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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-09-16

r We have barely space to insert
the fact that the new bill of incorpora-
ton Ger our Tewn, in the Senate, was
postponed till Monday Onr Senator,
Kelso, is opposing it 'nanfully, and as a
matter Of course, tho bounds Of his
party are on his track with the usual
cry traitor. We shall give this bill
our special respects next week.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-09-16

The THEsPIANs had gala night OF
their second performance, full, pack
ed and jammed house, the beauty
fashion and intellect of Rapides having
turnedout to patronize them. And
well were they repaid for their good
sense in attending the performance
The Amateurs acquitted themselves
handsomely on the occasion'and give fair
promise of being rivals to the oldest Of
the regular profession. We are pleas
ed to announce that they give another
entertainment on the Oath inst. See
programme elsewhere.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-09-16

ia. Captain Billy Boardman's favor
tie Richmond reached here Friday
night with heavy freight, dropped a
full package of late papers for are as &
Co., and then went on her way rejoic-
ing for the Headquarters of Caddo
Parish.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-09-16

nar Mrs. Gerst has opened a fine
and fashionable establishments, near
the Post Office, opposite the Town
Hall. See her card.
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Congressional Convention,

The Shreveport SOuM- western 0ls-
sents from the opinion of the Cadd0
club, that the Convention for nomina-
ting Representative in Congress
should be held at this place, and pre-
fers New Orleans.
We might concur in that dissent and
for the reasons assigned by the South
Western, if it were becoming in us to
do so, but as our own Town is the
place preferred by the Caddo Democra-
cy, we cannot ignore the duties Of hos
pitality, and join in the demand for the
selection of another place.
One of the reasons assigned for the
South Westerns preference is that Eat
Alexandria they would be completely
in the dark, except from what little
light might be shed by some fossil Of
the Rapides school of office-seekers."
Several Conventions for nominating
Representatives have been held in this
Town, and the result has been, in all
or nearly all of them, the nomination
of Caddo men. At two of them Roland
Jones received the nomination, ut q
third John NJ. Landruu, at another
John NJ. Sandidge who lives next door
to Caddo, and we may add that all
these nominations have been virtually
made by the Rapides delegates, who
uniformly sacrificed their own prefer
ences, and sometimes passed over one
Of theirown Practitioners.
Il appears then that the little light
the fossils Of the Rapides school Of Of
fice-seekers can shed, always falls upon
the head of some Caddo man and illu-
inmates him in the comfortable seat of
Congressional Representative.
Upon this state of facts we are not
prepared to say that the South Wes-
tern is wrong.
If all of the Alexandria Conventions
have heretofore nominated Caddo men,
the South Western which is published
among them and ought to know whetl-
er it has any material left fit for a Con-
gresham, is entitled to the mostl res
pectfnl consideration! when it argues
against holding the coming Convention
at the place where its own Practitioners
have the best chance Of securing the
nomination.
On the whole we believe tho South
Westerns advice is good. Let the
Convention be held at New Orleans.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-09-16

AsA~ The bully little Lotus No. 2 is
again up from the City, and snorted
over the Falls tu,; Sabbath evening.
Her clerks, Dodd and Nimmo have re-
newed their paper fayors to the Demo-
erat.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-09-16
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

The Democrats and supporters Of
Seymour and Blair arc invited to meet,
in General Convention, in the town of
Alexandria, on SATURDAY, the 18th
of SEPTEMBER. 1868.
A general and full attendance of the
party is expected and solicited. Dele
gates will be selected to represent RAJ
pides in the State Convention in New
Orleans to fill vacancies in the electo-
raj ticket, nominate candidates for Con-
gress, and to consult together for the
good of the party in the present cam
paiga. E. r. BIossAT,
j. C. WISE,
Executive Committee.
September 5th, 1868,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-09-16

EWe are very thankful to the Off
GERS of the Lulu D. for a package of
New Orleans ppaers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-09-16

g JudgesManning will address the
Seymour and Blair Central Club, in
this Town, on Saturday night, 10th
inst.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-09-16

