The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-08-17
The Late EIections-Great Demo
cratic Victory in Three States.

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carolina have come to hand, ana l.
We are happy to announce the graz i,
fying intelligence that the Demo i.
rats have carried them all by over q
majorities. In Kentucky t
he election was for county officers, r
md in almost every locality the :
Democracy was triumphant. A fec t
lie attempt of the disaffected to |
orm a "People's party" seems 10 {
,aye been lamcntable failure, or
,lse took more strength from the
Radicals than from the Democrats.
Even the enfranchisement of $4,000
negro voters, all of whom the Rad
jcals claimed as their own, does not
seem to have shaken the great
Democratic majority in that grand
old State. Kentucky will send
unanimous Democratic delegation
to Congress at the election in No
vember.
In Tennessee where the election
was for Judges of the supreme
Court. all FIVE of the Democratic
candidates were elected by trench
dous majorities. A State which
gave Grant over $4,000 majority
now gives as large a majority Tor
the opposition. Never was such a
revolution known in the history OF
American politics. Tennessee will
send a unanimous Democratic del
egation to Congress at the election
in November. The healthy change
from carpet-baggcry to Democracy
may be seen in the difference IN
ability between the carpet-bag o.
fcers and those elected on the Dem
ocratic ticket. TIL e Supreme
Bench is one of the ablest that the
State ever had. Among the new
Judges are Ex-senator Nicholson
Ex-C Congressman sneed and Ex-
Congressman Nelson, who so elo-
ouently defended Andrew johnson
, in the Impeachment trial.
} In North Carolina the Democrats
have carried the State by at least
20, 900 majority, the Democratic
candidate For Attorney General be
ing elected by about that number
of votes over his Radical compete
/ tor. We have elected five out 0
). seven members Of Congress, being
e a gain of four, and have over two
e thirds majority in each house o
the Legislature, thus securing a Y
s. Senator in place OF Abbot. Tn
7 State gave Grant nearly ten thou
sand majority.
: The result of these elections Wi
gladden. the heart of every Cor
}; sentative citizen throughout tn
l. whole length and breadth of tn
70 Republic. II is gratifying t
s. know that the gallant Democrac
4. of Kentucky has not been cOrrup
} ed by success, and that our Dem'
~ cratic majority in that State hs
- 20 not fallen to pieces by it's ow
- >. weight. It is gratifying to kno
" that the good people of Tennessee
f. who suffered so much from Radio
tyranny both during and since tt
war, have been completely disc
OF thralled and forever relieved fro
III the government Of the Brownlow
= the Stokes and other Radio
10 thieves and plunderers. And it
,as especially gratifying to know th
by the people of North Carolina,
ire spite of the ..tyrannical attempts
er, Grant and Holden to keep b
Ter bound under Radical dominic
ng, has by a gallant effort of her De
eo ocraticic majority, thrown off t
'en , oke Of bondage and come fol
once more free and undependt
State. The task the Democrats
ion North Carolina were called on
MS, perform appeared before the Ell
j. ton, to be of such magnitude as
nry appal the stoutest hearts. ]
BOD State was in the hands Of the wo
re- enemies Of the people and of POI
SUI lar rights. A brutal militia, UNI
~ a fiend in human shape, was
alto loose upon the people with fullp
for er to commit every outrage kno
adj to the calendar of crime. Men,
ling men and children were driven fl
mi their homes, and such means
torture as were known only in
most barbarous ages were Iesor
Ew to to extort confessions from 81
our of the best and most peaceable
ap in the State. And for fear that
ion' Do d;oaJ vorlr cnn1d not he II