The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-05-06
Louisiana Abroad.

Gays tnc N. OflcilHS beltd- htt
profound old paper, the New York
Commercial Advertiser, continues its
boasts OF the prevalence of Union
and Reactionary sentiments i'll Lou
isiana. The following is l, last
effort on this theme:"
The letter we published last even
| ing from New Orleans, has NATURAL
attracted great deal of attention. and
given encouragement to the idea that
u reaction against the Southern Con-
federacy. positive in its character. is
about to find practical expression in
Louisiana. The history of this State
under the Confederacy justifies this
expectation. The original actual set
tiers of Louisiana were most simple
hearted and excellent people. who
| have lived On the continent North
and South for many generations, law
abiding communities, Interesting
themselves but little ii. poli,ica. and
always conservative in her yi'ws.
SO long rs Louisiana Innintained a
French predominacy, we would ask
what State was more thoroughly
well governed, and more creditable to
the Confederacy. Louisiana from the
beginning was an old Wing State.
Mr.. Clay was the peoples political
idol, and it was only by the infusion
of Anglo Saxon emigrants from the
Southern States, that she became in
fected by the spirit of ultra Democ-
racy, now so rampant under the name
Of secession.
Then follows a fierce personal on
siaught on certain prominent political
gentlemen Of this State who We're born
at the North, TO whom the Advertiser
assigns the chief agency in getting up
the secession feeling in this State
gentlemen who though faithfully and
efficiently cooperating with our peo-
. pie in the movement for independence,
! had rs little TO do in the direction or
control of that movement as any
, three citizens Of equal prominence in
l our whole population. whilst we do
not think ii proper 10 reproduce the
calumnies hurled against these gen
tlemen, we freely give another Of our
citizens the benefit of the conmcuda-
ton Of the Advertiser:
Bonl;@nv, the only Congressman
from the seeding States that remain
= ed true 70 his oath, was Of the original
population Of Louisiana. We might
give the names OF all the prominent
secessionists of Louisiana, but not
one would be found Of the old French
stock.
That is very good. We should
: like 20 know of what stock are ex-
=, Governors Roman, Mouton and He
, bert, vino are al earnestly enlisted in
= behalf of the independence of the
State, and two of whom were among
e the original secessionists. We would
5 inform our ancient contemporary that
? the reverse of his assertion is true
. that all the old Creole families in tn.
: State are ardently enlisted in behait
= of Southern Independence, and that
q for the one member of the ancient
Il family of the Boulignys, who is pu'
4 down for onion, we can mention /
i dozen others of the same stock who
=, are for the Confederacy of the South
: Indeed, if there is another of tn,
c same family who is for "the Union,
it is not known to members Of tina
family. We assume what We hope il
= not true. that the Advertiser is au
e thorized to define the position Of NJ,
o J. Z. Bouligny. The Advertiser
+ however, is confident Of the strength
Il of Unionism in Louisiana. 1t says
IN 1t Is only necessary to look at tn
t; present agitation in Louisiana, to se
h that the Union feeling is there pre-
! eminently struggling for an expires
sion.
1t In that State the demand to brir;
e the Constitution Of the Confederat
20 States before the people is most Ell
70 ergetically insisted upon, and we hav
- just ground for hoping that, ere long
&c the suppressed sentiment in favor Q
re the Union will achieve triumph
n and strike the first blow by the ballot
E. box that will eventually topple dow
- the whole secession movement. n
people of the country are natural.
- more law-abiding than the Creoles c
e. the Sugar State. They are simple
D. honest and confding, and hence til
present misrepresentation by the viii.
demagogucs who. coming from ad
joining States, dare to sacrifice the in
terests and true sentiments of Lou
isiana upon the altar of disunionism
;, Not so simple and confding as yo
l. imagine, deluded Old Fogy, as 20