The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-07-09

ter the people had been accustomed to, and OF
course unwilling to bear taxation, and without
money in the treasury, they really plunged us
into a war with nation more able to DO us IN
Jury than any other in the world. What was
the dreadful necessity for this desperate mea-
sure? Was our country invaded? No WasiS
to protect our little remaining commerce from,
the injuries it.sustained by the order in council?
No. Commerce was such favorlte, and the
merchants wished for no war on that account.
And who, in speaking of foreigners IN the
same speech, says:
''The greater part of those foreigners who
would De thus affected by it, have long been
the warmest friends Of the democratic party
They had been one of the great means OF ee-
vatng the present ruling (democratic) party
and it would have been ungrateful for that par
ty to have abandoned them. TO secure this
foreign feeling has been the labor Of their lead
ers for more than 20 years, and well they have
been paid for their trouble, for it has been in
Producing and continuing them in power. lm-
medately before the war this foreign influence
had completely embodied itself with the major
ty, particularly in the west, and Its voice was
heard SO loud at the seat of government, that
president Madison obliged either to yield
to it's dictates Or retire from Office The choice
was easily made by a man who preferred his
private interests to the public good and there
fore hurried usi into the war utterly unprepared'
And then again: t 'f-& '*@aI@
s."W ought to use every honest exertlon to turn
out ofpower those weak and wicked men whose
wild and visionary theories have been tested
and found wanting, Above all we oughtto drive
from our shore foreign influence and cherish
American feeling. Foreign influence has been
in every age the curse of republics Jaun-
4 diced eye sees everything in false colors-the
thick atmosphere Of prejudice by which it's ever
surrounded, excluding from its sight the l:ghtof
reason Let us then learn wisdom from expe-
rence, and forever Danish this fend from our
society,"" = -5s .= -
Such is the budget fpolitcalinconsistencics
"Americans'' nominated by democracy as their
candidate, and in opposition to whom you are
to support Millard Fillmore and Andrew jack
son Donelson, good men and true, and staunch
'.Americans!' ....7. r.e..... ... ....
: Up guards and at then The game is up,
and let every "American" do his duty, and
, his whole duty, and all will be right
} Dickens gives the following description, in a
late number of the Household Words, of a dan
dy darkey he encountered in Paris restau-
rant: ~. @-
| I would have borne half hundred disap-
pointments similar to this dinner for the sake OF
the black man. Legs and feet! he was char
acter He sat opposite to me, calm, content
, ed, magnificent, proud. He was as black as
| my boot, and as shiney. His woolly head,
| crsped by our bounteous mother Nature, had
unmstakably received recent touch OF the
BARRIERS tongs He was perfumed; he was
, oied he had moustaches (as l live!) twisted
, out into long rat tails by means of pommade
$ Hongroise. He had tip. He had scarlet
: Turkish cap with long blue tasseE He had
: military stripes down his pantaloons. He had
A patent leather boots He had shirt studs of
: large circumference, pins, gold waistcoat but
j tons, and gorgeous watch chain. believe
e he had crimson under waistcoat He had
: the whitest of cambria handkerchiefs, ring
If on his fore finger, and stick with an overpow-
e ering gold knob. He was the wonderfullest
e nigger that the eve ever beheld.
# He had pretty little English wife-iti is
: fact, madam-with long auburn ringets, who,
# it was plain to see, was desperately IN love with,
e and desperately afraid of him. 1t was mar
:, vellous to behold the wrapt, fond gaze with
1 which she contemplated him as he leaned back
in his chair after dinner, and refreshed his gilt
e tering worries with tootbplck. Equally mar
i vellous was the condescension with which he
/ permitted her to eat her dinner in his august
. presence, and suffered her to tie round his neck
# great emblazoned shawl like flag.
t Who could he nave been? The father of the
: African twins The black Malibran's brother,
0 baron Pompey, prince Monsalakafzic,- of the
t Orange river; prince Robo, some other sable
dignitary of Hayti, or the renowned Souloque
e himself, incognito? Yet though affabe to Ills
: spouse, he was fierce man to the waiter. The
: old blood of Ashantee, the ancient lineage Of
: Dahomey, could i'll brook the shortcomings OF
: that cadaverous servitor. There was an item
t in the reckoning that dispeased him.
. "Wass this, sal" he cried in aterrible voice;
: 'wass this, sa! Flesh your mas'r, sa!'
n The waiter cringed and fled, and laughed
n The correspondent of the Mobile Adveris
er, writing from Nevada California, under the
n date of 18th April, thus speaks of a novel kind
= of worship for christians to gaze at-albet its
n been many day since they first heard of the
S 'other gods::''
presume the first time idol worship was
d ever opealy introduced and practiced under
= our flag, and en- our own soil. was few days
S since in San Francisco. The Chinese fitted up
e temple in the most costly style, and placed
IL " tHNli luol ooSo, anu PloNeeded ~ CSiCoi hte
i one Of their grand national festivals, which con-
p tinued for several days. Their services were
: seriously interrupted by the entrance and law
? less proceedings Of many "barbarians,' who.
r induced by curiosity, sacrilegously handled,
took down, kicked. and spit upon their gods,
which did not tend at all to increase the respect
n of the heather Celestials for men they regard
It as christians, because they are of our nation,
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: The kind Of food for animals should be chang
i ed frequently. horse long kept on shorts,
. will be affected by fever in his legs and feet
: producing a result similar to founder. Shorts.
f corn meal, or cob meal should never be given
except in mixed state of cut hay or straw
This will require them to eat slower and the
food is better prepared for digestion. II gwen
, alone, it ferments rapidly in the stomach, pro
duces general fever, Injuries the digestive pow
q ers, and finally produces stiffness throughout