The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-22
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ID March. and Al Ills 100 FL "a. Rock rs Il
ls,el,ananites. TIE editor oi 'lis 80 i.,;nissra-
- eai,er IN tie confidence q ~ sfar,a,,on
49,, and has had opportunities 2. ',,t1
t.egnnd dose usually gwen 70 sae pag, .sx .xn
...THs PRESIDENTS PsiyAfE oEe,'A @s. IN !
K,sNry GnAsr.--One CANNOT asoss' 10
r.sa;ng he testimony il The fae.ns ease' s
.o,y ..s;on that Master Sidney aepss1 49,
no, onrIy / good deal mixed ap VIII s'e - n' lad
~ ns O., .yt8wn speculation, but thai nc ''a
,,sea hjs position to impsicate the prssiassI oae
eaaa ,aany .speculalions' where pc aios'e
- - pesa .coenected with the chlea epsrsso's
~ ;nfir,aer with O. 3. Matterson ana nai
~ Waed lis frequent telegraphlc dlspaF'ifs,s,
- ona;aa eanuty and the Astor House a. sei'
- sf.efiana,e correspondence 70 Ny pe@a
NIL have nil become d matter VI co'hlbo"
..a.<r;etx and there is scarcely a pohuciah ~
,T.sl.;.,,tan ar New York, who does not %
i've Inn = mariner with @. b. Mattersoh ~
- oye,,1 scheme he is in engaged IN
Notbina but respect for the president hinsell,
has saved him from exposure ~ cieiAs "Ia
heads OF departsments. whom ne mas d. ons
,;r,e made conddanfs and at another ueaaeu
with scorn and naughty aerisioa. $3.50 :.
II that peculiar Yankee shfe"ahess "h'o',
marks lie button makers Of Ne" England, anu
thai ally smuothness that steals lis ihslauoas
,gsv into the confidence OF the generous ana
I'D honorable minded lie wound himself INTO
the GOOD graces' Of every member Of ehe
cabinet except the shresa old fox at TIE heao
~ tho state department, who trusts but lew
o,d mayer one that be has not well tired
We bannen to be cognizant Of one, At least,
of Sidney Websier's partnership trahsacsiois
with O. B. Matterson. II was Of nature tha1
COMPROMISED the president directly anu Sc
rioustv. L was transaction IN Whieh aia'-
teson persuaded the parties, unforeseen III a
measure 10 which the presidents assent was
necessary 10 its being carried out, that he'
Matteson and Webster, must have twenty
thousand doIars-ten thousand each, before
that assent would be given. The money was
nronised Webster was active and rs ohsy
as a bee in a box in making his Importance ana
kis Influence known, and 10 due time the assent
was announced, just as everybody but those
on the anxious seat (the interested parties J
knew II would be-whesher O. b. Matterson
and Sid. Webster were in the body or OUT Of
the body. They took this way to make ten
thousand dollars a piece out OF men they haa
persuaded to believe president Pierce cor
rupt man. -,
We do not charge that Sidney Webster did
this for We do not know but We do know that
men who six months ago believed the president
incorruptbie, have, through their associations
with Webster and Natterson, been made to be-
leve otherwise, and suppose now that his as
sent to a measure was obtained solely on &C
count or by reason Of the promise OF money
made to these Two immaculate lndlYiduals.-
We have moral conviction that some o
Master Webster's schemes and specuiauons
with NY Dear Mat have been interfered
with by suspicious Of different members Oh
the cabinet and, in one instance al least those
who have been persuaded TO use him. have
found to their sorrow that these suspicious
have turned him TO ashes in their mouths and
made them glad TO spew him out. It's a great
pity that the president did not find him ou
and treat him the same way, before Fabens and
Kinney. learned how smooth and pllable, and
ready to barter away the good name and char
acter OF his master, was this unworthy servant
Is IT NOT SrRANeE?-The truth will pre-
vail. But it is not unfrequently the case tina
those who follow what is popular instead @
what is true, run into the opposite extreme o.
error, The arguments adduced b. American:
/ in favor of their principles and purposes are
unanswerable, and petty politicians, who are
ever striving 10 sail with The curreut of poPn
lar favor, have seen thatso soon as extraneou$
! issues shall be removed, SO soon as the prnci
| pies OF the American party shall be made para
mount issue, they will surely be successful
For this reason we find those who were lately
the loudest revllers of Americanism now seek
ing to court popularity BY advocating here ;
! bit and there a bit Of the American policy
| The democratic legislature of South CaroIln;
| have required residence of awe years ate
naturalization toqualify foreign born citizens L
exercise the right of suffrage, and the demo
cratic legislature of Pennsylvania is following
/ the example. A bill has been introduced Their
| by a democratic member Of the house, TO ex
cude all unnaturallsed foreigners from the OF
fees of president director and all other posi-
tons of like duties and responsibilities in an,
company or association within the limits Q
that commonwealth. --.r ==...
Commenting on this, contemporary peril
nently observes:
The zeal Of new converts to American doc
trlnes outruns their judgments. They propos
to carry the prescription of foreigners into pri
Vate affairs, while the American party desire
to exclude foreigners from participating in an
controlling only our public and political affairs
The position of the American party is directl
deduced from its great leading prnciple-th
maintenance of the Union. With a view {
| protecting cur Union and our institutions fror
subversicn or corruption, from foreign hostit
or domestic treason, the Americans prefer t
place in public political offices their own cour
trymen rather than strangers. They propos
to effect this purpose by the free suffrage of th
\ citizens and TO adopt such laws as may protee
our institutions from all future danger of th
kind In this there is no prescription. N
u man right is infrnged or abridged. Ever
n citizen, whether native or foreign born, is lie
y TO the full exercise of all his franchises and III
O hull enjoyment of every vested right. But tn
proposition of the democratic member OF til
! Pennsylvania legislature sayors strongly ,
0 prescription. IL oyereaps all political and puE
e lie considerations and carries the exclusion ,
G foreigners into the ordinary and every da
business of private life. 1t proposes TO exclud
them from any control or management of pr
vate associations
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i The preamble to the new treaty betwee
the United States and the shah of Persi