The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-29
New York-Southerp Patronage.

In late letter we called the attention
Of your readers to the fact that the people
of the South exhibited an extraordinary
penchant for dealing with and patronizing
that class of Radical tradesmen, either now
located there or here, who went down into
the South during the late war, with
sword in one hand; and artorch in, the
other. bent upon the destruction Of life
and the confagration of their decapitated
bodies.
This general and ,indiserimipate patron
age is a moral crime, and every rejecting
Southern man should, shrink from doing
it, as from the touch Of the poisonous Sc
cretions of the Upas tree. These contribu
tons are but the resuscitating, revivifying
pabulum which will warm. into life the
dormant serpent. whose sting win be as
dangerous and deadly as before his
asphyxia. This class of Radicals have no
sympathy for your. people their memo
ries are not surcharged with recolIections
of the crueIties their .instrumehtaiities
visited upon the Southern acknowledgements
during the late saturnalia!tesZI 81
From Texas to the Atlantic shore there
are undying tests Of the phrenzied vandal-
ism of the ,demoniacal Radical party, Wis
ions of which harrow up every soul, ieav
ing thereupon Photographic impresses
never to be eradicated. It is not our pur-
pose to chill the blood of the youthful
generation by reproduction of the terri
Bile scenes witnessed in that latitude By its
people nor would we ttay the charitable
pulsations of The suffering victims, who ere
now willing to forget. It's not our design
to pour vitriol upon the violently troubled
waters we do not wish to excoriate the
evil-doers we do not seek to revenge
ourselves for. the wrongs perpetrated, or to
allow words oflvuigar vitaperation 10 4ali
upon the heads of those who wronged you,
with the scalding, seetbing effect of molten
lava bnt it is an inherent, divine right
of man not to forgive until pardon is crav-
ed at his hands, We=therefore1 admonish
you, the Southern people, to stand aloof in
your business, social and political relations.
We feel that it is the duty of every son
and daughter t6fthe South to encourage
the spirit of affinity for each other emnla-
ting the beau ifuE and affectionate clan
nshnesa which so striSingly characterized
the noble SONS of old Caledonias land. Be
isolated from all heterogeneous cliques and
peoples, firm and enduring in your faith as
the last, ,Mameluke, when his entire, race
had departed.
1t is our privilege to think and crticise,
as our feelings may suggest, oil the malevo
lent acts of the Radicals during and since
the war which has been continued to- the
present day. All the earnest and cheerful
efforts you are making to bring about a
happy, successful reconstruction and re-
union of the,s suffering Southern States are
being circumvented by the power behind
the throne. 1t highly commendable that
in cheerfulness ard good faith you accep'
ted the sarbitrament of the sword, but
though you accepted the situation" under
this Damascan judgment, YOU did mot
pledge yourselves to go beyond the limits
J of yoDr surrender, and continue to dispense
your layors to the North, Like the horse
leech they will continue to ask for more
until the veins are depleted and the very
aliment is withdrawn from your stomachs
to, fattenv and make sleek, those who. feed
: upon you.
J The President has declared himself :
living, active partisan, welded to the end
| of the ultra Radicals Essaying to- o.
: sileut and non-communcative even tt
, eccentricity, he at last speaks, frankly un
T burdened himself in an interview will
! Gen. Tarbell, of Mississippi, publishes tina
lhe (Grant) is 10 perfectsympathy} with the
3 Radical Republicans of that State, ant
. that he designs keeping in Office there hi
: Iminions, whose course will be, as it ha
u been, . tyrannical exercise of power utter
/, Iy hostile to the spirit of the laws OF re
t constructions. In conformity with, thi
: declaration he has removed several faithful
+ officers of the government in Mississippi
' because of their proposed support of judy
Dent, the conservative candidate for Go,
: ernor. The early use ofthe Executive ak
3 is the beginning of a reign Of ostraclsu
i the violent end of which no man can divine
Another interesting case has Just, bee
decided by the Court Of Oyer and 'fefmine'
which excited the attention of all mel
, chants and financial men Of the city, name
, ly an enforcement of the usury law. TIL
.. Grand Jury recently indicated eleven Q
the money Kings of Wall street, wheiplea
,, guilty. to the crime of charging usury to tn
: extent Of rates, equal to two hundred pc
! cent per annuIi, IN this State: the iende
of money not only rms the rssk Of iosin
the, entire amount lent, under borrower
plea. 81 usury, but is subject toindictnaen
and upon conviction, fine not exceedin
$1,000, and imprisonment ,in, the countr
Z Jail not exceeding six months.
!, When the guilty bankers appeared befor
! the Court to receive their sentence, larg
crowd of the prominent, men OF the cit
D were present. and the most sprofoun
silence pervaded the court, until the judt
a ment was, delivered The parties ,wer
fined in various sums from $3.50 to S50(
J, and two of the number were sentenced
{ close confinement fol, Eve and ten days, re-
< pectiyelY, ID the city prison Among "a
e usurers Sentenced were Charles Macy an
r Reuben Howes of the banking frnl, {
Q, Howes &, Macy; both Of whomj we, al
: dsrstand, are members Of the Republica
= bleed and thunder party: This case 10 81
y first of the kind ever before judicial tr
S buual of this city, which feet increased il
s interest and significance 15tts s5E1Y,E
l. l. MENKEss LAST REsTtse T PL CT.
e Adah Isaac Menken's body was bul
d led in Pere la Chaise, il o. gray
! which was purchased for five year
a the longest time that her friend
e not knowing that fact, moved til
= deal box containing the unknpw
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