The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1860-03-02
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ey win be one of vital interest to the
South she will need no halfway |
friends to pilot her over the rugged Bill
lows Of the coming storm; nor does
she stand in want Of lukewarm politi
clans Who would not dare to maintain
her rights and honor, let come what
mav. We are told that Douglas is the
only man that can saEe the Union
that >. be has the Northern con 6dence
be eSn. with the snppor. of the South
be elected. o. his confidence at the
North, We are no. inclined to doubt
but deliver Us OF such confidence Is re-
eeives the encouragement OF such sheets
as the New YorkTribune and Times.
When Douglas policy is endorsed by
such papers, the South has reason TO
doubt his sincerity. Suppose that
Douglas could defeat the Black Repub-
lican candidate It would not result
benfcially TO the South-it might pos
sibly for awhile delay the cry of Dis
union; yet the misguided South would
soon see her error. We eannont recog-
nize IN Mr. Douglas our friend. The
little political aspirant would soon
prove recreant to his faith. His blight
ming heresy on Squatter Sovereignty
has dug the httie-giant's grave at the
South, and be must share his fate.
If It Is Donglas or Disunion, we prefer
the latter; and "ifi it must be done,
It's better it were done quickly"
Douglas has his friends, though few
they may be, yet he has them and
what is more, they are working jealous
lly in his behalf. Look at our own
State! Is not the bal in motion now
Most assuredly it is. There seems to
be an ample store in reward for the
friends of the little giant-if be could
only reach the zeneith of his sanguin
airy expectations. Heron, Gray b Co.
have gone over to his g righteous fold" "
And vet writer in the Crescent has
| the audacity to ask Is there man
in the South willing TO compromise on
the platsorm Of Mr.. Douglas ." OF
course there is; right in our own State.
Does not the political hermorphodites.
Heron, Gray d Co., do it! Don't
Miles Taylor tell US swollow the Doug
las pill and not to grumble, for it is
, the best We can get now! Does not
the Crescent itself advise US to take q
half loaf when we cannot get whole
one Thereby admitting tina. Doug
} las is little better than Seward. We
! are asked TO compromise on Douglas
under this consideration; to gulE
, down the bitter pill though it does g
, nightly against the grain. The ques-
ton is win We do it win the Soutf
> place her destiny in the hands of thi
arch fend, whose morbid sppetite
giories in our downfall.
Shall the South concentre on Doug
i lass and elect him merely to paciiy
/, few bigots at the South, and those. o
our enemies at the North The Nortl
: know they will End friend IN DOugla.
. and are therefore willing to support him
Have We not compromised with on
! Northern friends long enough? w
u have compromised SO long that We ca
!, do so no longer and command homo
:. and respect We have acted on NOR
, than brotherly terms with our friend
at the North, and il is now time that VI
: should hold our own; if We ever in
: tend to do it. Self-interest, with cor
idence betrayed and trampled upol
= now knocks and asks for admission
: shall We admit her, or exclude her fo
eveFmore from our doors. Shall "
m put up With Douglas We answer
the most emphatic terms no. Let i
have the right man or none at all.
rs Union and confdence, there is hope
he when that confidence is lost there
he none. That confidence is lost, OF
,e friendship is trampled to the dust, an
of our hsnor impeached. Can reason as
Ve any more Of Us. And yet there is 4