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

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sons o. Tue Soil, and there is something in ii
character of the doctrines it ncucates SO f
above the concentrated ''isms' and mereenar
aims of the administration party and its multi
farious factions, that they have peculiar clail
upon every man who loves the land of his Dirt
more than he does any political party, and VII
IS more solicitous for heperpetuity of the I'm
on than for a taste Of the ssloaves and fishes
Certainly, with the corruption, low intrigu
and lnabeellity hourly SO glarngly Displaced b
the democratic rulers of the federal and stat
governments, no well-wisher to the country cal
for moment doubt which party it becomes hi
duty as an American and patriot to support
The issue is narrowed down to the point. yheth
er this country shall be governed by the pre-
sent race of Pierce ofice-holders, and their N
York softshell freesoler dependents, aided b.
..foreign influence" or be restored to its pris
tine purity and vigor. and ruled by the natives
OF the land, in accordance with the policy Of
the Immortal "Father of his Country and the
founders of the republic. Besides this, it is a
momentous question, whether the race of free
soil and black republican fanatics brought into
life and activity by the Pierce regime, are to be
fostered and petted by the executive, and fed
from the public treasury, until their treason to
the south occasions dissolution of the Union
Can southerners desire that another Reeder-
thatrare personifcation of a democratic 'snorth-
err man with southern principles should be
sent as governor to one Of the new territories,
and 10 act while there as missionary for the
abolitionists? The interests Of the south. the
peace OF tire country, the cause of the Union, of
patriotism is that represented by Milard Fill
more. That name was nererlinked with weak
ness, imbecility, nor low political intrigue Its
possessor never stopped to interfere in local cleo
tons, never filed the customhouses and post |
Offices at the north with frecsoilers, never sent
an aboiitlonst to govern "a territory. 1t never .
yet failed in securing the confidence of friends
and the respect of enemies. 1t stood at the
front Of the glorious old whig party, and it
shone at the head of the country 1t now leads
the American columns, and the misrepresenta-
ion, abuse and slang yomited forth By the Of
ice-holders' organs, as well as the freesoil and
abolition press, demonstrates how great a ter
or his simple nomination has created in the
MT American ranks What man fears to fol- +
ow such leader, and what native of the soil d
an conscientiously despise and contemn the a
arty which has Willard Fillmore as its head y
nd front? . Fl
Every day demonstrates that the strength of Il
lie American nominations is increasing. g.
olcc is rising and swelling from every part of
e Union for Fillmore and Doneson. Hosts
the best and purest statesmen in the country
e laboring enthusiastically in their behalf; >
nile even now the ablest and most bitter the p
Il American organs have lost their power to i
ar or injure. Fillmore cannot suffer from u
cir rituperations. Nor can their abuse and 81
'nders injure Dohelson, the man who long Vi
tied the Washington Union, the leading or y
n IN the country of the democratic party, and
10 officially" laid down the 'principles, - u
: ''plalform,' - doctrine and the argument for p
the lesser lights and organs OF that party ps
'oughout the entiqe Union. q
The people will, probably, next week have ~
opportunity of comparing Fillmore, the re- ~
sentative of the Americans, with the NOM e'
'e of the democratic national convention, and IL
''worth makes th% man." we can then Judge I'll
the merits and claims of the respective cham s''
ms of the two parties. lie
'.lon," the Washington correspondent of the tn
itinore Sun, states that the recognition ofthe ne
minister from Nicaragua will, probably, be d,
lowed By practical annulment of the neu- M
iity laws. 50 far as the enforcement of the e.
ne would prevent Walker from receiving ma W.
ial aid from this country Whatever is to Al,
done IN that direction must be done quickly, er
Walkers letter to senator Weller shows that FIJI
needs immediate help, and moreover the ba
lcnnati convention is at hand, where the tn
'lker question is 10 furnish new plank for IA;
democratic platform; and president Pierce 81,
his partisans are making use of everyexer- in
! to get the nomination. Mr.. Whee,er's re- fai
ons with the Nicaraguan government will be ex
Iored, and he will be retained at his post, for we
has proved HIMSELF more violent filibuster an,
n any other American in that region, except On,
Iker himself. The effect of these move r;v
ats will be TO confirm Walker in his power the
to enable him to carry out his design ofsub- w;t
ing all Central America to process Of com Of
sory regeneration. Costa Rica is the state reo
CHI will offer, under British encouragement, car
most decided opposition; but without more
lent aid than the supply of two thousand
ID of arms, Costa RIGA must soon succumb. se'
possible that the British government may VIZ
lentiy lnterpose, and, in that case, the two p"'
ntnes may. some summer morning, find ',''
nseives engaged in war, to their great A.'
rise and ultimate regret 'Ion" is the ''o''
informed newspaper correspondent in o.
shington. age
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