The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-08-01
+" Jack /" Hamilton's Convention.

We congratulate the editor of The Time:
that convention is to be holden in Phia
deIphia, which he can unhesitatingly attend
and wherein he will be sure nct to meet any
Northern Democrat, or any representative
of the Southern people. That Convention
we are glad to say, is not to meet or. the four
teenth of August, but on the first Monday
Of September, and its originator is Jack
Hamilton, once citizen of Texas, and its
nominal Provisional Governor; a man, thar
whom the people Of Texas more cordially
hate, and more thoroughly despise.
We published the call for this Conven
ton yesterday. It's not worth republica
ton. or we would again lay it before ou
readers. It is signed by twenty.six per
sons, whose insigpi6cance in their respec
tive States may we'll be inferred from tht
| following facts:
| Three Of them profess to be citizens 0
Texas. Not one Of them ia resident o
that State. "Governor Hamilton lef
lit rome time ago, declaring that lie neve
expected to reside there again, and he ii
now in Washington. George W. Paschall
whose suspected treason to the Confederac!
was magnanimously overlooked Ivy its gov
eminent during all the war, is now living II
/ Washington and practicihg Law, there. Lo
reno Sherwood resides in the City o
Brooklyn, and has law Office in this city
These are the Texans.
Two Georgians sign the call 9. ". Ash
burn and Henry &. Cole, Neither o
them is known to a hundred men outsid,
of his county: They are both Northern
men by birth and education. One Of then
is the correspondent of a Boston paper, ant
as such is the malignant slanderer Of The
people among whom he lives. The othe
vas suspected Unreasonable correspondence
with General Sherman, and isnow resentns
the Imprisonment to which he was, OF
that account, subjected.
Eight sign it as citizens Of Virginia, Elk
cept Underwood, whose infamy Has mad,
him notorions. these men are all utterly in
significant and unknown. One Of them
Lewis Mckenzie. is a rather respectable
person, but was the consistent enemy o
his native State during all the war. An
other, the Reverend ]. w. Hunnicut j;
crackbrained, Anticipated sort ola fellow
whom every one laughs at, a South Carroll
an by birth, q "a loyal Unionist" from wan
Of sense. The remaining six are all native;
Of the North
The signers from Alabama are, with thu
exception of Mr., George Resse, so obscure
and unknown, that we venture to say thai
they have never been heard of ten miles
| from their homes. We are somewhat sur
prised that Mr.. Resse appended his'namt
TO the call, if, indeed, it was placed there
by his authority. The four Missourians
who sign the paper, are part Of the scum
that was thrown to the surface of the filth,
political pool of that State, by the terrible
agitations of the war. Ifthere is u man II
all the land who can tell us anything abou
the two North Carolimans whose names
grace the CALL we shall, be obliged to hin
for. the information. IS
These are the men who have called {
! Convention Of The "Loyal Uaionists Of tn
South" to meet at Philadelphia on the frs
Monday IN September. 1t will be won
derful convention, one in which even Mr.
Raymond would be. great man, and o
which he might even hope to be the leade
with Jack Halnilton's permission and Thad
Stevens eousent.-[N. Y: News.
HEROIC WOMEN OF THE SouTH.@-Unde
this title Mr.. John Esten Cooke, of Viz
GINA, gentleman wei known as an author
and historian, proposes to publieh a bool
in q few months. We invite attention tt
the suhjoined circular from him solicitin!
| information and material t