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

/ touch the Great Pacifcator'' any more than
healthy Israelite would touch the leper Naaman.
I This is All very well. but we are anxious to
have an opinion We predicted the course
which governor Walker would pursue, The
i man is up for the succession, and bids high Tor
the freesoi vote of the north. Having no con
fdence in the governor from the moment he
accepted the appointment, We are not disap-
pointed We watched him on his Kansas jour
ney; we found him wning and dining with
RAYMOND, complimented by the N I. Hines,
and carving out with him one of the editors OF
that paper to the territory, in the tWo-iod ca
pacity of private secretary and special cor
respondent. His inaugural was just such an
inaugural as might be expected from one who
was sustained by the northern press, democra-
tic and freesol-of one who spoke from the
same stand with Jim Lane and senator Wilson,
and put to sea in the same boat with this brace
of freesoil land pirates.
even the Washington Union held its peace
fol- a time touching the glories OF the governors
address, But, true to its northern atfintles
and trucking instincts, it has at last discovered
that the Kansas programme OF the new func-
tionary is splendid specimen of patriotic de-
votion to the Union and to the rights of both
sections Hear IL:
Zone of the chief merits of governor Walk
er's inaugural address is its entire freedom from
the warpng influences Of simply partisan views
| He addresses himself, not to democrats or black
republicans, pro-slaverv or freeState men, al
though be has a few emphatic words to say to
each. but to the whole people of the whole ter
ritory, and with a degree of earnestness and
eoquence which will command conviction -
Happily for the country and the great principle
with which, if we may so call it, Gov. Walker S
mission is identified, such change has taken
place in the private sentiments and private at
fairs of the people of this once distracted terri
tory, that the words of patriotic counsel and
cancellation are not now likely to fall UNDECIDED
and unimproyed. Free, social intercourse, can
did and frequent nterchanges of opinion, and a
community Of business interests, are great foes
to dearlY-cherished errors, sectional preJudlces
and jealousies, and to bigotry and intolerance
of every form and hue. And we take it that
the cordial welcome that has been extended to
governor Walker by the people of Kansas, II
respective of party, and the general confidence
apparently which they repose in his statements
and assurances, are the legitimate fruits of the
partial working out of principle which lies at
tH6 vel vi Jul lS p1oiiCf'ii 'i41'i'A
TONS
''What think you ofthe foregoing gentlemen
of the southern democratic press? Come these
sentiments from the north or the south! Let
us hear what you think of the treachery of Ro-
bert j. Walker
Further comment is unnecessary. The fore
going picture Of the present 'emnently south
ern'' democratic administration, was drawn BY
the very men who made use of every conceiv-
able means to induce the south to rally to the
support of Mr. Buchanan. 1t is to be hoped that
hereafter southern democrats will cease harp
ing On the policy Of all parties forgetting minor
issues and uniting for the purpose of sustaining
the present administration. After the above
, expose, what claim has president Buchanan and
governor Walker to southern sympathy?
That hundred thousand dollar plantation,
which it was said the Mssssippians had bought
and intended to present to ex-president Pierce,
turns out to be airy castle, or chateau in Spain.
It is located in Utopia, where people have been
sssquatting'' for ages, and where it is just as
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domain of the car Of Russia as one of the size
ofthe farm that constituted the entire real estate
of Cincinnatus An acre there costs neither
more nor less than rod, pole, or perch. The
Mississippians are intensely democratic, but not
bit more fond of giving away money than
other folks The whole affair is a mere baga-
telle, no money having been paid to consum-
mate the object proposed by the ex- presidents
friends. The Vicksburg Wing says that, when
last heard from, the gentleman with whom the
'sgrand idea" originated, contemplated making
overtures 10 the "Man in the Moon to purchase
his presumption right to the place he occupies
on that planet.
The "wild hunt of the democracy after Of
flee and treasury pap, is srikingly illustrated
and wildly portrayed in the following scrap of
Washington gossip, which we copy from the
STAR semi-oficial organ of the administration
1t says:
"A. D. Banks, esq, of Virginia. hon. J. C.
Allen, of Illinois; hon John L. Robinson ( now
United States marshal of Indiana, a former
member of the house;) Richard B. Connolly
county clerk of the city and county Of New
York, and hon. Harry Hubbard, ofNew Hamp-
shire, are in the field as candidates for the clerk
ship of the house of representatives. The Sc
lection of a democratic nominee for the speak
ersbip is also a point of much attention among
the politicians in all sections of the country
Those most talked of are: hon. James u. Orr,
Of South Carolina; hon. Thomas L. Harris, of
Illinois; and hon. J. Clancy Jones, of Penn
sylvania.
No less than eight democratic aspirants to
! two Offices!
AS we stated last week, the seeding mem
bers (southern) Of the New School Presbyte-
rian church have issued an address to the con
sentative portion of that body, inviting them to
unite in the formation ola New School Assem-
! bly," to be held in Washington, on the 9th
of next month. In the new organisation, the
subject of slavery is to be excluded utterly
The address records solemn protest against
the growing spirit Of abolltionism in the north