Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-02-16
OUR DUTY.

1t is somewhat singular that notwi,h.
standing there is no prospect .ior a" ef
f-ctual compromise with the Worth. me''
can be found in The South, still cliOging
to the phantom-C"ion Daily do We
meet old political friends still indulgine
in the hope that matters may yet be so ad.
iusted as 10 reconcile the South to he,
old position under the Federal Govern.
ment. Such hopes are worse than tie
canciful coinage Of sick mans brain -
With six States out of the Union-th the
seventh on the point Of following dis
satisfaction in the eigl,; remaining slave
States-a provisional government formed
with a President and Vice-President-
with all tire machinery Of a seperate con
f.deracy rea1y to launch into existance,
| vet the scales will not fall from their ewes
they will not, like many aboiitionists
Of the North, believe the South TO be in
earnest. The time for compromises or
safeguards in the Union is past. Nothing
ing hat the North can now say " do
will have anv effect upon the seeded
States. Their course is marked out, and
rigidIy will they adhere 70 It. Nothing
will ever bring them under the same gov
eminent again with the North. Thev
have set up house for themselves, and
will not be swerved from the path they
consider best adapted to their interests
10 accommodate those, who, while there
was a Union, determined to deprive the
South of her rights under a common
Constitution. If We are ever brought
together as a united conference.-the over
lures must come from the North-fom
those States willing to abide BY our Con-
stitu,ion and laws, and with every assn
rance Of fea'ty to them, before they are
permitted to place their stars on
our Southern flag. This course is man
ifest in the spirit and determination Of the
Southern people. Has not every effort
Of Cancellation or compromise on part Of
the South been disdainfully spurned by
the Abolition and Black Republican par
ties !? Why then will men raise opposi-
ton to the course pursued by the sece-
ded States, and still hug the delusive
phantom Of Hope to their bosoms, when
its substance has fled forever! 1t is wrong;
and savors much OF a spirit Of obstinacv
which a bring NJ good or satisfaction,
and must create in our midst an e element
of. mischief, subyersive Of the general
welfare.
We have all embarked in the same
ship. No matter how much we NAV be
dissatisfied with her commanders, her
equipments or the manner of her launch
ing, ue arc on board, and must take her
share Of storms and sunshine. Under
these circumstances 1t is our bounl-n
duty-a duty to ourselves and children,
to do the best we can in assisting the
navigation Of our, as yet, frai' ship
We are now in the midst Of storms, and
every true man is expected to give his aid
and comfort to the governing powers.
and not seek to distract them by an OPP
position worse than useless. If dissa,is-
fed with theacourse pursued by the maj
or;ty, yield like men beaten in a fair con
flict. 1t is pure republic4nism to yield
to the edict Of a majority especially when
opposing it would be Of no avail. Sink
or swim let u pull together.
A. STEWART & Co. This firm an