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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19
The Governors Election Froela.
nation.
WHAT Is TO BE VOTED pom

The Governor has issued bis procIu
mation in reference to the eleetion
(which is to take place on MONDAY ~.
9th day of NOVEMBER, 1870, the mr.
visions of which we condense ma g,
lows. The officers to be elected ~.
dthe following:
q One Representative in the next fon-
: gress from each of the five district. :,
/ to which the State is divided, and ON.
Representative to fill vacancy in n.
First and Fifth districts respectivelr
: One State Treasurer and one STAT
Auditor. Eighteen Senators for 81.
4pired terms and two Senators for -.
sexpiled terms. No Senator is tn /.
elected from the Rapides district. the
apresent Senator holding over.
d The Constitutional number Of Ra.
representatives., together with one Re.
representative each from the new Par.
fishes of Grant, Iberia, Richland, Tanc.
ipahoa and Cameron. The Parish NJ
aRapides is entitled to three represeu.
8tatives.
One Parish Judge for each Parish
Except Orleans.
One Sheriff and one Coroner for each
Parish.
Justices of the Peace and Constable
IEfor the different wards in each Parish.
! At the same time the people win
vote on the following amendments to
5the Constitution submitted by the last
aLegislature:
/. An amendment making defaulten
Eineligible to Office.
2. An amendment to strike out art;.
zcle so which renders the Governor in.
5eligible for second term.
3. An amendment limiting tho debt
dof the State to sos, coo, 600 prior to 1890.
A. An amendment striking ont the
Iproscriptive goth article, and substitu-
ting therefor the following liberal ar
ticle:
No person shall hold any Office, or
shall be permitted to vote at any cleo
ation, or to act as juror, who, in due
course of law, shall have been convict.
j led of treason, perjury, forgery, bribe-
: ry, or other crime punishable by im-
5prisonment in the penitentiary, orwho
shall be under Introduction.
This will virtually enfranchise every
man in the State and render registra-
stion laws wholly unnecessary in future
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19
Democratic Platform.

The Democratic Conservative party
sof the State OF Louisiana, in convention
assembled, proclaim the following az
their platform
l. RESOLVED, That we accept and &C.
{quiesce in the fifteenth amendment to
THE Constitution of the United States,
lin good faith.
2 Resolued, That the excessive taxa
|tion imposed by the Radical party in
their last Legislature threatens ruin
and bankruptcy to the means and cred
lit of the State, and it is the duty of all
good citizens to unite in protecting the
State against the reckless waste of the
public money, and we pledge ourselves
Ito an economical and honest admins
tration of the Government-to use onl
power to have law passed limiting
, the power of the State, Parish and mu,
nicipal corporations on the subject o
Taxation.
8. Resoleed, That general amnes
sty, removing all past political disabili
8ties, should be adopted.
A. Resolred, That all useless officel
SHOULD be abolished.
S. Resotred, That all laws creating
monopolies and granting to individual
land interpretations exclusive rights ant
privileges, should be repealed.
u 6. Resolved, That our citizens OF for
&eign birth are entitled to the sam
rights and privileges as those born o
the soil, and all laws discriminating
between them, and requiring from thel
Extraordinary oaths and other eviden
ices of citizenship, are odious, insultin
and oppressive, and ought to be re
|pealed.
2. Resolred, That we pledge ourselve
Ito use our best efforts to secure to til
whole people fair, quiet and peacea
ble election.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19

s@- A great rivalry, we learn
has been gotten up in our Town
between two leaders of the Radical!
as to who shall take Yarmouth tt
his house and give him pot-luck
The price of Turkies and South
down has risen, and awful will be
the fall of one of our leaders. w,
would advise a compromise-on'
take Warmoth to-day and thu
other lay back for Dunn on Sunday
How is this for high?
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19
ssa= We still have that same sol

sa- We still have that same sort
of weather, unparalleled in the an
nails of good or bad spells. The
way cotton picking is going on and
the way it keeps making and open
ing, we would not be surprised if
the crop turned out very nearly a
full one; but what boots a full crop
of cotton ? Prices have SO gone
down, that. a bale, his year,
amounts to less than a half one
last season. Verify our cotton raj
sers have tight times ahead, and
our advice to them is to trim their
sails accordingly. The Sugar plan
tiers are wanting rain at present
No seed cane yet put up owing TIC
the long dry spell. Most all will
be grinding by our next issue.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19
A Torpid System.

