The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-05-09

y The Washington Sentinel is getting sever
!, upon the Pierce administration. In areveWo
# the state of affairs between the United State
Z and Cuba, it delivers the following thrust:
S The whole foreign policy of the adninistra
e ton is tame beyond endurance. By the unio
of exhausted diplomacy and inexhaustible du
:, pcity, it has attempted to strike down by it
own strategetc machinery our three most dis
: tnguished representatives abroad. JAS. Buch
J.; anan, John Y. Mason and Pierre Soule ar
. placed under the ban of administration displea
sure, for doing precisely what the administra
, ton instructed them to do; and yet their conf
: dental communications to the department wer,
: published to the world, to the infinite detrimen
of any future negotiations with Spain for the &C
! QUESTION of Cuba Peg E- --= ':
: The fidelity to their instructions was made
the cause of their attempted mmolation! We
say these things with regret-but we consider
that longer silence would be reprehensible.-
r When we see such trickery played upon three
, OF the most distinguished men in our party
men whom the country has honored with al
most every prominent position in their gift we
cannot suppress our indignation. For the past
few: days we have heard the mysterious hum OF
sonaethemg that was to be done, and at once, by
the admnistration-some awakening to the
true spirit ofits position and the position of the
country upon these subjects. It's to whet its
almost blunted purpose, that we have spoken
to-day. -
i No stronger evidence could be adduced of
the low estimation in which the people hold
the Pierce administration than the above AZ
ticle from the Washington Sentinel, the official
journal of the United States senate, and one of
the leading organs of the democratic party
The Sentinel honestly admits that t'the whole
foreign policy of the administration is tame be-
yond endurance, y and it mi ght with equal truth
have stated that the domestic ''policy of the ad
ADMINISTRATION" has been tame and imbecile ssbe-
yond endurance" for the American people
almost unanimously proclaimed the fact, in a
language not to be misunderstood, at the ballot
box, during the recent state elections; and
Louisiana will cheerfully endorse the verdict
in November next. .4
The Sentinel, while taking the administra-
ton to task for the tameness Of its foreign poll
cy, should have explained in what manner the /
presidents ambassadors to foreign countries
distinguished themselves, or when and in what !
manner they accomplished any measure that |
could in any way bcneftthe government they
had the honor to represent. Surely on no oc-
casion-not even in a solitary instance-have
they demonstrated either craftsmanship OF fit
ness for the exalted stations they occupied, and
their missions have proven even more s'tame''
and vacillating than the Pierce cabinet itself.
Instead of devoting their talents to the interests
of the United States, they passed their time in
kicking up petty quarrels about the cut of la
1y's gown, holding "congress' at Ostend to
deliberate on European affairs, in giving grand
ilnners to kossuth and the red republicans, and
n making themselves the laughing stock for
diplomatic circles.
Another Richmond is in the field for the
stcamshpman at that, and one,
therefore,, likely to tread on the toes of George
law. committee of the New jersey lecis- !
allure addressed few weeks ago a letter to
aptain Cornelius Vanderbilt, of steam-vacht
enown, naming him for president of the Uni
ed States, and calling upon him for an express
ion of his views upon national affairs The
aptain, or as he is styled by the old boatmen
N North river, commodore, replies in long
etter, in which he declares that he is not now,
nd never has been, in any degree, DESTROYS of l
olitcal or personal distinction, and that he is 1
O constituted that he cannot well appreciate L
he pleasures which allure those who make the l.
Of places Of political honor or dis
inction the object of their exertions; butrather
han have the Office of president goa begging
le is willing to accept it ''to accommodate his v
riends!' This is both patriotic and disinter a
sted. He is in favor of a change in the natu- +
alisation laws, SO that immigrants may have n
more time to acquire knowledge Of our insti- n
utions before being invested with citizenship,
nd is inclined to view with favor many of the 81
popular ''reforms" of the day. The 'scommo- G
ore'' must be George Laws evil genius He :.
uns line of steamshipsin opposition to Laws a
rom New York to Nicarag ua-then crosses the d
sthmus, and runs another line in opposition to 6
i'm between Panama and San Francisco; and "
ow intends to in opposition to Law for the II
Presidency. Verify, the commodore" is an n
pposlton man of the ''whole hog order. If n
ne steamship platform continues to expand tc
its present rapid rate, we will be forced in al
7lf-defence to spring mine on it, in the shape f.
Red River steamboat man, and by so 81
DING knock the wind out of the chaps who run d.
leir vessels on the sea. te
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Mr. Hall, the district attorney of The city of
ew York, to whom the subject had been re- q,
fred by mayor Wood and the board of alder ST
len, has given it as his opinion that the pro- d.
lbitory liquor law recently passed by the leg 81
lature is constitutional, and should therefore VI
e enforced The opinion of this officer, and a
'e disposition manifested by mayor Wood to sy