Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-02-25
[From the Baton Rouge Advocate.
Letter from DR.. Tarlton.
BATON RoUGE. Feb. 1S If

article headed "A new Daniel and REFER
ing to myself. The writer considers me
as having made an Incidental attack
On the True Delta. If the adage be true
and SO recognized by this paper-tha1
the greater the truth the greater the Ii.
bel, 'sthenI plead guilty to the charge
AS only stated that he led on the add
vocacy of the Douglas doctrines, | pre-.
sumo that, if | lad 'adumbrated' other.
wise, | should have given mortal offense
to this magnanimous sheet.
The writer says he has little general,
and no personal acquaintance with me,
but that | was commended to that jour
nal as testy and violent in my political
Organization, and holding in peculiar
adherence what is known in Louisiana
as Slidellism., Now, l declare most
emphatically, that | deny having stated
to any man that | was either a otlaelf
OF an anti-slidell supporter; on the con-
,rary / distinctly stated in M rsooi
as | can prove by an hundred witnesses
if necessary, that liepersonal difference.
between Mr.. Taylor and Mr.. Slidell en-
tirely ignored, as having nothing what
cverto do with my support of Mr.. lay
lor-that it was a matter exclusively
private between them, and not weigh a
feather with me, in influencing my sup
port Of Mr.. Taylor,
l. askedno one to Commend me to
this chivalric andexalted sheet, as I was
not aware till now that | needed its
commendation. suppose must now
mourn in sack cloth and ashes because
| did not get its Seommendation'-for if
l had receive it, and kept silent, I should
now be in the position of Mr.. Taylor,
and while like him and the True Delta,
'unconquerably opposed to Mr.. Doug
lass views, | should have been lauded
to the skies for the consistency of sus-
tanning a man forthe Presidency whose
views / never could concur in. Now |
say that any 'co~mmendation ofsme to
this sheet, BY any one, was gratuitous
and gratnitously false, for assure this
distinguished and liberal concern, If this
commentator, whoever he may be, for
I lave now no recollection of any hint
to me to this effect, had 'adumbrated
his friendly intent to me, Ishould most
PROFESSIONALLY have put my veto on
it.
And whileson tlisssubject, (takingmy
cue from the True Delta's distinguished
and disinterested patriot who has no
concealments,'9 + will also adumbrate
that, as humble as I am, have hike
wise no concealments, and will, there
fore, say publicly that / have not, nor
will I pledge myselfto support Mr.. Sill
dell or any ether man for United States
Senator; but will wait till the time ar
riyes, and then determine for myself who
/ think is the most suitable man for this
important post. The opinions of public
men change too often, or they find them
selves mistaken (uide Mr.. Taylor to
induce me to commit myself to any man.
Mr.. Slidell whose name is unnecessarily
thrust in here I suppose for another fit
opportunity to continue it's abuse Of that
gentleman may be my mansat the pro-
per time; but | am not Mr.. Slidelps man
nor any other mans man-and most
certainly not the True Deltas man.
Now, in regard to my .~testiness and
violence | will say that | am owe fifty
years old, and to this moment | have
never been hauled up before a Court on
a charge of assault and battery, man
slaughter, or other violence, 0 Of pok-
ing my thumb into any ones eye, unless
! have inadvertently poked it into the
True Delta,s-Which an Irisllman So
much abhors-and / 'adumbrate' that II
never shall, so long as / preserve as I
hope i ever shall preserve) my equa-
nimity.
The quack sentence-monger of the
True Delta speaks of his long familiari-
ty with the peculiarities of violent men,
I think he has had much Of that sort of
experience-enough, at least, to con-
vince him that honest men seorn deceit
and spurn traitors.
take it for granted that Col. Bragg
and the Hon. j. G. Olivier, ofSt. Mary,
Whose admirable letter to me on this
subject is given herewith, and com
mended' to the notice of the editor of
the True Delta are also violent and tes-
ty gentlemen, and also new Daniels
anu ~uoupbiesS there Will De many more
very 500 known who will be equally
entitled to rank with me in this EDITORS
estimation. Both the above named gen
t!emen are equally responsible with me
for the nomination Of Miles Taylor.
| must note one Of the many curious
statements made in the course of the
New Daniel article: Upon the great
question IF the day, our readers are well
aware, Mr.. Taylor and the conductors
of this journal were aad are at ISSUE
This is not true. There has been no
time within the past Eve years when
the True Delta has statel. an opinion
held by Miles Taylor, and taken Issue
with such opinion. There is no record
in the course of all its verbose and mud