The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1858-12-01
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pelHa rs III may De well eu0u9 W Stdte 10 ds old
any misunderstanding in the premises, thatthe
States is. and always has been, a staunch de-
mocratic Journal Now for the revelation:
THE VorE IN CHIcAGo,-The Chicago Dali
! " Herald gives the following reasons for the
small administration vote in.that city:
1.-The fact having become known on the eve
of the election, that the entire catholic vote Of
this city, notwithstanding professions to the
contrary, would be thrown for Douglas, the
national democrats became exasperated at such
wholesale treachery, and despite of all the eff
| forts that could be made to prevent it, they
voted en- masse for the republican candidates
as the most cffectual way of defeating Mr..
Douglas
"Now, the paper that makes this disgraceful
statement, it is we'll known, was started "for
the OCCASION by money sent from this city;
was the pet of the Washington Union, and was
quoted and held up by the latter as the organ
of the administration in Chicago. It is, more
over, edited by United States marshal who
supplanted Mr.. Davidson, removed for adhe-
sion TO the democratic organisation. The Dali
| ly Herald then, may be taken as authority Of
the national democracy" which means the
| Wendell iincoln democracy of Chicago.
'sWe call the attention of the south to such
democracy that votes for black republicanism,
because it was exasperated that catholic yo-
tiers meant to stick by the Cincinnati platform.
sThe Washington Union talks Of the Buffalo
platform. Surely this course in Chicago looks
more like the Buffalo platform than any thing
we have met with. According to this Chica
60 administration organ, the national democra-
cy of that city is proscriptive party, and fight
their political battles on religious grounds
They want to introduce religious tests, and be-
come the anti-catholic party. This is a strange
kind Of national democracy" and we com
mend it to the consideration of the south. Ex-
tensive comment is unnecessary; the matter
exhibits its own deformity.' =.....-
IF all this be true-and we see no reason to
doubt the correctness of the assertion of the
States-it betrays very corrupt state of things
at Washington, and a very unprlncipled state
of things at Chicago. The Chicago revela
tor is, if any thing, little the worst, the
most humiliating and contemplate, but both
are bad enough in all conscience, and suffici-
ent to scken the stomach of any honest man.
Now, if the Chicago Daily Herald sswas
started for the occasion by money sent from
this city, Washington was the pet of the
Washington Union, and was quoted and held
up by the latter as the organ Of the admins
tration in Chicago" and is ''edited by US.
marshall" appointed to the office on account
of his hatred to senator Douglas-we should
like to be informed, so that we may inform the
public, in relation TO two important points,
In the first place, was the ''money sent from"
Washington to Chicago to start the admins
tration Herald, raised by assessment on poor
Office holders there, in accordance with the in
famous rule laid down by the Washington Uni
on some months since, which was universally
denounced by the press of the country? or was
it flched bodily from the national treasury
The States asserts unqualified that the money"
was ''sent.' 1t follows, as a natural conse
quence, that somebody must have ''sent" it.
Who "sent" it? Before being "sent," how
ever, it must have been raised. Who raised
it? These questions ought to be satisfactorily
answered. The treasury is in a bankrupt con-
dltion, and would have exploded long since
but for a resort TO loans; and additional taxa
ton will probably be resorted to at the next
session to sustain it. If the '.money sent'' to
Chicago came out of the treasury, the tax
payers ought to know it. If the "money sent"
to Chicago came out of the pockets of the hard
ly worked and poorly paid subordinate en-
ployes Of the government at Washington, the
friends of common humanity ought to know it.
And if the ''money sent" to Chicago was rails
ed and forwarded by leading officials, their
course being sanctioned by the administration,
as the States plainly intimates, for elecioneer-
ing purposes, the motive that prompted the act
was corrupt one and the act itself an unwar-
ranted and shameless interference with the pu-
rity and freedom of a State election, which The |
people should be advised of, in orderthat they
may administer stern and proper rebuke.
In the second place, as the Washington Uni
on is the recognised organ of the administra-
ton of president Buchanan, and as the States
says that the Chicago Herald "was the pet of
the Union, and was quoted and held up by the /
latter as the organ of tie administration in |
Chicago we would like to know, and we think
the southern, and especially the Louisiana
public would like to know, Whetherit endorses,
sustalns and entorces, the extract quoted by
the States from the Herald as it appears above?
Does the organ of the administration repudiate
its pet" now that the election is over, or will
it sustain its 'pet' despite the disastrous result
of the election? VIII the oracle speak plainly,
or amblguously, or not at all? It ought TO |
'PS"h Wv oiS way VI dhoIiiCt, lUI IL is III SO
tight place that silence cannot avail it. We
shall wait patiently and see, however, and if it
speaks, shall make a note of the fact
By way of conclusion we will observe that
those national democrats of Chicago who cot
so mad that tthey voted en- masse for the re-
publican candidate,' - are probably fair sam
pie of the aforesaid national" article through
out the north! If they are not all branded
with the same mark there is precious little diff
ference between the size and various shape OF
the marks. TCrescent
A Washington correspondent. of the Rich
nond Enquirer, in detailing some of the prac-
ices In and about congress- says the most
nonstrous abuse of the mileage sy stem, and at
which Mr. Houston, of Alabama, dealt very
effective blow, is in the office of the sergeant
1t arms. That officer was charged with the
luty of summoning the clouds of witnesses that
attended the last session; and although he
never went out of bis Office to make service, it
S said that he cleared more than $4,000 by
he little job! The way it was managed was
his: The sergeant at arms is allowed TWEEN
y cents mile, coming to and fro, for sum