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

Y says lndt hdlsdS IS ualiy becoming a att
q Of serious difficulty and anxiety with preside
y Pierce and his cabinet The aboltionisn, sp
le culations and blundersof governor Reeaer,we
i, Ito belt, was asserted, succeeded by tact al
q discretion, on the appointment Of Mr.. Shann
I also from an abolition State to the gubern
II torial chair He was to avoid committing hir
IS self in favor Of OF in opposition to, slavery
> the territory. This was thoroughly urged u
IS on him by both the president and secreta
IS Marcy. A few days ago intelligence was ]
r ceiyed BY the latter Of the new governors +
d eepton BY the pro-slavery party, and the speee
e which followed this reception from govern
: Shannon, was thought in itself, to be suffice
i to render the president as miserable as mac
II Mr.. Marcy furious; but, this was not all, tN
: days afterwards the mail brought a formidab
r and lengthy protest, signed by large numbt
0 Of persons, many of them old friends of IL
n president, who had emigrated from New Ems
! land in company with their, abolition and free
soil fanatacism, against the haste shown by gov
r ernor Shannon in pronouncing himself fayora
e. Eble to slavery The protest declares that hiatt "a
!, governor had no rightto express an opinion o.
i the subject, and was received during the SIT
J, ting Of the cabinet on the question of the Dan
, ish sound Dues The protest was 'lmmedlatei5
Il laid before the cabinet for consideration. Ihe
only action taken at the Time was a general ex
!. preston of surprise and regret from DAVIS and
! Guthrie; but neither tie president nor Marcy
let a world escape their lips upon the e, subject
during the official session. The latter subse-
ouently spoke with much freedom and no little
severity upon the course which the governor
has seen proper to adopt. Marcy now brings
forward his opposition to the removal OF. Of Reed Zee
er, as convincing proof Of his foresight. and
asserted yesterday that, Breeder at no time
fully committed himself in favor Of Kansas be-
inc made slave or free State, however much
his actions learned in support Of freesoillsm and
abolition; but here is his successor, who, be-
fore he seats himselfin his official chair, con-
graduates Missourians upon having carried the
Kansas legislature, pronounces the acts passed
BY said legislature as legal, while at the same
time he confesses that he never read line of
their acts, and finishes his speech with pledge
to make Kansas slave State. % These may
not be the precise words Of the secretary, but
IN no one instance do they misreprcscnt him
The great trouble with the president, is to find
put some method by which he can appease the
wrath of his frcesoil and abolition friends and
allies. If he only had few Offices at bis dis
oosal he could soon quiet them and calm him
elf I believe that the president desires to inn
'ress upon the people of Kansas the conviction
hat the administration, further than making ap-
continents, has nothing whatever to do with
heir territorial proceeding; but unfortunately
Or Mr. Pierce, while wishing this sentimentt to
btain credence, no political movement can be
1ade without the finger Of the president is sure
0 be seen guiding Or striving to control it. It
not to be expected that any improvement will
e made in the disappearance of territorial matters
efore the meeting of congress, when it's likely
he subject will undergo thorough examine
on and all the trickery of the executive be ex-
osed. Under this apprehension, the president
nd his cabinet look to the month of December
18th anything but comfortable feelings. The
Employees in the state department hint peo-
lie must not wonderi if Shannon be removed, to
ppease the freesoilers, before the elections in
and Ohio take place It will be
one, if Marcy can manage it. He is deter
lined at all events to prove his good faith to
isfown party, the New York softshells, till he
an do something else to secure the democratic
omination for the presidency. - -.. ,.......
WELL POSTED President Pierce appears to
G remarkably we'll read in the political histo-
Y of the United States, and particularly well
ersed with the acts, sentiments and writings
f the leading American statesmen. President
fierce recently, in bis speech at Staunton, Va,
sserted that the s'Sage of Monticello" Thos.
eferson, ''acted prominent part in The forma-
on of the federal constitution" This was
ews, no doubt, to his Virginia hearers-to the
ltelligent portion at least. If Mr.. Jefferson
acted prominent part how is that his his
,rian Judge Tucker, has overlooked SO impor
mt fact? Judge Tucker tells us that Mr..
efferson was sent as minister to France in
1874, and did not return home until after the
doption of the federal constitution. He also
ives extracts from his correspondence with
[adison and others. showing an indispositlon
wards many ofits provisions; and as evidence
that fact, we will here insert one which may
e found on page 255, vol. /: (Tucker's:) a75
GAS to the new constitution, find myself
early neutral. THERE'S great mass of good
it, in a very desirable form; but there is also
me bitter pill or two.' $50" =r} Dr.. l@t.=%
So said Mr.. Jefferson. The fact is, that he
as opposed to the federal constitution; and his
with his particular friends de-
onstratesit. n On finding the constitution APP
roved by most of the States, and the people
yerywhere pleased with it, he became its sup
orted and defender.