The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-15


Gently been elected or claim to have been. U.
S. senators from Indiana. They were elect
ed as sound national democrats and they are
so regarded so far as we have observed by the
democratic party and press of the country
So far as Mr.. Bright is concerned we have
nothing to say, as he is well known to the pub
lie. But in reference to the other, Mr.. Fitch,
we venture to say that there is not a freesoiler
in the u: S. senate whose opinions upon the
subject of slavery are more objectlonably ultra
than his we're 1o49, as evlnced by answers to
questions put to him in writing at that time,
and which there is no evidence, SO far as We
know, he has repudlated or modified in the
least. In order that our readers may see for
themselves what these sentiments are, we sub
join the following precious correspondence :tsl
g. Pomerov, director in an underground
railroad company of Indiana, wrote TO Fitch as
follows rza. II @s."E7 N@t.@ -EzH@Ea gaATH
PLYMOUTH, Aug.4 1849-Sir: As there
are few who think you have not been quite
definite enough on some of the questions in
volved in the present canvass I wish you to
answer the following questions, to-wit 95
lst. Will you, if elected, vote for the uu-
conditional repeal of slavery in the District of
Columbia? " s~ S.
Cd. Will you vote for the abolition of the
Interstate slave trade?
Sd. viii you vote for the Wmot proviso
being extended over the territory of California
and New Mexico, and against any law author
izing slaves to be taken there as property?
Please answer the above questions yes or
no, without comment. GROVE PoMERoY.
10 this the Doctor gave the following prompt
reply: 5g5g l....5 srs+a .. IA .gs ...r..
With pleasure answer yes to the above
questions. GRAHAM N. F1TcH.
Not content with this, he added s.
"Entertanng the view indicated in my an
swer above, | shall not only vote eyes on
these measures, but if no older and ADLER mem
Der, whose influence would by greater than
mine, introduce them into congress, shall do
so myself, if | have the honor of holding a seat
there. G. N. FIrcH.
What do our readers think of this ''Nation-
al Democrat?" What is strange, we have not
heard word of protest on the part of any dem
ocratic southern journal. If the democratic
papers are willing to accept his democracy, we
cannot see why they may not with equal pro-
priety Wade's, Wilson's, Hale's, or any other
freesoier's. What is the use of calling a dead
body man, of clinging to the shadow when
the substance has departed, OF of using words
which have lost their meaning? If Mr. Fitch,
without one particle of change in his political
opinions, had called himself freesoiler would
the democracy have accepted without a muir
mur? How have the mighty fallen If Fitch
had been elected Fillmore man, what how!
the faithful would have sent up.
N. O. Bulletin
LUCKY DICK, THE PRIZE DRAWER. One
of the negroes of our neighbor, major Nc Cam,
who resides at No. 18l Gravier street, has re-
Gently won for himself the sobriquet of Lucky
Dick, the Prize Drawer in consequence of his
remarkable luck in winning prizes in the Ha-
vana lottery. For years past, no drawing has
taken place in which he has not been more or
less interested, and almost every drawing he
comes in for either prize, a portion of one,
or an approximation.
The true name of Lucky Dick, according to
the engraved inscr ption on his broad gold shirt
buttons his fancy cane, and his seal ring, is
Richard Lee, and "Dick' is mere familiar
abbreviation, to which the prefix of "Lucky''
has given emphasis and pomp. He rather likes
the name Of Lucky Dick, and is inclined to
think that it has in it a sort of fiscal charm,
the potency of which we would not for any con-
sideration break. So Lucky Dick we call him.
Unlike many an unfortunate individual of the
true Saxon blood Dick can indulge in the lux
ury of wife-as indeed can all the masculincs
of his caste-without any of those narrowing
considerations of propriety and fears of power
ty, which are everpresent to the thoughtful poor
of the master race. In sickness he is attended
without the thought of future bills; his offspring
are provided for till they are of sufficient age
to come under the provisions of that universal
law, I'm the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
bread;' and in his last sickness, and the trans
fer of his 'dust to DUST he is not a pcnsioncr
on his postcrity.
Such, at least, are Lucky Dicks philosophi
sings on the comparative economy of white and
colored domestic institutions, and for the truth
thereof he appeals to twin jailors of the dar-
ing hcart--low birth and iron fortune" Being
content with that position which the chances of
birth and color cast him, under "a great law
promulg gated by a Creators fiat he feels no dis
position to barter the proceeds of his luck, for
to him useless freedom, though he could, had
he so determined, have bought himself do
zen times over again within the last two or three
years.
A quarter of a year has not yet elapsed since
/ a lucky turn of the Havana wheel Of fortune
brought Dick a prize Of five thousand dollars,
and since that he has been specially elated and,
more than ever, content that he was born un-
der a lucky star. Indeed, he has an idea of
getting diamond star made to represent the
divinity of luck.
On various occasions when Lucky Dick has
drawn a prize his friends have pestered him
with persuasion to buy himself, or, in other
words, invest portion of his surplus funds in
his own flesh and blood. But Dick applied his
philosophy to the proposition, and the resultof
his deliberations has always been a very en-
| phatc nay. | am as free as l want to be-"
| quoth Lucky Dick; Give a master who is kind
and good to me; when gets old, as know
must soon, he will take care of me without my
bothern' my head about it, and when he dies,
I'd Just as soon die too. Besides, confined Lucky
Dick, Il might lose my luck if | was to fool
away my money in that way, for own myself
now just as much as | ever could, and more
than any body else does. think what please,
and enjoy eatin', and sleepin', lovin', all that,
just as much as any body ever did, and TWEEN