Had another bouncing and glorious
meeting on Saturday night. Good
music, good speaking and good enthus-
asm what more can he asked or ex-
pected as the certain and unering signs
[of approaching victory; the boys play
music, sing, speak, shout and mako
merry after q fashion that knows NO
defeat. They are alive to the issues Of
the honr and allow nothing to inter-
fere with their efforts in o grand cause.
Business, catapilliars, price of cotton,
corn, taters, pacing horses, rare mich
cOws-Dotlling bothers them xoW but
the grand struggle they arc engaged in
with will, heart and soul.
The Club was treated to q good, prac-
ticable, sensible speech from the Hon.
w. w. Wilmington, whom we are glaa
to see once more in full harness, cnlis-
ted for the war, and earnest and bouy.
ant in the advocacy Of principles with
him time hoMored and sacred. Tho
President, Captain White, gave The
boys also good blast from his clarion
voice, and as usual spoke with fervos
and eloquence. Weheartfly wish some
others now in our minds eye in Rap
ides, would follow in wake of Mr.
Wilmington and do as he does, and
not stand like bashful urcllins, with
one finger in their mouth, saying:
~ don't take much interest in poli-
tics; indeed, I have not time; my basi-
ness is just as muck AZ l can attend
to-"
Fancy man offering such an ex-
cuse for refusing to attend or take part
in Democratic meetings.
No time!n Like the sxgacious
people who never have leisure to think
OF their souls, until death finds time
to step in and break up all their World
~ affairs, he may find politics yet in
terfering with him, in decidedly un-
pleasant fashion.
| No time to take an interest in such
stppendous issues as are now at stakes
No time to think of a country trem-
bling ON the verge Of fat1homlcss
gulf No time to extend helping
hand to the laws which alone can Sc
cure liberty, life, even that valuable
Cuisines" itself, whose demands are
so insatiablei
Pity it is that our well-meanins bat
very useless Democrat is only one Of .
class, class too numerous for tho
good Of themselves or their country.
To such penny wise and pound fool
ish individuals, unworthy TO be citizens
Of . Republic, let voice from the
clark ages" give COUNSEL
i n A Glasgow, Scotland, paper says the
widow of Stoncwall Jashson has presented
to Mr.. David Maefac. of that city, the coat
worn by the great chieftain when he fell IN
tho arms Of victory on the battlefield Of
Chnncellorsville. It was presented ana
sent by General Lee to the widow, bearing
the marks of the fatal bullet. The sad ne
lie, says the Glasgow Hcsald, OF the Gin,
is accompanied by q beautiful and touen-
ing letter. in which Mrs Jackson, referring
to the essntry from which Mr. Macrae had
come to see. the South and its peoplcs
speaks of it as ''tiic desr cid land beyond
the seattle land which of'all beyond mo
sea l admire and love the most-good,
honest-hearted, Prcsbytesian Scotland
1t is Mr.. Nacrae's intention to place fii's
and other relies he took from America, ~
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-09-16

w Tins letter from New Orleans,
though old, will be found truly interes-
ting, giving a full and graphic discrip-
tion of the grand Democratic demon
stra.ion in the Crescent City. Such
tu.rnouts shadow forth the down fall Of
Radicalism in Louisiana.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-09-16

D See business notice of B. We'll &
Brother. They are in earnest in what
they say-if you don't believe it call in
person and satisfy yourselves.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-09-16

ESsA Old Red is yet on the decline
tlree more feet and then we'll have no wa
ter at all. All lie little ksek-up-behinds
are having hard time in dragging over the
upper Falls. The bar below here is also
getting troublesome.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-09-16

B9~ The weather awfully hot for Sep
TENDER; the nights are much warmer than
in August.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-09-16

fw See special netice of Ed We'll;
bargains can be had IN the -four and
tobacco line.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-09-16

Eg We are authorized to state that
the reguiar term of the Parish Court,
after the present one, will be the first
Monday of every month.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-09-16

