The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-06-11
American District Convention

Il American District Convention.
/ In accordance with previous notice, tn
American party of the sixth electoral district o
Louisiana, held a convention at Minden, Oh
Monday, the Cd day of June, 1856, to nominate
an elector and vice elector for said district, t
run on the FILLMORE and DoNELsoN ticket
The convention was organised by electinE
general John 1. Hodges, of Bossier, president
and )" Jasper Blackburn, secretary. The nom
nations were Immediately proceeded to, where
upon, Mr. A. B. George, of Claiborne, named
Peter Alexander, of Tensas, and Mr.. 7. W
Bledsoe, of Bossier, named L. P. Grain, o
Caddo. No other names being put before the
convention the vote was ordered to be takeI
by parishes
/ On the first call the result Showed that Mr.
Alexander had received two-thirds Of all the
votes cast. He was then declared BY the chain
! to be duly nominated as the American electol
! for the sixth electoral district.
| The convention then made the nomination
unanimous by reclamation.
| Proceeded then to nominate a vice elector
The name of colonel NJ. Watson, of Caddo,
was suggested, and there being no opposition,
he was, on motion of the secretary, declared,
by reclamation, the unanimous choice Of the
convention for vice elector
On motion Of doctor Walter Rossman, of
Claiborne, the chair was directed to appoint a
committee of three to inform the nominees of
their selection.
The chair named as said committee, Messrs:
Rossman, George and Bledsoe.
On motion, the chairman was added to the
committee.
Mr.. George offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That we heartily endorse the
nomination made by the American party, at the
late Philadelphia convention, for president and
vice president-that we recognise Willard Fill
more and Andrew J. Donelson as true, conserv-
alive, national and constitutional men, to whose
administration we are willing to entrust the in
terests of the Union.
The resolution was unanimously adopted,
and the proceedings of the convention were Or
dered to be published in the Minden Herald,
and a copy furnished to the Shreveport South
and all papers in the district friendly
to the American party requested to copy.
The convention then adjourned
JOHN L. HODGES, President.
w. JASPER BLACKBURN, Secretary.
The New York Evening Post, the leading
democratic journal in that State and official or
gan of the most radical wing of the soGshell
contains a long address, signed by
me hundred prominent democrats of the State
If New York, protesting in the strongest terms
against the peryersion of democracy to pro-
lavery purposes, as shown in the late attempt |
0 affect reconciliation between the softs and |
ards, land declaring their determination to resist
by the most strenuous means the base policy
# looking kindly towards southern Slavery
Tot one of these one hundred democrats, ac-
ordng to the Post, has ever been connected
18th the black republican movement. The
'ost remarks:
'That the address truly reflects the senti-
tents OF the radical democracy of New York,
dmlts no question. We understand that no
forts have been made to procure signatures
hereto, beyond a sufficient number to indicate
lie prevalent sentiments of this important class
electors, and to forewarn the Cincinnati con-
anton that without the adoption of creed and
'ndldaes whom the radical democracy can
'nslstent1y support, the vote ofNew York will
ever be given to the nominees of that body"
The Evening Post is one of the oldest demo-
ATTIC Journals m the Union and having been
n more than thirty years past the official Or
an OF that party in the Empire State, is highly
laied TO speak Of the sympathies, DISPOSE
On and ''prnciples'' of the democracy. Yet, :
the face of such evidence, we find southern
5 who pretend themselves to believe, and an
ously striving to convince others, that the N.
DIRK democracy are "sound on the slavery =
leston, "truly national" and the very best $
ends the south ever had! According to the
me logic, president Pierces pet, governor c
eeder must have been Sound on the slavery [
estion'' and the best friend the south has !,
er had in Kansas. T
THAT DEMOCRATIC PLEDGE-Twice have we "
lied upon the Washington Union to admit or p
ny that, in 852, during the presidential cam il
ign, it pledged its word to the Buffalo plat l.
m politicians Of the north as follows: o
The freesoil democratic leaders ofthe north d
? a regular portion of the democratic party, =,
q general Pierce, II elected, Will make no DIS
ction between them and the rest Of the demo- ,
scy in the distribution of official patronage, y;
d in the selection of agents for administering II
government. See files Of Washington u
lion for 1852. u
And general Pierce has fulfilled the pledge Il
.he very letter. He makes no distinction what E
er between "the freesoil democratic leaders al
The north" and ''the rest of the democracy."l
nat an obstinate fellow, says the Washington ii
gan, that Union man is, to be sure, to refuse fl
admit or deny the charge! Come now, thou o'
ater luminary of the dissolved copartnership 'e
Forney d Pierce, break silence! Eiaculate as
sublimity those trembling words: Sc
hou-cans mot say--I--did--it! Per- oil
IS the south will credit your denial Trr i'll pt