The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-16

sioti " al cultHidl III the " ashiliSStOH Suiot
S attempting to show the ssnaIionality'' ofthe ae
II ministratlon and its partizans. Tie Organ,
Z reviewing the prophecy, says, il anothe
: column Of the same number of the Union 9.
{ published an article headed sFrancis P. Bla
e turned black republican, We would like
n know if Francis 2. Blair has not been the hea
e and front of the administration party9 Is /
I, not the ex-editor Of the Globe, now the Union
: Has he not been the bellows blower of III
great democratic organ ever since Jackson il
t stalled him in office? Has he not been intimat
% at the white house ever since the inauguratio
of president Pierce? Has not the president az
). pointed bis son (aiso black republican soils
Eltor OF the Us. court of claims, at a salary {
e three thousand FIVE hundred dollars per annum
r Was he not appointed in preference to severa
|, prominent southern democrats who asked 70
If the Office? 1t has been generally believed tina
$ Blair suggested the appointment of the person
: who now fill the prominent offices in this cit,
Y washington under the present administra
Il ton. It is well known that solicitor Blair con
z ours with his father in all political matters ant
: did not the Union commend and extol his ap
pointment?" Let the presidents organ an
swer; but, perhaps, by nationality it merely
intends to demonstrate how unanimous the ad
ministration and its northern office-holders are
in their freesoil predictions.
I THE PACIFIC RALRoAD.-In the Virginia
house of delegates, on the 10Th ult., Mr.. Bur
WELL of Bedford, introduced a series of reso-
buttons expressive Of the opinion of the legis-
/ ature as to 'sthe more perfect union of the At
! lantic and Pacific States" by the construction
/ of railroad to the Pacific ocean; the road to
consist of separate and continuous sections, in
corporaed by the states and territorial legisla-
lures within whose jurisdiction the said route
shall lie. The resolutions deny any authority
to the federal government to contract for part
of such road, and favor the route through the
southern and southwestern States and north
ern Texas, south of the river ella, to some
port upon the gulf of California. They affirm
that, whilstin the present incomplete condition
Of the Improvements of Virginia any subscrip-
ton to the Pacific railroad on the part of the
State would be premature and improper, the |
legislature cordially recommends its construc-
ton, as presenting advantages of CONNER
cial and political character alike important to
the south and the preservation of the Union.
The resolutions were ordered to be printed for
future considerations .s -.'s .7..,' t'~s Gig
The Virginia legislature has passed reso-
ution providing for the appointment of joint
committee, with the view to the adoption of more
,fectual means to prevent the escape of slaves
rom that State, and to enquire into the expe-
llency of adopting measures of retaliation and
against such of the northern States
IS are engaged in a war upon the institution
# slavery. Mr.. Mallory, the originator of the
said that the system of enticing off
laTes was now carried to such an extent in his
lstrct that, withoutsome remedy by the State,
is constituents would take tile law in their
wn hands, and following judge Lynch, would
atch and hang as high as Hannah every man
icy found aiding their negroes to escape (
he slaves of those who were driven from Nor- T.
TX, Portsmouth, and vicinity, by the yellow .
yer, had been visited BY abolitionists and Sc
uced away by dozens, before their masters i
;turn, and without some remedy is speedily
topted the under ground railway" will de- e
opulate that section Of Virginia E-s'. .I
There is ''good sense at bottom" sometimes |
oparent in the illusions Of the democratic Or : :
ans. The Washington Sentinel, a democratic 2,
fetal journal, and most competent witness in /
e premises, communicates to the public We a
comforting assurance concerning its demo Il
attic cotemporary and partaker of the spoils :,
'cruing from the congressional printing. 1t ;
1nounces in the blandest manner that, sthe Ii
eakness of the Union is its rant of taith in the {
smocratc principles ..... .,. .-.. Il
The National Intelligencer comes to The re- !;
# of the Washington Union, and says: 3.
.In behalf of our official neighbor, we beg
say that opinions differ on this matter What o
II esteemed friend, the Sentinel considers Il
eakness in the Union is, on the contrary, re- A
erded by many as a mark of good sense. We =.
Ave often, We confess, been surprised that "
,urnal which has occasionally given indica- II
ms of native sagacity and right reason should 81
I've ever deluded itself into any faith at all in s.
principles. so called. We are glad !,
learn, on such good authority, thatit infrm :.
7 is passing away E-.. Ss" r.. faz.5[ IL
| II
The New York correspondent of the Nation i
Intelligencer writes that the hardshell dem =
rats of that city Indignantly deny that anE D
embers Of that wing Of the democratic forces O
ere present at the recent gathering in Tam 4
any hall, for the purpose of amalgamating
e softs and hards, and recruiting the ranks of 4
e faithful; and declare that they (the hards) e]
e not now in the least degree anxious to unite Al
th the softshells, except upon the terms of h
e latter abandoning their irregular freesoil
ganisation, formally reading the Van Buren, :,
id Pierce out of their ranks, and coming back u
pentant to the fold" As president Pierce "