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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-09-28

n@The planters of the Parish OF
Rapides have the heaviest and
most onorous taxes to pay, and 10
a large amount Of the grumbiing
and are loudest in their complaints
at such infamous taxation. We
candidly admit tLeiI complaints
are just, but at the same time no
class of our population can do more
towards eradicating this cause.
They have it in their power. by
their means, their intelligence and
their energy to do more than any
other class to lend willing and
helping hand towards our redemp.
ton. A we'll planned and vigorous
effort on their part, can save Ra
pides and help to place Louisiana
on the high road to prosperity ant
equal and light taxation. Come
gentlemen planters. take good ad
vice from one, who has the goot
and welfare of his country at heart
, and who knows you are equal t.
the task, pitch at Radicalism wit
> a vengeance. You have but to wi
? it and you can do it. Make you
8 resolves at once, and go to work i
a your quiet, easy and effective wa,
Victory always perches on the bal
u ner of the vigilant.
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A CARD.
CorILE, La, I
September Goth, 1870. !

COTILE, hA'I I
September Goth, 1870. )
Convinced, as am, of the suicidal
of all attempts to split
up the present organization of the Con-
sentative Democratic Party, and Of the
duty Of every law-abiding
and liberty loving citizen to stand by
that organization and defeat Radical
ism, 1 withdraw my name as an indie
pendent candidate for the Office of Sher-
if of the Parish of Rapides.
F. II. JAMES.
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~. Ben Turner, a black negro, re-
ceived the Radical nomination for
Congress from the first District in
Alabama. Three white carpet baggers
were his opponents. The man brother
is gradually going for the white trash
of his own party.
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GREY HAIRS, BECOME l-TUrT's I'M
PROVED LIQUID HAIR DYE is q perfect
wonder. By its use the old becomes
young again. It converts the grey
head into q beautiful black or brown.
It imparts natural color to the grizzly
moustache and whiskers, and gives to
the hair and beard softness and gloss,
that the young beaux might envy. :
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wWill not the Democrats and Co,

TWill not the Democrats and Con-
of Rapides, all opponents OF
the present ruling power in our op-
pressed and down trodden State, and
and especially those who are paying,
and dearly paying, for the Radical
fandango, will they not, one and all,
arouse from their lethargy and give an
earnest and willing support to our
State and Parochial ticket Surely
men, whose very life substance is ruth
lessly sucked by vampires from them
and their children, and whose increas-
ing taxes are gradually con6scating their
hard earned property, surely these men
will make some effort to free them
selves and rid the State ofthese thieves
ann plunderers. Remember men OF
Rapides another two years lease Of
power to the Warmothean dynasty
and certain ruin and bankruptcy viii
be your fate! We have clear MAORI
| ty in Rapides and nothing but suplne
ness can cause our defeat. Victory il
sure and certain for our whole ticket
| so let us roll up such a majority a
will forever bury Radicalism in Louis
lana.
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No. At every step we make, and
every sound that breaks on our
ears, we are faced with the present
exorbitant taxes, that are now be-
ing collected fir m our people.
These complaints we know to be
lust and feel, like our people, the
heavy draft of these taxes, and
hence we are working, very hard
to remove the authors and fathers
of this heavy taxation, and never
intend to be quiet or feel FREQ and
easy until we have reached the de-
sired goal of our present ambition.
Now, however, are our grumblers
about taxes animated with the
same zeal, the same good desires.
We hope SO and hope they may
prove their sincerity by their acts,
These acts are few and simple, and,
moreover, very easy. Register,
work with will for the Democrat
ic ticket, and then, above all, be
sure to give our candidates
plumper on the 7th of November
That's the way, and the only way
you can prove you are sincere il
r your faith.
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pgThe Ginhouse of j. n. Butler,
on Bayou Rapides, was burned on
last Wednesday night. The less
falls heavily on Mr.. Butler. Be
sides the Ginhouse some twenty
FIVE bales of cotton, a wagon and
numerous agricultural impliments
were consumed in the fire. 1t was
undoubtedly the work Of an incen
diary.
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A Noble Sponsor.

