The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-03-25
It's rather amusing about this time TO read


ments on the new cabinet, and then to refer
back to what they said a few weeks ago. The
Natchez Free Trader, the principal democratic
journal in Mississippi and special organ OF
Quitman and Davis, in its issue Of the 28th
ult., abiding to a Geographic dispatch announ-
ICING the organising of Mr. Buchanan's cabinet,
said: S
4 ..General Cass is patriot and statesman,
and he is also true national democrat. Every
man Of every party, every genuine American
citizen should respect and honor him. he IS
one OF the few, very few, men that INKS the
presentto the past, and makes MS wish that the
Calhouns and Clays were still living But he
t.ntertains sentiments we can't endorse. Gen.
Cass is known to be the advocate. II not the
father Of the doctrine Of squatter sovereignty
Il The southern democracy are unqualified op-
posed to this species Of abolitionism, and It the
\ presdent-elect should select him as his premier,
4 il would be an endorsement Of principles, which
every unmuzzled press in the south would De
forced to denounce
1--WE have noticed that severalleading demo
cratic journals have copied editorially, articles
i fayoring the appointment Of general Cas-. We
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several wears past, and # their influence is to
be used to secure this course of policy We. will
4 furnish our readers with a few extracts from
said papers, severely denunciatory Of the man,
whom, It seems, they would now worship. =
/ The words of the Free Trader may never reach
Mr. Buchanan, but We would say to him. dc
not place general Cass in the state department.
His appointment would be fatal blow at the
southern democracy and would inevitably
break up the stronghold, the fortress and Gi-
braltar Of the democratic party. Why dom
the southern democratic press speak out on this
subject? Are they waiting, like slaves. to
biindly worship any false god that may be put
in power?'
Now, that general Cass has been appointed
and confirmed as secretary Of state, what has
the Free Trader to say in the premises. Does
it repudiates the appointment? Is it prepared
to admit thatthe appointment wilIprove "a fatal
blow at the southern democracy" and "ineylt.
ably break upAthe stronghold, the fortress and
Gibraltar Of the democratic party?" Let us
know how the democracy ofMssiSsippi received
the news Of general Cass' appointment.
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In an article headed the Progress of Sec
tonasm,'' the Charleston Mercury says:
..Tn New York an old and honorable wing,
Hamilton Fish. has been displaced Gin the U
S. senate.) by a notorious freesoil demagogut
Preston King"
To which the Nashville Banner adds that
on the morning Of the 9Th June, 1847 this same
Preston King then a leading and influential
democratic preventative in congress from New
York, entered the hall, while the house was
in session. with a roll of manuscrptin his hand
and obtaining the floor, proceeded to "de6ne
the position ofthe democratic party of the north
ern States with respect to the war in Mexico
[see Washington Globe. In substance the
document he read said:
1.-The democrats of the non slaveholling
States intend to vote men and money, to any
needful extent, for the vigorous and successful
prosecution of the war with Mexico. They are
in favor IF acquiring territory to indemnify the
United States for the expenses of that war; but
it is with them fixed principle, settled pur-
pose not to permit the existence of slavery in
any territory that may be1acquircd.''
For the instance Of this anti-slavery mani
festo, Mr.. King was not at the time read out Of
the democratic pay; there were In fact but two
or three democratic representatives from the
northern States, who expressed any dissent from
the manifesto. So Mr.. King, after all, has not
in the least changed his politics, for when he
was one of the leading northern democrats
in the house, he was just as much of a notorI-
Gus ..freesoil denagoyue" as he is now. And
every foot of the territory acquired from Mex
leo is at this moment in the precise condition in
which Mr., King then declared tito be the fixed
principle the 'settled purpose of the north
ern democracy to cause it to continue-it is
':free territory" Let the Mercury call the roll
and it will find many more Of the former lead
ers of the northern democracy notorious free
soil demagogues, - and now. in company with
VanBuren, Blair, Butler, Sumner & Co, waging
war on the south and her institutions.
The general vote at q presidential election,
| when the contest has been an excited one. is a
very accurate criterion Of the number Of inhab-
itants in a particular precinct or State The
vote brought out on such an occasion averages
about one to six inhabitants. So, BY multiply
| ing the whole vote by six. we can very accu-
ra,ely estimate the number of white inhabitants
in every'State in the Union, when a full vote
has been taken. BY the application Of thisstest
we find that the population Of the six north
western States is, according to the vote cast in
these States at the presidential election in Nov
ember last, 7.l77 1856, or adding the popula
| ton Of the territory OF Minnesota, which con
tains $4,000 inhabitants, (but who being res.
idenis in a territory do not vote for president
We have total OF z .462 256, showing an IN
crease over the census of 1850 Of 2, $50, 815, Of
at the rate Of per cent. per annum.
| The Richmond Wing is out with leader in
favor Of the Reorganization Of the old wing par;
ty, and maintains that such courseis demand
led By the exigencies Of the country and is The
only effective meansof staying the progress d
fbiack and red reDubcanism I, IN all.,.r,s