~ Thanks to the Celeste for late
papers.
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THE lNSocENrs,
numbering about thirteen hundred men
all Italians or sieilians-a jauntey, wirey
active body of men, and one of the finest
that turned out. This demonstration was
the most complete and enthusiastic affair
I ever witnessed, and have seen some Jis
things, commencing with the great Water
Works celebration in Boston, in 48, ani
including number Of reviews too long t.
enumerate.
PIE STATE SENATE,
has voted Mr.. 4. L. Jewell out of his sea,
and placed p. B. 8. Pinehback in his chair
A more outrageous piece Of party worl
never was done even by Radical body o
scalawags Pinchback is negro, and wa.
a member of the Black and Tan Conven
ton. The other evening as was in m,
Office, heard eommotion on Cana
street, and then
BANG! BANG!! BANG!!r
went pistols-vjsions Of another riot, O
trooly Ioil" chimney sweeps, and tn,
like, rushed through my head as 1 rushed
into the street. There was q big Grove
and fresh Editions coming from all direc
tons whats the matter, what's til,
matter 7" anxionsly inquired every new
arrival. "Well. Pinchback was there b,
the Magazine car" was the explanation
"and he fred Mt Morgan. another Niger
who was standing by the Merchants Insu
rance company. He made clear miss o
Morgan but hit Jerc Hail." "Oh! Oh. i
that all" was the general reply "all mig
gers and all RAIDS, its d. pity the,
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The Central Club.

TIM LINKINwATER.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-04-02

ANOTHER RADICAL DEvIcE.-"M
Presidential Election this FaN"-The
special Washington correspondent ol
the Baltimore Gazette tclegraphed on
the 10th:
Nor must / refrain from exposing
new "device ofthe enemy" ltseems
the Radicals have determined to hold
no Presidential election at all next fall
They argue that the constitution no
where appoints time for indulging in
such tomfoolery, neither does it make
direct provision in case of the removal
ETC., of the President and Vice. Presi.
dent, out expressly leaves the whole OF
these matters to Congress. 1t is con.
tented, therefore, that the legislative
branch ofthe Government, by mere
act, may continnc Mr.. Wade, cor any
other man." in the Presidency for foul
complete years from the day of his
"inauguration," there being no refer
ence whatever in that sacred instru.
ment to the Mth of :March." Upon
looking into the Constitution, do
not hesitate to say that Congress has
more colorado authority to do such O
deed than it had for nine-te tenths Of the
Legislation already inflicted upon the
country.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-04-02

Hon. George W. Morgan, member o.
Congress from Ohio, delivered an ex
cellent speech on impeachment, on the
Goth ult. Wequotc the following pithy
and incisive paragraph. Every sen.
tence is center shot:
Prefer articles of ofimpeachmcnt against
the Chief Magistrate of the Republic,
and for what? Has he arrested and
imprisoned citizens without trial and
without defense? If he has, then !
will vote for the articles Of impcach-
ment. Has he struck down the liberty
of the press? If he has, then l will
vote for the articles Of impeachment.
Has he denied to ten States Of the I'm
ion their rightful representation in
Congress If he has, then he is guilty
of fragrant violation of the Constitu.
ton, and should arraigned and punish
ed, and l will vote for the articles OF
impeachment. Has he established alb
solute military dcspotisms over the
States of the South on the prctext OF
comforting upon them republican forms
of government For if he has, then
he is not only ruthless yiolatcr Of the
Constitution, but tyrant, and he de
serves to be impeachcd, and will vote
for his impeachment. Has he disfran-
chised majority of the white race in
the South in order to establish negro
despotism over white men, women and
children, loyal and disloyal alike 2 For
if he has, then he has not only tramp
led upon the Constitution, but commit.
ted a crime against nature by reducing
the highest race in the world to the
servitude of the lowest, and thereby
sought to barbarlze and utterly destroy
nearly one third Of the entire Union
for, if guilty of SO great a crime, he
deserves to be impeached, and l will
vote for the articles of impeachment.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-04-02

Jay Cooke has written another letter
on the national finances. He offers
nine reasons why the bonds should be
paid in gold, one of which is that mo-
ton during the war was made in the
Senate by the Chairman Of the Com
mittee on Ways and Means 20 pay
them in legal tender, and it was prompt
sly suppressed. The great bulk of the
bonds, he says, are held by people who
are not capitalists. He further says it
is only necessary, in order to resume
specie payments, to complete the fund
Ing of the seven thirties and fix the day
Tor resumption.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-04-02
Tho Spread of Tyranny.

