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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-11-01
Country Democracy and Mr. Sill
dell"

" 10 I'll =r B.. i
This is the caption Of a leader Of the Crescent
made up Of quotations from the Richmond Journal,
in which great complaint is made Of Mr. Sldell for
supporting Mr.. Hunter for State Auditor, which
support proved quite unavang; also for securing
the appointment of two country gentleman to the
principal Federal Offices in this city, knowing that
he said appointees would become subject to the
control of city corruptons and influences; also for
sending eulissares and agents through the country
to arrange and harmonic matters for his own bene-
lit, instead Of making speeches and writing public
addresses; also for aiding Independents and Oppo-
sitonists 10 ruin and undermine the Democratic or.
| ganization
! The Journal, we think, deserves the credit ofap-
preaching nearer to specific charges than most of
the assailants of Mr. Slidell. Here are two specific
and positive charges which Mr.. Slidelps friends
have no excuse Tor not meeting and explaining.
They are first, that Mr. sidell supported Mr.. Hun
ter for the nomination for Auditor. We shall wait
p,tieaty to hear what Mr.. Sidell's friends have to
! set up in extenuaton of this very serious charge.
What right, we ask, had Mr.. Siidell to prefer Col
Hunter to Mr. Robertson for this office? 1t is in
vain to suggest that when Colonel Hunter was
| eaten for the nomination, the "Autocrst," most
unantocratcalIy acquiesced in the preference for
Colonel Robertson, and now gives him cordial
supportl ~
The second charge is that Of promoting the ap-
! - n, O. H. ri
ectorship, and Col. Marks, Of West Feliciana, to
the Postofice, the two principal Federal offices Of
this city. Here, again, Mr.. sdelrs friends must
xercise their ingenuity in ustiiIiirg so reckless an
outrage upon two unsophisticated country gentle
men, in thus dragging them from the scenes and
occupations, the pure sir and simple virtues of ru-
raj lile and exposing them TO all the corruptingin.
fuences of city residence aud Office! Speak out
gentlemen.
As to the general and more vague charges oi
helping Independents to ruin and undermine the
! Democratic organization we beg the Journal to
reduce them, like the foregoing TO something spc.
ciGc and we shall n,aiatain their validity. 50 tar
asthe city is concerned we are unable to Tx such
charge, for two reasons-frst, because the Demo
Gratis have made full nominations for all the politi
cal Offices of the p,ris which we learn Mr.. Slidell
warmly supports, and, secondly, because the Ipde.
pendent organization for judicial ard non-politic ]
Offices, is quite inaedendent Of Mr. Slidell, and he
very pruienty, behoves Senator and politician,
abstans from all concern Herewith. Tue ''aato
cracy" charged against him would be quite palpa'
bic and fragrant i. he interfered in the same. @
delta.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-11-01
Anecdotes Of s. s. PrenIiss.

~
Mr.. 'Prentiss had two duels with Gener~-
al Foote, which, by the way, were the,
only times lie ever fought, tor The various,
little episodes with fists and canes are
not to be taken into account At their
second meeting, a large crowd was as
sembled to witness the scene. One shot,
had been fired. Foote'S BAH flying wide
of his antagonist, while Prentiss' missed
fire. The parties were placed at ten
PAGES for the second round, pistol in hand
only waiting the word. The intense in
terest Of the spectators had drawn them
in two long lines close to the combatants,
leaving only narrow lane for the pas.
sage Of the balls. An urchin, who had
but small chance to see in the crowd.
had taken a tree in the rear of Mr.. p,
and by alert climbing was rapidly gain,
ing the branches, where from q comforta,
bic seat, be might have witnessed the
transaction. PreAtiss observed hin. aud
said in his kindest tome, e..-
My son, YOU had better look out, ! am
afraid you will be hit. General Footc il
shooting very wild to-day.'
The remark and the manner Of it's deliv.
cry called forth i. round Of three chpere
1 I i i 4 : =
from the hystanders. when order being re-
stored, the fight proceeded.
While Mr.. Prentiss was delivering
speech in Faneuil Hall, Boston, Edward
Everett, unable to contain binaself, turned
ia Mr. Webster and said. "Did y,u .ver
hear such astonishing elooucn,e!! sNeva:
from any one, but Mr., Premise himself
was Mr. Webster's reply,
During the Presidential canvass of .s4s,
Ire was making one Of his great speeches
before an immense audience in Nashville,
Tennessee. overcome by Ills Aexcrtfons,
he fell fainting into the arms ofhis friend,
Gov. Jones, who, frenzied with excitement,
shouted at the top fills voice, 1.-THE un-
conscious form which he supported,
'Die, Plentiss /! die now yon will never
have again an opportunity sogkrious.'
| Mr.. Prentiss' power over juries is Illus
trated by the following incident, whicl,
occurred iii piney-woods region. not far
from Pearl river, Mississippi. He al.
peared for the defendant in suit for
damages !; the panel, composed Of wire
grass people, were thrilled by his mar
,elous eh9nelier, and despsing the tech.
meal forms Of the law, without retiring
from the box, agreed upon their verdict,
which was thus delivered vira roce by the
I foreman:
eve finds for lawyer Prcntiss. the
plaintive to pay the costs.'
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-11-01
A Plug Ugly Judge.

