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Comments of the Cincinnati Gazette:

The case against the President was fully
and clearly made out, and we had hoped
that there was sufficient honesty in the
Senate to secure his removal; but in this
the public are likely to bedisappointed.
The great obstruction to reconstruction
must, it seems, remain in power. The
Treasury thieves are to have new lease,
and the work of demoralizatiop and pubic
robbery is to go on. 1t only remains for
an indignant aud outraged people to ap-
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-06-03

How TO KEEP HANS THROUGH SUMNER.
After your hams have taken salt, hang
them up and smuke them well, then take
them down and dip them into boiling wa
ter for few seconds; that viii kill all the
eggs ofinsects, if there should be any on
them; then roll them in dry ashes whilo
wet and hang them up again: smoke them
more if you choose. This will do also for
shoulders and sides and those that do
their bacon in this way will never have any
bugs or shippers on their meat. e
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DRAcooN1Ne IN THE SENATE.
from the New York Times. |


The Washington correspondent of the
Boston Journal indicates a possibility that
the dragooning policy adopted by SO many
Of the extreme Radical journals may affect
i1juriously the prospects of impeachment.
He says:
While Mr.. Wade has done all in his
power to secure harmonious action, some
of his self-constituted friends have done
him and the impeachment much harm.
They have cracked their whips in newspa-
pers; they have endeavored to dragon
veteran statesmen; they have insinuated
and sldndered and lied until they have en-
gendered il.feeling-if they have not pro-
yoked hostility. Other causes. to which |
may allude hereafter, have contributed to
sour aud disgust several of the Republican
Senators; but, taking everything into con.
sderation, | am yet of the opinion that the
resident will be found guilty and deposed.
1t would be strange, indeed, if the bully
ing policy which has been SO freely resort
Cd to did not have the effect feared from it..
Men who have spent the best part of their
hves In the public service, and who have
won universal respect by the uprightness
9t their conduct and the patriotism of their
laoors, can scarcely feel fattered by such
Wholesale aspersions as have been lavishly
heaped upon them-and by such menaues
as has been addressed to them-during the
impeachment trial. The tone of the Tri-
pune, the Washington Chronicle, and kim
dred Journals, toward them, have been that
OF masters towards slaves. Every indica.
tion on their part of a purpose to act upon
Their own judgments, even in the smallest
Incidents OF the trial, has been treated as
deliberate treaehery; and Senators who
have been for years the strength of the
Republican party, in peace and in war,
and the sole stay of the principles of free.
dom and equality, have been threatened,
In the most insolent style, with party ven.
geanee, if they dare to dsobey the DEGREES
OF the sslfeleeted dictators.
The natural effect of such language upop
men whose seltrespect outweighs their de-
votion to office, is to disgust and repel
tnem They naturally feel that Office held
only on terms of such subserviency is NOT
worth having. fthey can only keep it by
aiscarding their own convictions, and fol-
lowing the dictation of Others, it loses all
That gives it any value. The only induce
ment which any man of fitness for public
place can have to serve the public, is the
opportunity he may gain for impressing
bis own views and principles upon the pol.
Icy Of the country. Ii that is denied him,
and he is allowed to act only under the die
tation Of the lower class Of political leaders
and wire-pullers Of the party, public office
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-06-03

E9r The Louisville Democrat and Cou-
rier say the obsequies Of Mrs. II. B. Prem
tice, wife Of the senior editor Of the Journ.
al, performed there recently, were attended
by an immense concourse Of people and
we're among the most solemn and impress
sive ever known in the city. The lady
was much respected and beloved. Her re-
mains were placed in the family vault in
Cave Fill Cemetery, beside those Of her
frst-boln, the gallant and gifted Courtney
Prentice,
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VIEWS OF THE PHILADELPHIA BULLETIN.