We have often remarked that ten
States cannot be held in military sub
lection and the remaining twenty-sev-
cn States under the same government,
at the same time preserve their liber-
ties. The thought is fastening itself
on the Northern mind to its great alarm
Senator Doolttle, in his admirable let
ter to the late New York meeting to
protest against the assaults of Congress
upon the Constitution Of the United
States, illustrates the peril ofthe North
The New York Herald, referring to the
bill or Mr.. Stevens, for enforcing negro
equality everywhere makes opposite use
of well-known fable. and says:
"1t is once more the old story of the
trees and the axe. The woodman went
into the forest and demanded OF the
fraternity of the trees the sacrifice Of
q single member to his necessity. All
agreed to give up to him the slender
ash. No sooner was the ash down than
the woodman fitted its tough stem to
the head ofan axe, whose edge he laid
so Justify to the roots of the "green ro-
bed senator's of mighty wotho'dtas ,
the forest began to disappear. 'Ah!
murmered the oak, if we had not con-
sented to the fall of the first of our
number, we might have stood firmly
for ages The time is apparently not
far distant when the Northern people
may as vainly regret that in conscnting
to the exercise Of an arrogant and out
ragged power over the Southern people
they gave u handle to be used against
their own liberties"
The liberties Of the North are in the
hands of its people. If, while their
free limbs are yet unfettered, they suf-
fer crazy band Of tactionsts to break
up and trample uuder foot the admira-
BILE institutions of freedom which they
have inherited, there is but one conclu-
sion to come to, and that is, that they
do not deserve to be free and are fit for
the ignoble yoke.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-04-02

The Holly Springs Reporter, after al
luding to the early secession proclivi
ties of John Logan, the Illinois Falls
taft, gives him the following handsome
personal notice:
With his course as politician We
are not dealing, particularly ut this
time, but his conduct as man and an
officer, whilst commanding in General
Grants army. That army was station
cd at Holly Springs some weeks, and
during its occupancy Of the place, Lo.
gan was prominent as violatOr of all
rules that should govern a high toned
and moral gentleman. He looked
upon our people as "outside barbar-
ians," and deported himself according
ly. He lived in open adultery with Q
negro wench, that belonged to one ol
tho prominent lawyers of Holly Springs
and seemed indifferent to public senti
mcnt or public morals. ...
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-04-02

How the Radical revolutionists at
Washington quake at the mere sugges-
ton Of danger. The Washington cor
respondent Of the Cincinnati Gazette,
good Radical authority, says the ticket
ystem Of admitting spectators to the
Senate during the impeachment trial
"originated in q stampede in the Com
hittee on Rules. caused by a report that
oome Of Mosby's men were intending
p visit the galleries during the trial
nd throw downa can of glycerine
onong the Senator'S" This accounts
p the precaution taken by the militia.
TO have two regiments in readiness
be At the Capitol. at FIVE minutes no
e. The guilty are always fearful thai
ltice will ovettake them IN sowe nm.
Iected shape. ~
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-04-02

There is but one hope left for the
liberties of the country. If the men Of
the North are what their fathers were,
if they really love liberty as they pro-
tess to do, and desire to transmit it as
an inheritance to their children, as they
received it from their fathers, they have
the power to stop this revolution, if
they will, and avert all its miserable
consequences. Will they do so, or
will they hesitate long enough to let
the people become accustomed to the
yoke? The future alone can tell.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-04-02
THE COLOEED TROOPS FOUGHT
NOBLY."

