The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-01-10
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+ ATcxans editor, toiiihjs travels, writes d
I grapllieaand very Interesting! letter to the
|Ghheston News from which we extract
the following paragraph ~ ~ 7'5i -
T Morning on Che Mississippi! The sun
iis glorious, as the little white fog feeces
are drank up'by his beams Lookout upon
the stately mansions, Che great piles ofIsu-
gasarhills and the villagesl Of white cottages
where the slave resided and grew Sleek and
happy Where is he now? / look in
vairpfer the Hong lines Of the cheerful dar-
kies streaming out at thisIhour Of the morn
ing, singing the choral chant that l.onee
spoke of Their careless happiness. The
fields are full of weeds = no smoke from the
quarters and tile doors are, Shut With
.er have they gomez? All is silence and des-
:olation. What mean those solitary CHM
'ney stacks, those half fallen walls Of brick,
the rugged ahfubbcry and fenceless gardens?
All 7 The destroyer has been here. The
slave has had his shackIes stricken off, and
he has gone forth to freedom -nakeaness
andsBEATri. The torch has swept his mas
tiers house, but not by his hand applied.
yet by his holy liberator. His masters
family dfivensinto exile and want: his
.home and associations broken up, and he
introduced, with hallelujiahs, to Starvation
and Indebtedness This sunshine only
Knocks the ruin ON those once happy shores.
Alas, how true the picture! Only five
years ago, the banks Of the Mississippi
were one continuous and glorious garden
on either side, teenling with the great agri-i
cultural staples of The world, and with eve,
ry1 comfort and every luxury that tie heart
ofman could desire. The inhabitants of
this paradise were happy and content the
planter surrounded by d gleeful, dusky
peasantry, twelt III, case and plenty on the
heritageaef his fathers, dispensing GOOD to
all; his little world ofa thousand Or SO Of
acres was Prosperous and comfortable 4
/" Here We're not. mingled in the city's pomp
aOf lifcs extremes, the, grandeur and the
-. s. gloom; $50 : - ,s''' q,
Judgment ayokc not here her fnal tromp, /.
9 Nor Sealed III Blood fellow creature
doom; $3.50 .'7's ~. Fl
4 Nor No incurred the the captive LIP i living
One venerable man, beloved of all, !. ss III !,
Sulliced, where innocence was. yet in
-, bloom, 80, ?" V.'A =. s''s, -
70 oa,|I ,as strife which seldom night
AID I'd Albert I.,, vas Their ip p'astrlsEehal
iya bsnnaais alG22 T2asas3oE to dlol aai q
/, Il wasta revival, ofIthe golden age, only 4
here was ng.pastofal poattoi celehfataitssF
beauties The sun just risiug 2. tshorn of his
9eamsin theIphasant haze ofiIndians sum |
ner the braeing air, rich with thefragrantd
harvest carrying content and squietstoshe|
ereast of every Living ereaturegltlae graad
I'D maasipns half buried among the stately
.ees. whose foliageshas assumediths gorge
aus tinss of autumn; the tidy comfortable |
;abins ranged in picturesque disersiersl is,nt,
aRoys oil, thesrobastand willing jilaborers,
jetoken states0f hestitude to lwhichsao |
'egioa oasGofl' 4 green eaitAscauld furnish I
pafallelsi ,HWas mattes.0f rare intafsst
essee he.psgfeek confidence Mith vhicli
he slaEss aftsrthas slaEsssaia nedld aun5 4
Apsogsltheise erNfa,tes thssnpnEhwiosate
master. and with villa. kindly wssann b.