Sometimes, without any assignable
cause, the physical strength and ant
N al spirits give way, and a strange
9torpor falls alike on the body and ia-
tellect. There is little or no pain per-
haps, but the natural yigor and elias
ITCHY of the nervous and muscular SO
item seems to have departed, and an
Indifference to the pleasures Of lie,
and even of its grave responsibilities
flakes the place of that earnest interest
lin both which characterizes every well
balanced mind when in a healthy con-
Edition.
This state Of partial collapse is eften
the premonitory symptoms Of somese-
Erious malady. 1t indicates unmistak
Eably that the vital powers are Ian
&guishing aud need stimulant. In
such cases the effect of few doses Of
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is wonder
fully beneficial. The great tonic wakes
Cup the system from its browse. The
!secretions and the circulation receives
NEW impetus. The relaxed nerves ne
cover their elasticity under the opera
tions Of the specific, like the slackened
Estrength of musical instrument in tie
aprocess of tuning. Lethargy and de-
Sbility are replaced by energy and Wig
or, the spirits rise, and life that almost
seemed a burden while the season 81
depression lasted, becomes once more
enjoyable. That sueh a radical change
ashonld be produced by remedy en-
&tirely devoid of the powerful alkaloids
: and minerals SO extensively used in
modern practice, may seem incredibls
to those who pin their faith on the
medicinal efficacy Of active poisona,
but if these skeptics will take the trou-
BILE to enquire Of those who have test
ed the corrective and Alternative virtues
t. of the Bitters under the circumstances
described, they will end the statement
to be true.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19

~ We clip from the New Orleans
sTimes of October 9th, the following no.
stice of one of our advertiseres:
We acknowledge a decided leaning
toward new goods, and therefore took
much pleasure in the display we saw
at Captain B. 7. Washes yesterday,
embracing elegant children's suits,
4 such as Harvard, Lafayette, Knicker-
Blocker, Bismarck and sailor styles,
swith beautiful little overcoats to match;
Gin fact, every thing for the outfit of
zboos and children, including under
Sshirts, socks, etc. III his assortment he
Ehas stylish suits for the cherub of two
Rand half years, and the more useful
eschool clothes for those of twelve OF
Fifteen years, with all the intermediate
grades and sizes. While there we saw
Ssome boys being fitted out for school,
sand from their looks of pride and sat
sisfaction, we anticipate that their pro-
Egress in their studies will be such as to
aamply repay their loving parents out
clay. What we saw in children's cloth
sing was, however, mere child's play to
: the splendid stock Of mems goods Cap
) tain Walshe has jnst opened, such as
eshirts of his own make, Cartwright and
sWarner's celebrated English under
wear, endless variety of neck ties and
Acollars, all kinds of toilet articles, per-
gfumery, soaps, hair brushes, combsend
sjewelry, both plated and real gold
(which are largely used now in a gen
stleman's toilet, owing to the present
Fashion of making shirts. We would
srecommend those who wish to see {
Ereally fine and well selected stock o.
goods to call on Cap. ain B. T. Walshe
ss;;No. 10 Canal street, near st. Charles
sopposite Clay Statue.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
WHAT RAD1cALIsM COSTS.

A glance at the enormous expendi-
lures of the peoples money by the
Radicals will demonstrate at once that
our salvation depends on driving them
from Office:
The Federal debt created principally
/ by the Radical party amounts i'm round
numbers to.-----.------S3, 600, 000, 900
To support the Radical administra-
3tion it costs in taxation every year
about. $3.50, 900, 900,
while the Democratic administration
sof Buchanan cost, per annum, less
The greater part of this enormous
sum goes into the pockets of Radical
manufacturers, Radical monopolists
land Radical office holders.
But the Federal taxation is not cir
,cumstance to our State taxation under
Radical rule.
The debt of Louisiana amounts in
round numbers to- .$25, 800, 600
: OF this amount the Radicals have Gre
ated in two years the enormous sum
Sof. ...----..------..-.--SI5 GOO, 600
Besides the endorsement of bonds t.
corporations and monopolies to AT
enormous amount, all which the State
will eventually have to pay.
This vast debt calls for taxation il
the aggregate to more than sirpe cent
Every acre of land poor man buys
: is taxed to such an amount as to rem
der it almost va1ueless.
> Every lock of cotton or ear of corn
he raises is taxed.
His horse, with which he plows, and
: his cow, to furnish a little milk for his
poor children, are taxed.
His humble two wheeled cart is
taxed.
The little money he makes is taxed
Every poor butcher or market deal
er pays an enormous license.
Every poor mechanic, who keeps a
shop, pays an enormous license.
Every poor store-keeper pays an
enormous license.
Every dray or cart pays an cnor-
nous licenee.
Every fruit stand of a poor beggar
who tries to make a living, pays au
enormous license.
Every poor peddler pays an enor-
NOUS license.
Every man pays poll-tax-whetbel
he owns any property or not.
Besides many others scarcely less
onerous.
In addition the Parish taxes are enor.
nous, caused by the expenses of Grim
inal trials, produced by the inefficiency
of Radical laws.
And the greater part of all these
enormous sums goes into the pockets
of Radical office-holders.
J: 1t enables them to build fine house,
and ride fine horses.
They vote it away to their friends
who waste it on monopolies.
The people are plundered to feed thu
lazy and corrupt office-holders.
1t is impossible for men, white Of
black, to live under such q govern
ment.
All, rich and poor, white and black
,are interested in its overthrow.
Let the people speak at the Novem.
ber election.
Radical corruption will then cease
and Democratic honesty and econom,
Twill be triumphant.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19

ssa Registration, at tho coun.
try precincts in our Parish, has
closed. The books are now open,
in Alexandria, at the Town Hall,
where the Supervisor will be found
at his post, every day from the pre-
sent time up to the 2Sth inst. Sure
ly here is a chance, a last chance,
for every one to avail himself OF
the golden opportunity to do good.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19
THE THESPIANS.
ALEXANDRIA, la,
October Is, 1870.


AS you are very laconic in your crit
!icisms to the Thespians, and knowing
!! you have abundance of other matter
always ahead, I will relieve you this
week and say word of the last per-
'formance-Th Honey Moon.
] have attended every performance,
and can say that the Honey Moon was
/ their best performed piece, as tout en-
!sembte. 1t would have been a credit to
~ theatre of greater note, but for the
unfortunate fanlt of the characters not
being up in their parts. One that is
S''letter perfect" has gained more than
shalf the battle in succeeding as an &C
\ tor. Remember, young gentlemen, to
slearn well, and then act your parts.
DUKE ARANzA, as usual, you played
! Your part we'll, but not so we'll, had you
Sheen better up. Where you were per-
Meet, your fine and sonorious voice had
la good effect. DUKE, your forte is
aheavy business-light comedy is out of
syour special line. Try est. Pierre" in
S''The Wife," and you will make de-
Yielded hit.
RoLANDo, you acted well your part
lin fact, you were the feature of the
spiece. You speak your part clearly
Eand with vim. There was some soul
lin your utterances, and the action suit
led to the word. The part is the most
adifficuIt to play in the piece, although
made secondary by the author.
COUNT MoNTALBAN, you went
Through your part with spirit and ami
smation. You have good voice-avoid
Ia certain mannerism you have and you
+ will become favorite.
LOPEZ, You were the life of the piece
and when it dragged you were always
Sthere to help it out. You are an old
astager and know your business. You
Salways act well your part.
q BALTHAzAR, you will succeed. but
ayou must know your part. You did
well, although the boys will annoy you
$Sabout that "thunder' in your voice.
SModulate your voice and learn youl
part.
q JACQUES, you know you made us all
alaugh-you know you are funny. You
iflled the bill of the "Mock Duke" to
perfection. You played the part well,
= livery well in fact, few can surpass you
in it. Stay with the Boys-you are a
a card for them.
= PEDRO and CAMPILLo, you are the
Slast new recruits and bid fair to be sue
scessful. Young gentlemen, you speak
well and clearIy-after a while you will
$come out.
JULIANA, you surprised us! No, moi
aJuliana, but Miss CLIFFORD as Juliana
SAt your previous performances you
lacked animation, but in Juliana you
4 were very successful. Animation be-
sscomes yon, and light comedy is yon,
Zinc. You arc growing in favor at each
performance, an6 will be a general ia
Svorite.
4 ZAMoRA, last, though not least, you
! were letter perfect spoke you part
j well, and acted it much to the satisfac-
! ton of the audience. You are sure to
! win your way to favor.
THEspIANs, one and all, you are good
smaterial-stick together.
GOLD BOY"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19

