The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-07-04

The KNOW Nothing PLATFoRM.-The knos
nothing national convention, recently assembled
at Philadelphia, adopted national platform
for the party. It's discussion called forth mucl
angry feeling, and resulted in the withdraw
of the abolitonsts and freesoilers from the par
ty The following is the position taken in tn
platform on the subject of slavery:
Resolved, That the American party, having
risen on the ruins, and in despite of the oppo
sition of the wing and democratic parties, the,
cannot be held in any manner responsible to
the obnoxious acts or violated pledges OF elthe
of them.
Resolved. That the systematic agitation o
the slavery question by those parties has ele
evated sectional hostility into positive eIe
ment of political power, and brought our instlu
tons into peril. 1t has therefore become thu
imperative duty of the American party to IN
terpose, for the pupose of giving peace to thu
country and to perpetuate the Union. -.
Resolved, That as experience has shown tina
it is impossible to reconcile opinions so extreme
as those which separate the disputants, and az
there can be no dishonor in submitting to the
laws, the national council has deemed the bes
guarantee for common justice and future peace
to abide by and maintain the existing laws up
on the subject of slavery, as final conclusion
and settlement of that subject in spirit and In
substance.
Resolved, That regarding it as the highest
duty to avow these opinions upon subject SO
important, in distinct and Woodworking terms,
it is hereby declared as the sense OF this coun-
Gil, that congress possesses no power under the
constitution to legislate upon the subject OF
slavery in the States, or to exclude any State
from admission into the Union because its con-
stituion does or does not recognize the lnstltu-
ton as part of the social system; and express
ly pretermitting any expression OF opinion upon
the power of congress to establish or to pro-
hibit slavery in any territory it is the sense OF
this council that congress ought not to leglslate
on the subject of slavery as it exists in the Dis
trict of Columbia, and that an interference Of
congress with slavery as it exists in said dis
trict, would be violation of the spirit and in
tention of the compact by which Mary land &C.
ded it to the United States, as breach of ma =
tonal faith.
The Pennsylvania estate council of know
nothngs," on the 9th ult, endorsed the plat
form, as given forth by the national convention,
and declared any interference on the part of
congress with the subject of slavery as uncon
sttutional. We hope the Pierce organs will
now cease charging the know nothings with
being abolitionists and freesoiers.
An address has been issued to the wings of
he State of New York, by the chairman of the
whig general convention, calling for a recon-
5truction Of the New York wing party upon the
principles known and promulgated as whig prin~
'iples from 1886 to 1852, and in opposition to
he fusion" Of wings and democrats The ad
lress says of the princi pies Of the wing party:
They are Americans now, as they ever have
'een for home labor in preference to foreign
abor, for home meninstead of foreign men-or
n the more expressive words of our old, but
ow, alas! buried vhig leaders-for our coun-
ry, our whole country and nothing but our
ountry. Knowing no south, no north, no east,
o west, but embracing in one fraternity the |.
'hole American people. We invite all wings
'ho think with us toact with us, and through |
ONE known wing friends, to respond, in county
rganlsation, by correspondence with our secre
aries We mean to rescue the wing name and |
he wing flag from any coalition with fusion
I 'punder,' rather. And if the wing party
aust perish, we mean to see it perish in the field
nth honor, with all its armor on, and in no sin
,taJ md rrt bro that hall InI1
ALABAMA PLATFoRM.-The Montgomery
Mail, of the 18th ultimo, gives the
blowing as the platform of the American par
Of that State, as it passed the council recent
: held at that place:
!. Native Americans for office.
2. Amendment of the naturalization laws.
3. Opposition to the immigration of paupers
nd criminals.
4. Opposition to the exercise of political suf-
age by foreigners within any territory prior
their naturalization.
5. Protection to all persons Gin the inest
liable privilege of worshipping God in the man
er most agreeable to their own consciences;'
opposition to the election to Office of every man
no recognizes the right of any religious de-
omination to political power, or the authority
any "higher law than the constitution of
le United States.
6. Non intervention with slavery by the fed
al government except for the protection Of
If constitutional rights.
7. The perpetuty of the Union of these
tates upon the princi pies of the constitution,
ter perfect reservation to them of all the
overs which they have not delegated to the
deral government.
8. The purity of the balot-box and the en-
rcement of law and Order
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The Bee records gloomy picture of the de-
relation of real estate in New Orleans. 1t
ys, eve stated a few days ago that the Pom
lba property-conslsting of stores and dwell
1gs situated in the second district and mostly
thin the business limits-was sold under the
ammer for the sum of 500, 900. These build
gs were appraised fifteen years ago at the
I'M of $40 900, and were rented for 1874 900
year. The property now rents for SIG, 900.
he difference between the appraised value and
e amount at which it sold is nearly seventy
"a g.,