The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-11-14
We l,ave repeatedly alluded to the name,

acterlSes tne individuals to whom the Pierre
administration has entrusted that branch of I'll
public service; but neither remonstrance nc
complaint are of the least avail. The pos
master-general appears to be possessed wit
belief that the mail service was organise
tor the particular accommodation and profit {
offce-holdfrs, and not for the public benefit
not inc slightest effort is made at head guar
ters to relieve US of the grievous wrong
under which for years northern Louisiana ha
. iabored; and We cannot expect better state Q
affairs units after the next presidential election
when the present corrupt and imbecle admin
is1raton will by an indignant people be hurlet
back to The obscurity from whence it sprung
: The following article from the Baton Roug,
Comet is particularly applicable to the presen
mail arrangements" between New Orlcan.
and Shreveport, as our merchants to their sor
row have been made to feel The Comet saws
Decidedly the most important branch of the
federal government is the postoffice depart.
ment That there should be speedy, safe and
certain INSTRUMENTATION between all the
parts OF our vast, and yet expanding nation, is
secondary II Importance to no other considera-
ton. Ihe mails should carry with them light
ning CELEBRITY, and as intelligence is light, and
Inc friction of mind upon mind, by the letter,
inc newspaper and the magazine has the eff
feet OF eliclti1g the electric spark of TRUTH any
impeachment to the mails should call out the
united energies of the whole people to remove
them. We assert without any fear Of contra
diction that this branch of government was new
er at any fdrmer period of the nations history
more imbedle and impotent. There is no reli-
ance to be placed in it, either as a safe or GER
| tain means for friendly or business correspon-
dence. We hear daily of petty thefts in all
parts of the land and this too in the face of
thousand senseless orders from the head at
Washington, showing the postmaster generals
entire lack Of the least business capacity, tact
or sagacity. fragrant, grand and petit larce-
MES are committed in our own commercial en- /
porium, and its interest is sacrificed at the low |
shrine of ma'snnon; giving death blow to pub
tic confidence in this direction Who thinks
now Of transmitting anything valuable by mail?
No one! who that has any latter-day experienced
No one who knows that @.last week and the dav
before yesterday a letter miscarried twas lost
through official negligence or stolen BY oficials)
between shia point and New Orleans, for the
reason that 1t had some mark to note that its .
contents were valuable. The services of spe- j,
cial agents 'saight as well be dispensed with, =
for when he finds thief he has to prove that
he himself Che special AGENT is not rogue.
The government should be responsible for all :.
money entrusted to.it as any other common u
carrier; and then instead Of dishonest dcma-
5ogues to fill office, the department would look e
after honest raen to fill the minor offices-such ft
It least as would let fifteen or twenty dollars u
'ass through their hands, and would not fitch :,
rom q love epistle the wedding ring. ?
We consoe:ourselfwitht the retiection-thank .
he Lord for h that the days of the present i'm a
otent administration are numbered; and we l.
0 not believe that more inefficient chief can "a
e had than Mr.. Campbell :,
The many miscarriages of late of valuable z Z,
tiers betweea New Orleans and the Red River "
'untry, imperatively demand that the matter Ii
ould be thoroughly investigated and the pro- P
EN- solved as to what becomes of the missing y
istles. These depreda!ions are now far more ~ ~
quent than they were previous to the arrest ST
VIM G. Kendall, and it is incumbent upon j.
E New Orleans postmaster to do all in bis 81
wer TO bring the letter stealers to Justice " "
lie depredators are undoubtedly in the en- q
" of the postoffice department. and can be
tected If exestions are made to do so. O.
Another greet grievance, for which there APP bi
ars to be noremedy, is the practice of certain IN
stmasters OBTAINING and keeping back for III
Us the mails made up at New Orleans for fo
reveport. We had an instance of this on of
ndsy last. The stage arrived at its regular. as
he, but the Eaail contained not letter or pa en-
+ from New Orleans-not SO much as slip -.
paper from Alexandria or Natchitoches. We he
4 assured that the mail was promptly des- ics
tched from Alexandra. Will the govern tai
mt ORGANS Inform MS for what roason # w.s ca
\, 'oe''o1 - % ele
'"'hea oii 'he1 iou'es CO
John Van Bilren, the 'prince" of democra- :,
one of the chief wire workers of that party, WV
dressed alarge and enthusiastic assembage tn,
The "unterrifed' faithful. at Canton, New liz
rk, on the 18th ult. Whilst he strongly dis da
proved Of, and deeply regretted, the passage ,h'
the Nebraska Kansas BILL he undertook to 40, ,"'
w that faithful execution ofits provisions sio
uld keep Kansas .free-make it non slave ed
te-and be assured his hearers that the
sident, with the aid of the democracy would go
tainly do so.'' He commended the admin ~ ~
alton Of Franklin Pierce, and congratulated ext
freesoilers and abotionists on the victory des
y had just achieved in Ohio, and on the Gin
tering prospect they had in New York and tau
oughout the north and west He referred ".
he national position Of his party (soft-she des
nocratic free-soilers) in opposition to the in
i've Americans, and said that, ''the peace and at
arity ofthe country depended on uphoding' h lle
party. He denounced fusion in all shapes, ,u ue
ogized the late Silas Wright, and closed with rep
trong appealSto the democracy of ST. Law der
ce to unite. with their freesoil brethren !
oughout the State in achieving victory, the
ch he pronounced as certain as any future mel