The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-10-31

) Is THIS PRoscRIPTIoN?-.sFor the sake of
) mess ofpottage they know nothing democrats
have sold their principles, their party and thel
friends; and a service longer and more earnes
: than that which Jacob served for Rachel, vii
/ not purify their garments or satisfy the demo
| Gratis. ID. c. Glenn's (of Miss. letter.
The Pamela paper contains the following wei
2 meried criticism of the above sentence and it
S author. The editor (who is himself also de
: mocrat) says, 'now, we wish to know in TIL
: first place, whether democrat is a free man O
/ not? Whether he is amenable to the caprice
S of master, and that master an Office holder
l the first law officer Of the State, and placed
there by democrats? Was he placed there t.
serve them, or to rule them with whips and col
lars? Talk of prescription! What is Glenn
doing but prescribing democrats? Look at hi
words and see what you make of them. How
5 these Office holders lord it over the people,
: One would suppose they have only to give tht
5 '.imperial nod, and the democracy must trem
, bling, silently obey. Those democrats who
f without abandoning any tenet ofthe democrats
, faith, honestly believe that Americans ough
to rule America, that the great flow OF iorelg1
f tides and socialist communities to these shore:
is dangerous to our liberties and calculated tt
destroy the institutions of our native land, ane
intend as freemen owned by no man, to vote
for native Americans in preference to aliens
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: and worst of all, have sold their friends. And
SO black is the crime of these men, IN Glenn's
estimation, that, true to the habits and instinct Of
a prosecuting attorney, he indicts them, con
dennis them and sentences them, with heads
shaved and limbs manacled, to a term of seven
years confinement at hard labor in the political
prison. After service of seven years in pur-
gatory, sweat and slavery, you will be kicked
back into the party harness, and known as the
branded wing of it ever after. Then Mr.. G.,
will permit you to bow attendance around the
Office holders, to wait upon and obey the wire
workers, vote for the office seekers whom they
may please to put in northumberland, if you
are humble and obedient, may possibly now
and then, when no one else will do it, allow you
to make a stump speech. Say, if We be free,
have you not the same right to control Glenn's
opinions that he has to control yours? Make
him, and the other office holders and the office
seekers too show their authority, Meir right,
divine or human, and then show them the con-
stitution you made for yourselues, wherein you
placed your liberty above reach of such petty
tyrants. He has assaulted and insuted you
by affecting to treat you as inferiors--to as
sumo over youa mental dictatorship that no
man of spirit can or will submit to-" The last
heard of Mr.. Glenn, he was pacing up and
down the banks of Pearl river, cursing himself
for having been SO foolish as to publish such
stupid letter.
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We few weeks back stated that some de-
signing persons, with a view of deceiving the
unwary, had put report in circulation to the
effect that the hon. Charles Derbgny had been
stricken from the American ticket, and the hon
John Ray substituted as the candidate of that
party for governor. Below will be found let
ter from Mr.. Ray on the subject.
MONROE, La, Oct. 4, 1861. Latham esq:
Dear sir-1our favor of the 9th ult., has just
been received, informing me that ticket has
been published in your city for state officers
with my name for governor. This is the first
intimaton have bad of such a thing, and it is
entirely unauthorized by me, and utterly repu
dated. Under no circumstances would | at
present authorize the use of my name for that
or any other state office Hon. Charles Der
bigny is my choice for that office, for whom
will vote, and use every honorable effort to get
others to vote, at the November election. You
are hereby fully authorised to denonce this act
as contrary to my feelings as al honorable man.
No friend of mine, or of American principles,
could have thus acted. Don't hesitate, here
after, to denounce, as unauthorized, the use of
my name for any Office during the present can
vass, or as supporting any other candidates
than those already nominated by the American
party. | am pleased to say to you that the
present state ticket is entirely acceptable to the
party in this part of the State, and that our
friends are gaining ground daily. -. Respect
fully, yours, &c, JNo. Ray.
The st. Louis Republlcan says that several
of the Ohio and Indiana sag-nichts organs are
abusing the officers of the steamer Rainbow a !
packet in the Cincinnati and St. Louis trade
for carrying at all time the stars and stripes I'M
furled to the breeze. The sag NIGHTS hate ev
cry thing that is American, ard would trample |
our glorious flag under foot, it being in their
view an emblem of know nothingism. They
are no longer able to conceal their fierce dis
like of the meteor banner, under which our in
dependence was won-under which so many
by land and sea, have been achieved.
Aye, these anti-American organ grinders give
us to understand that the holy emblem, under
which every true hearted American patriot
would willingly die, is getting to be distasteful
to them. Now that our political opponents de-
nounce the carrying of the stars and stripes by
the boats upon American rivers as hurtful to
their sensitive feelings, we may expect thatthey
will make the adoption of a new flag to suit
their taste, in place of the dear old stars and
stripes, part of the next platform.
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The Marshall Republican says that, Mr.. D.
IT,. aa,s,-- hoe yrrittan 1attar to