The Feliciana Democrat., 1859-04-30
F" INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES y

AS The time is rapidly approaching when the sub
ject of nominating suitable persons to fill the varion.
parish Offices. will be brought before the Democracy
it is not unlikely that the masses thereof will be an
peaed to by INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES." for their
support. Let them not be dcluded into any promises
to that effect but on the contrary await the rcpulo,
democratic nomination and to this, when made give
their full, united. and energetic support
or this class Of political asprants the editor of III.
New Orleans Courier thus trnthfny speaks:
1.-The assumption of - independence by INV man
who comes before the people to ask them for their
votes to elevate him 10 power, only means thai he
refuses to pledge himself to obey the will Of the peo-
pln So far as ii goes It works to the establishment
OF the antocratic principle. and the destruction of tbe
Democratic II only amounts to request in rcaity
10 'he voters to nam" the officer who is to carry ont
whatever may happen to be his own individual onin
ions OF things. ana administer what OH yht TO h. tho
peoples government. not according to the belief and
wishes OF the majority which elected him. hut accord.
ing to the unknown IDEAS of things which NAV eyis,
IN MS own mind at the moment. The Democratic
idea OF government is founded on the fact that the
people shall know beforehand for whom they are W.
ing and what principles of administration are 10 he
carried out in case of success Any sort of manage.
ment which commits the officer voted for to nothing
nut MS own viii makes HIN for the time being an
anocrat lie is not Democrat pledged to carry ont
the principles OF democracy. He is not pledged to
any thing except his own will and pleasure"
we would ask OF all democrats. to lay this q,,ota
ton carefully away. and after being approached by
one OF these "INDEPENDEST' Office seekers, give IL
another perusa and, all the world to adime the de-
llneation in the general outline given above, will
exactly suit the individual instance; one whom if
elected wW exercise his ocn iN and pleasure not that
of the Democracy. Give him no encouragement
THE NEXT PREsIDENr-The following is the vote
to which each State will be entitled at the next Pre-
sdential elections
Delaware. 3; Virginia Is; North Carolina, 10 :;
Maryland, 8; South Carolina 8 Georgia 10; Ala
bama. 0 I; Florida, 3 Texas, Louisiana 6 Mis-
sssippi, 7; Missouri o Arkansas. 4; Tennessee l2;
Kentucky II California, 4; Oregon, 2: Maine, 8:
New HAMPSHIRE Massachusetts, I3 /; Rhode Island
4 Connecticut, 6; Vermont s New York 35 New
Jersey,7 Pennsylvania, II Ohio. 23; Michigan 6:
Illinois, IL; Indiana, l3; Iowa, 4 +; Wisconsin 5
Minnesota, g.
The foregoing gives an aggregate of 303 electoral
votes, namely 1873 from the Free States, and l2O
from the Slave
MISSISSIPPI CENTRAL RAIL RoAp.-Thc Secretary
Of this company has just written to announce that the
completion of the Central Railroad the present year.
is fixed fact.
-, 'heIe " IL gap OF ABOUT ol miles, between Coffee
vile and Durant to finish. and last week positive
contract was entered into. between parties fully au-
thorIzed to complete this unfinished gap by or before
Inc hrst OF December next. The contractors we
learn, are not only men of energy, bnt have ample
means at command to comply with the contract thew
have entered into and we now have a certainty OF
The date at which our readers may expect to see the
through trains moving from New Orleans to Jackson,
Tennessee"
The contractors say, If the company can furnish
material with sufficient rapdty they will, in all pro-
'abslty, complete the work by the first of October.
rhis IL cheering ncwa,