The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-06

eonl', ars;eulars relative to the recent eIee
s - indgs for tie eighth judicial district
-. -. ,ee,,Ited III The selection OF me Aho"
,@ash;ng candidate, and the defeat Oh ut; an
esns p9vie the democratic candidate. py 2
/ 80 a;;ar.ty of some haif dozen votes. we hoP0
~, rrIomas Green Davidson and the meSSfSs
] pa,, will he able to give some explanation VI
5t,e;r SINGULAR conduct In opposing regular T.,
1at;on IF the party which has sho"eFeo
hen. ite fayors In SO liberal and continuous
stream. ns;II ra-
tain The old leayen Of NatFeisn Nl1on ~
made him SO conspicuous among LIE NM %
from the old democratic flock ana yes We can
/ rot reconcile The conduct now lfbpaOea ~ litN
/ to any other theory. -
worthyness Of our correspondent, ot. heieha'
] but hope he is mistaken in his facts: - ,a--
ST.. HELENA PARISH April ", 1851
/ Editors Of True Delta
! Ganflsmen-I am sure you will share the
very general surprise and indignation express
ed throughout this State, at the result o. tne
judicial election in this, the eighth judicial DIS
trict. where, under ordinary circumstances, We
/ have clear and undoubted democratic MAORI
! tv of over two hundred votes. The cause OF
! this defeat and the parties mainly instrumental
! in bringing about its Notifying consequences
! the election of J. E. Wilson, know moth
| ing-may not be generally known, and, there
! fore, / would request the use OF your widely
difused and greatly valued independent col
umns to make brief statement OF the facts
! They are as follows:
! During the early part of the winter, the
question Of the iudgeship was very generally
canyassed throughout the district. Several
most worthy and reliable democrats were
brought forward by their respective friends as
eligible for the place. All was this unobJee-
tionabIe and fair, and as no man has an impress
criptible right to Office in our country more
than another, it was mutually agreed that
convention should be held 10 decide between
the claims of the various aspirants.
Before this convention, accordingly, with
their full and free consent, all the democratic
candidates appeared, among the rest Martin
e. Penn, who, although he was most proml-
nent in advocating a convention, and pledged
himself to abide by its choice, Immediately
that be found himself beaten, and an other,
Mr.. Angus Bowie, preferred, was the first, as
he was the only one, to set the example OF re-
beon, and put at defiance the ancient usages
Of the democratic party by coming out as an
independent candidate to defeat the regular
nomnee--for he could promise himself no other
success-and elect the know nothing, SO that
in the opinion Of N. 6. Penn, and those DEM
ocrats who dlsloyally acted with him, only him
self and friends of bis party are to be allowed
TO take Office in the eighth judicial district.
The most astonishing part Of the business is
that the whole power which the federal patron
age can confer was brought to bear in this in
stance aganss the regular democratic nominee,
both by A G. Penn, who holds two lucrative
sinecures i'll New Orleans, and Thomas G. Da-
wilson, member Of the third district to con-
gress. The former abused and denounced
democrats who dared to vote for the nominee
of their party, against the know nothing, and
the pseudo-ndependent candidate, u. g. Peuu,
and Davidson, although only just returned
from Washington city TO Livingston parish,
used his utmost exertions, both by voting him
self and soliciting others to vote, to elect Penn
and defeat the regularly nominated candidate.
These men may perhaps think that they can
do such things with immunity, because they
call themselves original Buchanan men but
and hundreds Of others here, supported the
claims Of the president labored to nominate
AIm, and assisted TO elect HIM
If the Penns and Davidson will only recog-
nize democratic principles and usages, when
they inure TO their own advantage, they may
find their bad example followed to their cost );
and that conduct SO abhorrent to every good
democrat may not find imtators, | take this
method Of denouncing il to the sound demo
Gratis Of Louisiana. ST. HELENA
ALIEN SUFFRAGE A DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE
The ylckSburg Sentinel approves Of governor
Browns course on the Minnesota bill, SAYS it
was good democracy, and thinks there are but
few democrats in Mississippi who are not of
the same opinion. We are glad to hear it; be-
cause his course was based on principle,
which is one Of The fundamental doctrines of
the American party. against which democracy
has waned, and to defeat which northern de- /
mocracy lately fused with abolitionism in the
United States senate. The seventh section of
the American platform especially afirms that
''none but those who are citizens of the United .
States under the constitution and laws there
Of and who have fixed residence, ought to
partici pate in the formation of the constitu- .
ton or the enactment Of laws" This is Amer /
lean doctrine.
The doctrine that senator Brown opposed. /
on the other hand, was one Of the main fea-
lures in the Kansas and Nebraska bill, which .
was recognised, adopted and endorsed by the .
Cincinnati convention, and which has been cri- .
ed up as pure democracy ever since. Alien
suffrage was one Of the features of the Kansas
act, is an approved principle Of the democratic .
party, was subscribed to by Mr., Buchanan,
and is Incorporated into his inaugural. Have
all the peans that democracy has paid to the
of the Kansas act been mere gas and .
CANNON, that thus quickly they can be set
aside. because governor Brown has taken DO
s''ion against alien suffrage? Within ten years
from this time, We predict that the southern
democracy at least, will have adopted the three
great political features Of Amerieanism. On
position to alien suffrage they are already fast
embracing; and If we do not look out Sharp,
they will soon be ready to cry out for ..natura-
llzation REFORM and for Americans ruling
America" By-the-bye, as the Sentinel ap7
proves SO strong y of governor Browns speech.
we hope 1t will have word of honest con-
domination of the Buchanan Seward principle
enunclated in the inaugural, that every resi-
den! inhabitant has full and perfect right to