Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-09-05
REMOVAL OF SENATOR JEWELL.

Radical Senate is evidence enoughsthat
no Democratic member of that body will
be permitted to remain who dares defend
his rights, OF. who exposes the venality
Of the dominant party. Every other
Democrat may expect the sam fate, I'm
less he cringes and bows beneath the lash
SO determinedly welded over their backs.
1t is evident from what has t~ranspired
since the organization Of that body that
the Democrats are not aloness powerless
for good, but are compelled to endure the
~taunts and insults of the Radical men,
bers, with but slight disposition on part
of the negro Speakers to protect Them
What use then to further disgrace them
selves Ly remaining in q body which re-
spects no rights or privileges? Nothing
under the broad canopy of heaven is to
be gained thereby +; and we, iu common
with several of our contemporaries, ad
wise AL immediate withdrawal of our
members, and let the Radicals have full
sway. A sense of self-respect should
induce this course of action, aud it ought
to have been done the moment it was
seen that Radicalism was bent on ruling
aud running, untrammelled by any COM
FUNCTIONS of honesty or remorse.. Re.
sign then at once, aud return to our
homes, with the proud satisfaction that
you have doue all that could be done to
shield the State from the CALLING disgrace
forced upon her by those best friends of
their own interests.
In connection with the above, and as a
greater i%nducement to pursue the course
suggested, We extract the following from
the Crescent, Of the 81 inst, which refers
to the name of u~nseating Mr.. Jewell ::
They have occasion to unseat a De,uo-
cratic senator whp has made himself in
convenient ; and to DO this they produce
the testimony of one Lefcvre, which, after
having been proved to be false by three
unimpeachable witnesses, is confessed by
himself to be a piece of suborned p%crjnry.
This lie does in an affidavit before q JUS
tice of the peace, in which lie says, Il
now declare said evidence and testimony
given by me az false and untrue from be.
ginning to end. l had been Influenced
and induced by certain members of the
Radical party to testify in the manner
did. l had been instructed to give that
testimony, and was promised a reward.
was told what to say"
Now, it must be patent to every reflect.
ing mind that nc such things as fair play,
honesty and manliness. are tolerated III
the Radical combination for power and
plumber. Whenever they desire to effect
any purpose whatsoever, either within or
without the pale Of the present State
constitution, means are always at com
maad aud ready to be used. A majority
in both houses of the Legislature they
have-backed by on all powerful Execut.
i've, and any Democrat who dares attempt
to expose the %swindling and rascality
daily concocted in those sinks of iniquity,
must be removed, and thus throw a vail
around their proceedings. BE with Us.
or keep your mouth closed, aud all will
be we'll ; otherwise, the political gnillo.
tine is ready for all who dare impugn our
motives" This is a statement of the
case in a nutshell. The affidavit of the
man Lefevre, who was the principal wit.
ness against Mr.. jewell, shows plainly
what the Radical party will do. And
who is the man who takes Mr.. JEWELS
seat upon the evidence of . confessed
perjurerf A blatant, loud .mouthed No
gro, who was sent to the workhouse of
New Orleans, in 1864, for two years, by
the Provost Judges court, as an idle anil
worthless ~vagabond. Ills name is Pinch
beck. Of such stuff is the Radical Leg.
islature composed. Leave it, Democrats,
you injare your own responsibility by
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