedy as
starved hounds; disorgaHizng the
whols Convention; which adjourned
amid cOufuss0n and uproar. Grays
friends wanted to authorize him to
cast she entire vote Of the parish, at
| the State convention. To this the
friends Of PeaFee objected. Much IN
ceressloHiolls debating ers1ed /; which
ended in an adjournment until after
dinner, when The friends Of Pearce
Withdrew from The convention, calling
another to be held on the 18th inst
The Grayites organized after dinner, b.
ealing in Know Noth;Bgs etc, and
ausEleHized him to cast the yote Of thai
parish. The friends Of Pearce viii not
abide 5y The decision, as Gray lost the
nomination At frss, BY a vote CT TIVE,
and sben svea refused to let Pearce
share halves. or be nominated fairly. i
be should receive the majority. It
seems that the friends Of Gray did moi
desire to give Pearce al equal showing:
theg preferred rather to disorganize tbs
eonrsDtioD, which they succeed IN do
ling They hare totally SET st
Earisnee all honor apd principal for
| the mere sake Of acheiving parry
triamp. They hare shown that
lrigbt and justice has no quarters with
them. They put for.h the odious doe
Itrinas Of Douglas sgraiter Sovereignty
ism Is laugh them By their reckless and
Unreasonable leader WHO in his Yaalting
ambition 10 achieve distinction, has
trampled TO the dust ali true principles
Of statssuaen or q political leader.
Who IS Henry Gray : An old-line
Wbig from Mississippi; and now 4
lpoliti<;al renegade in the camps q
Democracy. 4 disoSganizer in tie full
Isensa Of the word as his late acts !.
Batcn Rouge, and theseof bis agents 81
BienEille will plainly show. He pub.
iiely said last winter at Baton Rouge
| that BE Honld defeat certain gentle.
imam from North Louisiana for the Il.
/ s Senatorship. or burst The democrats
lParty into thousand fragments. We
suppose hemeant If he had the power.
The viii was there, bat il would require
a host Of such tad-pole politicians s
Henry Gray TO make the effect. But
Eof such are the vire-woskiBgs Of the
trieksier and demagOgus. He was the
principal leader IN the late dieoroani.
zation affair AZ Baton Rouge, Of which
i daep laid plot for the destruction
Of the good harmony of the Democra
| cy Of Ibis State. Can The leaders d
such scheme call themselves demo
Gratis ! Can they eTen claim to Be any
thing more than wreckless and unsern,
puloua politicians, fit instruments fol
despotism and anarchy. A mere sci
Of seville wre.ches whose baseness d
heart betray their cunning desingz.
The daA hour is at hand. Treason
IS lurking around our very hearthstones
There are wolves in sleeps clothing
IN our midst, ready to makea prey o
the unganded at any time. The South
IS approaching the time when she
will need statesasens to guide the ship
| Of State; lei as know are our friends and
why are our our enemies. Tie follow.
ers Of Douglas are not our friends. Lei
Us search the good old ship of State
for there IS leak somewhere she
will need all her strength to brave the
cornnaing storm, and her crew should
be thas Of Soatheynsrs. Douglas i
not the man to be trusted with the des.
tiny of the South. Seward and Doug
las preach the same doctrine, only ID
different words. The first is open and