The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-29

cent letter to gentleman holding hish posi-
ton under the general government, declares
that the first duty of any gentleman holding
position under his (the treasury department IS
to the government and to the people, and not
to the party to which he may happen to belong.
The secretary adds:
Holding, as you do, an Office of great Pc
cuniary responsibility, and one requiring your
constant personal attention, cannot sanction
The propriety Of your absence from your post,
for the purpose Of an active engagement ID the
anproachine election Of your State. No one
regards with more interest than | do the sue
cess of the national democratic party at this.
important period in our history. But that sue,
| cess must not be purchased at the expense OF
the public interest, which might be the case II
those holding high andimportant offices shouia
absent themselves from their posts to conduct
the canvass a..-@
The secretary takes the right view OF the
matter. The practice of persons holding pup
lie offices under the State or general govern
ment neglecting the duties they are PAID an
exhorbitant salary to perform, and traversng
the country, making stump speeches and cleo
pioneering, for the sole purpose ofbeing retain
ed in their fat places, has of late years become
a crying evil, and the people will be compelled
in self-defence to frown down all such ottlclals.
thigh public officers wish to electloneer, make
political speeches, or canvass the country LOT
the benefit of their political party, let them re-
sign the Office they hll and then, free and I'M
trammelled, take the field. If they do not wish
10 resign. let them attend to the official duties
entrusted to their care, and leave the people
to manage their own affairs. In Great Britain
neers of the realm are not allowed to vote LOT
}, members of the house of commons, and Inc
same disqualification is extended to every Class
Of officers concerned in the management or col
lection of the customs, excise, stamp and othef
duties, or employed in any department OF the
post office: and, if our public officers continue
: the practice of neglecting their duties tor the
,. purpose of electioneering, or intermeddllng II
elections, the people will demand that some
r kind of restraint may be placed upon their toe
offcious servants.
!; "The South, the new paper established bJ
2 Mr.. Pryor, late editor of the Richmond Enqul
rer, and intended to represent the old schoo
Virginia democracy, is already after preslden
e Buchanan with sharp stick 1t ''positive
= " demands of the administration that it max
an honest, earnest and persistent effort to re
:, deem its pledge, in the acquisition OF Cuba
y And it enumerates as among "the consldera
' tons which chiefly commended Mr.. Buchana
to the support of the southern people in 1885,
the "vague but satisfactory assurance that tn
ACQUISITION of Cuba was to be a principal o91e'
of his administration" 1t then boldly con
! tends, that 'now is the chance for CUBA
IS now, when war is daily expected to break on
). between Spain and Mexico-and that the l
u States must sustain Comonfort and the govern
meent of Mexico, and eff necessary send hir
It (Comonfort) supplies Of funds sothat he ca
) not only repel the threatened Spanish invasion
u but retalate by a descentupon Cuba; and the
;. ssenlistng under his banners thousands of fea1
:, bless adventures from this country secure tn
e conquest of Cuba by American enterprise
: when we suppose the Mexicans will chivalrous]
7, hand the island over to Uncle Sam! liz
y y scheme is grand one; but we fear the sout
$ is altogether too "fast' even for this fast az
ID Perhaps, too, it might with proprlety have
ID lowed president Buchanan to get fairly seate
'e in Office before calling him to an account
N -7-~0~~(~O~~~~O>~~@-~-
n How We SrAND.-Lord Clarendon, in lor
speech on the foreign policy of England, deli
ID cred on the dissolution OF parliament, thus
ne luded to the relations between the government
O. of Great Britain and the United States:
or II will only say believe that at no time
C. recent years has there existed so thorough
er sound and wholesome feeling as now prevail
&C. between the people of this country and the
States, who, understanding their reciprocal
nd terests, feel determination that those interes
to shall not be disturbed by quarrels and disagree
At ments. which may partially derange, thou!
n they do not interrupt, our friendly commune
" tons, | believe that this amcable feeling
", shared as well by the government OF the Unit
G" States as BY the government of her maJes
Ter and we have this advantage-that the emine
al maneWhO mas now Deeu Idlseu Ny VIC WIZ
act his counrymen to preside over the destinles
Ill those States, has but recently left our shor
GU has lived among us, has mixed with all class
he of our people, and has been made to apprecl
nd the esteem and respect felt for his country
nat all sections in these kingdoms
dr. No friend to humanity can wish any dist
los bance to the friendly relations which at this ii
+lo+
ust 1t is reported in the Journal of CONNIE
OF that Mr.. Erastus Brooks, of the New York
ON press, has instituted suit against the publish
aps of the Kennebec Journal, at Augusta, Mai
ere to recover damages for an alleged libel u
IAN him, which appeared in the columns OF
on Journal in November last on the eve of
up presidential election. Phineas Barnes, OF X
ma land, is counsel for Mr.. Brooks, and VIM.
'ust Fessenden, of Portland, and Lot M Morrill,
a Augusta, will appear for the defendants.
NJ suit will be tried in the United States dist
,or- court. The Portland Advertiser observes Il
the as the case is one which will allow a very v