The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-02

dents Plerce's private organ at Washington
and the strife will soon grow fierce and bite
among the allied forces of the faithful demo
cracy. The ofice-holders being arrayed i
defence Of the president and their own places
while the Office seekers are striving to Gus
general Pierce, and to elevate Mr.. Dallas, an
at the same time to appease their own cravin
and hankering after the '.loayes and fishes.
Dislnterested patriots, every one! But accord
ing to the most approved readings, such ar
the principles, - the all-absorbin5 aim and en
!, OF the great and glorious" democracy. Til
Washington Union having bestoWeda castiga
\ lion upon the Delta, for presuming, withou
obtaining permission from the organ and TIL
Pierce administration, to advocate the claims 0
Mr.. Dallas to the votes of the democratic party
at the ensuing presidential election, that pape
retorts in the following style: "A
,1tis surely not thus that newspaper should
be recognised as an organ of the adminis;ra
ton! If the system of smothering what may
not exactly suit clique at the capitol-of inso
f lently calling to order, as soon AS a thought
breaks, from distance, upon the conclsve--
could for moment be Justly attributed to gen
Pierce, or his cabinet we need scarcely inti-
mate the popular judgment to which they
would be exposed. n
"The editors of the Union should be told,
and told distinctly, that, while it processes to be
an executive organ, the republican character
of the administration must not be brought in
I Nv, hi
| with fundamental principles. IfMessrs. Mich
I olson and Forney do not understand principles,
/ in the name of common sense and representa-
| tive duty, let secretary Marcy or secretary Da-
Wis explain them.
1.-The Union may lecture subordinate organs
as much as it please, from its throne of gorge
Gus State at the capitol and when incensed,
may send its ire, kissing hot, down to the re-
hottest link in the chain Of Independent sycophan
cy; but when it chooses to except to the free
expression Of opinion BY the Delta of both men
and measures of any or all parties, we simply
deny its jurisdiction. We would observe, too,
that this late ambitious freak is not so becom
ing to it as its old occupation of delivering
treatises on politics, and trying to convince the
country that the "softs'' were better than the |
"hards," and John Van Buren, was no more
Buffalo freesoer than a rock is Undertook
cabbage 1t is not so becoming to it even as
the facility with which it could be jubilant over
tie intrepidity displayed by our navy in the
obstruction of the forsaken village of Grey
town, because one of its citizens threw an emp d
ty bottle at the head ofthe ex-Nicaraguan min
lister, and at the same time spare no praise of
the consummate prudence with which the same
navy avoided collision with the insoent Span
lards, the unatoned wrongs and insults from
whom had accumulated to mountains. All
that was quite proper, doubtless, and within
the province Off decorous organ. ~ ..
X "Perhaps, too, it is quite natural that
Mr.. Forney should consider him necessity to
he nation. Let him enjoy his personal likes I
md dislikes, to any and every extent. But we t
Iecn it very reasonable to say that, although 7
We are not seated like watchful spider in the
entire of the web, we intend addressing our t
olumns to our readers, with as perfect frank +
ess and independence as if neither admins n
ration nor its organ existed. Our politics lead i:
S % eschew and defy central influence. One 7
'ohld be led to suppose that the 'hards" of
'ew Y ork had spoken too recently and too adj u
2irably on this matter to have conveyed no in d
lruction.''
1t is so newhat strange that the democratic ,
ournals cannot discuss the merits of their ia .
orites, without exciting the ire of the Office
elders organs, and getting into quarrel with !,
ie presidents own mouth piece. Freedom of =.
3ecch does not seem to be allowed to editors
the government pay.
LIcEssEs.--As the ordinances in regard to &C
fling liquors and all Intoxicating drinks in less u
lantties than one gallon, went into operation u
.sterday, vendors had better secure license. ~
be supreme court, ON the 18th ult., rendered
decision, important in its bearing upon the la
lestion of retailing liquors without a license ri
asst winter the city of New Orleans Instituted %
number of suits against the proprietors of cot c.
e-houses and grogshops for vending intoxica- si
e drinks without previously obtaining license pl
om the corporation. The payment Of the fine
as resisted by the liquor dealers, on the as Pr
mption that it was illegal and unconsitution- al
and their case was ably conducted by Mr..
,selus. The supreme court decided the or ~,
nance under which the suits were brought to W
constitutional, and, of course in favor of the -
y and against the grocers The amount sued 10
! was $500 fine in each case, there being over 81
90 different cases. ~
The tax in New York on real and personal tn
tate for the year 1856 is l TIC per cent In be
ew Orleans the tax on real estate alone is +
40 per cent. The taxin the city of N. Y ork, nc
rldcd among the entire population, would be ii
n dollars for each person. In New Orleans I
Q tax, divided among the entire population,
Guiding negroes, would be equivalent to II
even dollars and forty-si1 cents to each; but W
only 10000 of its citizens are actually taxed 70
raise s1,719, 765 per annum, it follows that he
e per capita tax is one hundred and forty o.,
rec dollars and thirty one cents! In other III
ords, twelve thousand of the citizens of New ~,
fleans pay an average tax of S143 81 each. te
his is for the corporation alone, and special be
zes 70 pay for opening streets, building side te
tr III l.