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

TIE NEXT PREsIDEsT.-The Boston Tele
graph, the leading abolition and freesoil organ
at the north, is greatly perplexed in regard K
the approaching presidential contest. and begins
to despair of electing an abolitonist or an anti
!, Nebraska man to the presidents chair, if The
election should happen to devolve on the house
: of representatives; as the constitution itsel
would defeat the fanatics. That document, af-
ter mentioning the contingency of a failure of a
choice by the electors says:
"The house of representatives shall choose
Immediately, by ballot the president; but in
choosing the president, the votes shall be taken
by States, the representatives from each State
having one vote; quorum for this purpose
shall consist of member or members from
two-thirds Of the States, and majority of all
the States shall be necessary for CHOICE
There are, says the Telegraph, thirty-o
States, sixteen being majority. There are
fifteen slave States, not one of which would vote
for an Nebraska man. In addition to these
fifteen slave States, California has chosen two
pro-slavery representatives, who would in all
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has a divided delegation, one anti-Nebraska
man and one Nebraska democrat. Her vote
would thus probably be lost. The other States,
fourteen in number, would vote for an anti-Ne-
braska man. So if the issue should be Nebras-
ka and anti-Nebraska, the vote would stand:
Observation-Disclosures, Missouri, California,
Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Del
aware, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, and
Kentucky .-16 States. 4
ANTI NEBRAsKA-Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Con-
necticut. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylva-
MIA, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, and
lllinois.-14 States.
DIvIDED-Iowa.-1 State.
'It will be SEEM" concludes the Telegraph, !
"that if the election goes to the house of repre-
sentatives the Shareholders will again triumph"
There can be no doubt Of that; but notwith-
standing the combined efforts of Pierce's free
soil office holders and of all the northern fana-
rights and secure the election of president
imbued with southern principles, without the
aid Of the house of representatives. The des-
y
TIMES of this country are not in the hands of
fanatics and office -holders. Abolitionists and
lemagogues may rant and foam as much as
hey please, for SO long as the south is true to
herself she has nothing to fear from external
enemies. {
DOWNFALL OF SANTA ANNA.-The steamship j,
)rizaba, at New Orleans, brings intelligence of 6
he overthrow of the dictator of Mexico, and -
is flight from the country. Santa Anna left !,
be capitol on the 9th August, at the head of !,
400 men, under the pretext of queing the re-
olution in the State of Vera Cruz. On arriv-
g at the fortress of Perote he threw off the
TASK and unveiled his real design. He issued ::
proclamation, abdicating his office and de- -
9stlng the government in the hands of Pavo-
Vega and Salas, and fastened on to Vera :,
rue, where he arrived on the 18th, and on the ",
'th sailed in the steam frigate Iturbide for
avana A portion of Santa Annals family ~ =,
rived at New Orleans on board the Orizaba. r
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ALABAMA.-We have now returns from all
e counties, except Walker, by which it would ~
pear that the anti-Americans have won :,
'rrus victory, if the result of the election can "
called victory at all. In the senate they at
We bare chance for a majority, and in the tn,
use they will lack two Or three of majority ter
er the wings and Americans, giving them the col
mber from Walker, which is more likely to ~, ",
American. With these lights before us we c;t,
agne senator Fitzpatrick will find it rather foil
I'd to get back to Washington. The Mobile car
bune calls attention to the fact that the re- reg
MS show that judge shortridge received t9I
out three thousand votes more than WIN In,
ms entire vote in the canvass of 1858. con
According to official statistics Illinois has in Az
ased in population and wealth with almost rev
'xampled rapldity. On the 18th April, 1918, sh,
i'll was passed by the house of representa- lol
IS of congress, almost unanimously, for the 81
MISSION of Illinois into the Union as new non
te. The new State contained thirty million the
es OF land, being one-ffth larger than Ohio in +
the population was 10000. In 1850 the tain
nber OF inhabitants was 846,O54 The first cu]t
ators were Jesse B. Thomas and Npian Ed o.. =
DIS; and the first representative was John and
Lean. Illinois has now nine representatives The
the present population exceeds one million. sam
= ~O~O~~U--~~~-C~--@~ $1,000
We copy the following from the New York pub
les, and would recommend it to the particu- and
attention of those indefatigable pbilanthro- and
S who devote so much of their attention to cry
rowing the morals and condition of the peo- r
of Europe, Asia and Africa: that
1t is said thattbere are over three thousand ters
sons IN New York city whose only lodging th;s
G is the doorstep, the coal-box, or the WIS
'hes IN the public squares mas
here are the missionaries? mon
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y official returns it appears that, from the rotl
| November, 1854, to the Goth April, 1856. e.,
persons left England for Utah, proselytes we !
e doctrines Of the latter day saints (mor- al1o,
s. fthe Salt lake country. Onthe author
f their statements, it is said that there are ..
1000 persons in England only waiting for Oh "