The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-08-30

for mparting a little vitality into poor faint al
diving democracy After demonstrating ho
the medicine works on lis own imagination, al
trying to console the sick man" BY thrown
bricks at the wings, the editor says:
GAS we have likene{ the great wing party
the grand army Of NAPOLEON, We can also hr
a parallel between the conduct of the editor
: the South Western andone gifts great general
When marshal Ney crossed the Bereslna, tt
r last man of the gallant lost that had dlsappea
ed so disastrous y, and socompetely before II
8 power of man and the dement's, he replied
!. general Dumas, when Questioned as to his con
rades and the fate of TIL grand army, Il al
: the grand army
! We thank our neighbsr for the compliment
The soldiers of the grand army devoted the
lives to promoting the hQor, glory and renow
of France, and, although they were unfortu
nate, they died, as patriF its love to die-as de
tenders ofthe eagles and tanners ofther countr
: against the combined assaults of domestic trai
tors and the monarchal espots Of all Europe
they died as patriots, defpding freedom agains
slavery. Whenever the whig party is called tt
its last account, it asks 10 greater glory thar
that it may die defending the liberty and thu
constitution of our coupry. AS to marsha
Ney, he earned from ftnd and foe the peer
less title of "the braves of the brave" and
when lead forth for execution, could fearlessly
say, Il have fought drained hundred bat
ties for my country; butpot one against it''-
We again thank the Der crat for its compli-
ment, and trust that whe its editor orders us
to be executed, he will dpense with all unne-
cessary tortures
We are sorry that we annot in return, pro-
mise our neighbor, at tllfast approaching ex-
tincton Gifts now expirig patient, even, "alas
nothing but memory!'' We pity it from our
heart, for Dave Martin, litor of the Louisiana
Democrat-the ablest al most influential de-
mocratc paper in the RI River country, aye,
in the entire State, emlaticalv informs his
readers that:
Louisiana democrac,is threatened with
curse-the doom of kne nothingism. x
The fate of Sodom and1omorrah when pro-
claimed by Omnipotencwas not more certain
than will be our fate evt in the emporium"
If the Lord should p,ish the democrats in
the same way he did aom and Gomorrah,
our neighbor will have hard time of it.
Cy,,a tLo IA ,.of,,I 10 IL,
dent an unqualified We over the works for
which appropriations we made in the river
and harbor bill, and decled clothing him with |
the monstrous privileged being sole Judge of
the proprety and expedncy of each separate
appropriation, and Of Spending any of the
public works at his peare, that functonary
has been afflicted witlthose constitutional
scruples by which demratc presidents are
not unfrequently seized. It is true, that the
bill in question passed by large majority each
house of congress, and reived the sanction and
vote Of considerable nnber of unwavering
democrats. These were en- whose democracy
never taught them that tire was grave dis
tlncton between the obalctions to the navi-
cation of a harbor cleateov the hand of Provi-
dence, and those produd by the interpositon
OF man. They were neducased in school
of transcendental demoacy like Mr.. Pierce, .
and consequently were nable to appreciate ,
that nice and delicate derence, in virtue of J
which that functionary. col sign the Cape Fear +
bill, but was constrained veto the river and =
harbor bill. The demoats of the west are, :
we apprehend behind tlr eastern brethren in u
the cloudy casuistry and rtaphysical subtleties n
Of the democratic creed They ought to know r
their ignorance by this tie, and should forth :
with undertake a severe urse of study com +
mencing with the catechis the Kentucky and ,
V1rgln1a resolutlons-andn GLIDING with gen. il
)ackson's veto Of the hvsvilIe road bill.
When they have compiled their course, they
will probably learn sometng more of demo c
cratic presidents, who areot from the AIissis- f
'ippi and Ohio, than they know. a
The telegraph tells us tit the house refused t
o hear the presidential vetead, leading to the 6
inference that the democre majority were in II
very unaccomodating al trucuent humor c
1t their disappointment. really believe the v
louse had no occasion fosurprise or anger; Il
md but for the substantiahjury to the coun-
ny occasional by the presin veto we could v
eJolce from the bottom of ur hearts at the re- S
ult. The democrats of Go, of Arkansas, of T
of Mississippi, Iissouri, Michigan "
nd Indiana, were all most eeply interested in a
he passage of the BILL a arge proportion of v
hem voted for its adoption. feeling toerably C
ertan that it would encouer the opposition p
the executive. Now, .ery one of these a
1odel members labored at t last election like W
pack horse, to carry the Ste which he rep fl
esents for Mr.. Pierce, and one of them were +
5norant that gentleman ha imbibed all the
octnne OF the most strai atlaced school of =,
emocracy' and would assuldly withhold his /
onsent from any measure tat infringed upon a
re strct-construction princoles by which his $
Official faith was characterized. Let these "
free thinkers, whcan boast of their II
5tachment to internal impr vements and de- s.
ocracy in the sane breath, go home to their \
'nstltuents ana tell them tint Franklin Pierce q
as vetoed the river and IRrbor bill. Their S
'nstltuents vii answer thalhe did exactly as u
very body expected him TODD, and that had {,
: acted otherwise h, would have belied his a
olitical education. Y |
The west and south do not lilo ,ros; d
entail vetoes of river and harbpr bills. Tbev >
ere hugely disgruntled V len Mr. FOX H rt a
'sed to sign one Of thes bills. They are X
lually displeased at similar step on the part II
Mr.. Pierce. We knowof but one v.r Of