The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-04-29
inst. The Union is high-toned and

inst. The Union is a heightened and
spirited journal. scrupulous in its ad-
herence to facts, calm in its Judgment;
and fearless and unfiinching in its adj
vocacy of truth and right. II merits
the countenance and support Of every
Southern man for it's bold and manly
vindication of the South in the course
she has pursued:
"The Wing of yesterday endorses
the suggestion that the Trustees OF
Bowdoin College should expunge
from their records the official vote by
which the honorary degree of LII. D..
was conferred upon Hon. Jefferson
Davis. Ail the Wing adds: "A
traitor to his country should not re-
main thus honored by Northern
college,
No language can express the loath-
ing that every brave and honorable
man must feel for those contempti-
bic and sneaking towards who could
for a moment entertain Or recommend
such an idea as that contained in the
Wing. This recommendation is of a
perfect piece with Black Republican
warfare. That man who they can not
meet in arguNaent, they seek to bring
under the ban Of the religious and
literary community. What more
dastardly act than to creep within
the sacred precincts of a college to
stab the character of a man whose
character is unblemished before the
world.
Jefferson Davis a traitor Where
is the man in the Union who has dared
to say this in his presence No
brave man could say it /; no coward
dare to say it. What statesman in
the whole history Of America has
lived a purer or more up right life
thanhe! Apply to the survivors of
Buena Vista and ask them if j etferson
Davis is a traitor Nobly and glo-
riously did he and his commander
peril their lives ON that bloody field
and by valor unequaled in the history
ofhard fought fights, save a wearied
army from destruction. s'No no ="
would be their unanimous response"
Jefferson Davis is no traitor!"
! His long Senatoralca in Wash
inSton was one of unceasing attach
ment TO the Union and answering
devotion to the Constitution. When
assaults were made upon them by
an INSCRIPTIONS political party, man
fully did he stand up in their defense.
[ Bravely did he fight for both so long
as there was a ray OF hope left. And
it is because he would not remain to
see them trampled upon in the dust,
dishonored and disgraced that the
| Wing at Il sGfe distance, calls him
traitor, and asks that his name be
branded with intamy.
/ If George Washington deserves
! from Americans the name Of traitor,
! then does Jefferson Davis. Bowdoin
I College never more justly bestowed
a degree than that conferred upon
him; and it will be long day be-
fore her Trustees will become so big
oted, as 10 strike from their roll OF,
honor the brightest name upon it.
I New York, April 22.-Lieut- Cen
eral Scott, comnander-in-chief fthe
I United States forces has not resigned
nor does he intend to.
Van Buren,, Ark, April 22.-An
immense meeting was held in this
city Saturday, at which the flag of
the Confederate States was raised.
| Arkansas is unit for immediate
secession. The war feeling is preva-
! lent.
| Mobile April 22.-Six hundred
dollars Of the Confederate loan was
taken here by colored people.
| Pass a fOutre, April 22-The
schooner Hannah NJ. johnson, Wells
master, from Pensacola yesterday
morning at II o'clock, crossed the bar
this evening on her way up the river,
( She reports eight war vessels off
Pensacola harbor, some of which are
supposed to be achievements for fort
pickens.
Montpelier, VT, April 22.-The
State of Vermont is in perfect state
Of excitement.
Every town is rendering men and
money to the federal government to
coerce the South.