The N. O. Bulletin has sketch of Judge Stump
of Baltimore, on the recent trial Of the ruians who
committed the outrages on board steamboat
which we're detailed some time ago:
For the ediication and enlightenment Of oul
readers we will quote few words that came from
this Stump during the trial. A dialogue toob
place between a witness, the captain Of a steam
boat and the Court, during which the latter said
"You ought not to allow the negroes among the
white people, and if you do you may expect row,
The Court thinks you ought to have been beaten
yourself for allowing it; niggers and white people
and whiskyi there will always be row.
"State's Attorney--Does the Court intend thai
to influence the jury!
"1ne Court don't care ii it does; only give
it as piece of adsiee; Ito the witness) now, yor
sit down."
Subsequently the Judge said:
81 wish they had fling the captain orerboard-
anv man who will charter boat TO take nggeTs ant
eecypbody On board, ought to be .fang ouerboard
and not bother everybody this way with bis niggs'
rows"
When, at last and in spite of the efforts OF TIL
Judge to prevent it the jury returned verdict 0
guilty; he broke out in towering and indecen
!tirade against steamboat captains, said that thel
only were 70 blame, that those boys were but IN
dulging in harmless irolie--lhey only stabbed
seyera, passengers and fred upon the cTowd--ant
HnaNv wound mn his extra iujiiuial and infamous
haEangue, BY fning the eonsiets fifty eeats apiece
aud two days iniail!
We may say that all the Baltimore Journal
unite as to the truthfulness Of this scene The sen
tenee created as much astonishment as the eonduc
Of the Judge had during the trial. Lawyers, spec
tators, the other officers Of the court, and the pr's
oners themselves, were astouadedr as well The.
might have been. Here 10 Judge elected By tn
sovereigns Of Of q city, and be elbows thai he re
members bis creators.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-11-01

4
BRffisH TRAVELLING IN THE UHIrEn SrArEs-.
An exchange, in the following Summary
of recent British travellers book upon
America, bits off very we'll that class Of
tourists aud their lucubrations; 49,
Before / went to America had heard
much Of AMERICAN natural scenery; but /
confess was sadly disappointed Which, l
came to see it for myself. | have. ira:
versed the country from the colonial de-
pendence of Her Most Grssious Majesty
in Canada to tie Rocky Mountains, and l
saw nothing that could be called worthy
Of the artists OF poets observation. Its
true that Canada has some charming
scenery, which has been much improved
by British taste and art-tbe natural con.
sequences .of the refinement and cnltiva:
ton Of the inhabitants; but whenever oiss
crosses into the States, the country ex-
hibits either wild forests OF naktd prairies,.
both Of which are dangerous to travel
through, in consequence ofthe quantities
Of voracious animals they contain. A dis
ingusil,ed member Of the United States
Parliament informed me that a railroad
trais last year was attacked BY a drpve
Of raceoons, while crossing prairie, and
every passenger destroyed. These rae
cuoIs arc the terror Of this wild country,
and have depopalated thousand Of nilesos
its surface.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-11-01
ALEXANDRIA,, La, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER |, 1853
2 q A q II A
By DAVID MARTIN.