VIEWS OF THE PHILADELPHIA BULLETIN.
The Senate, as body, has been true,
and Johnson, finding that he could not con-
troll the mass, has attacked it in detail,
and with degrees of success that has fill
ed the country with distress, indignation
and alarm. He has gone round about the
Republican lines, testing the fidelity Of one
sentinel after another, until he has found
the weak points and has overcome them.
Corruption has done its work with men
who have hitherto borne irreproachable
names before the world, and they have
sunk into sudden infamy, from which there
is no hope Of redemption. Fessenden,
Grimes, Henderson and Trumbull, if no
more have sold themselves and betrayed
their great trust, each for his own price,
This is the sober verdict Of the people,
and it is grounded upon an intelligent
common sense. That these men have
been corrupted, and have betrayed their
avowed principles for some price, is evi-
dent from several considerations, both ola
positive and negative character.
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p9 Somebody has given utterauce TO
the following scrap ofphilosophy, which if
not good, is atleast cool: "The poor mans
purse may be empty, but he has a. much
gold ia thesunshine and silver in the moon
as anybody"
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OPINION OF THE prrrsBuRa GAZETTE.

We do not care what reasons Senators
who shall stultify themselves may assign
for their votes. They will not be judged
by the reasons they give, but by the proba-
bilities of the case. Men who do base
deeds always have an abundance of excuses
which seem to satisfy themselves, but are
satisfactory to none beside. 1t is uniyer-
sally conceded that some Senators are La
BILE to be swayed by political ambition, and
others by personal animosities. 1t is pre-
sumptuous to fear or suspect that Senators
who would yield to inducements of these
sorts would accept bride in gold or green
backs?
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-06-03

D A ball was recently given in
Paris, by the Countess Pourtales, to in
troduce the fashion Of wearing short
dresses.
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nea, The New York Herald deserves
credit for calling the attention of the
Northern peop'e to the fact that when
ever any radical frebani, loyal league or
negro is killed or hurt 10 the South, the
radical press and orators of the North
make terrible noise about it; but that they
never have anything to say concerning
murdered Southern whites and black out
RACES. The conservative press Of the
South gives both sides, but the radical
press, North and Sonth, studiously con-
ceal every radical outrage in the South
which they cannot, by falsehood, charge
upon the other SIDE.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-06-03

T AS Grant received the news Of
his nomination while smoking, it is
copjectured that his hopes may end in
smoke.
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peal from the Senate to the ballot-box
and in taking this appeal and retrying the
case at the bar of public opinion, the Sena-
tors who have violated the confidence
placed in them by their constituents will
not be overlooked. Andrew johnson will.
in any event, retire from Office without the
confidence or respect of any party. The
same fate awaits those Senators who have
betrayed their country and their party
No Senator who voted to reinstate STAN
ton, and at the same time voted that the
President, in removing Stanton had viola
ted the law, can now honestly vote for ac-
quittal. The people cannot be deceived
upon this point, and they will be governed
in The future by their honest convictions,
which the developments of time will
strengthen rather than diminish.
The Syracuse Standard" on the stu
alton
That detection exists in high quarters
we admit. Upon the roll Of enduring in
fanny i is too apparent that certain Sena-
tors are to write their own names that a
few of freedoms chosen leaders are to com.
nit moral and political suicide. Senator
Trumbull, Of Illinois, elected under the
strongest pledges of allegiance to the pop
alar cause, deserts it when his services are
the most needed and Senator Fessenden
negatives life of usefulness by browning
act of perfdity. They rush upon the fate
hey deserve. The nation will bitterly re-
member their names, and write apostate
upon their tomes. \ \ 1t is polit-
cal as we'll as iuuicial question, and the
American people will hold him guilty Of
he grossest abandonment Of true political
who votes for the aceuittal Of
Andrew johnson. Such will be gibbeted
n their scorn, and condemned in their ex-
,crations. Let them understand it.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
Frank soult

