The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-07-02

THE YEro.-The telegraph has informed US
that president Pierce has vetoed the bill for the
improvement of the mouths of the Mississippi
and St. Clair fats giving as his reasons the
principles of the message vetoing the flyer and
harbor bill Of 1854 This does not surprise US
in the least. 1t is exactly what was to have
been expected from narrow minded and
straight-laced partisan. Mr.. Pierce belongs to
school which processes disbelief of the coli-
stitution;.l authority of congress to make appro-
priations for works of internal Improvement.
But the disciples of that school constantly violate
in practice the precepts which they teach. In
1854 congress was largely democratic, yet 1t
did not hesitate, by decided majority, to pass
bill appropriating several millions for the i'm
provement ofthe navigation of rivers and har-
bors The western democrats never scruple to
put their principles in their pockets when the
interests of their constituents are involved It
is they who, aided by the opposition, usually
carry through these ant-democratic measures
President Pierce, however, not being western
man, has no sympathy for this peculiar con-
struction of democratic faith. He holds fast to
the doctrine preached in national conventions
and party assemblages The democracy put
him in the presidency with a full foreknowledge
of his rigid adherence to the creed. Tant pls,
if they find him indisposed to sacrifice single
constitutional doubt to expediency
! We regret, of course, the presidential veto.
The bill stamped with executive reprobatlcn
was of infinite Importance to the commerce of
Louisiana. 1t has been carefully watched and
earnestly advocated by our representative, Mr..
Eustis, and its passage through the house, in q
form which, though some What changed from the
original, left its useful features unimpalred, was
to him source Of Legitimate triumph. He felt
that, albeit the youngest member of the house,
and without much experience, he had achieved
something substantial for the city Of lis birth
and his affection, in carrying through congress
measure which appropriated $3.50, 900 to-
wards deepening the passes of the Mississippi.
But he forgot that legislation can be controlled
by the imperial power of the veto, and that
Franklin Pierce was just the man to nterpose
his views Unconstitutional right, for the purpose
of thwartng the representatives OF the people
A two-thirds vote in both branches in opposi-
ton to the veto is not in the least probable, and
! Louisiana may, therefore, resign herself to the
} churish refusal of the government to lend its
aid to the removal of the distractions in the
great highway Of her commerce. n 0. Bee.
No one should feel surprised at the result,
t for it has been one Of the Pieretes' greatest
principles that it is unconstitutional to spend
: a dollar in improving the Mississippi and other
southern rivers, while it is perfectly conslitu-
tonsl to spend millions in improving northern
/ harbors.
The Boston Courier gives the following bit
Of history, from which it appears that the prac-
tice of restoring fugitives from service had its
/ origin among the old puritans: ...
It may interest the readers Of these papers,
' as piece Of curious antiquarian history, to
know the origin of the practice of restoring fu-
gitives from service. In the articles Of confed-
b Grafton between the U nited Colonies of New Eng
. land-namelY, Massachusetts, New Plymouth.
= Connecticut, New Haven, &C., made in l643;
e and made, as the preamble declares, by those
n who "all come into these parts of America with
:, one and the same end in aim, namely to ad
: vance the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ.
and to enjoy the liberties of the gospel in puri
$ ty with peace, There is the following proyl-
SION 1T is also agreed that if any servant run
Y away from his master into any confederate ju
5 rsdiction in such case upon certificate from one
magistrate in the jurisdiction out of which the
v servant fed, OF upon other due proof, the said
servant shall be delivered to his master, or any
! other that pursues and brings such certificate
= or proof"
/ 1t thus appears, says the Courier, that the
rendition Of fugitives from service in this coun
t try commenced more than two hundred years
ago and, what is remarkable, the mode of proof
, prescribed by the agreement of the colonies is
precisely analogous to one of the modes provi
ded by the act Of 1850; the only difference be-
. tween them is the more elevated character Of
/ the tribunal Sin the jurisdiction out of which
/ the servant fed, ;" before which the proofs now
/ made, and the greater caution in the proceed
ings. 1t is presumed that the subjects of this
compact between the colonies were rather white
servants and apprentices than negro slaves who.
in l643, were probably very few in auEaber.-
$ 1t was very common in those early times, more
| than at present, for master mechanics to take
indentured apprentices, who, if they abscond-
: ed, were (and now are) liable to be arrested
and returned to their masters, as persons held
to labor or service in the State whence they fed.
The same rule prevails now in regard to white
fagitives which was adopted by the early puri-
tans, and is applied by the fugitive slave law to
fugitive slaves. Yet the abolitionists would see
the Union dissolved rather than apply the same
rule to runaway blacks to which runaway white
; men are subjected
A lengthy dissertation has been recently pab-
shed BY physician OF France. on the benef-
cial results Of groaning and crying on the ner
vous system. He contends that groaning and
crying are the two grand operations BY which
nature allays anguish-that he has uniformly
observed that those patients who 6 i've way 10
their natural feelings, more speedily recover
from accidents and operations than those who
suppose that it is unworthy man to betrav
such symptoms Of cowardice as citherto groan
or to cry. He is always pleased by the crying
and violent roaring of patient during the time
he is undergoing violent surgical operation.
because he is satisfied that he will thereby soothe
his nervous system SO as to prevent fever, and
insure a favorable termination He relates the
case of man. who, by crying and bawllng, re-
duced his pulse from one hundred and twenty
six to sixty in the course of two hours. That
some patients often have great satisfaction in
groaning, and that hysterical patients expert
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