% lgt4
lie sleeps! The child Of phantasy,
Has sunk to rise no more
Like some devoted barque that strikes
Upon rock.bound shore!
The lightning-rays of intellect,
Have faded from his brow,
And in old Oceans coral grave,
He'scalmly resting now.
He sleepsl No blossoms bloom for himl
No loved ones hover nigh!
The demon whistle of the storm,
Is his only lullaby!
But high above the meteor-Aash,
Fane's star is burning bright
The rainbow Of Eternity!
1t cannot set in night!
All! he was great! The God-ike gift
OF Genius shone in himl
Like glittering gems that deck the brows
OF heavens scraphim!
Old Natures wildwood lovliness,
he pictured with its light,
And held communion with the stars,
], That serve the queen Of Night!
&c sleeps! But he has placed bis name
On tn hearts unletter'd pagel
He won 4 sreath of amsranth.
To give an unborn age!
The petrel's cry, the sea-mews' shrek,
Will peal ADORE his bed,
But ne'er will the name Of the gifted one
Be numbered with the dead
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-11-01

RARITY OF True Gssrlsx.s.-Perha
gentleman is rarer animal thai. some
Of us think for. Which Of us can point
ont many such in his circle: men whose
aims are generous, whose truth is con.
slant, and not only constant in it's kind
but elevated insits degree whose want
Of meanness makes them simple, who can
look the world honestly ii the face with
an equal manly sympathy for the great
and the small? We all know hundred
whose coats are very well made, and a
score who have excellent manners, and
one or two happy beings who are what
they call in the inner circles, and have
shot into the very centre and bulleye OF
fashion !; but Of gentlemen, how many
Let us take little scrap Of paper, and
each make out his list. Thackeray.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-11-01
Law Partnership.

NV n LEWIS, JNO. c. LEWIS. EDwAEDT. LEWIS.
YrGE PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing be-
/ tween Aessrs. W. B. 4 }. Z. Lewis, is this day
dissolved, and new one substituted therefor be-
tween Aessrs. W. B., j. G. d L. T. Lewis, who
win practice their profession in the parishes OF ka'
hides, Ayoyeles, Natchitoches and Catahoua
One Of them will always be found at their Office in
Alexandria. Ell Feb 20 OILY
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-11-01

The man who did not think it respecta
BILE to bring up his children to work has
just heard Ct his three sons. One Of them
was driver on y canal, another bad been
taken up as a vagraut, a third had gone
to . public institution to learn the shoe
business under keepex.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-11-01

We once heard an Eng lishnan give his
ostler orders as follows: "'Enry, take the
'arness hoif the hotf 'orse, slip the alter
hover Us 'ead, hand give i'm some 'ay
hand hoats." iY
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-11-01
Y A TT s .

Doctor" said gentleman to . physi.
clan, " my daughter had fit this morning,
and continued for half an hour without
knowledge"
COIL replied Che other, never mind
that many people continue SO all their
HresW
It is recorded, on good authority, that
Frenchn,an learning English, and snz-
ious to say something very striking, in
parting from the lady Of his heart, care
fully consulted his dictionary, end there
finding that ito pickle" meant "to pre-
serve" bid her farewell, with the emphatic
exclamation, may Heaven pickle you! .
A fine woman, says the New York Post,
like locomotive, draws train after her,
scatters the SPARKS, and transports the
mails.
W1NcHELLs LAsr-The following anec-
dote is related By Winchell, in his inimit.
able way:
One day not long since, the accommo-
dation train from Cleveland to Columbus
had convict on board, who was being
taken by an officer to the penitentiary 10
Gated at the last named place. The pris-
oner was covered with cloak which con-
eealed from view the shackles upon his
wrists, Realistically bowed looking
very grunl, and probably rejecting upon
the rather narrow prospect before him.
A New England Yankee On the train had
his curiosity particularly excited by what
| he inferred to be considerable weight
on the spirit Of the elicit, ii possible, such
information as would crafty his curiosity.
The following are the questions he pro-
pounded, and the answers thereto:
"Goin' ter Klumbus?"
"Yesr Grufay.
"Goin' emmy further 2"
"No.D
Coin ter stop in Kumbus
| Yes"
"Goin' ter see emmy friends there 2"
NO"
Coin ter du emmy kind Of work there?'
! "Yes."
aGoin' ter start bisness on yer own
hook z"
"No.n
| "What are you goin' there for :"
"Goin, for seven years"
The Yankees curiosity was almost sat
is6ed.
Ifa woman could speak out Of the two
corners Of her mouth, there would be a
good deal said ON both sides.
What the world calls avarice is often
no more than compulsory economy and
even a willful penuriousness is better
1 than wastefuI extravaganza. A just
. man being reproacbed with parsimony
said that he would rather enrich his enc
mics after his death than borrow Of bis
friends il his lifetime,
Tie deepest waters are the most silent
/ Empty barrels make the most sound, ane
tinkling cymbols the worst music. They
Iwho think least commonly speak most.
It is one Of the characteristics Of abuse
| that it can only be defended by fallacy.
/ ]. Bentham.
/ When yotl receive a note from your lad,
Hove, and kiss it, Gas Of course, you sr'
lexpected to do,) why 10 It like the night
.mare because It is the ink.you-buss,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-11-01

