The Daily telegraph., 1871-02-15

in favor of the bill. OF course sshonest"
John was highly indignant at so infa-
NOUS propositions, and promptly ask
ed for the ejectment from the floor of
the Senate Of Mr.. Howard, who was
then engaged In the nefarious work OF
bfibing Senators to vote for his '"Cur-
rency bill" And yet we find s'hOnest'
John one Of the gayest at the Howard
dinner, and speaking, ,as the Republican
says he always does, ssin favor of JUS
tice, economy and vist,te." 1 am in
.clined to think. from keeping such COM
pany, "honesto John speaks in favor OF
virtue, but does not practice it either by
precept or example. Such, then, is the
moral photograph OF "mine host"
whose smiles and Establishments seem
to charm and seduce the little band OF
Democrats whom it was expected would
have played the part of Spartans in
protecting their own honor and in de-
Tending the integrity of their party,
even as the brave Leonidas fought for
the pass of ThermOpyl@.
And now we come to another choice
spirit in the person of -4 r'.....a
SENATOR o. F. HUNsACKER,
whose record it would be well to keep
before the public. know ofno better
way of telling who the gentleman is
than by quoting from Republican pa
per published in his own parish, or
rather, the parish he claims to repre-
sent. The Ascension Republican says:
cdr. Hunsacker, the recently appointed
Tax Collector and Assessor ofSt. James,
is the brother of o. F. Hunsacker, for
merly the Parish Judge of st. James
and now the pretended Senator from
the district. We thought the manner
this same DIR. Hunsacker executed the
duties of his Office as Supervisor of Re-
gistration of Ascension, and the trouble
he caused this parish, which resulted in
the death of two Of it's citizens, would
have been enough. There is now pend
ing against this same DR.. Hunsacker
serious charges amounting to felony"
This is the man who is said to have in
stigated the riot at Donaldsonville,
which resulted in the brutal murder by
negroes of Judge Lawes, one of the best
men in the State. Aside from the
charge Of felony said to be pending, this
fact should be sufficient to make every
Democrat shun Mr.. Hunsacker as they
would the plague. But no! it seems
many Of them prefer to dine with him
But it is useless to occupy time and
space by such biographical sketches. l
could "tale unfold" about nine-tenths
of these Republican officials that in any
other country would ostracise them
from respectable society and deny them
the recognition of honest men.
But I have been depressing, and 1
must return and explain
THE OBJECT OF THE DINNER.
AS remarked at first the entertain.
ment was prepared in order to harmon
ize the little differences that had their
origin in the removal of Carr and the
election of Carter as Speaker of the
House. The revolution threatened to
spread to the Senate, and but for this
timely check there is no telling how far
it would have extended. After sump-
tuous repast and liberal potatiOns, the
brethren began to confess their sins and
relate their experiences. Mutual ex-
plantations soon followed, and after a
general embrace the "love feast" ended
with a benediction from Parson Carter,
and song and dance by the funny man
of the party, Gen. Sheridan.
Among the many anecdotes of Buena
Vista, one beats all others: An Arkan-
sas soldier, wounded, asked an Irish