The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-11-23
THE RESULT IN THE STATE.

Though we have seen very Jew Oh
| fetal returns of the late election, it is
generally conceded that the Radical
party has elected its State ticket by
over 10000 majority, the entire Con-
gressional delegation, and that the
Democratic strength in the next Leg
islature will be even less than in the
last. a Radical Senator has thus
been secured in place of Harris, and
it is understood that Mr.. Hahn is to
be the recipient of the honor sup
posed to attach to the office, the ini-
quities of the printing bill having
proved insufficient to satisfy the era
wings of his avaricious maw
After an election everybody always
sees exactly why it Happened thus
and so, and everybody can demon
strate how it might have happened
differently, but the misfortune is that
the opinions of no two men on the
subject ever agree. Consequently
at the next election the supposed WIS
dom, derived from former sad expe-
rience, is generally unavailing, and a
like disaster is as apt to happen MS
before. We shall not, therefore,
trouble our readers with any elabo-
rate opinion on the subject. We
think, that so far as the result has
been brought about by apathy i'll
Democratic or Conservative ranks,
the conduct Of voters is reprehensi-
BILE in the highest degree. We do
not believe that this apathy was ow
ing to any dissatisfaction with the
Democratic organization, as h S
been alleged We have seen it man
ifest itself among old lifelong Dem
ocrats to an extent equal, if not su-
perior, to that which was displayed
among Conservatives of other parties
Most of the advocates of the ''Peo-
pies party in this parish, of whom
there were very few, went to the
polls and voted the whole Democrat
ic ticket.
But, it was the well-settled deter
mination of the Radical leaders that
the Democratic party should not sue
coed at the last election. The infa-
nous bills passed to secure that re-
suit accomplished their purpose
thoroughly. They cried out vocifer-
onsly for Il quiet election, but it was
only to delude the Democrats so as to
enable themselves to carry the cleo
ton by violence wherever violence
was needed. The outrageous Radi-
cal disturbances at Baton Rouge,
Donaldsonville and other places tell
the tale plainly enough. The aid of
the military forces of the Federal gov
ernn ent was invoked to keep Louis
lana in subsection.
But this thing cannot continue
much longer. 1t is an absurdity to
suppose that South Carolina and
Louisiana, alone of the old slave-hol-
ding States, will consent to remain
under carpet-bag and negro govern
ments after all their sister states
have been relieved from such gal
ling yoke. 1t is an insult to the
intelligence of the people to think
of such thing. They will yet fall
into line with the States whic h so
gloriously declared their indepen-
dence at the polls at the recent
election. The people will be de-
ceived by Radical promises no longer.
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gaWe are still, with bare excep-
tons, undergoing that same fine,
unh card of weather we have been
speaking about for more than three
months. Cotton picking is nearly
over, and soon we may expect to
see cotton tumbling in Town thick
and fast. The crop will be a full
two thirds one, Nand really oaght to
have been a full one, if good pick
ing, for the past month, had been
done. But the Freedmen in that
time have let down awfnlly and
most OF them do not seem to care a
straw about it. This is easily eX-
planned, as most Of them counting
a bale at a hundred dollars, have
gone in debt accordingly. The bale
is now barely worth fifty dollars,
hence darkie can't see why he
should pick it ont. In a word most
of the Freedmen of the Parish will
see Christmas day dawn on them
without a dollar, and hence hard
times ahead. En- attendant the
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