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

i In drawing contrast between the Amerl-
cans and the democracy, in bis pamphlet on the
/ Estate of Parties,'' the hon Chas. Gayarre-
one of the old democratic leaders of this State
says, 'sthe American party is the offspring Of
its reservations made under the sanctty Of sol
emn oaths, it answers all the necessities Of the
times. 1t processes, not to correct any evils
produced by democracy, but the abuses com
mitted by a pretended democratic party, (of
fce-holders, their tools and dependants.) On
the contrary, the pure Jefersonian doctrine is
the very breath of its platform. What is it in
the opposite party (anti-American) which com
mends itself to your support? 1t has SO little
to say in its own behalf, it so utterly defence
less, when arragned at the bar of public opin-
ion and when its misdeeds are rected in the
Indictment to which it has to answer, that it is
compelled to skulk in self-defence behind the
trophies gifts predecessors, which it claims as
legitimate inheritance. According to its new
doctrine, it seems that the dement's and sins of
the present generation are to be covered by the
merits and virtues of the past. The democrat
ic party is like the degenerate descendants of
illustrious men, who endeavor to divert public
attention from their own insigni6cancy by loud
and empty boasts of their ancestry. When it
is called to an account for the yagaries of the
Pierce administration, it tries to stihe the voice
of stern inquiry by singing peans in honor of
Jackson and Polk. This insignificant dwarf
when attacked, runs for shelter behind the
| tombs of his giant ancestors. Leave him, fell
low citizens in that fit place ofrefuge--the asy-
lum of putrefaction, and turn to Hyperion,
alighting from Olympus, radiant with light,
and smiling like the Aurora of regeneration
amidst the shades of corruption, sin and DEATH"
This good advice comes from the xsecretary
Of state-a democrat, who has grown grey in
the service of the party-and we particularly
commend its perusal at this time to the demo
crazy Of northern Louisiana. Being the pro-
ducton of a distinguished" democrat, it is, as
The following list comprises the nominations
made by the soft-shell Pierce anti-American
convention, recently assembled in New York
They are, every man of them, freesoilers.
/. Hatch, was Cass man in 1848, turned
soft next year, and ran as the anti Nebraska
candidate for congress in 1854.
g. Stetson, was a Van Buren, freesoiler in
1843, and is Pierce freesoer now.
3. Hawley, was a Cass man, turned barn
burner and freesoier in 1853. Last summer
he was an officer of an anli-Nebraska meeting
q. Jarvis, was an original Van Buren, free
soiler and is now grand sachem among the
ant-Amercan freesoilers.
s. Thurston, was Van Buren, frcesoiler in
l848, and is now Piefe and Marcy freesoiler.
6. Tilden, was a Van Buren, freesoiler in
848, is now Pierce freesoiler
7. Agan, original Van Buren, freesoiler, was
me of the scoundrels who rescued the fugitive (
lave Jerry, in 1850. He now edits a freesol :
Pierce journal. ,
And these men are the candidates nominated
y the Piercitcs Of the Empire State, and the
emocracy of the south is called upon snd ex-
ected to affiliate with and countenance them.
he administration has singular way of de-
its friendship for the slave states
The Crescent asks, twill the ant-Amercan
apers tell us how they like their associates?- {
Where is the nationality Of the selfnamed de-
,ocratic party, except upon the basis of free 7
oil Van Burenism?" And the Natchez Cou- /
er wants to know, chow did this party THE ,
ew York freesoilers get into power-who
roscribed and excluded from Office able and
ompetent men, to make roos for these enc :
lies of the south? 1t is notorious that it was {
lat very administration lately endorsed by the ;
convention at Jackson" And,
lso, approved by the ant-American conven-
on held at Baton Rouge.
1t was stated at meeting of the New \ ork
ommon council, lately, that there was not a
ollar in the treasury, that the department
ould not pay for its advertisements, and that
ut two newspapers would trust the corpora
ion. Half million of dollars had been divided
mong the political friends of the commissioner
f repairs and supplies in half year. The
mount collected by the police courts, under
he acts TO prevent intemperance, is $72l-a
cmarkably small sum. With all our faults,
he municipal affairs Of Shreveport have been
etter, more ably managed than those of New
Iork. We owe mparatively nothing, which
an be squared up at almost any time, and the
has good credit
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
From the time, says the Mobile Advertiser,
hat Willard Fillmore became president of the
United States to the day that his administra-
ion closed, he never appointed single aboli-
ionist, freesoiler, Or disunionists to office. The
was, agitation ceased, and at the
md of 1852 we heard no talk of disunioh or in
difference with the rights of the southern States.
Franklin Pierce came into Office an tho nth ofI