The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-10-25
despond, andthe earnest efforts which

despond, andthe earnest efforts which
be made to provide for your material
comforts? Can you forget his State
store, where the poor could buy at
a mod crate price; his distribution Of
corn tor those who were on The brink
Of starvation; his State Dispensary
of medicine for the sick; his mining
and manufacturing operations, and
his thousand other means for allevia-
ting the snfferings and distresses Of
his people? Can the womenof Lou
isiana forget the redemption Of his
promise to put pair Of cotton cards
into the hands of every one Of them,
by which the fair daughters Of the
State, by their own tlgift and indus,
try, could provide themselves with
clothing, while their protectors were
barring their breasts to the storm, and
defending their fresides from the ap-
proach Of the enemy? If there is one
single hattle,scarred veteran within
the limits of this State, or one single
friend Of the soldier, who would dare
cast hisvote against Henry W. Allen,
we believe that the women would
rise up in body and expel him from
the State.
Governor Aliens just, honest and
and economical sentiments, peculiarly
Fit him for the Office Of governor in
the present impoverished condition of
the. State treasury. 70 the bravery
of Leonidas he adds the justice of
Aristides, and the incorruptible in
tegrity of Fabricius. He has no poor
relations to quarter on the treasury,
or to make rich out Of the fat Offices
provided by The jayhawkers' Conven
ton. And that lie will not even en-.
rich himself is abundantly proved BY
the fact that, though the Legislature
gave him a carte dlancHs to do what
he pleased, and placed at his disposal
all the financial resources Of the
State, though hundreds Of thousands
of dollars nnd thousands Of bales Of
cotton were subject to his order, af-
fording means Of pecalation beyond
the possibility Of discovery, he left
the State with only one Kindred and
fity dollars in his pocket, and is now
living in a foreign land on the char
ty Of his friends. Is there another
such man within the limits Of the
State? If so, let him be announced
and we viii withdraw our candidate.
The parting words Of Henry Allen
when he left the Stste are an index to
his future life. He advised all his
friends to yield q ready obedience to
tie laws, now that the contest had
been decided against them. That he
himself would prove the most pence.
=ful ard law,abiding Of citizens, if
permitted to return, no one who
knows him can for moment doubt.
II would be'a sublime spectacle to
see him, as the peoples governor,
.hobble up on his broken limbs, disa-
'bled while fighting ogoinst tie FEEDER.
al government, and take the cath to
support tie Constitution Of the Uni,
ted States; and no oath ever escaped
mortal lips thai would be more faith
fully and religiously kept. Next to
his efforts to provide for the wants Of
his people, and to bring then, out Of
their present forlorn condition, would
he his efforts TO make them good citi
zens, obedient to the laws, and sub
nissive to the power Of the general
government. In a few weeks he
would completely win the heart Of the
President, whom he resembles in his
indomitable will and his untifiDg en-
ergy; and no man would sooner bring
the State into perfect harmony with
the Federal government, and enable
us to reap ell the blessings which are
supposed to flow from our becoming
again an integral part Of the FEEDER.
al union.
1 We conclude with the article from
The True Delta alluded to above:
The announc cement, by the freinds Of ex-
Gov. Henry w. Allen, that he wass canai-
date for Governor, which appeared in the
True Delta of Sunday morning., created
quite &C mmotion in the political circles Of
The metropolis. So far as We have been
able to make up an opinion, basing our
judgement upon the enthusiastic manifesta-
lions of love, devotion and attachment, which
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