The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-17

The old democrats are apparentlysbecoming
tired of their self constituted '*old-lIne whig'
Ileaders-persons WHO have joined tie donni
nant party for the purpose Of ruling it, and
getting into Office. At every turn of the tor
tnrous road they are forced to travel in search
of the .sloayes and fshes,' murmurings of dis
content are heard. In Georgia, especially, this
is the case, and the original democrats are al
most in open rebellion, feeling themselves to
/ be in the predicament of the chap who bought
an elephant, and seem anxious to get rid OF
their bargain, seeing no practicable way of IN
doing the trade, or proftably employing the
4 animal. Heretofore the murmurs OF the 'ever
faithful have been, from motives of prudence
and expediency, kept smothered; but now they
are weary of The yoke and scrupe not to speak
fright out in meeting" and give full vent to
their pent-up feelings As great oaks spring
from little acorns, we may expect that In the
course of a few months the discomfort will be-
come general and cease not until the new con-
verts to democracy have been expelled, or al
least taught to know and feel that their proper
place is with the 'shewers of wood and drawers
of water" of the party, instead of beingit au-
tocratic rulers The Cassvile Georgia. Stan
dard--a leading democratic journal-alludmg
to this matter, declares it to be notorious tact
that no old line democrat can touch bottom in
contest for Office with an old-line whig dem
ocratic aspirant,n" and brings forward the fol-
lowing bill of ri hts and declaration of indie
pendence:
bad PoLCY--The democratic party OF
Georgia is too much under the lead Of men who
were but recently wings, and the sooner we
sriubt- about face the better it will be for the
good Of the party. They are giving the dem
ocracy trouble, and the sooner their places are
filed by "simon pure" democrats, the better
it will be for US They will continue to give us
all trouble as long as our party pursues It's pol
lev of making them its leaders, while old and
well tried democrats, who have ARRAYS been
faithful, are shelved, to make room for new con-
yerts.'
The same may with propriety be said Of the
condition of the democracy in Louisiana. A
LARGE proportion of the leaders of the party and
aspirants for office, were a few months age
prominent wings.
SCREW LoosE.-The astounding defeats Of
the Buchanan democracy at the recent cleo
tons, have brought the party up all standing
and induced the leaders to believe that they
must forthwith shift their ground, and adopt {
new policy. The first move has already beer
made in the semi official announcement that the
necessity for change IN the edltorshIp OF the
Washington Union, as the recognised organ
the administration, has been strongly presented
by leading politicians, and at the present time
efforts are being made to so arrange matters a.
to assure harmony among the several faction!
4 of the democratic party. In other words, i
having been made apparent that the Douglas
anti-Lecompton democrats are more powerful
and numerous than the Buchanan Lecompon
democracy, the president and his friends mus
succumb to Douglas and acknowledge him to be
the only true god of democracy;while the Wash
ington Union is to beg pardon for the abuse
hurled at the Little GIANT recant all sucl
heresies and applaud all his political vagare'
to the skies OF course, all the minor officla
organs of the of1ice-holLers at the south are ex
pected to eagerly take up the new tune started
by the Union, and to prolong it with all thei
might So much for ''expediency.''
No MORE SWAMP LHNDs-With the above
caption the Baton Rouge Gazette has the sub
joined observations:
On Thursday last, all the balance of the
unsold State lands under act No. 237 Of The
legislature of 1855, were taken up. The &C
in question provided for the sale OF one million
acres The parties purchasing the balance
will hold scrip at So SO or IS per acre. The
only land that can now be entered at the STATE
office in this city, is that graduated by the two
} acts of 1857 wherein certain parishes are
named. In one of the acts referred to, there
is clause under which any land in the United
States land district north of Red River, tina
has been in market five years and upwards
can be entered at seventyhve cents per acre
but affidavit must be made before a justice o
the peace, by one or more parties acquainted
with it, that it is not subject to overflow from
the Mississippi, Red or Ouachita rivers Unde
the graduation act, one person cannot enter, II
his or her name, more than 800 acres. The
| two acts of 1857 were gotten up expressly 70
the benefit of ''the people, settlers, and they
should take advantage of them before they arr
repealed.
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; As Much AS IT IS WoRTH.-General james
Ashley congressman elect from the fifth Ohit
district, in speech lately made at Toledo
gives the following sccount Of his labors t.
obtain situation which, by the public is, a
the present day, held in rather low estimation
A seat in congress, judging from the genera
standard of character and merit, as exemplifet
in the representation of most of the States, il
what is truly called the lower house, is by n,
means the post Of honor es.
| have iabored as [ never labored before il
r my lfe-aLhough [ am known as worker
Entering the contest in district comprising tel
, counties, the largest in the State-and with