, 1854-08-26

must ana ShdH be PTeSerred.1 The South
have never made a requisition, Of anything
new under the constitution, from the feder-
al goyernment-nothing but all expressed
desire to be guaranteed in their state SOW
ereignty, and protected in their clear and
unquestonNble rights under that instru-
mcnt. All who oppose, then, those just
demands, we can but look upon as traitors
to the solemn cOmpact-as disloyal to the
principles upon which the confederacy was
entered into
Out Of t,ceirs elected Presidents of the
United States, the federal party, wearing
all shapes, and bearing many names" have
elected four, but no one following upon the
heels of his predecessor. The Odium and
corruptneSs, the tyranny and injustice cersought
to be inflicted on a free people during the
existauce Of each administration elected by
the old federal party and their descendants,
have driven them from power after their
first four years service Thomas Jefferson
was instrumental in the purchase Of Louis
ianna, which gave our country an outlet to
the Gulf of Mexico, and near that now
great commercial city of New Orleans sit
uated in that State, being the closing bat
tie ground under the Madison adminstra-
ton, Of our second struggle for liberty and
independence, with an army under the COM
mand Of Gen. Jackson, who subsequently
succeeded to the presidency.
Under the Monroe administration, the
Floridas were acquired-under Polk's ad-
ministration our own territory was acknOwl-
edged to be American, and New Mexico
and California added to our limits, and now
under the administration of Gen. Pierce,
the gates of Japan have been thrown open
"a sealed nation for centuries-and o new
slice of Mexico acquired, and the integrity
of the Constitution and Union firmly main
tanned.
But we will at present, dwell no longer
on the subject, and close by giving an ex-
tract from letter of Mr.. Bush, Editor Of
the Oregon Statesman, dated from Wash
ington City, and published in recent issue
of that paper, showing the tendency Of the
doctrines advocated by the opposition of oil
parties:
"The whig party, as q national party, Is
formally declared to be dissolved, by all
their leaders and journals in the north and
their sole mission is now proclpimed to be
to wage exterminating war against the in
stitution Of the south. And an alliance is
everywhere proposed, and urged by them,
with the Abolition forces, that the whig
party has ceased to exist south Of MasOn's
and Dixon's line, is fact not denied in
either section, and no intelligent man talks
about their being able to carry a single
slave State in any national contest, Indeed
it is not considered that there will be ma
tional whig candidate, but simply north
ern one to represent the woolly-hO0d fanat-
icism Of the day, and Git Is expected, and
think, reasonably take the votes Of the
disciples of niggerism of every shade.
$50 far have these insane zealots carried
their hate and rage, that systematic effort
was made to have the New England towns
and cities refuse to celebrate the coming
4th of July, and instead cause the bells to
be tolled all day. And the authorities OF
the City Of Providence actually voted not
to celebrate, and made an appropriation for
tolling the bells. But they mistook the
tone Of public sentiment, which so loudly
rebuked this attempt to desecrate freedoms
anniversary, that they were compelled to
rescind the obnoxious vote, and appropriate
$4,000 for proper observance OF the day.
"a secret organization Of native Ameri-
cans have recently sprang up, calling them
selves Know Nothings,' whose object is
the exclusion Of oil foreigners from Office,
and the denial to them Of the elective fran
chise. They act in concert with the wings
and have thus enabled them to carry Phil
adelphia, and some other cities. Like the
former native American party, il viii fou-
rish its brief hour, and sink beneath the
contempt and scorn Of the liberakminded
and just. The only good it will accomplish,
will be to make plain the alien and sedition
sympathies Of 1854 abolition whiggery, and
publish the identity Of that party with old
Hartford convention federalism. This re-
suit will in part compensate for the mischief
they will cause. So, as we can't help it, let
this last native American dog, 1.-THE mean
est and most de4dcable Of all curs) have
its day"
BRIDGE OVER SHOOKUM CHuCK.-The con-
tract for the building Of bridge across