The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-12-13

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scabbard, and seized me by the throat with one
hand, and with the other pressed close around
me, crushing me under him. | felt completely
overpowered, and lost all consciousness. The
first thing remember was col. Loring crying,
''You have stabbed me- then found the
sword in my hand apparently fast. Col. Lor-
ing commenced to fall, still having his right
hand around my body, so that in falling he al
most pulled me down with him. After he had
fallen, found the sword in my right hand,
bent in the shape ola crescent. Some one pres
ent said. "He is killed. exclaimed 'sGreat
God, J. hope not; hope he is not much hurt -
[ did not know what to do, but determined to
90 down stairs and tell them at the office what
had occurred, and ask them to send him imme-
diate aid. felt that could do nothing my
self, being completely overwhelmed with con,
fusion; and any GOODNESS I may have shown at
the time were not real for inwardly prayed
that be might be saved from death. ] do most
soiemnly swear, as if in the presence of my
Creator, that [ never bore any malice against
col. Loring, and did not intend to kill him
do net know when or how the stab was given,
and also fully believed that col. Loring IL
tended to do me grieyous bodily harm, and was
in actual fear Of my life What | did arosa
from the promptings of that universal instinct
Of animated nature, preservation, My con
science is free from guilt. and although doom
ed to suffer the penalty of the laws of man, /
feel thatin the eyes of Divine law am notguil
ty No one regrets more than myself the pain
full circumstances of his death, and there is no
sacrifice that would not make to restore him
to life and to his family
| The doctors manner during the narration
was solemn and impressive, and he has fully
convinced us of the truth of his statement. IL
is the most probable solution Of the catastrophe;
and we do not consider it less reliable because
| it was not proven on the trial either by the
witnesses for the prosecution or defense. Every
one who has had any opportunity for obserya
| ton well knows that witnesses seldom, if ever,
agree in their statements. They may be equal
ly honest, but in the excitement usually attend
| ing such tragedy, they are easily mistaken.
Besides, there are, unfortunately, many cir
cun1stances which can never be proven, as
part of the time there were no available wit.
nesses present.
Yesterdays Enquirer is particularly savage
upon general Cass. Informally excommunicates
him from the great democratic church. Ithas
no further use for Notwithstanding the
distinguished "squatter sovereignty" veteran
uttered in his late speech no more Objectionable
sentiments than he had repeatedly avowed be-
fore he became the Enquirer candidate for the
presidency. Upon bended knees, he had often.
before that time, fervently ''prayed for the abo-
lition of slavery everywhere.' And yet, this
constituted then no bar to the Enquirer's sup
port of him for the highest position in the land
The Enquirer thus speaks of this gray-hairod
and illusrlous democratic statesman:
"If his language be correctly given in the
report of his speech, he has severed the last
cord which bound him to the democracy of the
south. Henceforth he must rank with Benton
and Van Buren,, as one who has insulted our
feelings and betrayed our confidence. The
weak attempt to serve two masters, to reconcile
devotion to the constitution with submission TO
abolitonism-an attempt to which he was per
suaded by the suggestions of an und wing ambi
tion-has placed him with those iustrious
apostles, in the limbo of lost and dishonored
politicians"
inquiries of the freesoi convention, yielded his
ready assent to the platform of that party, which
required opposition to any more slave states
and to the admission of slavery into the terrific,
res, also, the abolition of slavery and the slave
trade in the district of Columbia In short, ho
approved in toto the Buffalo platform. He car
ried out his views in congress as far as he could
by voting against the fugitive slave law.
The same year the democratssbf the city Of
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candidate, as their candidate for mayor.
The election in Ohio of the hon. Salmon p.
Chase, freesoil democrat, by coalition of demo
Gratis and freesoilers, to the senate of the United
states, might also be referred to.
The election first of Robert Rantoul, ir, and
then of Charles Sumner, both freesoilers to the
senate of the United States, by coalition Of
democrats and freesoers, open and fagrant
presents two other cases to sustain the charge
The ''fact is notorious" that the democrats
for the last five years have fallen in with tbs
freesoilers and shared the spoils with them
whenever and wherever anything was to be
made by fusion. 1t was only last year that The
wings, by grand rally were able to defeat tho
coalitionists in Massachusetts,
These examples may suffice for to-day, as
we have no desire to revive dark memories to
the Union at this moment of gloom, when all
its philosophy will be required to bear the sad
tidings which the next month will bring upon
every breeze. No, we will forbear.
National Intelligence
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Sumner, the democratic u S. senator, from
Massachusetts, recently delivered a speech at
Worchester, in which he took occasion to utter
the following extraordinary language;
II is sometimes grave]y urged that, since tho
supreme court of the United States has affirmed
the constitutionality of the fugitive act, there
only remains to US in all places, whether in
public station or as private citizens, the duty Of
absolute submission. Now, without stopping
to consider the soundness of their judgmenJ,
affirming the constitutonaity of this act, let tmn
say that the constitution of the United Statcs,
as [ understand it, exacts no such passive obc-
dience. And, in taking the oath to sappory the
constitution, | have sworn to support it As
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