BE- Will not the candidates, who
have been honored with the Dem.
ocratic nominations, in our Parish,
make an earnest and determined
effort to bring the deIinquents tt
Alexandria and make them regis
ter? More than 400 Democrats are
yet behind time and they have am.
pie time to catch up and redeem
themselves, and thereby redeem
their country.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19

a@- Since the good Democratic
news received from the three great
States Of Pennsylvania: Ohio ant
Indiana. our Democrats here have
aroused and taken fresh courage
Glad to see this. better late thar
never.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19

2@Democratic candidates! where
are you2 What are yeu about
You have ten more days to make
up for lost time; take heed of the
last chance, and make good time
down the quarter stretch. Now OF
never.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19

~ Miss Fannie Clifford's benefit
bias been postponed, and comes of
ito morrow evening. We are GER
tain our lovers of the drama will
mot let the occasion pass by, with.
|out evincing their appreciation OF
this lady's merits and talents.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19

Never too late to do good
|All believing in this trueism vii
please sound the alarm and NOV,
lin line to register and then vot1
tine Democratic ticket.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19

n@~G overnor Warmoth and Gen
|eral Sheridan mot Phil) speak here
to-day. We hope they may have
ia good time Of it, and plenty of fun
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19

x Thanks to the clerks of the D.
w. Tally, Fleta, Era No. 10, Travis
Wright, c. H. Durfee, Rapides and
Carrie Converse for late papers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19
Secretaries.

y As much as we have written OF
Il registration, we are free to admit that
we have committed one great error,
land have been tardy in doing justice
where truthfully it belongs. A. +.
wild, the Supervisor of Registration
lin Rapides, from the very start, has
lbeen officiating like a man and good
sofiicer. Not one complaint has reach
fed our ears, nor do we believe there
scan be cause for fault finding with
sany of his acts. We know we are do
Sing plain and simple act of justice to
IA good officer, when we indite this tri-
Sbute. 1t is duty we owe to the pub
4 Pic and the man, and we do it cheer
fully.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19

IF Treves is the oldest town in
Prussia. 1t was captured by julius
Caesar, before Christ was born, and
made the capital Of Gaul. 1t was in
French hands in the last century but
Twas given back to Prussia in 1915.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19

~ Strange to say the river has
taken to rise, and has actually
gone MP over two feet in the past
week. At the present writing she
|is rising very slowly, and falling
above.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19

s@ To obtain good nights sleep,
sponge the entire length OF the spine
in hot water for ten or fifteen m,H-
utes. This will reduce the circnia,
ton, quiet the nervous system, anu
induce sleep better than any drug
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19

~ See notice of E. Weiss to bf
found elsewhere,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19

D We are glad to know and to an
Inounce to the good people of Rapides,
! who are the most over-taxed people OF
Gods green earth. that registration has
picked up and improved wonderfully
since our last report. The lukewarn
sand Indifferent have been aroused tt
sthe breakers ahead and have marched
Dup manfully to A. T. Wild's office.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19

u The card of the steamer Rapides
waving the Head Quarters Flag Of
John HEM, will be found in our col
lumns to-day. No good words Of our
can do much good to our favorite; W.
(Only mention it as fixed fact.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19

|CTRAWBERRY PLANTS-fo.h
~ sale by H. 81. 'oil-"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-19

