Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-10-03

fC W toIh kiN OoA ho'h 49,
porary of the West Baton Rouge Sugar
Planter has "gone and done t-s ocorn
and su6scsf5ed,n that be was devilish sor-
~, ect., according to form required now.
adavs to make a "lol cit" Old fellow
didn't your hand tremble, and your tongue
taste o title Bena5h," when you sub
scribed to, and swallowed the r---n !
--lbervtMe Soath.
No nothing Of the kind happened
Nor are we in the slightest degree sorry
for it. Every man 10 the State who val
ues his vote on this more than ordinary
occ ssion, should do all in bis power to
secure it. We feel above censure for SO
doing, because individual feelings should
sink when such large interests are at
stake. One or two votes have often de-
cided elections in this country, and may
do 80 again while we have the right to
vote. Opinions, we are aware, differ as
to the propriety Of signing what is called
the Reclamation but we would ask our
neighbor in all sincerity if this is . time
to stand upon trifes7 We are using all
means in our power to secure votes from
the opposition, and in the name OF com
mon sense and common patriotism why
should we not try to secure our own l.
From the closing of the war to the pres
ent time here has been too much holding
back from taking such obligations as the
dominant party have dictated to US
They have no right whatever to require
more from US than the simple oath of al
legiance to the United States Govern
ment, and there they should have stopped
Anything beyond that point was illegal
unjust and arbitrary.
Individually, we have taken five oath'
of allegiance and two amnesty oaths.--
If the first oath taken was wrong, it did
not improve the second, ard the second
in its turn, did not improve the third, ant
so on. Now, which of these oaths is the
right one, if either And on top OF these
oaths came the two amnesties. Which
of the two, if either, was the right one
To this day we lave never fully under
stood our position politically, socially OIL
otherwise, in citizenship, nor is the in
formation much improved by reading the
new State Registry Bill. Now, to get on.
of the dark, if possible, and to secure
civil rights, we did sign the Recantatlo,
with q hope of illuminating that dari
and indistinct point. We feel pretty
much In the condition of the man wh(
was taken before q magistrate upon the
charge of being drunk in the Streets
The fellow said in his defence : 9TH
policeman said / was drunk ; then b.
kicked me because / wasn't drunk the'
be kicked me because I was drunk thel
he kicked me because | wasn't drunk
then be kicked me because | was drunk
aow will your honor please tell me whett
err Pm drunk or not, for have been kick
ed about go much that | don't whethe
Pm drunk or sober 7"
IF every citizen, DISTINGUISHED for th
simple reason that he dislikes to ADM
that the rebellion was morally and poli'
Iicaily wrong, would value his vote as "
value ours, then there would non hol
back. These mistaken ideas of honor,
times, are very misebievous. If the Stat
Executive Committee of the Democrat
party could recommend the city officer
of New Orleans to sign the Recantatio
in order to secure their positions for tb
public good, why ought not private cit
|, zens, who have no offices TO fill, do a
much to secure their vote at the approach
f ing election? viii our contemporar
! answer this plain question?
naL Cotton picking still goes on brisi