The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-09


/ i expresses the political views Of the democrs
and We have the same political doctrines in I'll
great democratic party of the country
The foregoing precious paragraph is fro'
the Louisville Ky Democrat, and is bein
extensively paraded through the south by I'll
office holders' organs, with view of dupin
unsopf,isticated readers, whose sources of info
I. nation are confined TO Pierce journals, an
whom, they hope, will regard the statement (
4 the Democrat as true. What the character
tile Lexington meeting was, We know not, bt
the Kentucky Yeoman, the leading Democrat
Z paper in that State, denominated it merely as
meeting Of some ofthe citizens of Fayette coun
Ity The meeting in Chicago, was a mere war
gathering Of a few political friends of senate
i Douglas, man who, according to our respect
ed contemporary of the Caddo Gazette, has de
!, generated into a sot. And this is called eth
, democracy Of Illinois" The democratic masse
had no connection with the meeting, and yet it
proceedings are heralded forth as ''the respons'
Of the great northwest to Kentucky. and as ex
pressing the political views of the democracy o
the Unionn' This is decidedly cool. But this
is not all, the Democrat assures its readers, tha
60 feast. west, north, south, I" and the princi
| pies are the same! Wonderful, indeed, and
4 most wonderfully do the government organs
draw upon 'their fancy for their facts" Ev-
Eer5 one who can read is aware Of the signii-
ieanttruth, that Michigan, one ofthe democratic
strongholds Of .'the great north t." has vir-
i.tualy nulifed and repudiated the fugitive slave
law, by refusing to permit the Q. States mar
tshal to con6ne runaway negroes, when captur-
ed, in the iails of that State. All the world is
familiar with the principles of the New York
Pierce democracy and with the sentiments pro-
pagated by the Van Buren, and the sofshen
freesoilers, who are recognised BY the admin
istration as the democratic party proper in that
State; and as such have been rewarded by
president Pierce with all the offices in the Gus
tomhouse and post-ofice How do the prin-
ciples Of these freesoil office hoders correspond
with those of the southern democracy? But,
nevertheless, We are told that Illinois and Mich
igan has sent forth the response Of the great
northwest to Kentucky" Why the vaunted
s.response'' is made in language and style the !
very opposite of the principles and characterof
the sons Of Kentucky. They are a law abiding
ard Union loving people, and abhor alike the
fugitive slave law nufers Of Michigan and the
freesoilers of Illinois. Ohio is, also, a part of
the great north west one of the democrat
10 sebastopols- and we find her electing an
aboltionist governor BY over 10000 majority,
and her democratic state convention openly
as they have always done, look upon slavery
as an evil, and unfavorable to the development
of the spirit and practical benefit of free insti
tutions," and, 'that, entertaining these senti-
ments, they will at all times feel it to be their
dry to use all power to prevent its infu
enee, to mitigate, and finally to eradicate its
evils" This is a distinct arowal that the de-
nocracy of Ohio believe it to be their 'sduty''
o 10 every thing in their power to abolish
slavery tthe south? Is such response
acceptable to the democracy of kentucky I,
Nillthe Louisville Democrat informs us wheth- :
r OF rot it comedies with the sentiments ex-
'ressed at Lexington. The Democrat tells US
Q go east, west, north, south, and we have the
anne political doctrlnesi in the great democratic {
arg otthe countryf' Is such the fact? Dare
he Louisiana Courier or the Delta endorse the
sstrtion of the Louisville Democrat By what
Mysterious process can the Pierce ofice-hold- 1t
RS manage TO make the democrats Of louisa
a,atld the fugitive slave law nullifers of Michi-
;af, the freeseilers of illinois, the black repub
can abolitionists of Ohio, and the softshell
eesoilers Of New York, entertain .sthe same
olitseal doctrines in the great democratic party
the country" Are We to believe that the
political doctrines OF the party consist in
Dt!l1ug more than getting possession of the
loapes and fshes?''
TIE donations and appropriations for educa-
OH ID the United States, appear to have been
srF liberal. According to a document read
a late meeting Of the Connecticut historical
,ciety, by the hon. Henry Barnard, the whole
mount of land appropriated by the general
orerHment for educational purposes, to the 1st
January, 1854, was %. go, 261 acres; which
Che minimum prices such lands when first
rought into the market, represented the mu
fcent sum of ffty-six millions of dollars; but
hieh, at this time, could not be worth less than
Fo hundred millions Of dollars. The amount
donations and subscriptions BY individuals
r exceeds all that has been given by State
gialatures. Mr.. Barnard read from table
1h:biting the donations and requests made By
teens of Boston alone within the last halfcen-
lrr, amounting to upwards of 81 900, oo0-
Notwithstanding all this lavish of money our
iacational system is very defective.
On tie 18th uls., senator Sebastian gave no .
ce that on some early day be would introduce
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