Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1870-09-10
THB ~LOUISIANIAN.
Saturday, September 10, 1870.

This magns'imity If clinging to impa,tia.
lily even ut the expense If ones respected
parcntagc. must be a Radical virtue. i; spite
Of the rrove'b which says that. "he !. a
dirty bird that fouls his opn nest"
Proverbs are epitomes Of wisdom mud
truth. But their truth and wisdom need not
necessarily apply in this case ; or if they do,
their effect may be easily concealed under
the suPcrabou"ding feathers and u r ,dio,'
editor having this refuge handy. m"y vel,
defy the malice a. well ~ the truth and
wisdom Of proverbs!
In fact. feathers are a'panacca for I'LL the
ills th,t Radical editors arc heir to.
Our two half sheet editor di.likcs Demo.
cratic Conventions. Very %nstnraI. this !; for
they cut away the Fictitious foundation from
his bogus politics. Yet is he not without a
resource. ~ pile Of feathers" is at hand to
smnthrr all opro>i ion!
Our two, half sheet editor di>likes Demo
cratic half sheets.
Quito natural too !; for they arc a standing
rcbnke to his bogus. literature.
What politician or li'te,atenr whsoe quail.
f~cat'on< arc conincd to proffessio.s, could
fancy an exposure that makes him a luugh.
ing stuck for the public?
No ono. likes to DO laughed at, however
we'll supplied with brass or feathers.
Nevertheless. and however provoking i.
may be to be laughed Ut. our eva Radical
two-half->hect editor is comparatively shelter
cd in the never falling cxprdioni Of fcather..
Stick u lot Of feathers in the tail # some
Of the leaders," and lo!-a counterpoi<e tc
the mrrrimcnt Of a laughter loving public !:
1t would be singular indeed, entirely cx
ccptio"aI-au anomaly in lhysicaI science
should The combined influence Of fea hers OF
n Radical head aud democratic ',ail,' fail ,c
establish an appropriateness to the fun fur
nish'ng Vaccinations. Of Democratic Con
ventions. Democratic Half sheets, aud
Foreigners T" Yet ~ one is never quite safe
from the mischances Of this uncertain world
it was assurrdly an act Of far.>ecing POLICY
on tic part Of our Radical editor. to have
provided a make weight in this sample O
elegant "Iiterature' to which his two.half
sheet ia "devotcd':-''Stick a lot Of Of pea
cock frathers j" the Ml Of some Of III
leaders. and let them strut themselves I.
deakh" '".
That literature is sublime. laugh at it who
will! And although its sublimity may trans
crnd Democratic Or even human comp,ehcn
sion. whose faalt i. it? Rad,cal.>m i.
novel aud progressive 1t is difficult fu
u Radical editor to 90 out Of himself. ant
write for c"mprehr"sions Tat draw thci
notions Of literature only from old-auti
quatcd authors:
We confess that we have heard. to on
intense su'pris q some democrats and for
cign"rs" al'cg' that q few notions If th
elements Of Grammar aud a little attention
to the correct construction Of sentence.
) wou'd b" very happy constituents Of elegan
literature. But those are they who wou',
by rord o. mouth. drire erery carpet bag
ger and negro from the country" N.thin,
will sati>fy them, Tu"y do not distinguish
between literature in general aud the ~'litcra
'urc" Of q Radical two half sheet!
Truly. the crooked aud rugged way Of
sinncr-a Radical We mean, "a hard roa,
to travel! We
DOES lie but make a score or two Of poll
teal Innovations in tho country. democratic
Conventions forthwith expose them. al,
would fa'n make people believe that they ar
entirely in conflict with the Fundamental
principles Of Republicanism!
Aud # he exhibits m equal contempt 70
the ancient ussges in literature. Democrat,
editors and foreigner pcrversely refuse Il
accept him % 4 model!
IT'S true indeed. 40 We said on common
cling these remarks, that the literary fruit i
no, very visible; but it may DO there for al
that, s.nosbcred 10 feathers; aud doubsIc.s al
the more delicious and gu~table for the fsa
thrry condinent at least to paIates educate,
70 the delicscies Of Rsdicsii-m. % "srawber
ries smo,hered in eresm' are said to be Il
ordinary psla,es.
But our two hall. sheet editors grievance
are not limited tn the common fate Of Rndi
Gals. He has peculiar troublos which. 70
humanisy's sake. ought 70 slicit pcculia
reconsideration, Feathers aud foreigner.
v;ll ~ Ai,a dsath NJ him