l.
r ra's : 1 s..,. \. ''s'.
9th District Court Parish Of Rapides--
State Of Louisiana. h
DY VIRTUE of o writ of Fieri Facias
ID issued from the Honorable the Ninth
District Court, Parish of Rapides, State o
Louisiana, and to me addressed in tho
above entitled and numbered suit, have
seized and will offer for sale to the last and
highest bidder, on
SATURDAY, the 4th day Of JULY, 1863,
between the hours of A. NJ, and P. NJ,
at the Court House door, in, the Town Of
Alexandria, Parish Of Rapides, State Of
Louisiana, the following described proper
ty, seized as the property Of the Defendant,
to-wit:
One Dwelling House upon
which the Plaintiff has me- EA
claLic's lien and privilege, sit- !s!s
uated Oh the Darlo Plantation, liiii
Parish Of Rapides, State Of Lou
isiana.
TERMS OF SALE:-CAsH in u. s. Treas
ury Notes, subject to appraisement.
C.Y. LEDOUX,
June 8, 1s6s-tds Sheriff.
Printers Fees 81 10. IS Z S..
-~Y>o~~~o>-~~~,~~~@ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SHERIFF'S SALE.
William Campbell III.
David u Wilson. ~ g
9th District Court Parish Of Rapides--
State of Louisiana.
DY VIRTUE of q writ of Fieri Facias
- issued from the Honorable the Dis
trict Court, in and for the Parish of RAJ
pides. State of Louisiana, and to me di.
rected, in the above entitled and number
ed suit, / have seized and will offer for
sale, to the highest bidder, on
SATURDAY the 4th day of JULY, 1863,
between the hours Of II A. NJ, and a p. NJ.
at the Court House door, in the Town Of
Alexandria, Parish Of Rapides, State of I.
Louisiana, the following described proper
ty, seized as the property ofthe Plaintiff for
costs, to-wit: s
A certain tract or parcel Of land situated
in the Parish Of Rapides, State Of Louisi-
ana, being the Northeast quarter Of the
hast, and the West half of the North
East quarter. and North West quarter Of
Southeast quarter and the East halfo
the North West quarter, and North half Of
Southwest quarter Of Section 10, Town.
ship 6, Range East, containing three hun.
bred and seventeen COL 90 acres, and being
the same acquired by act ofsale from Alex.
ander Lamontine, passed LIST day Of March,
A. ID. 1868. Sc .,3 &
TERMS or SALE cash in q. s. Treas
ury Notes, subject to appraisement.
CIV. LEDOUX,
June 8, 1868-tds. Sheriff.
Printers Fees $40 50.
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aGp The place of departed spirits y

lG " The place Of departed spirits T"
seem to occupy the attention of the noble
army Of impeachers at this moment. Tho
expressive and emphatic world shell" is
familiar as household word"
among the faithful When it was known
that Trumbull aud Fessenden had spoken
against impeachment, the high toned
WashburDe touchingly remarked .every
thing has gone to hell. !" The elegant Ben
Butler sententiously said: "Fessenden
and Trulnbull are demoralized as HE'LL,
and refused to be comforted. The first
thing Radical naturally thinks shout
when he is disappointed ia his rascality-is
"hell' aVash is dat leetle games" asked
an innocent Teuton, once, .vere Won fell
Ter tuns de wheel and oil de order fellers
bets dere moneys, and by-and-by one Teller
in de crowd says Keno and all de oder
fellers says oh hell 7"
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SHERIFFS SALE
G. Poussin, Admtx.
vs.. No $50.
9th District Court Parish Of Rapides,
State Of Louisiana.
DY VIRTUE Of o writ of Fieri Facias,
- issued from the Honorable the Ninth
District Court, Parish Of Rapides,. State Of
Louisiana, and to me addressed in the
above entitled and numbered suit, / have
seized and will offer for sale, to the last
and highest bidder, on
SATURDAY, the 4th day Of JULY. 1863,
between the hours Of II A. N. and 4 F. H.,
at the Court House Door, In the town Of
Alexandria, Parish of Rapides, State Of
Louisiana, the following described proper
ty seized as the property Of the Defendant
to wit:
"a certain tract Or parcel Of land sitnated
in the Parish Of Rapides, being Township
IS, section 6, North Range, 3 West, in land
District North Of Red River, containing the
quantity of one hundred and twenty acres.
TERMS OF SALE cash in u. s. Treas.
ury Notes, subject to appraisemeut.
G. v. LEDOUX.
June 8, 1868 ids. Sheriff.
Printers Fees 81 80.
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THE PHILADELPHIA "NoRrH AMERICANS
OPINION.

