Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1870-02-12

sdnSH1nary STRIPE, seldom or never leave any
thing worth accepting for followers Of more
moderate ambition. Hence he deemed il of
no small Importance that the meeting should
turn lis attention 10 some specific arrangement
ny which all who are interested in the future
OF The country, and particu;uy those whose
hopes are c%entered in its Southern section,
should have secured 10 them the REGARD of
their devotion TO the interests, and. he wonIl
add, to the profis Of Reconstruction. (Ex.
presslons of arproval.)
A call from The platform (Which, by the
way, was occupied. only by the leaders Of the
fanat'cal Lsms) was now made on Despottos,
and was promptly responded to. II is fortunate,
SAID lie, that we possess the means Of reconcil.
lag all The views that have been presented or
may hereafter 10 presented 10 this distinguish.
ed political Convenlicle, and of satisfying
the desires aud rewarding the zeal Of its
constituent members. We have the po,cer. aud
We must turn i 70 our WI profit. And what.
ever apparent violence may be IN the means
employed. mnst be demonstrated 10 be mercv
an disguise, having for its object, the moral
regeneration Of rebels. Whether or not, this
kind OF mercy be accepted by those on whom
1t is 10 be executed, is a matter of small
consideration: it can be justified; and, Nv
all We hope 10 realize from a method OF
reconstruction hitherto uuhcard of. !, musi
be!
Yes, Numbered Despo,ikos, r~eveling in the
safety OF unrestricted power, Audar can make
no demand, though it surpass audaci,y Itself,
which shall not be satisfied. Ararus shall
have full swing TO carry his g%rasping propen-
sites INTO every department of society. Law,
politics., commerce, iegisIa, ion,-every thing,
even the privacy Of domestic life. shalt
minister 10 his greed, and promote his Audium
pecmniae.
(Yes. interrupted Ararus -
For what's the worth of any thing
But so much money as '.will bring o")
Ararus is quite right, resumed Despolikos;
and 1t shall be our chief concern 10 see Ina,
every thing Reconstruction touches shall
yield ma. But 10 return to my programme
o! specifications, (for | am anxious said III,
with a patronizing air, to prove 10
our friends, thar their ambition need have no
may indulge, al AJitum, his
wei'known devotion TO vice, and amplify 10
any desirable extent, his Instructive tendencies
to evil.
yes, said Villas, interrup,ing the pro-
gramne Of Lespotikos, aud we mus, demons.
'rale 10 those bigo,,el Sou,herners. ,ha, they
can no longer cling to their %ancien, usane<.
nor resist, with impnni,y, The new modes of
Improvement which we are at such pains TO
in order to bniId up, repair, strengthen
and polish an nngIatefuI people They mus,
he taught that:-
We live in times when ev'ry fool la. plan. to mend
the nation
We've bibles, reconstruction. schemes, and "mora!,n
oh d-ation
True again, said Despoikos; they who
have obtained power must use it 10 bring
back The vanquished to the right path, aud to
promote their own an,holi,y and interests.
Ih'q"'tas, for instance, may advance his, nv
on the Southern peoples past
and adding TO them such presen,
calam''l's as the necessities Of his mental
ob''qn'.'es may ingenion>Iy concoct. Omui.
r"s"s is not restricted TO time, place or
circumstance. Like the heat and Iieh, of the
sun he must be %diffnsed, so 10 speak. every
must take. or appear 10 take, an
in all the affairs Of all mankind he
can be equally compiacent a. legislator,
lawyer, Judge, collector, contractor, or even
editor; and may, when lie can, make other
merits his own, and, (but this, sub ,osa)
mems profits too!
AT this point of Despotikos' speech, consider.
able agitation was observed n, ,ha, portion of
lie hail in which ;l'c sympa,I,izers of SluAus
we're principally c%on"regated; and it was
whispered that his opposition TO the
OF the philan'hropi-,s. had ef.r,ually
tut him out from amy share in the appor,iou.
men, which was being made, Of place, power,
md pelf.
Despo'ikof paused fora moment but affect.
ng no. 10 have heard the remarks concerning
Stuhus, and apparently unconscious of any
interruption, remarked, as if in continuation
what he had already said, that, as for his
S~luhus-be,,er known, perhaps, as
aiot'cus-he though, he could safely promise
hat Fortune would smile with both hands
MI, on that sapient son of New England
''"h"s or Mo!icus-,hs more appropriate
anne, doubtless, possesses---rTis not
sir, interrupted Stulus, somewhat
There is nothing in a name; Sluhus
: A1'oi'cns, lis all the same. "a rose by any
lher name wonla smell as swesl."1.
Despotikos.-Qnits correct, friend Miolieus;
a happy quotation. But as l was q b.erving
, The enlightened auditory whom l have the
ono' OF addressing, my frind !Stut-IdiM;cus ,
mean, possesses = gravity Of aspec, aud a
'ys'erions carriage Of boly, we'll calcoIa,ed {
gain the credit of the worId Tor sense and