The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-03-25
PESTS YARD.
AN4COC0 WARD.
Colonel Galloway, Of the Memphis
Avalanche, and his Local Repor-
ter, Lodged in Jail for Contempt.
AIRS, GALLAwAY TAKES THE EDITORIAL CHAIR
AND SPEAKS HER MIND.

we Ldhe tllS ioltOWLuS HUN WV o~A'N
rial page Of the Memphis Avalanche:
Twenty-six years ago, / gave my girlish
heart to the husband whose name | proud
" own. We have lived through adversely
and prosperity, but in whatever condition
our lots have been cast calumny has never
dared to assail my husbands name. Not
withstanding this fact, he was yesterday
torn from his little family and is now q
prisoner in the county jail; but, than
Cod, he is prisoner without crime
He has been torn from his home for the
offense of exercising the rights which are
his by the laws of the land. To free
counirya free press is as Indispensable as
light is to day. 1t is, in fact, the sun OF
the social and political system from which
emanate the healthy influences which pro-
duce vitality, strength and fertility. For
exercising rights which the Constitution
guarantees, my husband has been incarce-
rated in Jail. Not only my prayers, but
the prayers Of all good people OF both
sexes will follow him in his prison cell. |
shall not speak unkindly of the man who
has sought to degrade my husband and
who has brought unhappiness upon two
families But as the principal editor and
the local editor have both been arrested,
and no freeman is allowed to speak
through the columns Of the Avalanche
there is no other alternative left but for
me to assume the position forced upon
me by the prosecutions and misfortunes
which despotism always brings upon the
noble and the brave. A preconcerted or
rangemeht has been made to crush out the
paper. 1t cannot be done. During the
Incarceration Of my husband and Mr..
Campbell, / am constrained to take charge
ofthe paper, aud can be found at the edi
torial rooms of the Avalanche, and if mer
ore not brave enough to defend their rights
and their liberties, / trust the paper, fol
the next ten days, will prove that there is
one woman ready to defend the rights ant
the liberties which weak and timid men
seem disposed to yield.
FANNIE B. GALLAWAY.
The cause of the arrest, as stated il
another place in the same paper, was th'
appearance Of an editorial relative to Judg'
Hunter in the previous issue Of the Ava
lanche.
Following the statement over the sigma
ture Of Mrs. Galloway is an article alludin'
to the Judge as GRANDMOTHER Hunter.
"This name," it continues, is approprlat
as far as it indicates decrepitude of intel
lect, weakness of character, chronic pee
vishness, costive moral faculties and th
absence of every manly trait. Backed u
by loyal leagues, this old decoction OF ie
norance, selfconceit aud knayery make
free use of his position to crafty his pei
sonal spite. He resents real or imaginar
insults oaly from the bench. Grandmothe
Hunter is the court under any and a
eireumstanees-on the stand, at the negr
hustings or before breakfast; he only Sc
ties personal difficulties as o. court. Th
incarceration of two of the editors Of th
paper for alleged contempt is proof I
what we say. Their imprisonment is f
the publication OF an article WHICH pr
viously appeared in the Public Ledger, or
was copied by the Appeal and Avalancl
at the same time. The editors OF tho'
papers have not been disturbed, althoue
the contempt" is the same. Hence,
appears that this quasi judge, this hideol
excresence of the bar, this galded old Iat
discriminates to suit the feelings of priva
William Hunter, when dispensing vii
justice as Judge William Hunter. II
low instincts Of the man and the petl
spite Of his nature, which cannever soar
asingle unprejudiced action. are we'll d
monstrated in the present instance. e
makes private threats against the Az
lanche, but has not dared to raise o fing
against it, except when protected by Il
stolen ermine which he disgraces. "
bide our time"