The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1858-10-06

! Law AND ORDER We are almost dali
told that the people of this vast eonfederacg ar
one in interest, feeling and sentiment Tha
we are children of common father, worship
: ping at the same altar, sitting around the sam
heasthstone, loving the same household gods
only occupying different chambers under tn
same paternal roof. II is glorious thing, tina
harmony and good feeling-the we'll being O
every regulated household. Rules and restrie
tons, we all know, are necessary for the com
mon good-that the strong may not tyrannz'
over the weak-that the hero Of disobedienc,
and mlsrule may not infringe upon the sacret
rights OF the lover of order and right, that al
I may share alike the heritage and patrmony o
common parent. This is in accordance with
the stern teachings of justice and equity. But
what remedy is there when part ofthe house
hold keeps the law, abides by the contract
holds sacred the obligations of brotherhood
while the other tramples under foot the law,
dehes the authorities, and disregards the ties
which unite the heirs Of a common possession?
Such thoughts are suggested by the recent cap
ture and disposition Of three hundred Africans
landed at Charleston, South Carolina. They
were brought into State, where the most ex-
cltable southern blood flows, where slaves are
to be seen at work on every field, where fear
less independence characterize the people to a
fault tenacious of their rights; yet, bowling to
the majesty of the law, holding inviolate its
mandates, the people of the south with one voice
cried let the law be executed, let the Africans
be returned to their country. We ask for
nothing but that which the law entities US; we
scorn, we repudiate the idea of, grasping power
through the channels of an Infatuated mob
Change the scene. Land three hundred fugi-
tive slaves at Boston or Cincinnati-the law
requires that they be returned to their owners,
and the people rise up in resistance to it; they
snatch the slave from his master with all the
fury, zeal and enthusiasm which the christians
Of the middle. age tore the holy sepuchre from
the hands Of the infdel Musselman. In the
face of all this, the fanatics of the north never
tire of preaching about the lawlessness of the
south
PERT1NENT.-The Baton Rouge Advocate
{ democratic) soIicits the attention of the adj
mlrers, defenders and supporters of Stephen A.
Douglas IN Louisiana, to the following para
graphs, and requests that they will confer on
the public the favor Of reconciling them:
" 1t matters not IN uhat woy the supreme
court may hereafter decide as to the abstract
question, whether slavery may or may not 90
INTO territory under the constitution, Mepeople /
hape tie la1gtuI means 10 introduce ii or erclude IT,
as they please, for the reason that slavery can
not exist day or an hour anywhere, unless it
IS supported by local police regulations Those +.
police regulations can only be established by
The local legislature; and if The people are op-
posed to slavery, they WILL by the unfriendly .
legislation, efectually prerent the Introduction Of
Unto their midst. "-DougIas' Freeport speech.
The above proclams the most ultra ''higher
aw'' dogma; how does it compare with the fol-
owing decree:
"lfthe constitution recognizes the right of
property of the master in slave, and makes no
distinction between that description of property
md other property owned by citizen, no tri-
u10l acting under the authority of the United
States, whether Legislative, executive or judiciaz
las right to draw such distinction, or deny
0 1t the benefit Of the provisions and guaran-
ees which have been provided for the protec-
ION OF private property against the encroach-
nents OF the government. "-Dred Scott Deci-
ION, u. 5. supreme court.
The Advocate asks now, Twill any one de-
me the difference between Douglas position !
nd the black republicans" Aye are they
ot one and the same?
WHAT THE DEMOCRACY INTEND TO DO WITH I
)oUGLAs.-The Columbus Times, a leading '
emocratlc paper in Georgia, gives the follow
g programme Of the cruel fate declared by !
ne southern rights democracy for "the traitor l.
'ouglas:'' S
'For Douglas treason to the soutl-bis |
oandonment OF the great principles upon t.
hlch the south could rest with security in the Nv
omission Of new States into the Union, and h
Is utilization with black republicans in opposi- a
on to the Lecompton constitution, framed by "
le voice Of The people of Kansas, we 1.-THE s
emocracy Of the whole country propose to Ii
Ike his political life, dissecting the body, and II
Vdlng the good from the evil. The good, Il
nbracing all his past services, patriotic deeds c.
I'd glorious achievements, we will bury With II
feat honor and eclat, and hope the ciods of k
e valley will rest sweetly upon it. The evil tt
Guiding his present heresies and low dema [
ogoeism, We will hang on the gibbet, where is
e vultures Of the air and the wild beasts of 81
e forest may devout it. This is what we de- re
IN doing" Il
This is awful, and what is worse, there is a n
d likelihood Of All increase in the dramatis a.
rsone, who are to undergo this terrible pun a,
lment. b,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 81,
INTRODUCTION OF CorToN.-The Baton Rouge v,
dvocate has letter dated Chapel Hill, Tenn, p
ugust 10, written, as we learn from the Adyo- {.
tie, by gentleman who was formerly cti- u
n Of Louisiana, and at one time filled nigh u
ice in her government, from which we ex- IN
'ct the annexed interesting passage: et
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