Daily Advocate [Baton Rouge, LA], October 15, 1860
Saturday last was a proud day for the Democracy of Pointe Coupee. In a beautiful grove of forest oaks, about one mile back of Pointe Coupee Postoffice, there was assembled such an array of beauty and chivalry, such a collection of honest yeomanry, and such a gathering of Southern manhood as probably never before got together on this old Democratic battle ground.
The stars and stripes floated gorgeously over the multitude from the tops of two giant oaks midway between which the flag was suspended. The names of Breckinridge and Lane were garlanded on the speakers stand with odorous evergreens, prepared by the hands of the lovely daughters of Pointe Coupee. A band of music and an iron-throated war-dog in the hands of the large delegation from West Feliciana lent their tones to the scene and added their voices to the wild enthusiasm. There were banners and badges, rosettes and ribbons, and other paraphernalia which go to make up a great political demonstration on a great occasion. On the right hand side of the speakers stand a gigantic stalk of old King Cotton reared its proud head; on the left a large sugar cane waved gracefully in the autumnal breeze and seemed to not approvingly on the efforts of those who were assembled together to consult as to the best means of protecting their native soil. These emblems of Southern power, of Southern prosperity, and, if need be, of Southern independence from the yoke of fanaticism, were peculiarly appropriate to the occasion. . . .