The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-06-27

! The democratic party, which, like the whis
had been struggling to preserve Its nationality
find itselfat the least overwhelmed by the sec
tonal issue, and utterly broken up by aboll
ton. There remains no common platform
upon which either the democratic or the whis
party can unite their northern or southern
wings. All hopes Of national organizations OF
the basis of either is shown to be hopeless By
the history of the north during the past year
[Charleston Mercury.
Here is a full acknowledge by southern
| democratic paper, and that too from the Charles
ton Mercury Of May 10Th. We see from this
article that the democratic party north has be
come thoroughly indoctrnated with abolition
ism according to our long known opinion. We
think them candid in this acknowledgment
The democratic party THAT is, if Pierce is its
head has scarcely an existence on its old
basis, for the common platform which they
once stood upon is entirely demolished, and the
northern democrats can no longer be relied
upon by the south. a."
We have also still further democratic evil
dence. 'The Union (the organ clearly re-
cognized by placing into its columns, without
comment, the following extract from a demo-
cratic paper OF The north:
"Ourprospects are now of the most cheering
character. The misrepresentation and false
hoods of our opponents in relation to the Kan
sas Nebraska law are fast being dspelled. The
people are beginning to detect the sophistry
which has been brought to bear against it. The
principle of the law is every day increasing in
popularity. tits now becoming more and more
evident to the public mind that it is rather anti
slavery than a pro-slavery law, that under it
the sons Of freedom and toll will establish free
institutions throughout the vast regions of the
west, not only where slavery was formerly pro-
hibited, but where it was permitted and sane
toned by an enactment of congress-
This is passing strange. While the demo
purity of the present administration, we find
an article copied into the leading journal of
that party setting forth aboitionism. While
this article fully maintains abolitionism in its
worst forms, we find no dissent from its tenor by
the Union, and, according to the opinion Of the
Union, the editor of apaperis responsible "for
all articles selected by himself from other jours
nails to sustain his own general views, unless he
formally dissents from them"
We now ask, what do our democratic friends
down south think of the soundness of their
party at the north? Will not the mountains of
abuse heaped upon the heads Of the wings in
years gone by fall equally as heavy upon the
southern democrats, for affiliating with their
northern allies? We see written in glazing let
ters, the death warrant of the old line demo
cratic party, and ere another presidential can
vass is over, their ruin will be complete, and
The great Jacksonian democracy, noble, chval
rous and daring-in the agones Of despair!
Alabama Journal
We extract the following from the Texas
State Gazette:
"SAN ANTONIO ZE1TUNG." -This freesoil or
ran has a column and quarter dedicated to !
he Gazette. 1t is the first, and we trust the
asst time, that we shall find this incendiary
print upon our table. In Louisiana, it would
;ome within the range of the statutes, which |
provide for imprisonment for life, or the inhic-
ION of the penalty of death upon any person
Who shall publish or distrbute' such works
lie intimates that all the Germans in Texas are
IS bitterly opposed to negro slavery as he is, t
nd he has the impudence to defy us ''to strike
It the root of the matter'-those are his very {
Fords-*unless we stop the immigration of e
iermans." 1t certainly becomes the Ger V
1ans to disavow this organ. This beautiful
nd lovely country. intended by its products of
btton, to be the home of millions of our south c
IN sons, and by its position and resources, j
apable of welding the sceptre of political and b
power in the south, is too precious l.
heritage to be despoiled at this time by aboIi-
onlsts, and that incendiary hand, too, to come f
nm, 70 VIII j. !
re rights of American citizens! =
We hope to see the law of Louisiana reen-
ted in Texas, and carried into execution e
How did this abolition press find its way into e
slaveholding State? Was it brought here, q
and is it now sustained by native n
orn Americans? Henderson Banner. 5
AMERICANS AT THE PARIS ExH1B1T1oN-
Dick Tinto'' writes to the New York Times ?
ON Paris, and gives the following as 6, speci- Y
en- of the treatment received by the Ameri- Il
ms from the directory in the distribution of Is
kets:
Out of the 1000 invitations issued, (of which IL
600 are known to have been given by prince CT
apoeon without any better reason than favo- 81
ism, the American minister received three! !,
e American legation four !! and the American e. e.
nsulate two!! These latter came SO late that p
e recipients were unable to use them. So the g
are of the American resident population in ID
ars was just zine tickets not enough by two M
: Mr.. Mason and his family, and the person ii
of the legation! Now though the part we 70 70
se In the exhibition is very slender one, yet VI VI
is ought not to be taken as the basis of calcu
ion for our portion of tickets. Our distance til
1ders this unjust. The usual method of M
cuation is to consider our numbers in Paris, u
the amount Of money we spend in support CO
; the shop keepers. This would nave given SC
some hundreds. However, there were more ye
IN nine Americans present, there were the Ia
rty commissioners, some twenty exhibitors, m,
'haps twenty persons invited through infu-
,e or acquaintanceship. and about forty who nv nv
d entered with season tckets-which may be 49,,
led promenade or standee tickets, for the Co
arers had no right to sit down. arr
The Memphis Eagle and Enquirer is out in pa
or of building railroad from St. Louis to COY co,
mphis, and gives the following plan, which sci
been ably discussed throne oh its columns ny