The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1871-03-02
Her NoRTHERs AND HER RAILROADS.

SAAptAAs Ak1GM 10 mSGg C0TE1SD0n-
j. dents OF newspapers solemniv as
2 sured the world that they saw s
marked change Ii the temper and
disposition Of the members; that
acerbitY and bad feeling had been
II left at home, and that harmony and
good works would prevail Steal
ing has doubtless already begun:
despOtie and tgrannieal measures
are under way; III short, the rascal
lty of the last session, viii, II pos
i sible, be outdone. Old Morgan
/ Hamilton viii be unseated III the
\ United States Senate. This will
l cause a splendid bearand dog finht.
) Old MOrg. viii not yield without d
: violent tussle. He and Davis hate
! one another as only Radicals can
! hate, and they are both as full of
4 venom as two water mOcoasins i'll
l thedog days, Unfortunately snakes
y seldom bite each other: their fangs
. always strike tie innocent.
1 One hundred and forty eight
{ nearly two-thirds of the acts pas
} sed at the last session were Of a.
i private nature. Most of these acts
q involved money. Many members
| are much weather. than they were
when elected, and it would not be
. blasphemY To surmisa that this
!, wealth will be increased in a lofty
! ratio before adjournment Ave
: and no are the most eloquent aud
\ effective speeches ever uttered by
j Radical lips. The simple eiacula-
/, ton ''aye" is sometimes worth
! thousands Of dollars; and could
! money be made easier than byI
breathing the short monosyllable?
but very heavy amounts could not
: be afforded by even the stiffest cor
porations for votes, because the
Radical majority ii too large 10 a1-
: NIT oft. Small figures, i1 q good
III portion Of the one hundred aud
forty-eight chances, win foot up a
respectable sum, enough To satisfy
{ scalawags and carpet-baggers for
j time.
The Democratic convention has
, Just met at Austin. From tho ill., |
! clemency Of the weather, the atten-
dance cannot be large. But in or
ganization Of the party viii be et- |
fected and programme submitted
for the next campaign. The De-
. mocracY saw that supineneas and
! quiet submission were rewarded
{ only with wanton oppression, and
. that something must be done 10
rid the State from Radical thrall. |
! It behooyes them to oct, There
! u not u man az ordinary intelli-
cence in the South that does not
understand the designs OF Grant
AS f0reshadowed iii hts late special /
messages Oh Southern affairs. H-
. sop's fable was literally trne the /
void did accuse the lamb oi mud |
dying tho water upstream. Gen.
Grant knows ho cannot succeed /
Tor d second term unless political |
rights iii The South are qnenched
He IL The bitkerast enemy the South |
ever had. Some great men have
bad magnanimity and shame, but
this great man has neither.
A short time since m0st og the /
business portion eli thfs town was
burnt down. It II being rebuilt
with California alacrity. Already
several cf The merchants have ere
ted large and Imposing finders
boxes. Circusas and menagaries
are vagahondiziug through theE
country Tho n0rthers don \ saom /
to show them amy particular res
pect. At ono exhibition ii an up
per county, when the grand en-
try was made the horses all mired.
Everybody oonaa0tagS with the
shows seems mad except The k0E
lar bear. He feels at home.
PETER 0F TEE RBAf9S.