The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-05-28

The editor OF that sheet casugates his excel
lencE Rithout-tle least mercy. Take the fol
lowing extracts from 4 late number of the Sen
tinel Are they not pitilessly severe?
i THE man who. during the last four years
has been guilty of more acts of folly than wer
committed by all the democratic presidents tina
! preceded him, now comes forward and asks
renomination at Cincinnati for the place honor
ed by Jefferson and Jackson. Is our party
so lost to every sentiment of self-respeet as t,
countenance such remission by the very mai
that has struck US down? We are Just re
covering from the blows under which we hav.
suffered. Shall we court the fearful retribu
ton which will certainly visit US if we shall
bring Franklin Pierce again before the country
as candidate for the presidency? The people
/ OF the northwest are are a generous people
the majority Of the voters of the great State:
north and west oil the Ohio are democrats
there is point. however, beyond which en-.
durance ceases to be virtue; there should be
no attempt to goad these men into the supper,
of politician who is q absolutely odious to
them. The only hope of the southern de.
mocracy is in the northwest; let not our south
ern friends force upon Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan, man who has
been, and would again be, repudiated BY over
whelming majorites. Ns58
''Such a statesman asDouglas or Buchanan
would ride into power on the high tide of popu-
lar opinion, but such a demagogue as Franklin
Pierce, as wes have intimated on another oc-
casion, would fall "a dead cock in the pitt he
would be struck down on the right hand and
on the lett, from behind and before, from CEN
tire TO circumference, the. old and The young,
the sick and the infrm, would issue from their
abodes, and, in spite of all that could be said
by democratic orators. would strike an irresist-
ible and overwhelming blow at the great de-
moralizer of the democratic party.
Mark this democratic testimony!l
If it is the purpose of the Cincinnati con-
ventlon 10 build up and consolidate black re-
publlcanlsm, there is then fitness in the nomi-
nation OF gen. Pierce; for it was he that breath
ed into life that reasonable party-il was he
that dismissed the sentinels of democracy all
over the free States, and put in their places
men recruited from the ranks of the enemy.
It is not material to inquire into the motive
which influenced him then to act; good or bad,
he effect and the responsibility are the same.
Il 1t was weakness, or even mistaken zeal for
he cause, he Is unfit for the office he holds;
t 1t was treachery, he should look to abolition.
SIS for support.
Wing as we are, we never said any thing
alf as savage against the administration as the |
oregolng-so true is it, that the very warmest
are sometimes converted into the
lost implacable animosities.
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EMBALMrNG.--We called on Monday at the
esidence of Mr.. Casanave, No. 81, Marais st.,
" the purpose of examining the body of a de-
eased gentleman, which had been subjected to
he extraordinary embalming process discover
d by doctor Holmes, of New York, and of
hlch Mr.. Casanave is the sole agent for Lou
lana. The corpse was that of a Young phy.
clan from Pennsylvania, who died in this city
the 9th inst, OF pulmonary consumption. as
tested by tie certificate of doctor cenas. For
fteen days the body had reposed in an open
'ffin, not merely without the slightest appear
ace Of decomposition, but without the least
-rccpnble alteration of the features, and alb
'lutely free from any odor whatever. To the
re the corpse seemed to be that of one who -,
I'D just surrendered life, and We were assured =
Mr.. Casanave, that with the exception of u
'adual sharpening ofthe features, produced by q
e evaporation Of the fluids in the body, il
ouId remain unchanged for an indefinite De. 7
ID. Mr.. Casanaye was DESTROYS ofkeepine the !,
'dy some months, IN order more concuslvely "
test the excellence of the embalminp pro- ,,
SIS. but had received an order from the friends II
the deceased in Pennsylvania, requiring him u
send it on Immediately. P
What is most wonderful about this discovery u
that no mutiiation of the corpse is required. u
her systems Of embalment necessitate the :,
lsceration OF the body, and the removal Of the y
ernal organs. BY doctor Holmes plan all
at Is to be done is to make a slight incision in
e OF the arms, lay bare the radial artery, and
ect the embalmng fluid by It through the va l
JUS blood vessels. 1t is the work Of few al
nutes, Is completed at once, and effectualy III
-serves the subject from the influences of air, ia
at and moisture. Decay is rendered utterly IN
possible, and there is every reason to believe Pr
At bodies thus prepared may be placed in an tn
en- case, and will remain unaItered for ages. ST
Persons DESTROYS oftransportng to distance &C
mortal remains of their deceased friends, or
y now avail themselves of this admirable pr
d expeditions process. 1t is one of the latest AT
most valuable contributions which science of
rendered to humanity. n. O. Bee. tn
The MEXICAN TREArY-The N. York Jour tw
of Commerce, which is usually we'll posted va
regard to the doings and intentions of the an
xican authorities, gives full credence to the ST.
ort that our minister, Mr. Gadsden, is ne 70
iating treaty for the purchase Of another M
'tion OF the territory of Mexico, and that lie
terms have already been adjusted with the A.
xico. --'..... . 4 ch
The object, as we understand it, is to renew VIZ
cession made originally in the treaty by bu
ich the Mesilla Valley was acquired The fer
5. senate, in ratifying this treaty, struck out wi
ortlon OF the territory purchased, and with An
We millions of the stipulated purchase money. ART
der the ratified treaty, the boundary line be- as
zen the two countries crosses the Colorado
n at point twenty miles below its junction XII
h the ella. sn.
tbs now proposed, BY a supplementary trca- ha
to carry the boundary further south, so as CD,
obtain a breadth of land extending to the co,
ID of the gulf of California, and securing bu
there. A letter from the city of Mexico, oce
which the project is explained and recon-
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