The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-09-03


! The nations Of ancient times. persisted not from
!, the attacks Of foreign foes, but from the wiles
o recresnI sons. Look at Spain. Italy. Portuga
! and Mexico, sinking into decay and dust from
n internal dissentions and the intrigues of dema
: gogues seeking TO obtain power, while Switzer
n land. faithful to herself, is as invineibe as il
e days of yore. The prosperity of the United
i States, which has, in less than half century
J. caused the country to rise fem an obscure, al
e most unknown wilderness 10 the Importance of;
$ FIRST class power, has created hatred and jea
: lousy among the monarchist of Europe, whe
S would rejoice 10 see the progress of republican
: ism stayed; but SO long as We are true TO our
: selves their Vaccinations will be vain. Eng
: land and France combined would exhaust them
: selves without robbing US of one foot Of terri,
+ tory or prevent US from adding to the stars thai
: adorn our flag. The watchfulness that is re-
I quiste 10 preserve our institutions has notbeen
: used; the love OF country has beaten. through
: the wies of designing demagogues, but family
in many hearts oflate years. Abolitionism has
: traduced the south, and has gIoried in arraying
the north against the south. while at the same
time southerners are not wanting to join in the
cry of fanatics for dissolution of the Union,
until crisis has arisen that will demand a bold
fearless and skilful pilot to enable the ship of
state to weather the breakers oand pass safely
through the dangers by which it is environed
Il would be Al evidence OF insanity to deny that
/ the Pierce administration and the northern de-
/ moeracy have done more to increase the spirit
ofsectionalism and disunion and to fanthe flame
OF fanaticism than any men that ever lived
As an evidence of the fact, we have only 10 view
the rapid strides made during the last two years
BY the black republicans. and then turn to Kan
sas, and behold its condition, almost in open
revolt, breathing hostility to the south and death
to southerners: and all, too, brought on BY the
intrigues Of Reeder, president Pierce's govern
or, while endeavoring to carry out the theory
OF squatter sovereignty. If the Pierce admin
tration, its oficehol1ers and their satellites be
friends OF the south, ''heaven save US from such
friends" The evil consequences to the coun-
try, growing out of the corrupt policy of the !
present democratic administration. extend far .
beyond those enumerated. Thousands of men |
at the north, who two years ago derlded aboli-
tionsm, are now working 10 the freesoil ranks
and decidedly hostile to the south. The tone
of no small portion of the northern press. and
of the northern pulpit also, proves that they
would ostracise southerners and while they act
thus, they know that the slave trade, in its
most repugnant form, is carried on by their
own northern vessels, and That the great source
of their commercial wealth is the fruit OF slave
abor at the south. The presidential campaign
opens at this crisis, and the American party are
determined 70 make an effort to restore the re-
public to its pristine purity, to Danish from the
:ounntry all sectional jealousy and fanaticiSms,
md preserve inviolate the beloved Union found
ID by our fathers They have chosen for a =,
eader, Willard Fillmore, man who is worthy 3
# all confidence, an earnest patriot, who has c
'een tested and proved. His administration
.xtorted encomiums from the highest demo- [
rats throughout the land, although they were
lis political opponents. His high-mindedness I
f purpose and his devotion to the Union have S
hown forth in every action of bis lie and with c
i'm as our chief magistrate, the future of the y
ountry would be peaceful and prosperous f
CoScHoLoGIcAL.-The Albany Statesman, u
eferring to the effect of the late genealogical !
onventions in New York, and the amalgama- :
on treaty patched up between Pierce favorte r
soft freesoilers and the ''hard'' democracy,
avs, 1.-THE union of the hards and softs has c
cen but nominal. When the 900 hards \
alked in at one door, at least half that num- Il
er Of softs went out at another, and they have il
cen going ever since. It was the signal for s.
esertlOn, and no party ever yet existed, in this II
: any other Stase, that could stand such deser- /"
ons as have been made from the nominally
nted democratic party in the State. The vigor 6
that party is gone; its organisation is broken ?
D. and it has become demoralsed and ineffici- =,
1t to effect results. Mr.. Buchanan is wholly Il
1t Of the question in the Empire State There
nc power in the once powerful democratic tc
arty here, to give him more than a respectable P
ote, and he daily Tags further and further in - ..
e rear of all the other candidates 1t is un- q
true That majority Of the desert CO
$ from the democratic ranks have taken re- a
&c in the black republican camp. But start d a.
g 10000 behind the American party, with h.
csc accessions and all others it will receive. m
e black republicans will fall far short OF the d.
cessions to the Americans from the straight pf
hgs and business classes, to say nothing OF the ~
1000 advantage with which it starts, Or the Il,
ent voting OF which it will surely be the re- G
oient this misunderstanding in the race with g.
1000 ahead, receiving at the outset the pow d u
full accession of 30 900 old line uhig votes, 6
wing the warm and active sympathy Of the tb
mechanical and planting classes, a
;reasing daily and hourly in strength, and RI: