The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-08

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doubtless brought about the same re-
suits as Grant, without his merciless
sacrifice of human life.r We are sure
our Georgia and Alabama friends will
be delighted with his administration.
As for General, Mcdowell, the FEEDER
al army does not possess an officer Of
any grade whom we should prefer for
the position to which he has been as
signed. He is nephew ofthe late la
mented Governor James Mcdowell, of
Virginia. and a patriot of enlarged.and
liberal views of public policy. After Ills
defeat at the first battle of Manassas he
was banished to the Pacific on a redic-
ulous charge Of "disloyalty." He was
not q traitor but he was opposed to va
ging a cruel war, for the purposes al
legged by, the abolitionists, because he
early toresaw that it would end in the
destruction of tile Union and tho loss of
our liberties. He will make a most
popular district commander. Ha Bg
| It may, be asked why the President
did not give us Hancock, Meade and
Mcdowell at first, and thus have saved
us from the expressions Of three of the
meanest and most contemplate petty
tyrants ever clothed with such extraor-
binary powers. Perhaps the President
in his wisdom foresaw that the plan he
adopted was the wiser one. But
whether snch was the fact or not, it
cannot be doubted that it was infinitely
better for us to have been governed
thus far by our late rulers than to have
had humane commanders from the be-
ginning. Had such commanders as
Hancock, Meade and Mcdowell been
entrusted with the execution, of the
military bills from the first, and had
they attempted to mitigate their hard
ships by such an honorable course as
General Hancock has recently pursued,
the people North and South might have
become reconciled to them, and their
Oppressive features permanently en-
grated upon the government of the
Southern States. But the petty tyrants
who were first placed in command had
not sense enough to see beyond the i'm
mediate advantages to be reaped by tile
Radical party. Their sworn duty was
to obey the commands of'the Radical
leaders, and the Radical leaders wan
ted nothing but Radical Senators, Rad
cal Representatives, and Radical cleo
torial votes in the next Presidential
campaign. So the end was obtained,
no questions were asked with regard to
the means. There was not sense
enough in the whole Radical party to
foresee that they might oYerdo their
business. B But the business was over
done, and oyerdonet to perfection. The
dirty work of the Radical district com
manders has thoroughly ,auseated eve
ry good citizen North aud South. The
Radicals cared nothing for the opinions
Of the Southern people, but the united
voice of the people ofthe North, speak
ing in thunder tones at the ballet box,
has recently startled them, and may
yet bring them to their senses. The
people say this thing must stop, and il
the Radicals will not stop it, they will
put an end to It themselves. They
have said tbat,negro suffrage is neither
good for the North nor the South, and
| that negro supremacy is good for no.
/ BODY They demand that the recon.
! struction policy shall be abandoned
and that the white men Of the South
shall be restored to their original
rights. Tf3D 4. &c MaTaGaO
JUST attthis apportuneT time, on tlle
heels Of the great popular reyulsion IL
| the North, come Hancock and Meade
and Mcdowell to make the work O.
their predecessors the more hideous BY
contrasting it with their own able ani
humans administration. They come
4 to complete the disgust Of all honest
men for the military bills by proving
how even such odious legislation has
been perverted to the still greater op.
preston Of an unfortunate people
They come, to the auspicions moment
to afford aodown-trodden people nm op'
] porthnity to throw off the government
that is providing for them, and to show
them how much better it will be to liv,
4 under q humane military government
4 than to submit to be ruled by a set
ignorant barbarians led on by the cor
rupt tools Of q fanatical party. Al
Hail, then, say we to the new distric
~
commanders. - .f. s., NIX, ,'' a.,i, I,
i We do not believe now that the re-
construction policy will ever be carried
into effect. By q thorough organiza
ton, such as is, taking place every
where, the new constitutions, adopted
by Yankee adventures and emancipa
ted negroes, can be defeated in most 0
| the Southern States. If defeated til,
Radical Congress will be at sea on TIL
subject and will not be able to adop
another plan before the next Presiden
tial election when there can be Iittl'
4 doubt that all their plans, togetle
!, With their party, will be swept ava.
! by a great Democratic victory at TIN