The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-07-21
A Contrast in Biography.

Hon j. H. MeFeau Captn Me- 70 his eoiofed farnl.
iste. Everybody knows tlal this distinguished gen
ttetan," as he Is called By tue New York Sun, bias
been nfsfepresentHg the parish Of Gaddo IN the lower
house Of the Louisiana Legislature, having been DC
feated al fair ard quiet election By Two hundred and
sixtytfee votes After The election he, in company
with The soon 10 be- honorahies Moses stefrt', col
ofed, G. y, Antoine ditto and Chagles w Lowell,
" 'af and 'aIfp left here for New Orleans doubtless
with the ASSURANCE given before ii was known how the
election would result that they would be permitted 10
take lhef seats in that august body, which was des-
tined TO shed such undyHg lustfe upon the legislative
annals of the State He, like his companions upon the
highway 10 farae left be came beggared in feputa'
ton md in purse, having lost in the ehd-by selling
goods aud things On Il credit, though at an ehor-
NOUS profit 10 his friends and thus becoming the VIC
tim of misplaced eohfdencs-al the money he at first
succeeded in extracting from his eolored dupes by
such tricks rs selling 10 them tickets at from twenty
five 10 fifty cents eaeh according TO the capacity TO
pay OF the voting victim. The insifions qhafleue
reached the scene of their future fumphs in due course
of time, and prf.iffangfd, took the seats OF
| Democrats who had defeated them by some Two hun
dred and sixty vntesMose and Antoine, by the way,
having run one vote ahead Of MeVeah, thus showing
that there Radical negro In the parish WIN
800 much sefrespect to vote for the latter,
The machine Ia put in operation Lowell who Is
the ago Of the play while MoVean takes the role of
the big villain, il elected Speaker of the House. by
putting their heads together these twodfeaies anbo--
could manipulate the eolored members like puppets
They have " finger and thumb" III every pie from
which plum could be picked They "go In with
Mudgett, the lovely Midget. in the 100000 con
tracts make falling dam in Tones bayou, and TO
improve canal above here all Of which could be done
with ten thousand, They pefpetrate other sillahies
too mutituinaua TO mention, Lowell succeeds IN
getting the lucrative Office of Postmaster in New Or
leans MeVean has made such good thing OF il that
he can afford go off to hrooklyn and marry ;" in high
life amid universal cheering and knocking Of glasses
and fuss aud tealhers-sv smiled upon, too, by
Mrs Herald Bennett and other fascinating ladies of
that ilk, So much for Cap'n Nc.
| Nav, mark the contrast. The Hon, Moses, who,
though eolofed, is more OF agenehlan and has more
brains than his successful eompeer also took his
seat in the Legislature where he served with disiin'
guished ability to speak after the manner OF the Sun.
That body, the like of which has before daazed
the gaze of an admiring world adjourned Does Nose
60 of 10 brooklyn and marry high te?" Not bit
of it, He to the scene OF his early riumphs
| in boet-baeking and other minor accomplishments,
beggsrea in purse and crest,iaen in spirit He oafs
around and Ia finally driven by dire necessity TO adopt
mprempn the useful AID honorable trade OF under
brekmason, aud has these hot daya been at work on
Walsh h Hoiaseaua new building on the eVee. This,
by tho way, Is disgrace to Nose On the contrary,
il is infinitely more ereditable TO him than to have
presumed to represent intelligent parish, in which
he largely defeated OF Antoine We hear but lit
tie, yet enough 10 know that he Is not prospecting,
| Our readers may suppose that NC have attached
more importance TO MeVean than the fellow deserves,
That IL true but have only used him now to point
a neral This contrast pfeelaims louder than words
what the Southern people have told the eolored popu
lation from the drst~-that these vile carpet bagsers
the scum of an almost equally vile portion of the North
ern population enly wish to them for their own
base and selfish ends The freedmen SOW the seed,
but carpet,haggers reap the fruit, And what COM
mentary, as We have before said, upon the society o
the North is all this fuss and parade over the "nup
siala Of such man! 4 man who, while here wa
ia daily perilnet, heaven knows, from white man. ta
no gentleman would have polluted his hand by slap
ping him in the face, but from poor, deluded freed
men whom he had aefraudea o. their little all,
But let him enjoy his triumph while he may. 4
day of reckoning will, III the fallaesa of time snre
cone, II not by other means, this eagle now tower
ing in his pride Of place may yet be hawkea at AM
killed by a meusing owl The success of Amanda
Craig, in recovering 100000 from the eSleegraph
zeal spague for breach Of PROMISE has given eneoui
agement to some Of the eelorea " MandysS Of Gadde
and he may expect TO hear OF similar suits ii not OF suit
i for higsmy,
| Let him lock TO it,