Such habitual grumblers as Grimes and
Fessenden might be expected to fail us
But we read of the detection of such men
as 1'rumbull with Management. Here is
the author of the Civil Rights act, and Of
the Freedmen's Bureau act, as full of local
qulbbles and technicalities as Stanbery
himself.
4 The general belief is that some
OF the delinquents have been paid in
money. We say general, because among
Republicans we can scarcely find any one
who does NOT entertain the belief. The
proposition to buy them was made openly
in the New York world, and the money
could have been raised, to any amount,
from well-known sources Be this as at
may, and whether johnson should now be
convicted or acquitted, the Republicans of
tins land have an account to settle with
men who have carried their heads verv
high in theNSenate and III the party, and
who have forced themselves into responsi-
bic position only to become troublesome
and dangerous by their incessant way
wardness. Their names stand on the re-
cords of the Senate with their fellow-Re-
publicans as voting against johnson on
the very points against which he arrayed
himself in his breach of law. Yet now
they effect to be unable to see anything
inimical in the dangerous work of nulificae,
ton. lfnot corrnpt, these men must be
regarded as superannuated, since their
failure to appreciate so grave an issue is
otherwise uaaccountable.
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DIED.--On Friday evening, May 18th,
at Pennsylvania, the residence of A.
Kcene Richards, WADE Fl, BYNUM,
aged rs years. 81
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TIL. JEFFERSON.
EDWARD LIVINGSTON, ESQ,

&, EDWARD LIVINGSTON, ESQ,
President Johnson's crime !" as fully
proven by the evidence, consisted in an at
tempt to remove Stanton, with the view to
test the constitutionality of the Tenure-of-
Office act before the Supreme Court. But
Jefferson, believing certain act to be an
infringement of the Constitution, treated it
as nulity from the start, without waiting
for any legal decision on the subject. As
the Radicals profess to revere him as a true
patriot and democrat and class him as
chieiest among the founders of genuine
republicanism and equality, it would be
interesting to know what action the "High
Court" would take in his case were he liv-
ing now. If johnson, in merely endeav-
oring to test before the Supreme Court an
act which he supposed to be in violation
Of the CoDstitutionSwhich he had sworn to
maintain and defend, is guilty Of a "high
crime;;" then Jefferson, in treating such act
as ano law" and "nullity,' without even
on opinion from the judiciary, must have
been moral and political monster mon
slratna ho,readua inferum, beyond the
powerofRadical bllingsgate to describe
baltimore Leader
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~ Prentice suggests chat the i'm.
peachers had better remember that .
man may have whip in his hand to-
day and on his back tomorrow.
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Jefferson on Unconstitutional Law.

