Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-08-18
The Young Gen,leuaen.' Party.

IT appears to be a confirmed habit with the so
called National Democracy-we mean the iancey
Breckinridge concern-to apply harsh terms and cpl
| ,hets to any party that opposes them, and to nc
party are they as profuse in choice terms as to the
Constitutional Union party of BELLand EVERETT. We
have become so accustomed to this sort of abuse,
that we look for it as naturally as we do the rising
AID setting Of the sun. They seem to think such
language wonderfully eticac ious in advancing the
cause Of their candidates, and that they raise any
amount of fun when they wittily term the Bell and
I Everett party odd Gentlemen Fossils, > and such
Ike. The only inference to be drawn from such Ian
guage is. that they are bard driven to find capital To
eleotinneer upon, and think that by catering 10 the
vulgar mind they may arouse some sympathy IN Then
behalf. they are welcome TO ali such capital.
Tie Yancey-B reckinridge men almost unanimously
cn.orse the Administration ofJAMEs BUCHANAN &Co.
1t seems 70 be the guiding star in all their move
ments and since it has thought proper to endorse
the candidacy of JOHN G.. BRECKENRIDGE, they are
wonderfully in captures over it. 1t is q sort of You
tickle me and III tickle YOU game-they play into
each others hands. Since 1t has pleased the Yancey-
Breckenridge men to dub US "Old Gentlemen y let US
look a little into the acts of the Administration
WHICH, nc ouu Paib so 'iahaAi
| endorses and which, if possible, it is contemplated
to have a second edition of in the person of JOIN c..
BRECKENRIDGE, and his Yancey secession crew. If
BUCHANAN is to be held up as a glorious and shining
light ,s.for the guidance of the Young Gentlemens :"
party, they are welcome to him and al his efforts in
their behalf. While our readers are porting over Pc.
lsrical pa pers and documents in search of truth. it
would be as well to examine a little Of the record of
this champion of the 'loung G~entlemen's'' party
and lis Cabinet, and see how they stand before the
American people. since they were unfortunately eieya-
waited to the positions they have pro>tituted and dis
gracei. Mr. BUCHANAN and his Cabinet have o fear
tnl account to settle with the people, and they dread
the day of reckoning. Here, in a small compass, are
a few of their acts, at which the Yancey- Breckin-
~ridgei,es may well turn pale. To these charges re
chaltsn3s a denial:
~They have seen the flag Of the nation
again and again insuIted upon the high seas,
and the Insult passed by unavenged and un-
resented.
% They have seen the hardy pioneers of
the frontier murdered and their houses re-
Guced to ashes by bands of rowing Indians
ard marauding Mexicans, while the sword
which should have protected them was
sleeping in the scabbard, and the Secretary.
WHOSE rT1Y 1T WAS TO WATCH OVER THEM.
was devoting his attention TO the sale of
mules and negroes, NOT WITHOUT SUS-
PICION Of benefttiEg his private fortune by
the speculation. s.
UThey have seen a Secretary of the
Navy neglec:ing the great interests commit
ted to his supervision, making contracts. NOT
WITH AN EYE TO II PUBLIC GOOD. BUT TO
THE AMOUNT OF VOTES THE CONTRACTOR
COULD CONTROL, and fraudu!ent!y packing the
Navy Yards with vagabonds ard laafers TO
secure the illegal election of the plant in
struments Of the President.
TThey have seen a Secretary of State |
denying the right OF naturalized citizens to
protection abroad. and weekly shifting and
changing his position until he had fully earn
ed the contempt of those he first outraged.
and then stultified himself to conciiiate.
~They have seen an Attorney General
voluntarily become a mediator and amanuen-
sis in a vile bargain between public plumber
ers.
~-They have seen the President himself
descending from his station into the dirty
arena Of party strife; offering brides in per-
son, and e~xerting the whole power of his
Office TO CRUSH oUT A SENAToR WHO DARED
TO BE INDEPENDENTLY smother the voice f
a State, and to convert the representative ct
its sovereignty into the creature of its will. I
U-They have seen him assemble the
black-legs and shoulder hltters of New York
at the Presidential mansion for the purpose OF
patching up their dirty quarrels; and, more
info nous still, they have seen him. with
cowardly treachery, desert the creature he
had sent to Kansas, and give him up to public
Indignation for obeying his Instructions.
~They have seen the country brought
to the verge of a civil war upon a mere alb
stract question, which. be it decided one way
Or thefother, cannot affect its prospects. or adj
vance or retard a single material interest.
~They have seen Congress kept unor-
sanized for many weeks, and so disgraced BY
blackguardism that the name of America be-
a kissing and a reproach throughout the
civilized world.
~They have seen one officer after anoth-
er feloniously dipping his hands into the
Treasury, until honor and virtue in official
position have become obsolete words. and it
doubtful whether he is not respected who
steals most.
~They have seen the National House of
censure, by MORE THAS A
VOTE, JAMES BUCHANAN. the
President of the United States
For what? Let the Democratic press favoring the
fEesluent ans"er. II nOt, the investigations OF the
Committee will tell the story. Let the people
read.
If Mr.. BUCHANAN and his Cabinet are to be consid-
AS representatives OF the "Young Gentlelnen's |
then. in Gods name, give us no more of such
parties,
TIE BRECKENRIDGE MEN OF TEE NORTH FOR LINCOLN
The New York correspondent of the Boston Journal
that the Breckenridge men in New York CITY
would rather see Lincoln elected than Douglas.
OF course they would. remarks the Nashville Ban
ner- otherwise We should not boar pracL;rr;dro,. |