The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-10-03

] explain it. But to return to tie manifesto of
f the New York hard shells. In their address
: they solenlnly engage that @~7 Y ss~%
' They will stand where they have Stood,
s upholding in theory, and executing in good
: faith, every article and provision of the constr
a tuition under which they lise and that, too re-
e gardless of the clamor of the fanatic or the
7 demagogue, and regardless OF the seduetions
of power on the one hand, or its frowns on the
: other.
"They will make open and vigorous war upon
: all sectional disturbances will uphold the doc
: trine of state rights in the true constitutional
I sense of the term 1sv Is .z~g-- ..-.s
And finally that
5 ''They will resist in becoming spirit that
} odious offspring of ancient federalism. the in
reference of federal officers in state elections
< whatever OF wherever power may thus exhibit
its insolence, whether such interference is with
} or without violence, or whether By authority
or voluntary r .,...-....... .@.
z From the resolutions adopted by the conven-
ton, we extract the following, having reference
! to national politics: 15lo
| "Resolyed, That we insist as an article of
our creed upon the well established doctrine of
state rights, of strict construction of the con-
otituo!i, aHu Vic PiihGiPie vi uoil-lLteiNeAtloH
, upon all domestic state questions, and that the
peace and quiet of the country demand that it
} should be left to the people of the territories,
as it pertains to the people of the state, to de-
/ termine all local questions, Including the sub
ject of slavery, to the end, that a subject so
disturbing in its nature and influence, may be
] wholly excluded from the action of the govern
: ment of the Union. Com. Bul.
The Bee in noticing the hard-shell conyen-
ton, says, this small, but patriotic party which
through good and evil report has clung to its
integrity, and is undoubtedly entitled to the
grateful remembrance of the south, Is denounced
and repaled by tie organs Of the administration,
: because it has manifested independence enough
: to scorn official patronage. This is thes party
t of which Judge Bronson is the champion, who
was removed from Office because he refused to
bestow customhouse appointments on freesoil-
ers-this is the party Of which Dickinson is the
e leader, who is sneered at and abused by the
S Pierce journals, because he has frankly corr
I demned Mr.. Pierce for trucking to anti slave
, ry. Thus then the humiiating spectacle exists
: Of the only national party in the north prostra-
2 ted and anathemased by an administration
which claims southern support on the ground
of sympathy with the south; while the other
7 and stronger wing of northern democracy, which
f has just met in convention, denounced slavery
and expressed its rooted hostility to the extern
] sion of that institution, is favored, fatered and
: eulogised by the Pierce organs, and regarded
! as the only party having right to the support
, of the administration.
How can it be expected that the national de-
! mocrats will be able to resist this fire in their
c front and rear at the same time? Assailed,
r scoffed at, and derded by the Pierce freesoil
+. democrats, they are vituperated, libelled, and
S held up to ridiculeby the administration. How
: can nationality flourish in the north, when the
: presidents organs set the example of denoun-
: cling the only party that maintains it, and of
I coalesoing with the very party that abjures and
# condemns it. Truly the national men of the
e north, calling themselves democrats, are to be
If pitied. The only refuge we know for them, is
: with the American party. If they seek much
= longer to preserve their independence, they will
S assuredly melt away, and be absorbed by the
: dominant freesoil faction. %. + - .-.
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e The Milwaukee American says, a most touch
Y ing occurrence of the day before yesterday, is
t still fresh to our memory: The wife of one of
2 our sailors on the recent wreck was upon the
: deck with an infant only three weeks old in her
arms, to learn if her husband was alive or
drowned. She was in state bordering on fren-
! zy. On being told that he was dead, She aavc
5 one long sob of agony; while the blue eyes Of
the babe were turned smilingly to her face, and
cried in accents of most heart thrilling despair.
, O, is he gone, am alone, is he dead drowned?
5 Is my man gone, and will he never come to me-
In this state she returned to her desolate home,
no one ventured to offer words of sympathy,
f for it seemed utterly useless, and mockery
The light and warmth of this poor woman's
life had gone out forever All through the
long hours she sat rocking to and fro, and press
ing her child to her heart for it was i'll till mid
} night Then she heard feeble step and .
knock at the door; she said, "Who's thele
'It is T. the familiar voice replied She
gavea scream Of joy and admitted her husband
Nothing could exceed the woman's frantic de-
light. She threw herself upon the floor and
wept, and clung to her husbands neck and
:, laughed till the tears came again. Such re-
union was foretaste of heaven. Love like this
can but be repaid with a lifetime of devotion
The sailor it seems had left the wreck, and at
the imminent peril of his life, had reached the
shore, and had walked twenty miles ere he
reached his home.
A REMARKABLE MANA correspondent Of
the Kentucky Statesman gives a sketch Of an
old citizen living in Pulaski county, named Eli
jah Denney, who is perhaps, the oldest man in
Kentucky. He was one hundred and eighteen
years of of age on the 10th September past,
and is as active as many men at the age of 40
He works daily upon farm, and throughout
the whole Of his life, has been an early riser
He informed the writer that he had never drank
but one cup Of coffee, and that was in the year
l848. He served seven years in the war of
the revolution, and was wounded at the siege
OF Charleston; was also at the siege Of Savan-
nah, and in the battle of Eutaw springs. He
was also present at the battles Of Camden,
Kings mountain and Monks corner. He
served under coonels Horray and Marion, and
was an eye witness of the sufferngs and death
of col. Isaac Hayne, of South Carolina, an ear
ly victim of the revolution. He is sprightly
and active, and would be taken at any time
to be a man of middle age. He is strict
member Of the baptist church, and rides six