Joseph IL, Emperor of Austria. Of.
ten travelled about his kingdom in or.
binary citizens dress, SO as not to be
recognized. His desire was to dis
cover whatever there might be wrong
in the administration of the laws. and
see that abuses might be corrected.
One day he arrived at a small post
village sooner than he was expected
No horses were ready. The driver
who was to carry him on excused
ed himself.
'Sir," he said to the traveller, Of
course not knowing kim, '.you will
be obliged to wait short time. l
am very sorry, but you arrive little
ahead of time. All my servants are
absent"
"All! That is very singular"
said the Emperor Glow does it
happen p
aAhI we'll, you must know thasI
have lust had little son born to me-
and 1 wish to have him baptizeda at
once, l have sent all my servants
among my friends to find sponsor
for him."
;, "a sponsor! Is that all2" rejoined
the Emperor, with smile /; "why not
take me, and then the ceremony viii
! be sooner over, and we can proceed
f The driver, seeing that the strnn-
ger was, to all appearance, a gentle
. man, promptly accepted the offer.
and the whole party proceeded to
the church.
: The ceremony began. Arriving
= at the point where the godfather
!, gives his name, surname, title or pro-
: fession, the clergyman asked
Y "Your name, if you please.
W "Joseph," replied the. Emperor. :.
RI every we'll and your surname?
a "My surname--is that necessary
:, "Why, of course you must give
!. that"
u swell, say Second.
e Second! Singular name that; but
T. down it goes. Now, MIR. Second
II what is your title ?"
" 81 am called Emperor of Austria
At this announcement all OF tht
Is assistants, seized with astonishmen
a. and fear, threw themselves at tn
lie feet of the sovereign, and asked par
:, don for the familiarity with whicl
" they hah treated him.
o. 80, rise, my friends" replied Jc
If seph "there Is no harm done. 1 q.
at quite content. As for my little goo
n son, I shall of course take him unde
nv protection. I am net the spor
o. scr you expected, perhaps but. j
Vs. pressing cases, II is necessary to tai !
It such as we can get ; 80 you must
NO satisfied,
% "Ah, sir" responded the fathe
chow kind you are ?"
os- "Vell, goodbye, ALL" interrupte
ev- the Emperor, " we must proceed Q
or our journey. But take good care
.ed little Joseph"
"It is unnecessary to add that goo
!" care was taken Of the little boy an
vas as he grew up. he was often pies
rk, antly reminded that it was . toI.
att. nate accident which sent Joseph L
boo to the villege Of his birth at that pa
ticular time.-lMerry's Museum.
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sea- The Radicals, on last satur-
dav made their nominations aud
,rotted ont a ticket. Their hugest
candidate. tender and lamb. like, ali
decked in ribbons is ready for The
sacritice.
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" Elsewhere we publish, from the
N. o. Democrat, an article on fraudu-
lent registration. We have no doubt
the Warmothean policy is to take care
Of good Radical Registration. The
proof of this is, he has apo inted and
sent to the country Parishes, none but
tried and faithful ones of his own
tribe. All are importations, holding
already important Offices under War
moth in New Orleans, and are sent in
no other interest but that of the Radi-
cal party. DIN the country, and the
good of the people, but up, still higher
up, with Warmoth and his buzzart
crew. Ruin or rule is their aim, thei
sole policy.
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~ Ask every man you know
and meet if he has registered. II
not beg and entreat him to 90 1t
without fail.
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r Governor John T. Hoffman mas
beeu unanimously nominated as 'ns
Democratic Candidate for 0o'e'n
New York. His re election is certain
By &C, 600 majority.
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II Thanks, for late papers, to the
Era No. 9, Texas, Julia A, Rudolph,
Enterprise. Lotus No. 3, Fortenelle and
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U T he Radicals are exceedingly
sore over the result in Maine. Grants
majority of &c, 600 has been reduced to
less than 5000. The Democrats came
very near electing member OF Con-
gress in the First District, and many
towns went Democratic for the first
time in their corporate existence.
The good work goes bravely on
EVERYWHERE the Radical strongholds
are giving way under the repeated
Democratic assaults, and the day is not
far distant when Democratic principles
viii be in the ascendant from the banks
of the Penobscot to the shores OF the
Pacific, from Mackmaw to the Gulf OF
Mexico. What say the Democrats OF
Louisiana Will they be behind thei1
Northern brethren in the advocacy o.
Democratic principles We cannot be-
lieye it.
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ag J. X. Kelly, Democrat, has been
elected United States Senator from Or
acnn vice Williams, Radical.
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cTRAWBERRY PLANTs.1FOk
sale by
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DEMOCRATIC TICKET

DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For Congress,
MICHAEL RYAN.
Of Rapides.
For Treasurer,
JAMES D. BLAIR,
OF Orleans.
For Auditor.
ALLEN JUMEL,
Of Iberville.
For the House of Representatives
WIN. A. SEAY,
DAVID C. PAUL,
GEORGE w. STAFFORD.
For Parish Judge,
JOHN KELSO.
For Sheriff,
CLINTON r. HAWORTH.
For Coroner,
GILES C. WOOD.
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~ Can the sore heads of the "Peo-

~ Can the sore heads of the "Peo-
ple's Party" justify their playing into
the hands OF the Radicals on the prin-
ciple that the old line Democrats are
illiberal in the distribution of the hon.
ors and emoluments of ofice9 The
history of every Democratic Conyen-
ton in Louisiana bellies such an accu-
sauion. The Conservatives who for
merly acted with other political organ
izations have always had more than
their share Of the offices allotted to
them. At the first election after the
war the Democrats elected an old Wing
Governor, cad with him came the riot
and the Reconstruction measures. At
the first session of the FIRST Legislature
two old line Wings were elected to the
Senate of the United States, all the
Democrats cheerfully giving way to
them. And 80 on to the end OF the
CHAPTER. At the recent Democratic
Parish Convention, Conservative men
were nut in nomination and chosen on
the ticket without question being
asked as regards their former political
antecedents. After the Convention
had adjourned, a friend of ours, Of an
| arithmetical turn of mind, made cal
culation, the result of which is that out
of six nominees only too are ori0in.C.::..
Democrats, and one Of these sse was neve,
ldentlheo WIZ. =. vne party in Louisiana
e-.vre the war. # Tie Democrats art
+ ! satisfied with this result why shoule
not the anti Democratic CONSERVATIVES
! beq Does this look like prescription
or the work of Democratic "clique r
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" Don't forget to register again.
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daily to the chief OF the stamp olsis-
ion of the Internal Revenue. While
the Germans brethren were punish
ing the French in Europe the Ger
mans were pitching into the Lager
in this country, and all will agree
that there was most fun on this side
of the water.
Secretary Cox has at last given way
to the influence of the politicians. /,
in common with correspondents and
journals, had given him credit for the
stand he made against the assessment
made by the Radical Congressional
Committee on the clerks in his De
partment, which was equivalent t.
your money or your place. Ih'
Radical cause looks so black and casl
is needed so badly that the Secretar,
has allowed himself to be humbugge'
into allowing the Pennsylvania Rad
ical Committee go among the clerk
and solicit voluntary subscriptions t
the sinking cause. The Secretar
states that the subscriptions must b
voluntary, but he forgets that non
will dare refuse md this plan havin
his sanction viii be quite as tyranics
as the other against which he pre
tested. We had Grant here for
(spell of SO hours but he could nc
! stand the dullness Of the place an
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cause of France, and the whole Ger
man vote cannot be calculated on for
the Radical ticket as it was calculated
on some weeks since.
Thus it is that the Radicals are just
now between two fires, and are in q
most distressing quandary. If they are
for the French Republic then they
must lose the whole German vote and
!, the vote of those Puritans whose whole
political creed is summoned up in ar
intense hatred of the Catholic Church
If they oppose the French Republic
then they must lose the vote of those
who believe that every government
based on the principles Of "the bes
t government in the world" should b.
sustained regardless of consequences.
r In the meantime the recent conduc
of the Northern Radicals has arraye'
AGAINST them the whole Irish Catholi
vote, and the whole Catholic vote
other nationalities, many of whom for
> merly voted the Republican ticket
And thus it is that the recent endeav
ors of the Northern Radicals to conces
. their own delinquincies and blind tn
: people to their own misdeeds WI
s eventually rebound to their own inju
d ry. Their foreign issue will not ava
t them and on their domestic issue the
II are bound to 60 to the wall.
, 1870-04-29
THE ACQUITTAL OF PRINCE
PIERRE BONAPARTE.
lie Temps-Paris, March go

