The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-08-24
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE,
WASHINGTON, D. c., I
August IL, 1870. {

ives over the Radicals is most complete G
md astonishing, when we remember q
hat torture, the halter and the bayO- Z
net, in the hands of Grants troops,
we're used to prevent it. They have 4
carried Eve out of the seven members {
Of Congress. From Radical majority &
Of ~ on joint ballot, there will be
Democratic majority Of two-thirds in
the Legislature, gain Of 81 electing
a Democratic United States Senator in
place of Senator Abbott, whose term
soon expires. The Radical defeat is
complete, and falls on Radical ears as
does the toll of the bell which announ-
ces the doom of the culpritt The
Chronicle, Forney's paper, is sad and
dispirited and does not know which
way to turn for consolation. The vic
tory is too sweeping for him to cry
fraud, and he whines out that "The
RAIDS must unite or go to pieces. They
have the majority in Alabama, Louisi-
ana, Virginia, South Carolina and Ar
kansas, and yet all these States will be
lost to us unless the spirit that CONSOLE
dates the rebel Democracy is initiated
by u.s." Forney always was good
calculator. If all the Radicals who vo-
ted for the beauties who control the
Southern States were tovote the same
way this Fall, most probably the Radi-
Gals would retain power; but "there's
the rub" they have behaved SO bad
that even black men are Disguised with
their rule, and they can't unite and
hence their sure defeat as foreshadOw-
ed by the knowing Jonn Forney in his
article on "The Lesson of North Caro-
lima" Governor Scott, ofSouth Carroll
ma, is determined to follow the course
of Governor Holden, Of North Carroll
ma, and repeat the disturbances OF that
State in the Palmetto State. He has
commenced arming the negro militia
and has five companies drilled and
armed in Richland county. The Radi-
cal journals will soon begin to resur-
rect the Ku Klux in South Carolina in
view of the coming elections and we
shall have long string Of heart-rend-
ing outrages.
Senator Morton, of Indiana, almost
grew black in the face denOuncing the
rebels and the Ku Klux in Alabama
and drew most terrible picture of
their abuse of Union men, &c. Gov
enor Smith, of that State, has written
to member of one Of the political COM
mittees here and says the whole charge
, is entirely false; though Senator Spen-
, Ger, who also made such sort of speech,
, and others like him are doing all in
, their power to bring about such state
t of things. The Supreme Court Judges
8 (all Radicals) unite in sustaining the
Governor against the wilful and we'll
= known lies of both Morton and Spen.
+ Ger. The latter cur is beneath notice
: but will Senator Morton make state
e ment retracting the falsehood agains
= = the State of Alabama, which reflects OF
v her Governor and the State officials
o Oh, no the SANDER was uttered for {
N purpose and will remain uncontradict
e ed by Morton or his friends. Governo
- Smith is strong Radical; does sue
le conduct deprive him Of his place in tn
Re Radical church
e It will be recollected that Senate
- Fenton, of New York, opposed the cor
ID firmation of jolly Tom Murphy as Co
D. lector of the port of New York in E.
le ecutive session in speech of nearl
~ ~ four hours and read extracts from Ne
st York papers to prove that Murphy WI
an Tammany Democrat and had no rigl
to to the Radical loaves and fishes. An
Vi that he signed the call for a Democra
as ic Mass Meeting to be held in Unto
ly Square-September, 1866; also that l
presided at said meeting and that h
ID name appeared in connection with ce
er tain resolutions of endorsement in II
to case of several well known DemOcra
III who were applicants for position
These extracts were from papers in tt
Congressional library. When Senat
Conkling, of New York, rose to rep
he boldly denied every allegation MAJ
- by Senator Fenton and challenged hi
,r- to the proof. Fenton sent to the libr
Sc ry for the proofs-the papers-ahd tn
Is acre gone they had been abstract
,es by some one since Fenton had to
where his proofs were in his speech.
ior Of course no one who has ever sc
the the elegant Conking could for m
pn- ment suppose that he could condesce
mn to SO small, mean and dirty trick
lso the one just related; yet taken all
all it is strange, and the dodge 81
seu ceeded, for the Senate refused to grf
40. Senator FentOn more time in order Il
hat he might send to New York for
ven proofs; and so the Presidents frie
sea was confirmed. In few days Sena
p pc Fenton received the papers and show
the Senate that he was right and Il
line stated that his failure to bring pro