The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-11-01

tinues to call himself Democrat and to
hang around the party, he is like the
corpse which the ancients tied to the
living man by way of punishment,
The Dying Howl Of the American.
After conducting tbe present and al
most ended canvass IN manner which,
for INSCRIPTIONS fabrications, for low
abuse, for scurrillous scandal and for
mean diatribes has no parallel in the his
tory Of party journalism, the American
concludes its lahors by pretended re-
view of the names constituting the Demo-
cratic ticket in which it selects all the
meanest of the scandal which it has been
pouring out, ike some filthy sewer, for
the past five months. This three column
article headed Sketches begins with
the head of our State ticket and closes
with the hast name ON our parish ticket,
showering upon each the foul current of
detraction or the poisonous stream of SLAM
der. Passing the name of Mr.. Moore
merely with the stale nonsense about a
moutb-piece," the American charges our
candidate for Lient. Governor with having
been once Wing, bat foggets to say how
much he was admired and how ardently
he was supported at that time by Col.
Wells. Mr. Hyams had the god sense to
spurn the wigwam-Col Wells had not
Mr.. Hyams is good lawyer (which Col
Wells is not) and very honest man. He
is able in debate, uptjrlng in pursuit of
business, faithful to his friends, frankly
hostile to his enemies, bold aud to the
point in public discussion and in every
way worthy of the Office for which he is
the Democratic candidate and to which h,
is morally certain to be elected. Mr.
Hardy is passed over. with merely the
false accusation Of being liberal drinker
Of intoxicating beverages. What a
charge to come from the American! Oh!
| lmpudence, thy name is Boyce y That
profound lawyer, eloquent and accom-
plished scholar. thorough Democrat and
able orator, the champion Of our ticket
and an ornament of the bar Of Louisiana
Thomas Jefferson Sepnes is merely
charged with being a Slfdell mana
heipous crime in the eyes Of Col. Wells no
doubtful one in which many good and
noble and worthy men are sharers. Its
comments upon our candidate for Auditor
the Hon. E. W. Robertson consist entirely
of remarks about the Hon. R. A. Hunter.
After calling Mr. Defreese clever man
| and Mr. Avery a preacher, the American
mathematics Mr.. Landrum as one of Mr..
SlideE's friends and passes to Gen. De-
Russy of whom it says, 1--WE have under.
stood that his most intimate friends have
no confidence in. his political integrity"
We don't hesitate to say that neither the
conductor of the American nor the writer
of these gross caricatures ever "under-
stood" any such thing. No body who
ever knew him doubts the integrity, po.
litical or personal, of our distinguished
! and accomplished candidate for the office
| of Commissioner Of the Board of Public
Works for the Bird Swamp Land District
1sDr. Smart is only accused Of being be
I triended by his father the Hon. John r
Smart-one Of the best and worthiest mel
in the State. The absurd charge is made
against DR.. Clark that he has been an as
4 pirant for the position which he holds al
candidate for Representative for long
time and succeeded by the intercession o
Mr.. Moore. This is the widest shot of all
! DR.. Clark was not present when nomi
/ nated--uot aware that he was to ht
brought forward asa canddate--neve
aspired to the position and only continued
as candidate ont of a sense of the dut,
: he owed to his party. Weyenture to Sd.
that he has not solicited siagIe vote il
the Parish, and that he will beat his com
petitor, the conductor of the American, by
two hundred votes. The truth is that b,
: suffering such a mass of disgusting tras
+; to appear i'll his paper, Mr. G. w. Boyc'
has SO nauseated the members of bis owl
party that many of them will vote for hir
with no little reluctance. He will
! inevitably be by far the hindmost man o
= the opposition ticket
I The Americans Sketches do nc
deserve the notice we have given ther
and we shall pursue the review of ther
no fnther. We respect ourselves and th
J intelligent public whom we address to
). much to dwell longer npon the mas
i, Of contemplate stuff. The voting o
Monday next will show how it'll
; effect such low, unjnsti6able an
b calumnious outpourings have upon II
+ fined and intelligent community.