We have neither the right nor the wish
to c%riticise the verdict given by the Jury
at Tours on Sunday. The decisions of a
jury are not, in their nature, subjects for
criticism, because they are matters of
conscience. Therefore it is not our part
to say whether the jury decided we'll or
i'll in their Omnipotence they decided as
they wished, and they do not owe an &C
count of their motives to anyone. All
that we can say, but without any inten-
ton of criticism, is that we should not
have decided as they have done. In our
opinion the utmost possible limit of ex-
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rumoured !Lal Ylsc'an5 ue IA Gue'to"~
Mere ana NJ imagine VIII De cameo Io'.''o
vacant places IN the CABINET
Madrid, APnl 9-E1enln&
The Revolutionary outbreak when mas
prevailed tor some snort time past III me
suburbs OF lIr cry OF barceiona mas oeen
sU0dUeu by me troops Inc NaP.''"
General commanding me dI$trIct OF b"-
ceIona, aided by General BaldrIch'S con
tingent attacked the suburban position
OF the re1oIutlonIstS with the mIltar" at
haItpast four O'Clock yesterday morglng'
ana at ha'tpa>t SIX-atter some sharp
hghiIng-'biaioed a complete mastery OF
the lnSor2rnt camp and The outbreak
The government army recfuIlmentS un-
der the c'oScrlptIon laws, the immediate
exciting c|''sa ct ne trouble have been
terminated eNefN"htLe IN NPaln.
Aajfid' ApIIi 9-Nlght'
me r"e4|5 ~ ~a.4 "' c'",I1u.s'
te"r[aI '..4.'fI sun Ie"o' we govern
mem FORCES oe@I D"Ioe'oIa'
Inc cry OF D"IceLo"a, Is quiet
LLoI'S' AP'I 10.
Severai C4r,'s' C"'eis nave passed tne
Ifon,lefS' Ile lf''l"" couT' ''aS ESQ.,
yea TO P-f"o'oI' '"e spanish clergy from
swearing 10 .'e CONSTITUTIONS
cod hv o C,DnpII of war IN ono n0nfhis
, 1870-04-29

voted on the Scnatus C0nsu1tum, probably
about the 18th of May. 1t is generally
understood that the government viii al
low both chambers to discuss the PIeJiS-
cjtum before it is voted on by the people.
NJ. NJ. Emile Olivier and Jules Janjn
have been elected members OF the AGA
denny Of France. NJ. Olivier takes the
chair made vacant by the death Of La
MARITIME.
There has been a further flow of specie
to the Bank of France this week. The
amount in hand is s 1000, O0Of. greater than
on last Thursday.
Paris, April 8-Eyening.
The journals to-day report that the
Emperor had a slight attack Of gout yes
terday, which prevented him from at
tending a review, but soon passed away.
The Emperor visited a public exhibit
ton Of horses today, and appeared to be
quite we'll.
The question Of submitting the PI5i-
Citum to the Chambers before il is voted
by the people is not settled.
The Emperor has not yet given his con-
sent to that order Of proceeding.
The strike al lie CreuzOt continues, and
it is reported that all the miners in The
valley OF the Loire, will strike.
The auliqualIaus are profoundly inter
csted in the discovery Of a great Roman
amphi}heatre in the excavations now 90
ing on at Mount st. Genevieye, in this
city.
London, April s, 1870.
Mr.. Scott Il ssel, in a lecture at the
Institute of Civil Engineers, argued the
feasibility of and predicated the early
commencement Of work on a ship canal
across the Isthmus of Darieu, aud de-
cIarcd that with lhc liberal employment
of coolIe labor the enterprise could be
completed at a comparatively early date.
Adyices from Spain to-day represent
Shat lh6 country is quiet.
The Duke de MOntpensjer, was exam
med in Madrid yesterday in regard 10 the
late duel, and admitted that he shot
Prince Henri.
The Duke is under arrest at bis house,
and it is understood will be brought to
trial on a civil, not criminal process.
The telegraphic service with India via
the Suez Canal and Bombay direct cabIeg
promises to meet the expectations of the
most sanguine. Messages are coming
through pros lily. BY the rates now in
force a message of ten words, between
New York and Bombay, India, costs only
SIT. so, gold.
London, April 8, 1870.
NapoIeon's syncOpe yesterday, was the
result of sprained ankle.
, 1870-04-29

