The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-03-21

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Norma, and Dresden, in the Mississippi The
seven boats were all sunk within the space
fifteen days, and, together with their cazgo,
involved the destruction Of property amounti
70 more than halfmiilion of dollars SUI
nisfortunes are so common that they excite |
tie or no attention, but on the contrary are ge
m orally considered unavoidable matters of cours
Ihe details of such disasters are interesting
boatmen, underwriters, and some unfortuna
planter, whose uninsured crop was on boar
because they are vitality concerned; but ii
public takes little notice Of them, except as o
currences entering into the combination of
days events. About once week the new
= papers record river catastrophe, which is co,
sidered insipid fit does not involve the loss
twenty or thirty lives and property enough
! break an insurance company or two. Wer
T. the magnificent steamboats, now afoat with thei
!, cargoes, that have been torn to fragments with
Q in the last twelve months by treacherous snags
old stumps and sunken logs, in the Mississippi
aid lower Red River, they would form flee
sufficient to convey an army to the Crinaea
. with the provisions TO feed it on its passage
Yet this state of things must continue Tb,
! Mississippi, large enough to float the nationa
and mercantile navies of the world Thousand
; times told, gemmed with towns, many of then
large enough to form respectfully sized Eu-
ropean principally mighty father of wa.
tiers must flow forever through bed as prickly
with rampant snags as porcupine's back is
with qullls. Huge roots and mammoth logs,
that never rot, must be allowed eternally to rip
open tile hulls Of boats, or SILVER them to atoms
while cautiously vending theirway, laden with
wealth and life. South western rivers may
bristle with defiant snags till doomsday, lives
be sacrificed by thousands, and property by mil
lions, but for all that pseudo democracy shrugs
It's shoulders and repeats tie presidents econ
stltutlonaf' interpretations, and thus gives the
world to understand that the principles" of the
party merely consist in subsequently bowling to
and repeating by rote the opinions of the pres
dent. This is a vassalage far beyond any thing
the car Of Russia demands of his serls. Let
the south or west cry out forrelief, letour plan
tiers pray that they may have highway made
by which their crops can be conveyed to mar.
ket, and the Piercites hurl fagot of petrifed
unconstitutionallties in its teeth Letus demand
The removal of the snags which destroy our pro-
perty by the wholesale, and The response from
Washington is an order from the president for
he safe Of the snag boats. The Pierce organs
ing praises over the deed, the office-Lolders
luzza until they are hoarse, while the ssunter
lfied' members Of the party submissiyelv bend
hey necks to the yoke, without daring to com i
lam Let the south west ask an appropriation
money from the treasury TO improve har. u
ours, and Piercism will lock the treasury. II
ide the key, and increasethe salaries Gifts min
tiers to foreign countries, and of other office '
olders. Let the inhabitants of the south Invest "
pint moulnfully to the desolate wrecks, which, q
lick as monuments in cemetery, line the 81
lsslsslppl and its tributaries, and president Il
ierce, with all the dignity Of a village pcda- :"
ogue, stands up and points majestcally to the II
constitution which according to his north }
astern Interpretation, promises nothing for the Il
reat rivers of the south and the west, and ev- Il
y thing for the Atlantic seaboard; while his v
Tcophantic partisans in congress clap their II
ands, and in high glee exclaim, "a most right u
gus judgment" Piercsm is eminently pater- u
a, especially to the south western section Of al
e Union We ask for bread, it gives us n'
one-lf we ask for a fish, it gives us snag. Ca
we request that ourrivers may be made nav 10
aoie' 1t proposes to reduce the tariff reduc- Oh
N OF the duty on sugar. and as consequence Isl
impeachment and destruction of the SUGAR 10
anters of Louisiana. 1t lines the Atlantic We
asst with break"aters, quays, lighthouses, dr.
acons, llte-boats, navy yards and docks, but e's
yer cent must it give to the Mississippi and nc
tributaries. Itimprovcs Cape Fear river, in be
nth Carolina, but swears that it is "uncon-
tutlonai' to work on Red River. Itsuryevs ca
rbours from Nancouyer's to San Diego. and at
m New FoundIand to the southwest point of Nc
orida, but not line does it stretch nor lead tn,
es 1t sink, nora beacon does it erect to mark St:
hidden rocks and logs of the Mississippi. moi
Ich annually destroy millions of property Mr.
hard earnings of our merchants and plan the
s. ltglves millions to build Notifications IN p1e
Atlantic coast, and yearly squanders MILL TIL
upon million in erecting customhouses and die
lehlns PET contractors, but tightens the purse wa
ngs and looks harsh whenever modest ro- tin
est IS made for smull appropriation to aid in of
development Of our internal wealth. It de- foil
Is millions towards providing speedy and GER BY
mail facilities for the eastern States, while +
are without regular mail connection with tho der
anercial emporium of our State, and are ZIG
for what little we do get on the whms t tba
accommodating officials in N. Orleans. OF
rise. ~ the mind of the administrator # ~.
lld be Unconstitutional to allow Louisiana A.
gular mail. Yet, in the face Of all these -,
:, demagoguical expounders of sham demo S,a
", together with well paid office holders and
attaches, vociferously pirate of their devo- H.
TO the south, and in consideration thereof