Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-02-11

OurspoxEN. The Vicksburg Wing is pour
ing q terrible fire of c~anister and grape lnto
J the hulk Of disunion. Take the following as
a specimen:
Whenever the fire-eaters precipitate a cri-
sis; whenever they dare to throw down the
mask and reveal their horrid designs. then
the un%corrup'ible and pure-minded patriots
of Mississippi, and indeed, Of crery State, not
even excepting South Carolina, will Prise in
!. the terrible majesty Of their rowt they
will break the letters of mere partyism, as
Hercules would sever the attenuated web o!
a spider. and annihiIate the unholy consplra-
cy by the thunder tones of their voice, as they
stand in long and glitterins lines beneath The
stars and stripes. proclAimins in the noble
words of the !" Father of his country" that
the Ur1oN is tie primary Object Of patriotic
dcsire.'
We admire candor in all things tor then
there is no misunderstanding or installing
the position Of these who indulge in that sell
dom used commodity. Now, if we are, by
that rule, permitted to Judge of the Wings
positi N, it is in favor Of the Union. come
what may. While we have ever been, and
are new a strong advocate of the Union, there
is one. perhaps triAing obstacle that will ma
terialIy interfere with that devotion to this
confederacy Of States, and that is, the rights
of the South. II We cannot secure unmoles
ted all rights and privileges we now and have
ever claimed under our common Cons'itu-
ton, the Union in itself is a farce. and :ye,
worse than fools to recognize any such bond
of brotherhood with the Northern States
There are too many Union men just now at
the North, to indnce us to believe that thew
are honest in their Union sentiments. No
doubt they are ardertly devoted to the Union,
but they wish to force us into their views and
measures while shrieking Union" When
these men come out openly and boldly and
declare their determination to let as alone
upon the subject of slavery, and show by
their votes that they will put no one in power
who will use that power to injure and annoy
us, then, and only then, can we look upon
their Union Sentiments with favor and Join
with them in endeavoring to uphold and
u WV NOtClIHViui 'HS pHfS. |
sees but one side of the picture.
% The New Orleans Be-, from whose
columns we have copied freely dur;n the re-
cent exciting contest for Speaker, gets off the
coolest :" thing'' imaginable. If the selection
of Speaker is a matter Of such small moment
as Our contemporary now would have 10 I'm.
derstand it to b., where was the Cecessity Of
making such a fuss about it. To the %poiut:
A SPEAKER AT LAsr.-Well. the lorg ago
ny IS over. and Pennington; Of New jersey,
has been elected Speaker. We presume he
must be classed as d Black Republican. since
he voted persistently for Sherman while the
latter was the candidate of that marty. but
here are two points in his favor-frst. he
was chosen as a Representative of the Peo-
pies party in New Jersey. which embraces
Line Wings and A = orleans, as well as
Black Republicans second, he did not en-.
eorse the Helper hook. We give Mr.. PEN
nInston the benefit of all the merit he can
claim from these p l!iatiEg circumstances-
We have no idea. however, that any p~aIticu.
ar agitation or disturbance will follow. A {
Speaker. let his principles be what they may. {
mas no power beyond the framing of commit.
:ees, and their reports. bills and resolutions I
ire mere 6rnfum 1ulnien. anti they are adop. !
ed by the House. We think both the Union S
nd the South will survive a Black Republi- c
an Speaker. The last House of Representa- '
ives had a presiding officer of the same kid. S
the country is not yet annihilated. I
Coon FOR TExAs.-Col. Armstrong has in t
reduced resolutions into the Texas Lesisla. !:
ure in opposition to tie scheme of a Southern d
Convention and a dissolution OF the Union, f
nd emphatically declining the overtures of =
Carolina 1t is thought the resolutions !,
will pass. 1t reads thus. n
3 Resolved, That this Legislature beholds a
n the proposed secession OF the Southern s.
States, or any one of them. from s
heir sister States-or in the dissolution OF our Il
lotious UnIon-no remedy for any alleged p
vIls-rea, or imiganry-but a great aggrava- Il
ION OF them all; and conte mplate that de Il
iorable event as the parent OF other calami. !,
les tor t'anscending in a magnitude and fatal Il
onsequences any now pending over US. S
And the 4th thus: v
3. Resolred, That, as far as devolves upon n
we will stand by. support and uphold the j,
'alon, against all attacks from without or a
;ithin, and against all ultraism, Hurrah for n
'exas n
A SECOND V1cE-PREs,pENT.-Tbe Wash. II
'gton Constitution says the unsuccessful eff II
'rt of the House Of Representatives to Or ia
anlze: has suggested to the minds of many 81
'e question whether some radical change in
'e mode of appointing the Speaker is not Ia
It ha, been suggested as a proper ri
'medy for the growing abuse of a failure to II
Eganize that the Constitution be so amended q ~
to create the Office of Second Vice P,csi- N