The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-02-27

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they are silent IN regard - Ills aots. aIsfeh ii
Seiiesed y .-sp@ak feader thar #orss.s Tie
hare 10 faaltto find vi. lin, fsr harsng u Il
- he possibly could conferred the Offices an
patronage q the general government apoa I'll
mos raoS5 freeaoiiers and anti -siaserF nen. Pa
having Fampered nith ard peszed thoss fana
Z sics unt5l Trey. hare groag sufficiently stron
: u rule The United s.stes house Of representa-
tises and elect ofse ofthernselres speaker Of tia
body. Thsy encourage with their plaadlts An,
endorsement his eTerg aet, I'd express 10 spin
ion % national affairs aIEtfyous wsidaz f,r III
Z imperial nod" They are silent mil that
made, tbea tl,ey Stout and hazza until She,
becorae hoarse. 4 emaII faction Of The nesth
I ern democrats. not has1ag such enlarged ant
cg1a prebensiFe minds d their brethren II III.
soRsh, are utterly unable . sppreciate. eonpre
bend. Or reconcile the preaching and tlse
ttPractiee, of tl'e president. The organs 9th
NV York .hards,' III sid style JsferHon and
Jarksen democrats, have reJpened their bate.
rlea on tie administration, and point out The
curious fact Of president Pierce at tbs moment
beng engaged in counipg the sou.herners with
. tbe high doen words 81 lis message, willie he
II HAY surrounded himself with anli-sarerr a.
I Fisers. and filed lie castornIouscs and post
/ Offices throughout New York, Pennsylvania,
\ Massachusetts. Ohio, Aew Hampshire, Con
Hecticus ard Maine with freesoilers and ab5Ii-
tionists. i appears somewhat remarkable 10
tbus find northern democratic editors quarrel
ling with The administration for anti-slasery
sympatisfes and its freesoiI and abolition ap-
pointments, while At the same time the southern
democrats are eulogizing ibis very administrs-
icn and 1T tbs moment aiding the federal Office
holders in their efforts to secure denomination
tofgeneral Pierce for the presidency. The south
Sern democracy pretend 10 feel great adnira-
lcn for the past policy of The administration,
10 spite Of it, haring put in places ofhonor and
srust nearly all the leaders OF the anti-sIayerg
factions. They profess TO admire Pieree'sp poll
sy, even IN sending THE notorious aboIidonist
fanatic, Feeder, II Kansas Is governor. Tie !
fruits Of which vas the engenderng Of al the
aiscord, contention, and even ciril-war, which /
have agtated the whole onion for months past
and elevated Banks TO The speakership. But,
Tile hard democrats of New York. citizens n n
d free state, have subjected themselves to poi.-
bal ostracism b. defending the rights Of The
slave states, and refusing to affiliate with general
Pieree's leesoil 'sofs.' What singular spec
taeles Southern journals and soutAerners, ap-
proving tie policy Of a president who has filed
lie offices Of the government With bitter oppo-
1sa;s to the south and her institutions; willie
be members 81 the same party in New York !
AYE declared bostiIties against linn because he
IfPointed freesoiiers to Office. This, ne sup /
,ese, il what the official organs means By e.na-
lonal" democracy. Tie New York National t
Democrat, eeEnnenting On the message, says: 10
"We have aot opposed the general policy Of &
iy. Pierce, for much Of that his early demo a
rstic training has inspired, and the necessities >
fhls position have kept much Of the remain :
er IN The correct channel, but We have ex-
fessed freely the contempt that all must feel
" cabinet Which places freesoiIers tn office. ID
ND pays 81 editor or tHo at Washington ito c
ay nothing 81 the thousands Of Office holders ;
rgaDs IN pay Of the government distributed
throughout the Union, for sitting down every q
~ 70 deny that these men arr freesolers, and ri
! arcase the rest Of The world Of worse than
'E3g, for saPposing that they are.''
Dur Sew fofk eotcmporary is greatly mis- J
lk}er in snpposing that "aIl must feel contempt
+ cabinet which places freesoiters in office' !"
NJ kicks pro-slaFery men opt TO make roorn for 7
lhnl. A majority Of the southern democratic !,
rgans did not even presume 10 find fault with
g president for forming a holy alliance with
g sofs-sheIi freesoilers. Not they. But. when
Il opposition press, indignant at the gross in u
Ut offered tothe south, and adisgusted with
q abJect submission Of the executive Of the !.
Hltcd States TO a pack Of ofice-sceking free ;,
,lers. gave rent its disapproyal Of such ap .
they were heartily approved Of and ?
llorsed BY southern democratic journals, and =,
d Louisiana Courier, Democratic Advocate, :"
q other official organs, were even "deIighted y
lkb, 7" or @reJoiced at, the presidents choice z
ha National Democrat, it would appear has =
tito learn the depths Of political abasement If "
ior moment thinks that the Office holders
gans would abate in their allegiance, because &C
q president takes to his bosom freesoilers.- Of
Fry ARE employed to applaud al his acts, and b.
their mind lie can commit no wrong. IL
We find in the same paper an indirect CON U
9naiion Of al assertion We made some time pc
nee, that the Office holders were endcayoring til
get the president nominated for reelection, ne
n IN furherance Of that intention Fis last an VI
Ial message vas Penned 10 propiiate the south 70
q tickle the martial spirit Of the people Of all tn
etions OF the Union. at WAS written" saws w
Z Democrat, TO prop up and instill life into as
administration whose protessions from tie I'll
\ ofits Inauguration have beled its prartteel vi
& administration, which has descended to ma
arch the lowest depths Of freesoilism and abo- tic
lonsm for faEorites and allies, filed the pub