The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-02-13

5 NJ 26.
Here is another picture Of democracy, drawn
BY the most influential organ ofthat party pub
lished at the south-the Charleston Mercury.
The same number which contains the following
truthful remarks advocates the reelection OF
president Pierce:
NEBRASKA DEMOCRACY AT THE NoRrH.-In
reply to our last article, Zone ofthe Demo
Gratis" fills two columns of the Standard We
really did not intend to give him SO muchtrou-
Bile, and to SO little purpose, as will be seen,
when we recall him to the issue between us,
which, whether from design or necessity, he
has absolutely lost sight Of This done, eshali
leave him to pursue, at his own time, and in his
own manner, his defence of IN ebraska Demo
cracy at the north -
Mr.. Cox, a member of the house ofrepresen-
tatiyes from Kentucky, with view to expose
the course of northern democrats upon the Ne
braska bill, took occasion, in recent debate,
to question members from several northern
States, as to the grounds upon which that mea-
sure was defended before the people OF the
north. These members from Michigan, Ohio,
Pennsylvania. and Illinois, with one voice, de-
clared that Messrs Cass, Douglas, Pugh, IN
fact the democratic party in these States, advo-
Gated it, not as measure of justice to the SOUTH
and equality to the whole country, but as "the 4
best abolition measure ever passed" that by y
not another slave State would ever be added to
the Union, and the dominion of freesoil be e1-
tended to the uttermost bounds of our territorial
possessions Such testimony, SO explicitly, and
so authortatively given, was well calculated to
surprise the south, and disturb the plans OF
party politicians It convicted the democratic
party at the north, of freesoil sympathies and
afhliation. The writer in the Standard called
| in question these charges. He impugned the
credibility of the witnesses, as warped by party
hostility and prejudice He had lived in plea
SAINT dreams of the faithfulness of the northern
democratic party, and he could not credit su'h
testimony against them. Here was the issue he
took with the Mercury. Are these things true
of the northern democracy? Do they advo-
cate the Nebraska bill as ''the best abolition
measure ever passed.
We claim to have met him fairly and squarely
on this issue. We appealed from the wltnes.
ses to the parties themselves. We quoted the
the speeches of general Cass, the great leader
Of the democracy of the northwest, and the
comments of the leading Nebraska democratic
party. We quoted to the same effect the Ian
guage of general Shields, with similar comments
all sustaining to the very spirit, nay, to the
letter, the statements of the witnesses, and de-
monstrating upon what grounds of abolition and
hostility to the south, they defend the Nebras-
ka bill Was this not enough? Was not the
answer satisfactory and complete to the issue by
'One of the Democrats?'' That it was, we
have proof in his last article. He attempts to
shift the issue by holding up the Nebraska bill
itself, as a reply to our charges made against
the faithfulness of our northern democracy. -
He alleges nothing in reply to the Witnesses
nothing to sustain his imputaon castupon their
credibity. The solution is obvious.
But admit that the Nebraska bill, in repeal
ing the Missouri compromise line, may benefit
the south, and tbatit was the work of the north
ern democrats: is it nothing, in question OF
faithfuness to us, to convict them from their
own mouths, of premeditated hostile intent?-
nothing that this measure of seeming peace and
Justice to the south was conceived and executed
in spirit of deliberate enmity and treachery?
Look at the facts. Here are leaders of the
northern democratic party, for whose faithful
ness to southern rights we are called on to rem
der eternal praises bury our grets, swear our
Ifealty-leaders who originated the Nebraska
bill, standing up in the presence OF abolition,
and laying upon its altars this proof final and
conclusive of their devotion to its cause. Here
are their confessions that it was not the south,
not constitutional right, not equality between
the States, which inspired their ZEAL but the
triumph of free-soil, the downfall of slavery
and the south. And are these men to be CALI
ed friends? Shall we consent to league our
destinies with them, and give them our full con-
fdence in the hour of need? Shall we be so
blinded and duped by their equiyocal acts of
friendship as to forget the purpose avowed-
our destruction? "
What sort of harmony or affiliation can the
south have with such men? There can be neth-
er heart nor honesty in it. The bond of such n
friendship is trckery; its peace the hollow truce
of enemies. Itmay do well enough for political
gamesters; but for the people, for the country,
4 it can bring nought but disaster. .,-.-
Such are the considerations which address
| themselves to us from these confessions of the
northern democracy.
We have but one word more for 'tOne of the
| Democrats" The sketch he has given us Of
the triumph of the democracy in Maine, New
York, New Jersey, Pennsy ylvania, Indiana and
! Wisconsin, is, SO far as We are informed, in a
great measure drawn from his own fancy. We
do not believe that the democratic party has, in
| fact, won back more than two of the States
mentioned. s ..."
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We have in this village one of the most
singular human beings (all things consideredl
to be found in this corner of the world He is
| dwarf, about Is years of age, quite small and
deformed, and not exactly an opium eater, but
laudanum drinker. He has been victim
of the habit for years, and all attempts to pre-
vent his indulgence in the stupefying drug
have been in vain. The desire for more and
more has steadily gained on him. until at the
present time he actually drinks two ounces of
laudanum every day; and what is still more re-
markable, all at one time. This enormous po-
tation is swallowed at a regular hour in the
afternoon of each day. A pipe and tobacco