The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-12-26

s a contemporary asks, s.to whom is the fede
raj patronage dispensed?'' ITO anti-Amer
: can organ grinders. replies the PhiIadelphi
: Sun. and refers to the following curious facts
: copied from tie official books in the depart
1 ments at Washington:
sln Connecticut. the editor of the New Ha
ven Register is collector of the port of New Ha
ven; tie editor oil the Bridgeport Farmeris col
ector at bridgeport; the editor of the Middle
town Sentinel IS collector at MiddctoWn; thu
editor OF the Norwich Aurora is postmaster
Norwich; the editor of the New London Starts
inspector at New London In Massachusetts,
It the editor Of the Boston Postis naval officer in
i the Boston eustomhouse; and the Times editor
holds an office in the same building: the edi
tor OF the Barnstable Patriot is collector at that
place; the owner Of the Lowell Advertiser is
/ postmaster at Lowell; the owner of the Herald
at TAUNTON Is postmaster there; the editor of
4 the Plttsheld Sun is postmaster at Plttsfeld.-
In ONO, the editor OF the Paindealer, the lead
ING abolition paper in the Union, is postmaster
| at Cleveland In Virginia, one of the editors
OF the richmond Enquirer, has been sent to
Europe as bearer of dispatches The prin
ciPal editor OF the Washington Union, is clerk
OF the house Representatives, and that office
receives over half a millions Of dollars YEAR
from the government. In Alabama, the pro-
Pretor OF the Mobile Registers collector of the
port OF Mobile. In Louisiana, three of the ed
ltors and proprtators Of the Delta received ap-
polntments from the president to lucrative Of
fees in New Orleans, viz: W. G. Kendall as
postmaster, D. Corcoran to a place in the Gus
hpnSp ind. MI liz
the principal editor of the Louisiana Courier,
published III New Orleans, enjoys the lucrative
'tllce OF inspector and guardian of the live oak
orests belonging to the general government;
he editor Of the Natchitoches Chronicle is reg
ster OF the land office at that place; and the {
dltor OF the Ouacbta Register is register of
he land Office at Monroe--and SO on, through c
We or SIX hundred other Pierce office holders, Q
the end OF the chapter. sar- a..sll.~..
NOW, IS there any wonder that such papers ;.
hould laud Plercism and the office-holders, y
nd at the same time abuse the American par :"
, and every thing that is American? The "
dlors are merely prasing those who keep them a, o.
their pay, and are fighting to retain their :,
Did upon the loaves and fishes Ills their e. :,
equation to detame all who oppose the ad- -
lnlstraton-they are placed in office to do So Il,
be above paragraph reveals significant fact: nv
at a large majority OF the papers named as W
blshed in northern States, are the most ultra III
their anti-slayery procIivities ), >''''S 10
''~'' "'''' s'''' y p'oo'4''''es. - oh
The Washington Union publishes the follow TIL
: dispatches, which have passed between
vernon shannon, of Kansas, and the pres w. w.
~ u 'he oiheeu 'o'a'es, on the subject of at We
ding aid for the execution of the laws in that of
ritory:
" EsTpoRT, Mo, DEC. /, 1861 desire au- OF
rlty TO call on the I. S. forces at Leaven- COZ
'th to preserve the peace of this territory. to les
tect the sheriff of Douglas county, and ena- sal
him to execute The laoo1 r,ooa,. =, L. STA
dis. IF the laws arp not e,.oi,+la a;;1 stat
levltable. An armed force of 1000 men, po'
all the implements of war, it is said, are una
lawrence. They have rescued prisoner i IL {
4 the sheriff, burnt houses and threatened uau
lives OF citizens. Immediate assistance is Ih'
red This is the only means to save blood Eng
!. Particulars by mail. Wilson SHANNON. Ion
is excellency Franklin Pierce. Spa
AsHINGToN, DEC. 3, 1855-Your dispatch pow
wed. All the power vested in the eyecu- from
VIII be exerted 10 preserve order and en- Ii
'he laws On the receipt of your letter tere
PRELIMINARY measures necessary to be taken over
e calling out troops will be promptly exc obje
l. and you will then be fully advised. soon
-a - T. FRANKLIN PIERCE. u allie
ohahnS9n governor of the territory of Kansas ting
VIII be perceived that the president fully Ell
'nlses the right of the general government on tt
erieFe, and by force aid the local auhori I L'"sn
ethe territory in executing the laws; but any,
les until regularly advised by letter orthe ton
OF affairs taking any hand in the affray.- mere
dent Pierce has no intention, if he can bv re9al
means avoid tia oor4;,oo,,o.- r tcrpr
VI anu uiiiS tutins
and comfort to the pro-slavery men in which
~ lie mas no IDEA OF so far committing qulre
II. In
.., ~r -, .~--,~-@-~--,- Engls
rs Louis Blanc, the file-leader of the So ion fir
wing OF the European red republican de- that
cy, has published in London manifesto cited
ing IRON the means and ends proposed ,,asa =
Ssuth, Mazzani and Ledru RolIin. He KHAN
ates discussion before tie revolution the SUI
e called on to fight, and adds: it was
le republican form. Of oovor,n,o,+;,t ton W
Jtct, the OBJECT is, to restore to the do H.,
human nature those whom the excess Of n1o;,,
y degrades, and to enlighten those whose f;can ,
,ence, IRON want of education, is but fla WI,
;sot ;s - s L; s'I nuS' OF Darkness compls
its OF bis work; the object is to eniran- Tres
he people by endeavoring gradually to , w.
this double slavery-ignorance and that tL
A very difficult task indeed, the ac- enlst t .
sbment of which requires long study, tion Of
recitation, and something more than dis demns
As to the republican form of govern IN ,ba ,
Is means most valuable certainly daaJ Il,
icb we ought to strive to conquer, even tba A.
cost of life, but which it is very impru- sn,nart
mistake for the aim, the CONSEQUENCE thf p.o,,
be TO make us take the shadow for the NE .,
&c, and run through heap of ruins to Govern,
so far a
no part OF the pohey or creed of Louis ignoran
kossuth q Co., to boldly fight for lib proache
heir native lands, nor to draw the sword could NJ
If of repsblicansm in Europe. The pa AneM vi
or such heroes consists in nublieb;n,