The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-05-18

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contribute to fuse the party and confuse the.
Opposition, for they will be left to fight in the
I dark with their weak points exposed to the
BATTERIES Of the democracy. In the meantime
this great financial and commercial reaction.
will lift the administration ont Of its fnacial
ztroubles, and make it a solid buIwark of de-
Hence for all factions Of the party.
1t is evident that The wrangling chiefs Of the
party arc beginning 10 comprehend their fol
lies and their danger. and are actively consult
ling upon a practical basis Of reunion. which
they hope will sweep the country in 1860, ina
ageneral revival and reunion of the tenacious
democracy. bntif The opposition act with en-
ergy and frmness, they are bound to succeed
in carrying the presidential election in 1860, in
spite Of all the fnessc and cbicanery of the
democrats.
The Baltimore Clipper, one If The most infu-
%ential papers in Maryland, says, silently bu.
surely, in spite Of the efforts Of ambitious dem
agogues, a political revolution is in active pro-
grsss in both sections Of our country. Parties
1and party names are disregarded, and the peo-
PIE, weary Of the control Of leaders, ARE aban-
doniug ~sectionalism and uniting in supportofna-
donal conservative candidates in opposition to
the present corrupt and imbeciie administration.
Success attends this movement. Its the initia-
ton Of q practical and popular reform which
%enIis,s the sympathy and rouses the active exer-
tons Of the masses. They have too long been
misIed by selfish, managing politicians and
pelly cliques of office holders and Office seekers.
They are beginning to perceive their error, and
o assume their own p~reroyatiye q governing
themselves. Wherever this opposition move
smenJ has been practically Inaugurated, it has
achieved a victory, and has driven to the wall
sectional republicanism and corrupt and faith
less democracy. in the State elections in Penn
s~ylyania and New Jersey this opposition was
3~signaIly triumphant. In several Of the congress
lsioual districts in New York it met with brilliant
~success. Even in Ohio and nlinoisit is rapidly
gaining strength, and will soon appear as a great
and powerful political organisation in Tie States
Iof the northwest.
This is a national movement. It affords an
opportunity for all who are opposed to the here
Isles and misrule of democracy to unite together
In one concerted effort to restore to our govern
ment some semblance at least Of its early puri-
Ely and patriotism and actual usefulness. The
old party lines are oblitcraled. Sectional ami
mosites are laid aside. Party antecedents and
party sympathies are forgotten, and Americans,
and wings, and republicans. and democrats come
together, north and south for one common pur-
pose, in one national conservative organisation.
While ia the north success has everywhere
attended the opposition movement, in the south
it has been initiated under DE most promising
auspices, and has effected a cordial union of the
wings and conservative democrats with the
Americans, from whom they have hitherto
5stood aloof. Around US on every side, in our
sister States Of the south, "our comrades are
marshaling with hope and pride beneath the
same beaming standard, upheld by men whose
genius and whose fame are as bright as its own
lustrious folds" In Virginia they are actively
organising for the approaching contest against
fearful odds, but with unquailing spirit. Ken
atucky and Tennessee, and North Carolina and
Georgia are CALAMITY advancing 10 line and pre-
pairing for assault upon the common enemy
Ifnot entirely successful now, they will at least
encourage the hope Of ultimate victory. It il
time for Maryland 70 take her position. She
is the lone star Of nationality. When all the
rest fell away from the standard of the only ma.
tional party, and yielded to the blandishmcnts
or menaces Of sectionalism, Maryland alone
proyed true, and g~allantly stood Der ground
sShe is entitled to lead the van in this gloriou.
and suspicious opposition movement.
WISE ON H PREsIDENr.-Gov. Wise has
recently written a characteristic letter to d gen
tleman Of Alabama, and in the course Of i
comes down on the president in the following Sc
we're style: The presidentbids high. To flibus
ters he offers Cuba and the isthmus and nortl
Mexico, to the west, Pacific railroad, to the nortl
protection to iron and coarse woolens-and |,
the great commercial centres, Tie power .
DECENTRALIZATION by obvious uses and abuses of {
bankrupt act to apply to State banks. Yester
day Biddle was a monster, and to-day Wal
street bankers can expand and contract upol
Us more like a voice than be did-and wba
would they not do if they could force the poo
provinces when they pleased into bankruptcy
have written this right on, and you may d,
what you please with it.
The governor evidently considers the presi
.sdent fairly entered for the second race, f.
(Which the Yirginian is also up. Hence tb,
soft touches under the ribs which the latte.
Fgives his Pennsylvania competitor.