Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-09-01
THE DE MOOR AT,
P. A. ROY, Editor,

A Fusion ExPEcTED.-We have heard
1t whispered tor some time past, in the
by-ways and street corners of this CITY,
that the chiefs of the BcIIevertes and
Douglasites-the latter the rag-tag of
Democracy-wcre in frequent consulta-
ton, in their political consistories, upon
the terms of an alliance, offensive and
defensive. against the Democratic party
Of Louisiana. AS yet nothing official
has transpired of these maneuvers, and
our onl ly wonder is that so much dilly-
dallying should be induIged in when it
is well known that these two organiza-
tions are now linked together by one
common bond of union-the destruction
OF Democratic principles. Are they
ashamed to proclaim their intention?
Or has the suIlen Achilles again return
ed to his tent because he has failed to
obtain the promise of that prize which
he So long covets? Or is the work of
treachery and Iscariotism to be consum-
mated only at the eleventh hour?
A know-Nothiug. BeAeyerite cotem-
porary, deeply immersed, apparently,
into the secrets of Douglasism, very
candld!y admits ''that there exists a re-
ciprocal friendly feeling between the
adherents of Bell and Everett, and those
Of Douglas and Johnson" 1t says that
it is not difficult to understand the rea-
son. We suppose not. There is not Il
single Breckinrldge man, Or true South
erner, who has not guessed it long ago.
But what will our readers conceive to
be the cause assigned? Because Mey do
not threaten to dissolre tie Union IN CASE
OF THE ELECTION OF A BLACK REPUBLI-
CAN PRESIDENT. Does our cotemporary
speak CT cathedfa, Or does it merely enun-
clate its own Individual sentiments 2?
We appeal to every citizen of Louisiana,
to every sincere friend of our slavery
institution, if the open PRONUNCIATION of
the doctrine that the election of Black
Republican President will not justify a
dissolution Of the Union, be not one cal
culated to give "aid and comfort" to our
bitter enemies. We cannot conscien-
tiously believe that our cotemporarv,
allowing itself to be 50 far BETRAYED bv
its proverbial hatred to Democracy, does
really mean what is contained in it's as
sertion. We hope we will not be accused
of misrepresenting its language. 1t is
textualI y as follows:
"In the first place they (the Douglas
men and Be!leverett men) agree in de-
votion to the Union. They are openly,
avowedly and everywhere opposed to
lisunion IN ALL IT'S FORMS. North,
South, East and West, the Bell men and
Douglas men advocate the supremacy
of the Constitution and the perpetuity of
the Union. THEY DO NOT THREAT
EN- TO OVERTURN THE ONE, OR TO
DISMEMBER THE OTHER IN CASE
THE BLACK REPUBLICAN CANDI-
DATE SHOULD BE ELECTED"
This really caps the climax of the
great disunion bug bear, and if the
Douglasites do, as is averred above,
these sentiments, the Demo
,ratic family may well congratulate
themselves upon the happy riddance.
If this be the plan of the campaign
determined upon, we have no misgiv-
ngs of the result The fusion of every
clement advocating such heritical prin-
;iples is perfectly welcome. Our victo-
y will only be the more complete. Few
will side against us in such an issue.
True Southern men will come to our
support. Such men as Albert Pike, of
Arkansas, and Judge CulIum, of Louis
ana, who are leaving the rotten, sink
ne Opposition ship to follow the banner
# true Constitutional Democracy. IF
admission to Abolition rule be conserve
'tism, every Louisianian whose heart
'eats in unison with the South will spit
'pon such conservatism. Courier.