PHYSICIANS USE THEM IN THEIR
is amost universally the
lease that Physicians condemn what are
generally known as atent Medi-
ycines." Although DIR. TuTT's Liver
PILL IS NOT PATENT MEDICINE, yet
tits composition {the result of years OF
study is known only to himself, and
$50 palpable are their valuable curative
properties, that very many of the firs'
physicians in the South and West have
adopted them in their practice, and re-
commend them to their patients.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-14
MR.. BEECHER ON sCOURGING

Mr.. Beecher, returning (in The Ledger) to the
advocacy of logging as necessary part OF the
education of children, writes upon the subject
with lightness of manner which may lead
those who do not know him to question his
sincerity. With all his cultivation, and all that
skill in controversy which the distinguished
gentleman has exhibited, it appears to us that
he does not fully comprehend the difference
between an opinion and notion. In this, we
admit that he is not alone More than moiety
of the men and women who undertake to dis
cuss questions of public interest are content to
be illogical if only they can be brilliant and
entertaining. 1t is not difficult for them to
whom nature has given the faculty of testing,
to laugh away the whole soul and sincerity of
question, as Mr.. Beecher tries to do in the
following frivolous passage
"The hayward chlldrenp are not much TO blame II
the parents. bad boy snaches his sisters
doll and pumps 1t into the fire that his mothers fault
Bill of with his younger brothers sled and, when
the defrauded urchn cries after 1t, he gets rubbed
the and kicked and that 8 his fathers fault
thevsh boy eats all the doughnus set apart for sup
per- and then denies that he touched them and puts OF
poor bound servangir and gets her into disgrace
and suborns his younger brother to join In the deceit
and all this Is the fault Of his parentsp
We believe that reason, not less than rev.
citation, long ago determined that consider
able portion of juvenile oblquity is cOngen-
ital. The sins of the father are visited upon
the children. The passion of the parent for
sour grapes sets on edge the teeth of several
generations; and it may often happen that
the fault for which Child is logged and the
hot wrath which stifiens the arm of discipline,
are substantially identical. The child is obsti
nate; the parent is not less 80; and the con-
fiict speedily becomes no better than mutual
trial of phys strength, in which the elder,
of course, is the victor, until years have
brought to the junior bsne, and muscle, and
an immunity from degradation. When boy
can say, 81 will be beaten no longer the
parental hand must be stayed however closely
the parental theories may coincide with those
of the Rev. Mr.. Beecher. In one blessed State
of this Union, however, the persuasive influ'
ence OF tho whip is still exorted, with
out regard to age. The body polite
of Delaware, standing, wo presume, IN
the position Of one OF MIR. Beechers
parents. dogs tho well-Nown thieves
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-14
THE BIY TO WASRINGTON.

We ardently desire the passage OF the bill
now before Congress, clartcring a National
line of railway whereby this City may be con-
nected with Washington, and ultimately with
the Rio Grande on the one hand and the st.
John on the other. We believe there should
he such line for reasons of the greatest Ma
tional concern.
But more: We wish the existing monopoly
of transportOn between the political and the
commercial metropolis of our country broken
up. We choose not to have those capitals iso-
lated by another rebellion in Baltimore or else
where. In time of war; it is wrong and per-
llous to be situated in this respect as we were
seven years ago. And since il is clear that
the Legislatures of New-Jersey and Maryland
will not emancipate the American People from
the shackles of monopoly imposed by them,
we insist on the chartcring OF the great Ma
tiOnal highway aforesaid.
AT the same time we cheerfully bear testi-
mony to the general good management of the
present line. We ride over it often, pay orr
way, and can heartily say that, except that the
fare is too high, we find little to complain of
The time is not excessive. The detesable
housekeeping through Philadelphia is obvated,
as that through Baltimore is to be. Ncw-Jer-
sey has stopped taxing us for the privilege of
crossing her domain Maryland, it is plain,
must soon do so. On the whole, we do not
know an exclusive privilege less GENEROUSLY
welded than that of the monopoly aforesaid.
Not, therefore. from personal hostility to the
managers, but because we think there should
be competition on this great route, We ask
Congress to charter the National line.