Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-11-03
GLANCr. sT THE PAST
THINGS TO BE REMEMBERED

n correspondent OF a capital little cam.
paign paper in st. Mary's parish, called @Th.
Union Bell" sends that paper and art;c,. ~.
der the caption What Remembe1.n Th...
incidents in the recent p%olitica! history Of Il.
times ought to be remembered by everyboa,
Bat. in these latter days, people DO rot a..
member a great many things they ouch.
We can always from more satisfactory ~,
c%Iusions In regard to our duty in the p,.,.,,
by referring to the recorded history o. fl.
past. These "remembrances." then. NAV !.
OF some service ii determining, or c%on6rnin,
or perhaps revising some political opinion,
and 70. this reason We give them public,.
ton
WHATI REnEMRRE-Messrs. Editor. H.
Bell: | remember that when MilIard Fiji
| more became President Of the United St,...
the North and South We're very bitter aoa;n..
each other.
Remember that Mr.. Fillmore settled son.
very difficult sectional questions to the sat-.
faction of both the Northern and Soptbs..
people.
| remember that the Baltimore N.,;o,.,
Democratic Convention Of 1852 passed th;.
resnlution-s' That the Democratic partv vii
resist all attempts at renewing, in Consr.s.
or out Of it. the agitation Of thu slavery ous.'
ton, under whatever shape OF color the ~
tenpts may be made"
remember that two years after this :,
1854 the Democratic party introduced int.
Congress the Kansas Nebraska bill - and
that this movement was at that time con.;,
dered by the opposition to tina. party, North
and South, as renewing the slavery agitation
in its worst form, not only in Congress Init
out of it.
remember that when that bill was iptn.
duced into Congress. the Democratic n,rtr
united and national.
remember that in the Northern election.
in 1854 and 1855, nearly every candidate "a,
Congress, who favored the Kansas Neb,ask,
bill, was defeated on that question alone. and
that Repubiicanism, from and after the mas
sage Of that bill became strong ard menac.
ing.
remember that Southern Democrats stood
up to, and voted for that bill to a man and
Southern " higs varied them that it would
ruin the South.
| remember tina: the Democratic marty
South Promised that the Kansas Nebraska
bill should settle the slavery question for.
ever and completely crush Northern fanati.
cism.
remember that the Cincinnati Platform in
1856 and until '5s. was claimed at the South
as a Southern triumph, that Southern dele.
gates agreed to give the North their candi.
date, and the Northern delegates in in return
agreed to give the South their fayorite plat.
form
] remember that the Southern Wings and
Know-Nothings called the Cincinnati Plat.
form"two faced bht the Southern Democrats
stoutIy denied the charge.
| remember that Republicanism had BE-
come so formidable In 1856 that Southern
Democrats made stirring appeals to Southern
Wings to help them elect Old Bnek-sbas
he was the only Rational csndidate'-the
only one that the South could rely upon, ~
that if we would aid in the nominee Of u
Cincinnati Convention the Democratic pse1
would crush out sectionalism and Reps1t
canism forever and give us a lasting nstioe3
peace.
| remember that up to the year 1853 VI
Douglas was esteemed by his own party,
North and South. and one Of the best lta.iou.
al Democrats in the Union, and particularly
true to the South.
| remember that the Administration Dem
ecTats began to find fault with the Cincinnati
Platform and quarrel with MIR. Douglas At
about the same time.
conclude from the above that Mr.. Buchsn-
an and his party have utterly failed to verify
their promises to quiet the slavery question
It give peace to the country to cement
and make stronger the Union.
That he and his friends
Broke up the Missouri C~ompromise-
Broke up the Wing party
Broke up the Know-Nottiug party
Broke mp the Democratic pa rty, and nov
bids fair to.
Break up the Union, and in theend to
Break down the peculiar institution md
the South.
They are breaking down party-tbel
never build up. The old Wings were peaee.
makers. and they built up the INTEREST
the land. The Union party are the sane y
these respects.