The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1867-10-05
A Distinction and Somewhat Of a
Difference.

We have boon looking over the list of members
Of the several Conventions heretofore held III
this State, and find among them, from st. Ian
dry, the following names: Porter, johnson, G.
Il. King, Lewis, Wikoff, Taylor, Hudspeth, j. E.
King, Akcnhead, Martin, Swayze, and Tatman,
all gentlemen of eminent talent or respecta-
bility These with Others, perhaps, whose names
have been omitted, are the ex-delegates of Con-
ventions that are past. Now, let us make an
odorous comparison, and sketch out the social
and political status of the delegates elect to the
| Convention which is to come (perhapsl and in
doing so we shall neither extenuate norset down
aught in malice, but state only such facts as are
patent to every one who has had an opportunity
of observing them. Mr. Donate, the first man
on the ticket is, we understand, fully entitled to
that honor, being free born man of color of in
tegrty and intelligence, and far above any of his
colleagues in every respect. The next is a griffe,
George Fl. Jackson, as we believe he has decided
to style himself, though he has been mentioned in
the Journal of his party as both Harris and Jen-
kins. We have heard attributed to him also good
deal of shrewdness, and now and then some mod
crate opinions, though his public speeches have
been generally ultra-radcal. Living here to-
gether in the same town, we never knew him
by name until day or two after the election,
when he introduced himself in rather unac-
ceptable manner Sitting writing in our sane
tum which, as home folks know, is also the Post |
Office, we were startled by some one falling SO
heavily against the glass boxes as nearly to jar
them down, and looking up we saw copper-col-
ored intiamed face peering through the delivery !
opening, whilst thick voice hiccoughed out !: |
"Any let-letters for c. George Jacksons' The
fellow was beastly drunk, and had been charac-
teristically celebrating his election to position
which most likely he will never occupy. Next
comes the editor of the "St. Landry Progress
Michel Vidal by name-of whom we will only
say that he has disguised many of his own party
by his indecent and incendiary writings and
speeches A Frenchman, who left his country
for his own or his eountry's good lit matters not
which, he seems, since he has been here, to have
left no possible means untried to identify him
self absolutely with the colored, and to malign
and conspire against the white race and create
state OF perpetual dissention between them.
We predict for him speedy and complete ex-
'lnction as to any power to bring about further
disturbances. We come now to the last of the .
ot-J. u. Drinkard-the keeper of the lowest
lind OF a doggery, white man who lives, moves.
md has his being among people of color; and SO
he shameful tale is told, and the first act of
he farce for the present played out
% 1t is little singular that the Progress, 9
las nothing to say respecting the mishap of its
riend Moss. Considering the elaborate recital
gives of its editors wrongs, it might drop
ear OF pity to an associate still more hardly =
eaIt with