The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-10-04

should soon be admitted to the ENJOY
,ment Of our political rights, the peo,l|
| pie would dissatisfied. But the truth
lis, that after we have:gone through
with all the expensive andsve1atious
machinery of formation, sthe Presis||
dent may become dissatisfied With the
whole thing and repudiate all the
EGoverner,s actions. And thus, while
our sister States are organising theV
civil governments, and getting from
under military rule, our own State
Emay be left farbeh!ipd infte race for 7,
reconstruction. The people do not
!; care whether the Governor=is proviss'
Iionar4or elective, or whether thatsG'N-
|ernor il Mr.. Wells. or any body else;
all they want is lawful CIVIL su'er
one that is SO recognised, and one
,that can eau protect their rights, They
do believeAhat tbs Governor Wells
Efault..hat they have not such a.ruler.
: They think that if he has hitherto
:. failed to get himself recognized :. as ,
Governor, it is his duty 70 'gg' get TO out :. o.
b : 4, 4 :. L
I|thetway and let some. one else take
the Office They Garnet exactly gee
why, as Governor Wells friends al
:, Elege. sthe contest lies between hin
snd.a negro suffrage man; tor thee'
: believe that there are many conser
lvatiyesmen in the State capable o
exercising the Office Of Governor. nor 4
lreets.witbeG Governor Wells, therefore
: to secure The support of the who'll
people Of the State; or to forfeit bot
). their sepport. and their respect. LIE
him procure a lawful appointment Q
= else get out of thesway. s4ii,ea
u t4ls .~1~o~sAsos--s~.r---r ]iil3 q
al sgE The GrecianN Courts Of justic
III had a rule Uniting the III arguments /. :
;e counsel, similar to tho Zone, hou
IF ruler inathe House 6f Representative
ID of the United States, In order t t
,eEmark tho time d water.clock, calle
ar the Klepsysrs, was used, which bic "a "a
4. while the advocate was speaklln
nd original matter, 'but was stoppe
on whenever . 7Y,spsisma, or any 9th
at foreign ,subject was reading SO th'
st each counsel might have the bene'
of Of . full hour. We may imagin
* therefore, that mhcn q learned+cou
Of. sellsad exhausted his water, he mig
he observe - perceive thatmy water
of all out and that l shall have tod
in. W. Hence this very homely mo
~. ern phrase may have habits origin.
20; ia classic and remote antiquity, 9
of It doubtless also sometimes hi
lic pencd that prosy and .long.wind
the orator, in order to gain time, mix
to soap with his water, which wol
the prevent it from running out so rap
cad ly. Such one might we'll say vi
les the Klepsydra had run dry, ! am g
are Of soap and water" which in proc
self. Of time, when the soap had beco
the the principal ingredient, was short short
nia ed'to II am cut of soop;' phr'
the which though very common, sou
rts. by noemeans classical TO modern Q
ton In thetsame manner, onsfnvestl
ate. ton it would doubtless appeal. !
'tru all the leading Thoughts Of mod
lem- times might be traced to some
ster- Gent author, and that Solomon On. 81 y
'ully|e ed his wisdom when he said "ther
It be nothing new under the SUM-" 9..'
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per- l0- The weather is all that
e|most hardened croaker could
e 50 for the town really lively and and
ke1y sents real business-like hum {