The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-09-27
)UlSlANA WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1854.

FUGIrIvE SLAVE LAw-The abolitieaists ant
treesolers are taking active steps for the repea
I OF that part of the compromise measures whicl
provides for the rendition of fugisives from ser
, vice. A bill has passed the legislature of Con
nectlcut which directly annuls this wholesom,
measure. It is said that this course is now beins
: pursued as retaliatory act against the passag,
of the territorial bills, which gives the right Q
entrance to persons and property from all anc
every section Of the country into the territories
of Nebraska and Kansas, without regard ot(
the former restrictive line of SO deg. 80 min.
or any other line of latitude. 1t is outrageou.
to witness the course of American citizens, who
ought from the very nature of our republican
Institutions, to, be the conservators of public
tranquility, instigating resstance>to the laws o
the land. The people of the south have had
some experience, and have learned whole
some lesson, from the turmoil and excitement
produced by the secessionists of 1851, when
the value of the Union was calculated as very
ordinary transaction; andsthey are determined
to set their faces like flint against any efforts to
renew dissension throughout the country This
is no! a season, above all others, for demagogues,
those man of principle in proportion to their in
exciting ill-wil between citizens of common
country. Our mission is for nobler purpose.
The United States now stand as the beacon
light to the nations,-the great cxempar of
| the principles of peace and elf-geyernment
Her widely extended arms receive in haternal
embrace the oppressed and down-trodden of
the old world who flee from the conscription
and the battle fields of Europe.
The newspaper press of the country we are
sorry to say, are obnoxious to the charge of
keeping up an unnecessary excitement among
the masses, north and south. A written con-
stitntion points out to all their duties and privi-
leges as American citizens; but the press, which
ought to be the conseryator of public peace, in
too many instances wie}ds its power for evil.
If a Wendall Phillips Or Theodore Parker,
from the oyerhowing Of a vicious and corrupt
heart blaspheme their God and the institutions
op their Country, the qQasi secession press bla-
IONS foytl0 their vileness as an illustration Of
universal northernE sentiment On the other
nand, should a scltherner seek to reclaim his
property, which is guaranteed to him by the
constitution, the abolition press opens its flood
gates of revilement, with such dcnuncations as
too are indecent To enumerate, to arouse the
evil passions of the needless and the ignorant.
Such presses are not tie opponents of public
oplnlon either north or south, and in our iudg-,
ment ought not to be coul45enanced OF even tole-
rated. Are the people to be foreverakept in a
state of excitement by mere puppets behind the
scenes who, it may be, by accident, obtain
contro9of aprinting press? Such men are OBJ
Jllvlous to the golden rule to live soberly, deal
justly, and act honorab]y by all men. They
are bent on mischief, and are always ready to
labor diligently oproduce alienation and heart
burgings in the community, provided they may
thereby accomplish temporary triumph of fac
ton. We are convinced, then, that we are
right, when we assert that the press as at pre-
sent conducted is not the exponent of public
opinion. The press in Mississippi, with few
solitary exceptions, and in South Carolina with
but one exception, was running wild to seeede
from the Union in 1851; and if one were to
Judge by its tone on that question, he would
say that the sovereign people we're ripe for the
experiment. But when the ballot box spoke, it
was found, as far as the press was concerned
that the truth was not in it. So will it be in
regard to the mock heroics now enunciated bv
tbs abolition press of the north. The people
remember Yorktown and Saratoga, Paoli, Bran-
dywine and Bunker Hill, and they will not suffer
their blood bought Inheritance to be flched
from them by a slandcrous and subsidized
press Mississippian.
lMPoRf ANT D1scovERY.-The Gazette Heb
Sdomadaire de Medicine ct de Chirurgerie gives |
an account of some experiments equally i'm
portant IN practical in a theoretical point of
view, and from which it results that air passed !
through h cotton no longer produces either fer
mentatlon or putrefaction. The journal de-
scrlbes as follows the plan of proceeding of
two Gernan savants, who have made these ex-
perlments. The apparatus made use of is sim
ply composed of a glass globe, hermetcally
closed by a cork covered with wax, and provi-
ded with two tubes, one of which is in commu-
ncation with one of the extremities of the fl +:
terer, which is itself terminated by small tube
at right angles. Theosecond tube serves as an
asplrator, it goes down almost to the bottom of
he globe, and communicates hermelically with
| gasometer. The globe contains the fermen@-
able substance.
When it has been ascertained that the Joints
IRE perfectly closed, ethe globe is placed in
'essel containing boiling water, where it is kept
Until the different tubes of communication have
become hot, after which second examination
w '"''' eIel paw Iclldluo ueI
netlcaAy closed, and then the cock of the as
orator is placed in such manner that the water
uns drop by drop. A first experiment was
made on muscular meat, with water added and +
order to make proper comparison, there |
vas placed near the apparatus second globe, f
the same kind of meat, and eommu-
lcating freely with the atmospheric air. At {
he end of a fortnight the matter contained in ,
ne secondogobe was in a complete state of pu- {
'efacton, whilst that in the globe which only !
ecelved the filtered air was not at all changed . :
nd when, at the end of twenty three days, the !
pparatus was opened, the meat was just as it y
as on the first day. From those experiments, q
results that meae recently boiled, and fresh
roth, may be kept thus good for several weeks. h
A CoSFEss1oN.-The annexed paragraph, y
lille it does honor to the candor of the writer, :,
oeaks volumes on the political injustice and +
ubllc mischiefs which party zealots and party T
srvility are capable of inAicting on the best Il
len and best interests of the State. s.Truth :.
said gen. Jackson) is mighty and will pre- u !,
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