'g-4@.-'' WIS ~. I>eo Il; .,5 ~.uIoss
O franc =. 81. .''a ...g P'u StLa l. ~,
as 10 me oe&Ite o. C'.i'|i..'.J - NY ~
s1omilre" 70 ':a GeJ'1i'a - NC Lu.5 ~
c-.a' aN' 1hml',aNa''e f'lot"ce was -
ducad Inc conscience Oh 'ne J0'! LAY
aad ought to- nav heS!ia,e1 between 1le
CONTRADICTORY versions ana lhG conI'aI'o'
tory evidence a"d9eeu' ana lle'F oouo'S
ought al All eFea.S 10 nave o9eH ~ "
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ages, when the Angels of God came down
to "hold familiar converse with men,"
and the earth was still virgin in it's primal
freshness. For they who date Masonry
back only as far as the building of Solo,
mons Temple, unquestionably err. They
have not entered the inner court of it's
mysteries nor penetrated the sacred
adytum of it's holiness. Masonry had
reached it's symmetry as.a human organ
ization at least as early as the building
of the great Egyptian pyramids, that in
to be hidden from unmasonic eyes, and
hides within it's heart vaster and pro-
founder secrets than the initiated can
grasp. Masonry was in its full symmetry
and perfection as q human organization
when tho bricks of the great pyramid
were still in their original elements, ages
anterior TO the birth of those who fash
ioned it. For of necessity wherever man
lived, and felt within his soul the necessi-
ty of God, there masonry erected it's
temple; spread it's tesselated pavcments,
and gathered its worshippers to the con.
temptation of those mysteries which none
but the initiated may behold.
Masonry is the consequence of Gods
creation of mankind. 1t is not possible
that there was ever time when Masonry
was not, God being God, and man being
as he is. For Masonry indeed is but the
earliest and the strongest effort Of fallen
man to build anew the desecratcd temple
Of his polluted humanity, and erect an
altar wherein worship as of old could be
offered to the "UltimateP Perfection whose
name may not be spokon." Wherever
Faith, Hope, Charity, the kindly word
and the brotherly act exist, therc the
altar-fres of Masonry blaze brightly,
with their unquenchable vestal flame.
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- Women now regularly attend the
medical lectures in the University of
Edinburgh. The male students, with true
Scotch courage, say that if the women
can stand the arrangement, they think
they can without experiencing uncommon
difficulty.
- Mark Twain says Horace Greeley
once tried to make living as q writing
man and failed. His copy was, "Virtuo
is it's own reward" and tho scholars got
it, "Washing with soap is wholly absurd -
"A lady in Kansas, just from tho East,
the other day noticed an animal from the
car window, and inquired OF the peanut
boy if it was q buffalo. The boy answered
in twinkling: "Them's mule"
- Look out for people who go about
protesting to be better than all the rest of
mankind. IF your purse isn't in any par
ticular danger, your character may be.
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IICENTIoUS LITERATURE.-lt is becom-
ing serious question as to what TO do
with the licentious literature weekly is
sued from the press. 1t is increasing in
quantity and in dcpravity, and evidently
finds fewer impediments to circulation
tnan short time ago.
The matter is indeed becoming serious.
Awhile ago certain publications were for
a time suppressed which today are freely
distributed. Now, the immunity attend
ing the publishing tends to give false air
of responsibility to the dirty sheets. And,
indeed, firms which have the general rep
utation of rcspectability are engaging in
this prostitution of the press, and 80 in
calculably increasing the evil. Thus it
will be found that Frank Leslie himself
publishes one of these nasty sheets, widely
circulated throughout the country, and
finding considerable circulation even in
Charleston Viewing that and others of
its class, and tho intentionally foul po-
lice gazettes, and then the licontiousness
of the moro unprincipled of tho daily
press, and, surely, thinking, conscientious
men must find cause for alarm in the mag
nitudo of tho evil we are here consider
ing.
1t is impossible to approach an estimate
of the corruption produced by this licen'
tous literature. We can only know that
it is poison and poison continually to our
social life, and tho more subtle and pow
erful because, as we have said, much of it
passes under such guise of respectable
ty as insures its admission to. wide and
Overwhelming circles. What with tho
most loathsome details of crimes, aud
what with the sensuous pictures given in
these blications-sensuous enough to
affect those at all imaginative and espe.
cially tue young and unguarded, and so
to smutch their souls; and yet at the same
timo coming just inside the pale of the law
and it will thus be seen that the evil is
not only gigantic but all too little needed.
AS for our own people, it is time for US
to resolve that New York and Boston
shall not continue to flood our markets
with this sensual and hellish literature
DaiiY Republican.
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MAsoNRY.-Oldcr than the art by which
these words are presented to the reader
older than those social and legal forms
which we, presumptuous mortals as we
are, call civiization-older than the Greek
ought-older than the Pyramids, them
selves it's monuments older than the
most antique tradition of Zoraster or
Jahnes or Jambres-old rs the Eternal
Hills themselves, is the Mystic Brother
hood of the Square and Compass. Ex-
istent, through its principles in the very
elements of Nature and of Natures God,
it's origin as a human organization must
be referred far back within the Night of
Time-back, far back to that cloudy and
misty period, dim with the twilight of