The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-07-09

tear and anxiety among the faithful leader
of the great unterrifed." 1t may well do Sc
for without the .aid and comfort and votes G
the natives of the Emerald Isle the present de
!. mocratic organisation could not exist Its pow
er would evaporate, its strength would vanish
and hardly squad be left to rehearse the his
tory of its rise, progress and death. From va
rious causes, for the last two or three year
symptoms of alienation and discomfort hav
!. shown themselves, not only between the demo
cracy and Irish, but between the democrac.
and the Germans. One Of the peculiar feature
of the misunderstanding is, that the naturaliset
citizens feeling and knowing that it is mainl..
owing V their votes that the democratic tcke
ever succeeds at an election, naturally beilev'
they are in return justly entitled to large por
ton of the spells, in the shape of fat Offices
This point the leaders are not disposed to yield
for the very good reason, that they themselve
want the fat Offices; but are willing, asan otfse
for the benefits that have accrued to their OWL
pockets through the aid of foreign votes, to Sc
cure for these natural allies of modern de
mocracy such appointments as police officers
watchmen and the like. These of course do no
tally with the aspirations of the higher order
of naturalised citizens, and they begin to be by
no means slow in giving vent to their indigna
ton. Affairs being thus situated, we cannot
surmise what will be the end-whether the de-
mocraic party will succumb to the demands OF
their @natural allies" Or whether, in case the
wire workers refuse to do SO, the Irish will or
ganise an independent national party ofther
own and take the field on their own hook. The
American party are open opponents of this kind
Of foreign influence in politics, and the Irish
know where to place them. They have no ia
vors to expect, and therefore no disappoint-
ments to encounter But the democracy have
stood in the light of patrons to foreigners, and
to the Irish in particular. and have pretended
to stand with outstretched arms to welcome all
Europe to America, and 10 be anxious to convert
the dwellers of every cline under the sun into
citizens and voters, especially during election
times; and it is, therefore, a source of great
uneasiness to the leaders of the party just now
to find their old allies kicking out of harness.
One of'the latest causes of offence to the Irish
was occasioned by the death of a waiter, in
Washington hotel, during an ARRAY between the
ofthe house and Mr., Herbert, demo
cratic congressman from California. This sad
event drew from Mr.. Thomas darcy MCGEE
the bombastic protest witch he addressed to
the Cincinnati convention, and the American
Celt, bishop Hughes organ, published in New
York-the most influential Irish journal in
for weeks boiled over with
Indignation while rehearsing the history of the
ow, now turns to the Brooks and Sumner af- |
air, and speaks as follows:
Following fast on the recent murder of Kea-
ing, An assault of the most aggravated charac-
er has been perpetrated on senator Sumner in
lis seat in the senate, by Mr.. Brooks, a mem
er OF the house from South Carolina A com
nittee OF inquiry was promptly and properly /
rdtred the next day, by vote of 50 for to IS
galnst the motion. Among the So was to be
ound Herbert of California.
The assault on Mr.. Sumner was an outrage
N the entire congress, and the assailant richly
deserved expulsion from his seat. But bad as
Is, 1t cannot possibly be compared in its
normity to the deliberate murder Of the waiter
t WIllard's. Brooks gutta percha cane, though
is not to be mentioned with Her
ert's revolver; Brooks also has some show of
-
gainst his absent relative, while Herbegt had
o pretext whatever for his brutal and delibe-
ate homicide. That Herbert should sympa-
hise with Brooks, is as natural as that Schuy-
sr should sympathse with sadeir, or Bristol
'ill'- make common cause.with "One-eyed
thompson" There is natural fellowship be-
ween these bandits Of the Legislature, as there
ught to be a natural antipathy and combina-
ION of all honest men against them 4.
s:When the committee on the Brooks case e.
ort, or while they are sitting, we sincerely
rust another. and a successful effort wifi be
lade to get committee on4Herbert, or to re-
IF his case to that already appointed. # the
emocraic members of the house continle ia
ensible to their most solemn professions we
ope the new party, the republicans, will justi-
WILL hothI, Ny iHeiStlAS vi tiS HOIhlHS-
,an's right to be INDICATED, as well as the SEN
tors right to be projected
We would like to know what right congress
as to investigate the ARRAY between Brooks
nd the unfortunate waiter
The American Cet is strongly democratic in
s tone, and the editor AYERS that he did as
'uch as any writerin the country to secure the
lection of general Pierce, and we believe him,
" it is a notorious fact that it was through the
fuence Of bishop Hughes that the democracy
trried New York at the last presidential cleo
On. And we also believe that he is equally !
,rrect when he asserts that "the democratic S
aders can only fee-fo and sympathise with {
Dor Irishmen when they are alive and can
ote-otherwise they care nothing for them {
he hint thrown out in relation to the black s
publicans shows which way the wind blows. ,
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S1sFuL.-The second quarterly meeting con-
renee for the Newton circuit, Georgia, for
35s, passed the following resolution, and Or
cred Ito be published in the S. G. Advocate. ,