The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1861-10-16
election of resident and Vice-President.

We place ate head of our columns, TO-DAY, ING
names Of .Jeffers Davis and Alexander H. stephens
as candidates. ate Noyeu.ber election Tor tue ON
ces respectively president and vicepresdent q
the Confederate les. Sc far as we have observed,
the people Of th9nfederate States are unanimous u
the designation obese distinguished statesmen lof
the first offices otrne Confederacy and, with but
single dissentinoice3 the press has given them It5
entire and enthuslc support
There are manSnsderations, aside from the triea
craftsmanship an0urity of these gentlemen, "heh
render this choie this time, peculiarly appropriate.
Being the represefives of the two distinct ana an
tagonistic methods which the slave States proposed
to redress the gretces consequences upen elevation
to power Of seetRl party hostile to the impartial
execution OF the grantees Of the old constitution,
and ready to ramppcneath their feet its express ana
implied provisions accomplish their purposes, the
coupling OF their mes for the two highest oinces
within our gilt, IS abute to the magnanlmty oil
valiant and generooeople, eager, in the great
struggle for a septic national sovereignty, 10 lay
aside all party distilIons and give their united ehef
gies to the demands|a high and noble patriotism.
Elevated to their esent positions by the provision
al congress, they eued upon the discharge q thef
duties with an emery and self devotion winch nave
made themselves mfest in the satisfactory OF inc
machinery of the " Government, III the FaLSth9
equppng and dsciping Of the largest army ever con
gregated upon this mtiaent, and IN the triumph OF
our arms III every seu5 encounter with Toe 1ney
are familiar with all practical details both OF our
civilan military a.Ia They have it in their power,
by their personal qifcations, and the confidence
which they have nsRd, to render greater service 10
the people of the Celebrate States than any other
who could be desigRal for those positions
Wereoice that taeeneral sentiment OF the south
will award to them .hcempiment, richly earned, OF
uncontested e@ecdo They patriots and states
men of experience; pdence and ioreslght-men oil
will
and patience and iudu4y under NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
which, in times Of rcvqtien are indispensable IN sue
cessful rulers.
So far as Louisiana concerned, we regret that nc
proper steps have becr ke present to the people
an electoral ticket foithdr united suitrages' so
consultations have be htor district electors III Tue
several districts in ~ StaA 4 correspondence one
cty paper. has suggested ticket composed OF gentle
men Of the yaro poltd parties prior to the last fall
election Anothe city pQer publishes, as an advertise
ment thp card Of sevral gentlemen assembled in
New Orleans nth the names Of the governor and
lieutenant gorrnoa athe head, IN which ticket Is
proposed for atiicatd by the people of Louisiana
How far it ispossible pr few gentlemen thus assem-
bed in the city to represent the wishes OF the State II
is not for is to say Is the card itself announces the
meeting was altogether the result of the Academia
presence in this cifyof those who reside in the nte
or of the State" Under these circumstances the Sc
lection could scarcely have been satisfactory as i
made after consultation nthe districts Certainly eacI
district knows best whom would prefer to represent
it. We have nothing to ay against these gentlemen
personallv or politically They, well as any others
can record in their votes the electoral college, th
Will Of the people expressed at the polls. But we wisl
to be understood as entering decided protest agans
the mode in which the selection of these candidate
for electors has been made. Jtmay constitute pre-
cedent i'll times mole acefuI and less subject to thu
exigencies of revolution which could be construed in
to an acquescence, on tie partef the people, in thu
exercise If authority and dctation which
without delegation, ctnn no case belong to individuals
as the Representatives If the people
We shall rest corteued with this expression of GU
dissent to this mode ofdesgnating candidates for hg
office. and, shouldno ticket appear, Gas the result 0
more full consultation amongst prominent gentlemen il
the district as the advocates Of the election of tn
gentlemen 1t the head of columns, "
shall cheerGy cast our votes for the ticket indicated
TOuachita Intelhgencer-