When Aristotle was asked what were
he advantages Of learntsg, he replied :
+" 1t is an ornament TO man in prosperity
aud refuge in adversely"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-11-01

Gentlemen said y tayernkeeper to biz
guests, at midnight, / don't know wllctil~
er you have talked enough OF not, but as
Tor myself, | am going to shut up"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-11-01

The individual whU tried to clear his
conscience with an egg, ~ now endeavor.
ing to raise his spirits with yeast. Hhs
fails IN this. it is his deliberate inseat5cS
to blow his brains out with the bellosha
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-11-01
6 nrnffggiu1al Cars.
s,&Wj NOTICE,

MERGER CANFiELD, Ario&SEr AND COUNSEL,
\ M AT Law, AND NOTARY PUBLIC, will practice
vi his profession in this and the adjoining Pa
s.hes. Office OH second street, opposite Court
Yard Square, ore door below MeCloskeys store.
Office az Alexandria, La. apl3.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-11-01

The following notice was posted up in
the county Of Kent: Notice is hereby
given, that the Marquis Of Camden on
account of the backwarduess of the l,ar-
,ycst) will not shoot himself nor any Of
his tenants till the 14th Of September.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-11-01

valm the friendship Of him vile stands
by you in The storm swafps Of Insects
will sarroulti you III The sunshine,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-11-01

Attorneys asad G0WuselE0Es at LAW
WILL practice their profession i'll this and the
W adjoining Parishes.
Office in Alexandria, next Door to the Post
Asso misty.
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Crsbors, s. shropshire,

oespoRS. W. P. SHROPSHIRE
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-02-05
THE ISSUE-ITS HISTORY.
SPEECH OF HON JOSHUA r. GTDDINGS
OF OHIO, DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
JANUARY - 1859.

Mr.. GIppIYes said Mr.. Chairman, two days
since, my friend from Maine Mr.. Washburn
took occasion to call attention to the great issue
which now divides .he people Of these States. l
listened to him with unusual pleasure. fully ac-
corded with his views. 1t is certain that one of
our political organizations holds that State or a
Territory, when forming State Constitution, and
acting within our Federal powers may authorize
its people to enslave portion of mankind, doom
them to live without knowledge, to group their
way to physical death, amid the darkness of NOR.
al and intellectual night! The other party em.
phatically denies those doctrines, declaring that
human. Governments are limited in their just pow.
ers by the law of eternal right and wrong and can
impart to no man authority or moral right to rob,
enslave, or murder his fellow beings that the OBJ
ject and duty of Governments are to protect every
human soul in the enjoyment of life, liberty and
happiness.
These positions are antagonstic. The gulf that
separates the Republican and Democratic parties
is broad and deep; one reasoning and acting for
Freedom, the other for slavery, it becomes impos-
sible for them to agree on any collateral ques.
tion.
The President, in his message, has spoken for
his party. In the first paragraph, he recognises
the dogma that human souls may be enslaved and
transformed into property; and the entire mes
sage constitutes an argument for extending the
curse Of human bondage. If his predicate be
correct his efforts to acquire Cuba, and parts ol
Mexico, and Central America, cannot be wrong
Indeed his labors in behalf Of the foreign and do
mestic slave trade are based upon the doctrines o
his party and those men who are engaged iu
bringing African slaves into Georgia and Other
Southern States must stand or fall with the party
whose doctrines they support; for if Slavery be
right, the slave trade cannot be wrong.
have often spoken on this subject, and do moi
intend to enlarge upon it at this time. have de-
fined the issue thus briefly for the purpose of call
ing attention to some incidents in that train Of
events which develop this issue with the same NOR.
al certainty with which effect always follows
cause.
| / am led to the discharge of this duty from the
consideration that have long participated in those
incidents, and have been somewhat familiar with
some of the measures which have conduced to the
bringing of this great question before the country
am also induced to do this from the consideration
that many honest men are desrous that Republi-
cans shall modify, change. or abandon their doc.
trines, ..... ..-.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-02-05