HANDS OFF. AS we are going to
try on this trick, if it should ever rain
again, we hereby notify cverybodytha
we are entitled to the first chance:
One Of our contemporaries thinks
there is no necessity of any one buying
umbrellas, and gives its readers the fol-
lowing questionable advice on the sub
ject: Take your stand in a doorway
on rainy day. AS soon as you see q
man with nice umbrella, step out and
say to him, Sir, beg your pardon, but
you have my umbrella" Nine times
in ten he will surrender it, for how
does he know it was not you he took it
from ?"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-04-02

Tho K Klur Klan.-"Orders' such
rs the following, remind one of Venice
and the Council of Ten:
WOLF HOLE, BLOODY MONTH";
Fair Moon, First Hour.
General Orders No. l.
Shroudcd Brothers Of Memphis Di.
vision, No 60.
'In hoe signo," X %.
The Great Past Grand Giant com
mands you. The dark and dismal
hour draws nigh. Some live to-day
to morrow die.
The bulletred and the right are ours.
To-day. the l1th of the mortal
month of March, you will begin to
scatter the clouds Of the grave.
BY order Of
GREAT GRAND CYcLors, G. c. L.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-04-02
What Then?

QUEREY.-Supposc North Carolina
and Arkansas defeat their new Consti-
tutions, under the latest Sherman Botch
What then ?-Georgia Constitutional
ist
What thenp You know what then.
North Carolina and Arkansas will be
hauled in just as Alabama has becn.-
Wha, difference does it make whether
the Southern States vote one way or
the other cr?-Louisville Journal.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-04-02

Some Western papers object to the
biographical sketches of Gen. Grant
by his father, in the New York Ledger.
The Winona (Minn.) Democrat says
"Sincc the days of Abraham and Isaac,
there has not been a worse attemp! by
father upon the life of his offspring"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-04-02

them went back. Let the men who
come bring their wives and children
and neighbors and settle down togeth-
er where their social habits will not be
changed or tics Of affinity broken
They will help develope the resources
of the country, and new order oi
things Wilt brought about.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-04-02

Sixty thousand Cinnamon live in CAL
ifornia. Of these, about ten thousand
are employed on the Central Pacific
railroad, and four thousand manage to
find work in San Francisco. The
mines give employment to large mum.
Der, and the rest are scattered through
out the State.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-04-02
LOYAL AND DIsLoYAL Da

LOYAL AND DIsLoYAL-Senator Da.
Wis, Of Kentucky, covered the whole
case, when he uttered the follow.
ing:
Loyalty, in my opinion, consists in
. willing obedience to the Constitution,
and ] believe the chastened and suffer.
ing people of the South to be the most
loyal people of the United States
Without intending to wound the feel
ings Of any man, ! say the most disloy.
al people Of the United States are the
Radicals and their leaders.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-04-02

In New York during the eighteen
months ending with the month of Sep
tember last, there were Ill suicides, Al
homicides, 5 executions, 800 deaths by
drowning, 36 by poison, SO from acci-
dents on the city railroad cars, and Al
from other vehicles. The whole mum
Der of deaths by violence in the period
named were 1859, and there were 413
cases of still birth reported.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-04-02

The young ladies Of Cambridge City,
Indiana, in convention assembled, have
resolved that the young men shall not
be permitted to accompany them home
from meeting unless they 60 to meet
ing with them.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-04-02

The Chattanooga Republican learns
that the wheat crop in the counties OF
Roane, Rhea, and Meigs, especially
along the Tennessee river, presents a
very promising appearance since the
advent of warm weather, and that the
farmers are now hopeful of realising a
good yield.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-04-02

Judge Reese, who was nominated as
the Democratic candidate Tor Governor
of Georgia, has declined the nomina-
ton on the ground that he is inelligi-
bic under the reconstruction acts of
Congress.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-04-02


Dickens is booked for q homewArl
voyage on board the steamer Russia.
which leaves New York on the ed
prox.
Miss Retltlen, the American "mutes
poetess, known to the literary world a.
"Howard Glyndon," is about to marry
an English artist.
Private advices from Washington, re-
ceived at Springfield, Illinois. declare
that Senator Yates thinks the convic.
tion of the President very doubtful.
The Sost1srn 0p;sios, Of Richmosd
estimates that there are H0, 900 qhl1
and 104, 600 colored votsgs = vlsnf
z. and preilsts the defsat q ~ -
Const31ntion. s4t Ff{~s
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-04-02

The Concord Patriot says the New
Hampshire House Of Representatives
will stand as follows: Democrats l41
Republicans, 191; Republican MAORI
ty, so; against IA last year. Demo
Gratis net gain, 04.