The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-11-25
AN OUTRAGE IN PROSPECT.

The vote ofLouisiana not being ne
cessary to elect the Radical candidat,
for the Presidency the Radical mana
gers have no particular objection to it.
being counted in the Electoral College
But they have already given out tina,
the members elected to the next Con.
gress by such overwhelming and un-
precedented majorities will not be per.
mitted to take their seats. They have
already arranged that their tool, the
unprincipled Clerk of the House, shall
not place their names on the roll to be
called when the first session shall con-
vene on the fourth day of March next.
| The pretended reason of this action
is an alleged terrorism which existed
In Louisiana on election day to such
an extent that tho truly loyal, white
and black, had no opportunity to cast
their votes for candidates of the APP
proved stripe. This pretext is too film
sy to hold water for q moment. If
every registered voter who staid away
from the polls had voted the Radical
ticket it would not have changed the
result in the slightest degree. Every
one of the Democratic members would
still have been elected by large major
tiles. Besides, it is o known fact that
no man who desired to vote was kept
away from the polls at any precinct in
any part of the State. The returns
have como in from every precinct in
every parish and We have get to hear
of single act of violence that kept a
single voter from exercising the right
of suffrage. On tho contrary, the
heavy Radical majorities in the Pa,
rishes bordering on the Mississippi
leave no room for doubt that thousands
OF negroes from the State of Mississippi
eluded Gen. 'Gillem's vigilance and
came to Louisiana to vote the Radical
ticket. iis7 g! 5basaatoa a5e ST. dyfdg 4
This non-voting game was got up by
tho Radical leaders long before the ell
ection. Having observed that they
were unable to carry the election they
hit on the expedient of staying away
from the polls with the expectation of
affording a protext to the authorities
at Washington for setting aside the ell,
ectIon. This advice was openly given
by the carpet-bag organ in New. Or
leans. In that city, and at few other
places where communication was easy,
the plan was fully carried out. But it
did not work at all in a majority Of the
parishes. The returns show that n full
vote has been polled in almost every
parish. In this district particularly
there was a spirited contest and the
Radical candidate carried almost as |
many parishes as his successful Demo-
cratic opponent. A 80 Ell ltaea |
We are unable to see what the Rad |
Gals expect to derive from the exclusion |
IF the Democratic members from Lou
siana. The Radical organization hav-
ng completely broken down in this
State they will all be returned by lar
ger maorities than they received at
he last election. We presume that 1.-THE
have determined to turn out
enough members to secure the requisite
,wo-thirds majority and know of no
better subjects on which to commence
han on the representatives from poor
'fiiicted Louisiana. They EVIDENTLY
re beginning to grow suspicious of
'rant already and are anxious to be in
position to move without him as soon +
IS he gets unruly rs johnson was. If
hey want two-thirds they will have it.
f they could turn Stockton and Thorn
$ out of the Senate and the Kentucky
nembers out of tho House without anvil
eason, they will not hesitate to repeat I,
he outrage if it should be necessary !,
Or the success Of their revolutionary
chemes.
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E We have received, too late for
all notice, a N. O. Republican, giving |
n account of the destruction of the J
'adical press in this town. The whole
rticle is a miserable tissue of false :
Gods, with the usual Radical sensation '
eads. The miserable and contempt =
10, dirty Radical sheet, established =
ere under the infamous Printers Bill,
rob and plumber a people already v
oor from Radical thieving, was never ?
oticed by us or read by any white
ian, save the eight scalawags of Ra-
ldes, and was we'll worthy of it's pa !.
,ntage under the guidance of fellow d
lied Mclean. ~ sa lii
We deny that the people of our Town t
of the Parish, had any hand in the .
'struction of this Radical layout, but i,
i the contrary, have no hesitancy in Ii
serting, that the Office was both times Q
or made way with by e.