The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-06-07
TIE IMPORTANT QUESTION.

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paramount question of the day.
They did not make mp their minds
on the subject however, until they
had got to the bottom of their
pockets. Last year, with the pros
pect of bountiful harvest before
them, and before they could foresee
how low the prices of products
would fall, they seemed to be i'll
fected with careless disposition,
and felt themselves able to bear the
load of an expensive Radical gov
eminent, no matter how onerous it
might be. They "took no interest
in politics. and many of the wise.
acres thought that perhaps Radi.
calism would after all prove a very
good relief from Democracy. But
now, after their Indifference has
perpetuated. the rule of the Radi
cal government; after expenditure
on expenditure has been made
doubling the former taxation; in
short, after every planter in the
State has discovered that nearly
all his property is to be taken tc
support a Radical government, the
discovery is made on all sides, even
among those who were the most in
different. that something must be
done to avert the impending ruin.
The tax atherer is still at the
door, with demands louder than
ever before, and as there is no mon
ey with which to pay, people are
beginning to enquire whether they
cannot avoid paying them altogeth'
er.
The people of Rapides are as &C.
tive OIL the subject as we could wish
them to be. Whether the initiate
ry step they have taken will be res
pended to by the other parishes. il
is too early yet for us to be able tC
learn. We have no doubt that
meetings similar to ours will be
held Immediately in all the parish
es. New Orleans is very much ex-
ercised at present over the efforts
of the Radical COrmorants to cir
cumvent the recent decision of the
Supreme Court. A meeting has
been called in East Baton Rouge
to resist the acts of the new Police
Jury who voted the first day OF
their meeting to pay to their favor
ties seuen thousand dollars for la
bors that were formerly performed
for so many hundreds. And so
will it be elsewhere. IF the day
appointed for the Convention is
too early to ensure a large attend
ance let it be postponed to more
convenient season. We want a
full representation Of the people of
Louisiana.
Now that the Constitutional lin
itation of the State debt has been
decided by the Supreme Court to
have been reached, care will have
to be taken to prevent the Radi-
calls from devising the means of
multiplying the Constitutional amend
ment. A Radical party without
the means Of unlimited plumber is
no Radical party at all. Once con-
vince the carpet-baggers that the
opportunities Of stealing are all
gone, and they would leave for
some other cline tomorrow. Wit
ness the exodus from Virginia af-
ter the Conservative victory several
years since and from North Caro-
lima more recently. It is already
given out that an extra session OF
the Legislature is to be called to
provide the means of relieving the
hungry Radical Office holders. But,
we must see to it that the Consti-
tuition made by their own hands,
shall not be violated when it stands
in the way of their plundering
schemes. There is no better way
of getting rid of the Radicals than
by starving them out. This we are
now in fair way Of doing. Let
us not lose the golden opportunity
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person can feel well while costivt
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generates serious diseases which nigh
have been avoided by a timely use O
Cathartic Medicines. For this purpose
DIR. TUFTS VEGETABLE LIvET
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