The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-01-07

: the doctrines enunciated by Mr.. Buchanan sine
n the election, and it is now evident fear that ,
S is not the man they in their enthusiasm too
him to be- Even the ever cautious Rchmon
' Enquirer has grown FESTIVE. Speaking OF IN
: programme of the next administration, as give
n in the Pennsylvania, the Enquirer says:
r at is the merest madness to dream now
p effecting compromise between the aggresslV
aboIitionism of the north and the conserVatIV
shirt of resistance in the south And the pres
n ident elect will commit fatal folly IT he think
to organise his administration upon any othe
principle than that of an avowed and nt1exIbi
support of the rights and institutions OF I'd
slaveboldDo States He who is not with US !
AGAINST us; and the south cannot attach Itself t.
e an administration that occupies neutral groun'
: without descending from its own lofty and I'm
preenable position We do not ask the presl
dent elect to become the partisan OF our peeuIl
ar interests, but only TO administer the govern
ment in the spirit of the constitution, and to pre-
serve inyiolate the guarantees of our rights
To this end it is necessary that the executive
natronaoe and authority should be so employed
as to strengthen the hands of our friends anc
| cOltOuDG
In another instance, referring to the declara
ton in congress of senator Bigler, Mr.. Buchan
ans supposed confdant, that the president
elect intended to set bis face against the eek
remists of the south,'' it says:
"But, if we are to understand that Mr.. Buch-
anan means to avert his countenance from all
who stand upon the rights of the South with the
resolution to resist rather than retreat another
| step-if we are 10 understand that the cabinet
are to pursue trimming policy, and to be con
trolled by the counsels OF men who affect the
distinction of exclusive moderatlon-lf we are
to understand that any impeachment is TO be OPP
posed to the legitimate expansion of slavery IN
accordance with the principle of the Kansas
Nebraska act--then is senator BlgIer's speech
distinct declaration Of against an irresisti-
tie majority Of the southern deneocracy.'
Speaking of the overtures recently made BY
Mr.. Buchanan's special organ towards arecon-
ciliation with colonel Benton-which the En-
qurer most emphaticalIy condemns-it says:
1--WE reafirm our resolution TO support his
buchanan 5 administration in good faith and
to the best of our ability. But at the same
time, we do not intend by such protestations to
restrict our liberty of action or 10 commit our
selves even to an inactive neutrality, in the event
that the policy of his administration should VIC
late the pledges of his election. Fidelity to the
principle is our supreme obligation. The same
line Of conduct we prescribe to ourselves, we
would suggest to the democracy of the south.
1t is no time to talk OF peace and repose, while
the enemy is collecting his forces for another
assault upon our institutions. 1t is no time to
make parade of our pacific disposition, while
he challenges US to mortal combat 1t is the
part of wisdom rather to concentrate our own
energies, and TO strengthen our resolution to
receive the threatened shock. Let US neither
moderate our spirit, nor embarrass our efforts
by inconsistent obligations
This same Enquirer promised US that Buch
anan's election would restoree and forever Sc
cure peace, and harmony to the country.
During the recent debate in congress- on the
presidential election, squatter sovereignty, etc.
the hon. Humphrey Marshall delivered an able
and eloquent speech with reference to the rela
tive positions of the northern and southern dem
ocracy in the late contest maintaining that in
one section they claimed the popular sover-
eighty of the Kansas Nebraska bill to be one
thing, and in the other section quite a different
affair. He did not believe there was a single
gentleman on the democratic side of the house
who could rise in his place, and in the face of
the country announce upon the right of the
people in the territories to govern themselves
that would be acquiesced in by that party north
and south. If there was any such gentleman
present, he would be much pleased to hear his
definition. None of tie democratic represent
atives dared respond to the call, and he called
attention to the fact that general Cass. the ia
Their Of the doctrine of squatter sovereignty in .
the territories, and Mr.. Keitt, of South Caro-
lima, who had most violently denounced the doc
trine, both claitaed to be the true embodiment
Of democracy, both are recognised opponents of
It's tenets, and both had ardently exerted them
Mr.. Orr of South Carolina, ad-
dressed the Aouse, partly in reply to Mr.. Mar
shall, repudlatlng the doctrine of squatter SOW
sreignty, denying that it exists in the Nebraska
Dill, but admitted that there is difference of
opinion among the democratic party as to the
doctrine of squattcr sovereignty, and the real
meaning of the act organising the territories of
Kansas and Nebraska.
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A writer in the Louisville Journal SUGGESTS
| plan for improving the navigation of that tan
allsng stream, the Ohio river, which has the
merit of originality, at least and may prove, on
investigation to be perfectly practicable The
cheme is 10 turn water from lake Erie into the !
ohio, and thus afford to the latter sufficient
epth of water to make it navigable all the )
ear round.
The plan for diverting the needed supply of
'ater from lake Erie seems to be feasible. In -.
he south western corner of New York there is. r
ltuated ght or ten miles from the shore of c
AXE Erie, Chatauque lake, the waters of which |
re drained by Conewango river, which, itself,
uns southwardly, and empties into the Ale o
hany. 1t is proposed to cut canal from lake q
'rle to Chatauque lake, and deepen the chan /