The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1860-08-15
Where is it to be Found.

Where Is 1t to be Found.
Nationality term deseryedly dear to every lover
Of the Union, and hence all parties strve more or less
successfully arrogate to themselves the title OF 'na
tioaa" Even the black republicans fail not TO appre-
ciate the value OF the expression aud not unirequeny
put forth protestat9ns OF their claims to nato
Atty Thus, for example, it is common for them to
assume sylogise style OF Argument, and to declare
that freedom is naoha and slavery sectioual ergo
they are for freedom, they are national But theirogic
is somewhat lane. since if they were national they
would not be confined exclusively to the north. Leaving
them, therefore, out OF consideration, let us endeaTor
find cur If there Is any national party ia this country
Some months ago in common with many independent
sheets INDUCED the hope that the democratic party
wonld prove final Festingplace for nationality. 1t
had extended all over tie i,lad 1 r-afeeaA r-;-@'
pies when were deemed as paramount at the north as
at the south Thousands Of conservative and patIlotc
citizens looking yanIy to other organisations for this
safe and sauiary element, disposed to follow
the fortunes of the democracy in default OF better
party Recent events however have proved that what
ever nationality democracy may have once possessed
has vanished. The parry which boosted its b0moge-
neity, It's identity OF doctrine its unversa (which
was the same or the borders OF Canada and the
fines OF Mexico has been severed in twain, dsintegra-
! ted broken in pieces.
Does it still pretend to be national? If so, which
fragment of iii best entitled tue honor? The Brock
ridge and Lane faction chat the Douglas
ton was almost entirely sectional being constituted Of
frecso democrats from the north, with small proper
ton Of deudcd and misguided democrats from the south.
The Douglas men affirm with equal confidence that the
! Seceders convention MAS purely sectional concern,
made up chiefly of boiling disuuionst and fre-eaters
from the SOUTH with slight addition of federal Office
holders from the north These contradictory ertons
may well puzzle plain folks Which Is to be believed,
and by what test to determine the nationality OF
either faction? The anxious inquiries for truth are
exceedingly distressed their Ignorance and their
inability to answer these queries We notice that one
Raltimpr. 7villipOuncS
incur sacrifice for tie sake of obtaining Satisfactory
I information on the subject offers reward of one hun
dred dollars any individual who demonstrate
I which is the real, genuine, unnistakabe democratic
national ticket and three hded dollars for the three
best ESSAYS showing which il and how and why, the
original, interchangeable, indiyisible ndestluetibe de
mocracy. Liberal, however, these profers are We
fear they will elicit nothing conclusive, because each
wing viii present reasons equally specious and cogent
/ in favor Of its recognition
We ourselves are of opinion that whatever OF nation
atty my vet remain to the adherents Of democracy
will be found among the supporters of DOUGLAS The
i convention which nominated him the original
authorised body and he received highly respectable
southern vote, well a nearly unanimous nerthen
vote. Again the Douglas ticket will be ran in ever,
State in the Union except South Carolina and perhaps
Texas The Breckinridge ticket unlikely to be recog
/ Missed or to be recommended in any of the extreme
northern or northwestern States The men who PLACED
DOUGLAS in nomination we're generally national demo
Gratis procaiming tenets which we're acceptable but
wear or two ago to the entire democratic party of th
nation. The men who nominated BRECKlSRlDGE are
generally speaking of the ultra southern rights school
and maintain entirely unacceptable to the denoe
racY beyond the limits of the south and opposed by
least large minority within the south So to those witt
are socitousy seeking for the nationality Of the demo
cratic party we can only say that while the Baltimor
convention dispersed much of it into thin air. of tn
slight resduum left the Douglas may conscientious
ly claim the monopoly.
But if nationality abides neither in BREcKISRIBGE
in DOUGLAS nor in LINCOLN, where Isl to be found2-
Well, we suppose there IS about as much OF the artel
in the Bell and Everett ticket may reasonably b
expected That ticket is professedly based upon tn
constitution, the Union and the enforcement Of tn
laws Now we fancy there can be nothing approaching
sectionasn in any Of these fundamental propositions
He who loves the Union and is unaterably hostile
its dissolution; he who sticks unfpchIngly to the cons
tuition and eaims nothing but what 1t comedies he VIII
is an earnest advocate of the execution of the laws
whether they seemingly benefit one section more tina
another-cannot be said to be greatly tainted wit
sectionalism. New Orleans Bee.
From the Helena Shield we extract the following
We continue to receive the most favorable account
of the growing crops-of both corn and eottonin th
region of countrYwe might say on both sides of th
3 riyer--for our Coahoma Tunica and Bolivar Miss
county neighbors claim to have the best crops in tn
r Mississippi valley.
: An idea Of the extraordinary abundance and promis
Of the corn crop Of this county may be formed when
state that some old and nearly out upland field
that have produced fair crop in the last ten
twelve years Will this season yield from so 10 40 busl
: els to the acre.
FATALITY ANoNG CATTLE-From our exchanges v
h learn that at Helena Ark and neighborhood, number
of cattle have been seized with disease unknow
to that locality, which is proving very fatal Il ma
be that the terrible cattle disease which sweepr
over the New England and other States has visited tn
e portion Of the country
3 NArcHEz-The returns Of the census in Natohez il
= dictate that that city has $500 inhabitants This is
increase since 1850 of 2l00 nearly 30 per cent I'll
Courier thinks if the had been taken anoht
season Of the year it would have shown populate
e Of at least 1000
i The Natchez Courier says, within the last three day
thrty-nine papers published in Mississippi have bee
received at the Courier office. or these Is suppo
Breckenridge; / 3 Bell; Douglas. Two are profe5
IN edy eutral and of three the politics did appea
Or Two of the papers that support Breeknrdge candid
ne avow their preference for Douglas but 90 for ho i
r union ticket under press Of circumstance. a q