The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-07-23

$ character and blast his hopes. By turning
J another column of the Delta, will be found
: letter from its Washington correspondent, late
/ June Is, from which We make the following e,
o tracts:
!, Ill the committee rooms at Cincinnati coul
i be made to give up the secrets of the variou
Ii delegations, what sight there would be fe
the south. II it were said that there was DE-
" liberate attempt made to kill off Douglas, thre
> southern men, who would believeit If the De
!. ia should announce that it has information of
e conspiracy between southern politicians to ur
dermlne Douglas, SO as to secure the success
sion of a southern man, who would believe ii
{ If it was further stated that q rumor has bee
+ started. in rolf kind Ola way, that Douga
S was Wllmot-p roviso man, that he is unsafe
G that he did not, IN fact, orig inate the Nebrask
! bill, but that the measure came from certal
southern man; that Douglas friend Richardso
is at heart freesoiler, &C., &c.,it these state
/, ments were made, who would believe them?-
S And yet, if Doug las lives, before three year
are over, his private character for reliability
his political motives, and his opinion on grea
: questions will be distrusted, misrepresented
and SO placed before the southern mind as tt
} get him out of the way in 1860. And this worl
is to be done through southern means Tht
south is to be called upon to lay violent ane
bloody hands upon Stephen A. Douglas, of Lii
nois! t.g . ... -=1..s- s.-.s -... .
!; Virginia voted for Buchanan on the express
understanding that Pennsylvania was for the
nominee of the Old Dominion in $50. 1t was
a trade, and very good trade too for Old
Buck. AS to Virginia, when the bargain is
fastened on her, she will not relish her position
much. But it is MOTH Virginia alone, that this
bargain and corruption went on. There are
other States having their like local gods, and
these States fell into the trap quite naturally
The onl man in their way is Mr.. Douglas, and
if nothing else will destroy him, his great mea-
sure, the Kansas Nebraska bill, is to be sunk
as Insignificant by the south herself, or allowed
to pass into odium BY southern neglect There
is nothing too corrupt for the political traders
of the day, and when they have game to play
here, they play it, fair or unfair.
. "My own opinion is, that the object of the
black republicans is merely to make an organ-
sation fight this time, and to force under Buch
anan's lead the abandonment before the north
ern people of the Kansas principle. This will
be done. The issue will be lodged everywhere
at the north. This will be the paving way for
the anti-slavery party for 1860. Hence, you
see third-rate men, as George Law, Fremont,
etc, put forward in 1856. The contest should
have been fought now, and Douglas was the
man for the issue. He is trying to force the
party up, but my confirmed opinion is that the
Nebraska bill will be lodged, and the principle
thus demoralised before the people by the act
of the democratic party, will have to be fought
if ever 1t is fought hereafter Then will come
in play the southern ambition have spoken of.
Douglas will be killed off, Or his great measure
sunk as vital issue before the people, Let the
south BEWARE
Of course, the Americans take no interest
n these family jars" chickering's and recrim-
nations of the democracy, as it is matter of no
Importance which section of the party win the
'ictory. But we cannot help thinking that the
ountry would gain, rather than lose, by Dou
LAS being killed off, to make way for son
f the Old Dominion. The latter would I'M
oubtedly be&rue to the south ,
The Washington Union, in answering note
:om Mr.. W. Carey Jones, denying the charge
,ade by that official organ of the administra- I
on, that colonel Benton support of Mr.. Buch-
nan was ''treacherous," says: ut is our mis-
ortune, however, to be unable to comprehend ,
ow colonel Benton can fail to see that the run {
ing of two electoral tickets in Missouri, each t
aiming to be democratic, and each protesting
support Mr.. Buchanan, can result otherwise j.
ian in giving the plurality of votes to the tick =
which supports Mr.. Fillmore, and thus losing 9
e vote of that State to the democrats in the tt
ectoral college," The Union need not be so tt
ard to please, for it is extremely doubtful :,
neither Mr.. Buchanan, although backed by Old =
ullion and with only one democratic electoral
,ket in the field, can carry Missouri against
lmore. In fact according to the St. Louis Il
teligencer, the prospect is that Fillmore will 8
Teep Missouri with an overwhelming ma jority Is
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Twenty-Five clergymen of Richmond, Vir- II
mia, recently held meeting and published an r
dress to the public in reference to the s'pre- .,
Mt crisis in our national affairs" Their in .,
alton appears to have been to alay the excite W
ent between the north and south. The Wing W
ry justly "unqualifedly condemns the step ia
ey have TAKEN" and styles it "yankeeism, g;
d wrong from beginning to end.' 1t is to q,
deyoutly hoped that southern divines will w
yer so far forget their holy calling as to in fo
NEEDLE in politics. Let them stick to the .,
Die and disseminate its divine lessons, and -
we politics to editors andpolitcians f,
An analysis of the first ballot for presidentin ar
; Cincinnati democratic convention gives the be
lowing result as between the north and south: is
For Buchanan, Free States 100 votes in
Slave States, "a -
or fierce, Free States, so "
Slave States, "a so
or douglas, Free States, 10
Slave States, -
FOR Cass, Free States, .
e same proportion was preserved through :
all the ballots, except the last, on which :,
:. Buchanan received the whole vote. 1t is ~