The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-10-24

, the manner in which tie present democratic Of
fee holders Of Louisiana, have squandered ane
nlsaPplied tie public property entrusted t
their care. 1t will be seen that, according Il
! the official reports. 1t cost the State of louisa
ma three hundred thousand dollars to sell tire
hundred andtsaenty thousand dollars acortA Of
tswamp land! OF course, the $500, 600 passed
+ into the pocbsts Of the state ofice-hoders vii
Mr.. sigur and other officials explain the whole
transaction fpr the public benefit? Will tho
anti American and Office holders organs tell tho
people what became of these three hundred
thousand dollars2 The hon. Chas. Gayarre in
his address 4. the people Of the State, alludine
to the gross frauds and cor'uptions that have
of late been Iierpetrated on the people ofLouis
lana, says;
"Such things cannot be, exclaims the pub
lie; "there may be slight devations from hon
esty but those misdemeanors are distorted By
the prejudice, OF magnified by the intempe-
rance Of party zeal, 81 by the ferceness of de-
feated opposition" Is it, in fact, to be believ-
/ ed that the sale of the swamp lands in the
State (donatfd TO louisiana, which il is said,
amount to $500 .00O, was attended with an ex-
pendture Of $500, eco or thereabous? Isl to
be believed, FLAT the last legislature appropri-
.ated a sum Of more than $50 600 for publica
tons, Of which many were useless, and which
were voted for, merely because they would
serve as a ptetext to pump the treasury dry?
Can the report be true, that although aaGprd>
ing to the declarations Of our best and
I spectacle pr5nters, the same amount O. u
might have Teen done for one-fourth Of the pro
posed remuneration, the legislature persisted in
gorging fayforite Louisiana Courier with this
surfeit oflib4ralty?" ,... y. ruz# z..5
Yet, aecor,liag to the official journals of the
last legislature, all these things are true; and
Mr.. Gayarre proves that all the money, but a
small moety! derived from the swamp lands
has been pocketed or squanderedb by the Office
holders and their favorites. Let the tax-pay-
ers ponder over this, and then tell us whether
these self-same democratic office holders are
worthy of being again entrusted with the pubs
lie property. =... ...
Mr.. Gayarfe has been for the last25 years
the most prominent and talented democrat to be
found among the ereoles of Louisiana. He,
was elected lily a democratic Legislature to re-
present this State in the Unitod State senate
in 1885, and was secretary of state under gov
ernors Isaac Johnson and Walker. Ofcourse,
he must be high authority with the democracy
AN ANTI AMERICAN NOMINEES OPINION ]
We have on previous occasions alluded to the S
political career Of the hon. Miles Taylor, the '
anti -Americar, nominee for congress in the ed i
district and have produced unimpeachabe ev o
dence of his uniform hostility to foreigners and p
laturased citizens. Below we give letter, r.
N the same subject, from judge J. NJ Elan, il
me of the eldest and most respectable citizens n
# Baton Rouge. and whose veracity, honor IL
nd integrity none can impeach: Y
"BAroz RoUGE SEPT %, 1855.--Hon c
Tiles Taylor:--Sir: As you are candidate for r.
ongress and your zeal and opposition to the :,
merican party much commended by the anti u
merican press, take the liberty of calling al
our attention 10 your views adversely express Il,
in a conversation held with myself and two g
her gentleman in this city. To refresh your q,
emory, it was Oh our way to attend court in =
e parish Of West Baton Rouge, whilst seated u
the corner Of Church and Water streets,
waiting the ferry boat from the opposite side D;
the river, in. April Of this year. 1855 W
"The subjec! Of the conversation was the cor :"
ptng influence Of the foreign vote, or the eff ~
TT resorted to- for obtaining the vote of the ca
reigners in the city of New Orleans. You tn
IS understool: by myself, and the gentlemen W
esent, to say, wthoat qualification, that if co
mething as.not done, and done speedily, to !.
rify the ballet box from the corrupting infu- I'll
&c Of the cote ::t foreigners, American liberty u
'ULD BE LOST; adding that nothing could save til
at this time, but the conservative vote given al
the rural districts. You further said, that -
twithstandin5 it was a sentiment opposed to ~ w
? avowed principles Of the democratic party Va
tn which you had acted, you vos free TO con- er
S. that Aanercua liberty wouzd be better preserv- "
By restricting tie electiue franchise TO THE W;
EEHoLDER; THAT none but the man who had :,
entitled himself with a community By an own 'sl
tap ofhe soil, sd0uzd be alloued to vote! One an
the gentlemt n present at that time was not &C
N, neltherls he now, q member of the Amer
n party, but he fully concurred with your
mons; SO did all present; and all concluded is
vt II you was not a member of the American tn
'ty, you was zone in sentiment, so far at least m.
IT concerns Tie vote Of foreigners. . -,
Il offer, sir, no apology for addressing you WI
S letter through the columns of the Crescent ST.
e crisis to which we are approaching is preg DO
ltwlth mighty results, and it is fitting that the at
er should know who he is voting for. | am, :,
II sir, your db't servant, j. n. ELAN" VIZ
The above MAY be taken as a fair expose of Ii
real PRINCIPLES Of Mr.. Taylor. ca
IS. R., !" wiring from Baton Rouge to the #
'ayune, saystthe political excitement waxeth fo,
!; both parties have full tickets in the field ~,
the wranglIng, betting and quarreling, if it an
reases as the; 9Th November approaches, will a
anything but agreeable to man of weak II
YES. The americans claim this parish, E. an
ton Rouge, Iby from 900 to 400 votes ma m,
ity, and the; antis allow them 25 to SO ma ~
ity. One thing is certain-Pond, for con ~
IS, and still;nan, for superintendent of edu- q,
ion, will receive between three and FIVE hun