These facts deserve attention from all men who
live in slave States South Carolina, in whose
rice fields more negroes used up than in any
other Southern State who boasts a slave system
affirmed to be perfectly adjusted to her society,
and where the cry has already been voiced forth
for q revival of the African trade. shows sup.
planting of the white race by the black moro start,
ling than anything even propounded by Malthus.
As basis of our remarks, we may note the fact
thaffor thirty years the white population has not
increased at oil it being within few thousand in
1858 Of what it was in 1888. Look, then carefully
at the above table, The slave population already
exceeds the free by more than one hundred thous.
and-nearly onehalf The relation Of births is as
3.08 to l. in favor of the slaves-more than the
treble At this rate. what will be the condition Of
South Carolina at the end of the next thirty years ?
With the whites, the number of deaths ranges
close upon the number of births the excess prob
ably migrating to other States. With the blacks,
the difference of births and deaths is largely in
favor of the births, and increasing yearly in geo.
metrica} procession Consider also that the slave,
breeding States will add largely to her serve class
and that this multiplying of the blacks must be at
the expense of the whites to certain extent
From these elements it may be estimated, accord
ing to accepted laws of population, that South
Carolina will in thirty years contain less number
Of free citizens than now, and more than hTe'
quarters of a million Of slareS. The blacks will be
three TO one to the whites-a social condition in
Aamable as powder, impossible to be sustained
and that can only look to revolt, terror, boodshed
and extirpaton, as the remedial courses of the
State. 1t needs only glance at these figures, anc
a lifting Of that terrible curtain Of the future, tt
see how insane reckless, fatal ID that policy per
sisted in by her statesmen, of erecting barriers o
pref udce against the influx of free !aborers, and
making an effort to increase the importation o
slaves. South Carolina must needs have addition
to her white-eement, and must adopt repression o
the black element, to save her from the fate G
absorption. Mix hundred thousand kidnapped
Ashantee sayages with her three'quarters OF a mil
lion slave and it would not be year before fir
and blood would circle in frenzy over every plant
alton Is it not clear to reason then, that her On
safety for the coming time lies in Free Labor pro
q,ession southuard into the slave States She mus
draw supplies Of population from the hire Of free
born natons--shs must coonize from the wtitc dreed
ina States, or she ,cN be the rctim Of negro corrc
, sion ,corse than eren a Africanization.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-02-05
From the st. Louis Democrat
SOCIAL PROBLEM FOR SLAVE
HOLDERS.

We printed few days since report made to
the Legislature of South Carolina, showing the
births, deaths, and population of that State for the
year 1857, as follows:
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-02-05

Mr.. Phillip Jeesse, the Oldest inhabitant of Vir.
ginis. died at New Garden, Russell county, last
month, aged 100 years, r.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17

Gov. WISE on GREASY MECHANICS
This erratic Governor of Virginia is ex-
hibiting good sense in patronizing the
free State Colonies of Eli Thayer. and
whatever tends to promote industrial en-
terprise in the Old Dominion. In a
speech which he made at the funeral cCre-
monies over the remains of President
Monroe, at Richmond, be said
alt is time that Virginia was turning
her attention to manufactures, mechanics,
mining and foreign commerce. No coun.
try, no State can live upon one only of
the FIVE cardinal powers of production.
She must resort to all the FIVE combined,
and she is doing it. Go, before you leave
here, my friends from New York, and
look at the iron factories that are growing
up around this noble scenery. say that
labor is not the 'mud-sill' of society and
I thank God that the old Colonial aris-
tocracy of Virginia, which despised me-
chanical and manual labor, is nearly run
out. Thank God we are beginning to
raise miners, mechanics and manufactur-
els. that will help to raise what is left Of
that aristocracy up to the middle ground
of responsibility. Laughter and ap-
plause. Look at the iron manufactures
here look at the tobacco factory here
that factory is every day stealing my life
away with the very weed of luxury. 1.-THE
Governor chews tobacco freely.