The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-09-22
A Nice Lot.

We often wonder if the great mass OF the kaaieai
party are deceived in the character OF then eaae OF
whether they are as unprncpled as the leaders lheh
selves At times we feel disposed to doubt she cor
rectnes Of our own Judgment touching the character
the prominent men of the party, Suspicion crossing
our minds that party prejudice may prevent our stsns
these devils their dues We could honestly WISH tha1
we were mistaken for it is too sad commentary upon
human nature to be forced to admit that as sfeas y
country "a this one upon which nature has sho#efed
hounties with so lavish hand, is rnteu ey 'heh ~
are utterly devoid Of common honesty Ana set she
evidence against them is overwheiming-nttefy DAMN
ing Out of their own mouths they are convicted no
unprejudced mind will deny that Grant disSraeea him.
self in the estimation of all gentlemen, IN his contro-
yersv with Johnson, when he showed an utter want OF
principle and disregard Of common VefacitF Inc
character of Stanton Logan, Sumner, slekles, W ash
burne, Wade Brownlow Butler and other SHINING
lights Of the Radical party, is too well known TO re-
nnra comment. And now comes into court the Al
bany Evening Journal which, in an article intended
to excuse Secretary Boutwell, for not answering the
charge of his late Chief Detective, that he secretly
offered ten thousand dollars for evidence that would
secure President Johnson's impeachment, has the e
frontery to argue that Boutwell, may have considered
right aud proper TO offer that amount as compensation
to his chief for the trouble and expense OF getting uF
the desired evidence When the great organs OF the
Radical party find themselves driven to take such
position as the only hope of relieving the Admlnstra
tons master from the odium of the guilt OF all attempt
at bribery and corruption may well imagine the
depth of infamy that party has reached boutwell,
even in the opinion of his organs, is criminal it the
atrocious act charged on him BY his late empoyt con
stutes crime And if that act wasn't crime, what ac
of man ever was ?" The Courier-Journal thus puts
the case and there is escaping the damning logic
/ SHARP PRACTICE OF A TEXAN.--That Texas is
great State none will deny, and that few, just few
of her citizens are g dcvish sly is proposition
equally ncontrovertible. In years past 1T was about
a drawn game between some of the Texas wagoneri
| and friend of ours of the Jewish persuasion. Tt
pick up little things lying round loose in the store
while the merchant may have been giving him thu
goose in the matter of light weights was regarded
| by the lower class of "gentlemen wagoners' as ii
subject Of laughter around the campfire at night
course the large mass of these wagoners were cIeVe
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sort of cases, and when crowd were together, tt
grossly insult ladies' or gentlemen on the public roa'
was to them the very highest order OF fun But Wills
the war seems to have demoralsed the rest OF tn
Southern people it would seem to have had humans
| ing effect upon Texas wagoners, for We never hea
complaints against them Of old They have probab
improved by being brought in contact with Ianke
shrewdness An incident heard of the other da
would serve to strengthen this superstition. ger
teman, whom we will call Thompson for Short il
debed to a mercantile establishment in this place
the amount of some eleven or twelve hundred dollars
Brown, we will call him, was ghbor OF Thomf
sons, and in conversation with the merchant hae
some time previous to the coup in question: expresse
grave doubts of anything being realised on tn
claim The next trip Thompson sends a horse and pa
| of mules by Brown with instructions to turn thei
over in part or full payment of the note ii the latte
, | were practicable B. comes in, when the merchal
again gets into conversation with him on the suple
of rs Indebtedness, and finally offers him the note Il
the horse B. demurs--asks till the next day for T
Election He then goes down and tells the meFcha
he will trade if he will throw in sack Of coffee III
merchant does so and gives up the note, whereupf
B. rejoicing returns home and hands I. his not
thus making clear gain of two good mules and
sack of coffee. He ought in common justice to has
at least given T. half Of the coffee