The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-02-06

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fes there mad been no election of speaker, the mem
= bers should all resign and 90 home, was lai
IT, upon the table by majority of only thirty -sa
IT. Inc charleston Courier says that it would NO
sc be surprised if a resolution to that effect b
y passed ere long. Many Of the members ar
ck evidently becoming Wearied and disguised will
nd the farce which they have been enactine 70
ngg almost two months. The Washington CORES
sh pondent OF the New York Post, "a democratic
al organ says; 1T is vaguely reported that i
At Inc house 90 not organise after this week, thu
4. president will take things into his own hands
a after the high Roman fashion, and cooperate
n with the senate IN adjourning congress for the
session-the rule being that, in case of disa-
4 gfeement as to the day of adjournment between
the two branches. the president shall decide the
: matter This would punish the refractory
l house, and De fitting sequel to the Napoleonic
), exploit OF sending in the message before the
time. Butthere is if in the way---the SEN
,, ate will not agree to it. presume this rumor
: is Incorrect. At all events, the common saving
IS, that # an organisation is not effected before
long, Mr.. Pierce will do something dreadful
President Pierce is not the man to assume any
such responsibility He has not sufficient
nerve for it.
All a late meeting of the National American
club, of the city Of New York, the following
resolution was unanimously passed. It forms
a striking contrast to the tone and acts of the |
presidents softshell office-holders and their
jealous partizans:
Resolved, That upon the great subject of
slavery, we pretend not to be wiser or better
than our fathers, but keep equally clear as they
did from the ultralsm of one side, that sees in
the institution the cornerstone of every politi-
cal and social blessing, and from the fanaticism
OF the other side, that would upheave, in spite of
every constitutional barrier, and in disreg of
all consequences, the unity, integrity and broth
erhood OF the Union; and that, in accordance
with the provisions Of the constitution, and the
past usages OF this government when new :
State seeks admission into the Union, and pre-
sents republican constitution, it shall be adj {
united eltherswith or without domestic slavery.
as the citizens forming the new State shall for a
themselves determine "'- t
The Massachusetts legislature at its last ses e
non perpetrated curious blunder in passing
an amendment to the constitution, which ooes
considerably ahead of any of the ludicrous acts !,
committed by that famed child of innocence ri
the ''blundering Irishman' The intention Of h
the legislature, by amending the constitution. II
was to prohibit naturalised citizens from voting '
without previous residence of twenty-one f.
years in the United States. The effect of the "
proposition they adopted would be to prevent u
all persons except naturalised citizens from u
'otlng at all. The amendment as adopted reads q,
bus: THAT no person shall be entitled to vote di
n this commonwealth unless he shall have
'een resident within the jurisdiction of the ID
United States twenty one years, and legally 70 70
'aturallsed,' Governor Gardner calls atten. he
ION to the fact, and recommends the Legislators pl
wipe out and begin again. Guess the school cts
master was ''abroad'' about the time the leois
Azure passed that amendment. LII
The Boston Traveller is Boosting of the pros -,
Gritty of that city, and thinks that the wealth thu
oncentrated at the great commercial points of COZ
he Union is truly astonishing. For instance.
ne-eIght part of the entire property in the u. Al
tstas ;s o,r,ad H., n -, abb
oston. Boston alone, in its corporate limits, mo
WINS one-twentieth of the property of the. en- ha.
re Union; being an amount equal to the wealth ne,
any three ofthe New England States, except mo
massachusetts,. In Boston is found the richest ~
per capita, of any in the o. States als
he next city in point of wealth. according to its bra
opulation, is Providence. r r which ;so,o doy
the richest on the continent, having valua- "a
On of fifty millions of dollars, with popula eln
On of less than $4,000. The bare increase Sta
II annum of the wealth of Boston is equal to 0OC
e entire valuation Of many of the minor ci- Ian
IS, such as Portland, Salem, New Bedford, anu
hicago, Louisville, Nashville, Memphis, etc. e33
According to a work recently issued, treat l.ee
of the history, principles and progress ofthe Enc
ptIst church, it appears that 1899 there was and
1t one baptist communicate in the U. States to vel
cry ffty-six inhabitants, while in a54 there dus
as one every thirty inhabitants, and the sect q
IS more than one-quarter of the whole church son,
commodation in this country. The work re- bru
red to also notices the gradual decline of root
Mt baptism, and says that more than twelve Tor
Fans are born to one baptized by all denom- VIC
atoms the country through. mill
DR.. Barclay. of the U. s. sloop-of war D ale. I.me
lich recently arrived from the western coast -a,,
Africa, confirms the statement that the in wbe
bitants of San Antonio, cape de Verds, num- litic
ring $4,000, were actually in state ing
starvation. For want of provisions, they w. us =
re killing and eating all their donkeys lacks to .
other domestic animals, and were really in of E
most deplorabe condition The officers of ~
, Dale have been witnesses the intense snor
ferings Of these people. Why don't their mer
sernment make an attempt to relieve their r
ferings? -.. disa