The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-06-08
!, LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.

the 18th Amendment lasted until T
o'clock Saturday morning when it
was finally passed. The Democratic
Senators fought it step by step,
showed the fragrant violations of the
Constitution, the rights of the States,
and the usurpation of power by Con-
gress, but all was no use. The bill
is intended as a pretext to nullify the
action of the people in the next Pres
idential election, which will assured
ly result in the election Of the Dem
ocratic candidate and from the
wording of this bill it is quite appa-
rent that its object is to give them an
excuse to set aside the will of the
people. The whole military and ma
val power of the country is at the
command of the President to carry
the elections by force and inti,nida-
ton, and failing in that the Radical
tools of the District Courts and the
whole machinery of the aiministra-
ton, with the inducements to PERU
ry which are held out, will enable the
Radicals to retain power. So mon,
strous is the Senate bill that it is
thought that the House will not agree
to it but / have so little, faith in
Radicalism that / scarce heed the eff
fervescence of a few who profess to
have consciences. During the de-
debate Senator Sherman with a mar
rowness of soul peculiar to himself
said "The strength of the Demo
cratic party for years during the war
and since has been in the pest hou-
ses of the cities where vice breeds"
Judge Thurman characterized this
SANDER as unworthy the Senator,
and by figures proved that the Dem
ocratic party compose nearly one
half the American people and that it
will not do to brand one half of the
people of the country as traitors and
disloyal He said /" the Senator from
Ohio (A[r. Sherman) lives in a coun-
ty, county of farmers, a largely
Democratic county in which there is
no great city. want him to go
home and tell them, if he dare, the
men whose hands have helped him
in the struggle for life, the men who
have given him support and cherish
ed him and helped to make him what
he is let him go home, if he dare,
and tell those old men that the
strength of their party lies in the
pest houses of the city where vice
breeds" Such is the fairness of Sen
ator Sherman and those of his party.
You might as well try to separate
SANDER, falsehood, calumny, cant and
hypocracy from Radicalism as to ex-
pect delightful perfumes from sun
decaying carbon. John Warren has
sentx memorial to the Senate pray
ing redress for his arrest and i'm
prisonment by Great Britain under
the charge of giving aid and comfort
to the enemies thereof. He gives the
story of his inhuman treatment for
two years having been confined with
the vilest convicts. Mr.. Warren is a
naturalized citizen of the United
States and claims redress as such and
that the United States is in honor
bound to see that he gets justice.
Any damages that7may accrue will be
given to charitable purposes. Eng
lands action in his case as well as
others was most infamous, but Mr.
Warren had better save the paper on
which his memorial was written.
This is not q job and consequently
there's nothing in it, then again Mr..
Warren is not q negro and that is
against him, and again he is an Irish
man and of all things the RAIDS do
dislike it is an Irishman, and again
the Yankee dearly love England and
they defended her cruelty to this
man on the floor of the House
Then Sumner wants to SO settle the
i Alabama claims that we will get the
British Dominions to the North of us
and thereby bring in more Yankee
members and Senators and he don't
wish to offend the British Lion by
taking an interest in the Glow Irish,
besides the negro has to be taker
care Of and the Senate have no time
for any other color or class of oul
citizens. These reasons are suf1icien
to indicate that England's pride vii
not be afronted by any claims fol
damages for her fragrant wrongs t.
our adopted citizens, no nor If they
were white American born citizens