1t is argued by Radical politicians and
journals that the President is bound to- ex-
ecute all acts of Congress, whether framed
in accordance with the Constitution or not.
In the impeachment of President johnson
they affirm this absurd doctrine, the chef
count against him Icing that he has dared
to make a distinction between laws con-
sistent with, and laws in violation of, the
Constitution. The doctrine thus assumed
has been thoroughly refated and exploded
by the best legal and judicial minds of the
country, as well as distountenanced by the
time-honored practice of President John
sons predecessors; but, las example is more
forcible than argument, We append the
COPY Of letterwritten by President Jeffer-
son, in the first year of his administration,
to Edward Livingston, Esq, than Mayor
of New York, as bearing directly upon the
"high crime" OF which President johnson
is impeached:
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loses all its attractions, and becomes simplv
a badge Of very degrading servitude.
The Senators upon whom this language
OF menace has been most freely bestowed
are those who have refused to decide the
case in advance of the trial. They com.
prise the ablest lawyers, the wisest states
men, and most influential Republicans in
the Senate. The assaults made upon them
nave assumed that they were to be driven
into action which their judgments do not
approve. The inevitable effect of such an
assumption is to offend and disgust those
who are made the objects of it, They not
only feel insulted by it, but their motives
are aspersed. whatever action they NAV de-
eide upon. We do not believe they Willie
influenced IN either way by such appeals:
but the appeals are none the less disgrace.
ful to those who make them.
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RAscALrrY IN NoRrH CARoLINA.--Now
that the smoke has cleared away, we have
been able to discover some Of the tricks OF
the men who have brought and sold North
Carolna-and we mean this expression to
be taken literally.
There is no doubt that immense sums
were furnished to the Radicals all over the
State by Wall street brokers, and it was by
this means that the constitution was car
ried.
The main agent in these nefarious trans
actions appears to have been fellow
named Littlefeld, who harrangued the
pepper and-salt convention at Raleigh on
the day it adjourned, and who united with
them in singing "John Brown is marching
on" followed by obscure ditties by the
parti colored chorus.
Before the constitution was carried,
North Carolina stock was down to Al. By
interesting sounding promises to pay
in that document, and by practicing upon
the creduhty Of the Tribune, these former
.ibears" now turned "bulls," have cracked
ii up 74-thus Erealiziag tweaty-six per.
cent. We hope that all who bought Of
these knaves are Radicals, and that they
will have to pay for their gullibllity. =
Norfolk Journal.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. l. 1901.


self in that channel of justification, and
that were | to do it in this case, might be
called on by other printers in other cases
where it might he inexpedient to say any
thing. Yet, to 50 civil an application,
cannct reconcile myself to the incivility of
giving no answer. | have thought, there
fore, Of laying your friendship under con-
tribution, and asking you to take the trou-
bic of seeing them, and ofsaying to them,
that the question being in the line of the
law, / had desired you to give them the ex-
PLANTATION necessary. My text Of explana-
ton would be this: The President is to
have the laws executed. He may order an
offence then to be prosecuted If he sees
a prosecution put into train which is not
lawful, he may order it to be discontinued
apd put into. legal train. / found prose
cution going on against Duane for an
offence against the Senate, founded on the
Sedition act. / afiam Mat act 10 be no
Ian because in opposition to,the Constitu
hon-and l shall treat it as q nudity
achereuer it comes in the rag ofmy func-
lions. | therefore directed that prosecu.
ton to be discontinued and new one to
be commenced, founded on whatsoever
other law might he in existence against the
offence. This was done, and the Grand
Jury. finding no other law against it, de-
clined doing anything under the bill.
There appears to me to be no weak partin
any ofthese position or differences. There
is, however, iD the application to you to
trouble yourself with the question. For
this | owe apology, and build it on your
goodness and friendship Health and hap
piness cum cGeeteTi gotis,
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those duties to your entire satisfaction
4 time will determine. You have truly said
|in-your address that shall have no policy
Of my own to interfere against the will Of
the people.
Brooks opposing Wooley's imprison-
ment, submitted statement from Wooley
Wooley said Butler was rude, abusive and
insulting. Butler himself objected that the
document was not proper Brooks adopt
led it as part Of his speech. The Speaker
decided that the words we're unparliamenta-
ry. Brooks desired to amend the language,
but the motion that he be allowed to pro-
coed in order failed.
A copy of the statement, however has
been furnished the press. It appears that
Butler told Wooley he lied. Wooley OPP
pealed to the committee for protection,
saying elsewhere he could take care of him
self. Butler consulted his colleagues and
apologized to Wooley. The Speaker will
allow Wooley's wife to visit him.
The special Treasury agency for Texas,
| Of J. }. Sloanaker, ETC., ceases on the 3lst
instant.
Divergent views on the admission Of
Arkansas are becoming more Marked
The probabilities Of admission over the
veto are decreasing. No Republicans OBJ
/ ject to the constitution itself, the points Of
difficulty apply to all the Southern States
| WASHINGTON, NJ 3t.-The Department,
are closed to allow the employees to assist
ID decorating soldiers graves
4 Discussing the admission Of the South
| ern States, Senate CONFESS said he woull
frankly say that he wanted these States il
the Union because he wanted their vote
for the national candidate for President.