The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-05-02
The civil war in the ranks of the democracy

E Louisiana Courier, the grand organ Of the pa
e fy and ..oficial journal of the State and Unite
States" reluctantly confesses the fact. and frs.
i and nouns over the OBJECTIONS. Noticing
E number OF individuals appointed By governo
b Hebert to lucrative offices in New Orleans,
: says, afor months past,Tumors here and in "a
e nous portions of the State have connected gov
: ernor Hebert's name with the know nothingS
Q and the impression has gained strength that h
! has become a member Of the order. For our
c selves, We were extremely 10th to believe tia
a the governor had abandoned his political faith
: and betrayed the great party which had deal
E SO generously with him; but the appointment
: Of such lot Of know nothings as We have nam
ed above, and the character of several othe
: nominations, which he has lately made, com
Pels US, reluctantly. to the belief that these ri
; mors are not without foundation; or, 10 speal
;; more candidly, and as We believe truly, tia
they are nothing more nor less than The truth
{ And, henceforth, We shall so regard them IN
+ less we receive such assurances to the contrary
i as will leave no doubt whatever on the subject
4 At any rate, We conceive, that the governor
owes it to the democratic party of Louisiana te
let it be known distinctly whether or no he has
abandoned it, and will henceforth fight under
| the banners Of its enemies. And it would be
| also well should he ayow the fact of such al
abandonment, at the same time to lay before
those who once SO confdingly trusted him, the
reasons which have impelled him to such astep;
] and be might well go still further, and also
who has been placed in highly responsible
position, and entrusted with the exercise OF
power BY political party, under the implied
understanding that such power should be used
according to its ellknown usages, determines
to abandon that party. he ought longer to &C
cupy the station which he owes to its conf
dence and partiality Alone Wehope govern
or Hebert will act in accordance with the re-
commentator of the Courier and resign; but
We are unable TO synpathise with our yenera-
BE contemporary in its ehagrin and n1ortifca-
ion at his excellency's derelictions and back
sliding, as We did all in our power to prevent
Lis election, and stated time and time again
that be was totally unfit for the Office, and call
ed upon all lovers of good government, all
friends 10 honesty and capacity. to vote for the
#hig candidate and against the democratic
nominee. But the Courier, and the balance of
the Pierce party, refused TO take our advice, |
swore that colonel Hebert was the noblest man, |
the purest democrat, that the sun ever shone
upon, and made him governor. Now they want
him 10 resignl Poor deluded mortaIs. We
that, as governor P. O. HILBERT is the
high priest and fe-leader ofthe
young America wing of the democratic ar
my, that division of the "unterrifed'' has fol-
lowed bis excellency's example and joined the
know nothing camp. |,
The Washington Telegraph, ofthe 28th, says I
Red River is again falling rapidly, and all our
hopes of the speedy opening of navigation, are
or the present abandoned. We thought sure {
Y, a portion of the more than fifty thousand |
)ales of cotton above the raft, would reach a
market on the recent rise, and that the people
would be enabled to get supplies much needed,
tut like many others we have been disappoint-
d. Never, within the recollection of the old :
st inhabitant, except in 1919, has the opening
the navigation of Red River been SO late IN
be season-during that year, we are told, the
Iver did not rise at all. The navigation, new
r altogether reliable, is every year becoming
1ore uncertain above the raft, and it is time
be people would begin to look to some more
ertain and reliable outlet to market The |
respect of our friends above Shreveport getting /
heir crops to market, and procuring groceries t
nd other supplies, is most gloomy, and is but
mother evidence of the vital importance and
bsolute necessity for railroad from Red Riv- +,
r to the Mississippi. The Telegraph goes on
0 speak of the raft and the manner in which
he general government has delayed making any
fort whatever TO remove the obstructions, and
avs, "there never was, and probably never
ill be again, a more propitious season than
he past for operations in the raft region. The
liver was unprecedentedly low, and remained
o much longer time than usual-and with
roper exertion, the work might now have been
realty advanced towards completion. The
'eople of upper Red River had right to ex- /
'ect, and did expect, that when the appropria- t
ion was placed under the control of the secre-
airy of war, to be expended in such a manner
S he might adirect, the work would be prose- :
uted with vigor to completion. The result &
las not met their expectations, for now, after /
he lapse of year or more, they are not even t
.dyised of the plan the secretary intends to t
dept. Two summers have passed since the {
appropriation was first made, and nothing, save =,
he survey to which we have referred has been {
ccomplished. How long we may yet be com !
elled to wait the tardy movements OF the Sc {
rotary, time must determine, unless he will ]
ondescend to enlighten those who feel deep
interest in the matter with regard to his plans
nd Intentions The Telegraph forgets that
ba Deanfe of this section of tho IT,;on |