The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-06-13

democratic authority for our assertions that the
Pierce administration is unfriendly. 70 the south,
and that It's afinities and synlpathies are with
/ the abolitionistsa freesoilers.
t Tie Louisiana Statesman, the official organ
! Of the democracy Of the fourth district of New
Orleans and Of the parish Of Jefferson, says
post-ofice .robberies, BY postmasters, are be
coming 50 common that it will doubtless be ne
I-eessary to assigna separate department for the
particular use Of these latter gentry at state
boarding house, Baton. Rouge. Independent
! of any insinuations about our immediate vieini
! ty, New Orleans, not less than three case;
have been reported during the prese4t week
as having occurred in other States. Talk abon
the thefts perpetrated by officials during the
administration of Martin Van Buren, Why,
they were decent and genteel transactions in
comparison with those of the modern petty Pill
ferers. Martins rogues almost made theft re-
spectacle. They stole money by the million
But these modern rascals sell their souls AID
regulations for the pitiful sum ola few hundred
dollars-or a few dimes, for aught any one
knows to the contrary. The appointments of
the former contributed in no small degree to
damn his administration; and ifthose OF presi-
dent Pierce don't work On their author the
same effect, why present appearances are
shamefully deceptive. That's all.
The above is very candid, and, coming as
it does from paper that did as much if not
more than any other in the State to secure the
election OF Pierce, shows how much that func-
tionary has fallen in thesestimation Of his own
partisans. We daily hear windy Tauntings OF
the mighty 'progressiveBess' OF the age, and
surely in nothing has it been more fully demon
strated, than in the progress made by Office
holders from the days ofEan Buren, to those of
Pierce. During the former, ofice-holders were
celebrated for being defaulters to the general
government for hundreds Of thousands Of dol
lars; while those of Pieree's administration
have descended so Low in the scale of honesty
that they embezzle letters containing a few dol
lars. Some check must be put teall such fan
cy speculations.
The Sag NIGHTS" a secret democratic or
der, organised BIZ the Germans in Ohio, has
spread with wonderful rapidly. 1t is the an
agonist Of know nothingism, and is intended to
7ote for none but foreigners, or those who are
n favor Of equally dividing the offices between
he foreigners and natives; they oppose all laws
estricting the sale of liquors, and are pledged
0 repeal all acts in regard to the sabbath. In |
ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Mis-
ourE there are many thousand members and
numerous lodges. The order has oaths of IN
sual solemnlty, passwords, signs and grips, /
nd the members are divided into squads Of
n, each with commander, who is RESPONSE
lie Tor their appearance whenever their ser
ices are required at the polls. Each member
pledged to use every exertion to find out for
gners and to get them naturalised, and paws
monthly due for the purpose of creating
md to aid Europeans to emigrate to America.
he 'azhnell-Post' says that the society will
'celve not less than twenty thousand new xe
5ults from the German states during the year
855, and that it now rules as it pIeases the
amocrats in the western states.
A Washington letter writer is lettine out the
crets of the kitchen cabinet. He says that Fl
e plan of Guthrie, Francis F. Blair, lex pro-
ietor of the Washington Globe and leader of
the freesoilers, and the Van Buren, demo
acy, is TO bring out general VIM. O. Butler,
kentucky, for the presidency. They have
zen coquettlng with general Houston, merely
cover and conceal their real designs in rela-
IN to Butler. These men have considerable .
ntrol over president Pierce, and hence have
I'd Montgomery Blair, one Of the young chiefs
the 1reesol wing, appointed solicitor to the :
W court of claims, which office should have 7
en occupied by a man having at least some
tie standing at the bar for legal talent and ca
city. He lives opposite the white house, and !
tween himself and his father they manage to .
lde into the presidents house at all times, so +
to seeure places, and carry out the objects of t
e clique for the future. The court of claims /
s not yet organised, and the writer thinks .
at it may be fairly presumed that the next h
ngress will abolish it.
The Paulding Clarion gives the following as .
G ticket agreed upon By the know nothngs T
in their recent convention: For F
vernon, general Fontaine, of Pontotoc; secre- a
y Of state, A. G. Horn, of Clarke, auditor of -.
bile accounts, F. L. Swan, of Kinds; state u
asurer, colonel H. Stith, OF Marshall; Judge t.
the high court Of errors and appeals, c. P. 0
nth, Of Wilkinson; clerk Of superior court of
ancery, J. G. Carpenter, of Kinds The Cha y
n says that with regard to old party afilia- II
MS the nominees stand: governor, statesright r
nocrat; auditor, judge of high court and I
rk Of chancery, union democrats; secretary o
state and treasurer, wings. 1t also gives the g.
lowing as the reported know nothing nom- q
s.