The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-02-08
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON, D. c.,
January 3IS'. 1871.

Columbia Il Territorial form III govern /
mrnt does not seem to please the Rad /
zeal Chronicle or the Democ, attic Pa |
triot, of this city. A communication
in the Patriot objects, among other
things, to the President having the
power to appoint the upper House
the Council-a and that the election by
the people OF the lower Honse is mere
ly mockery of the right of. self-gov-
eminent, as it could not protect the in
terestS If $ constituency a: a Inst the
Governor talso appointed by The Pres
idenD and The npprr House. This OBJ
lection is based upon sound Dem"crat-
ic principles. The Chronicle also OBJ
jects on the same. ground, hut adds
that s'to ab,idge the right of suffrage
in the District. where it was first given
to colored men, is a damaging conft s.
sion Of it's failure" This is where the
shoe pinches the Chronicle aud makes
it howl abont the right of suffrage aud
the Constitution, VIII cll they have
helped r., violate SO often. A promi
uent gentleman in the District VIII"
was assisting in the passage OF the OIL
stated his objection to the appointing
| of the members of the upper House by
the President to Il batch of Radical
| members, when one of them said,
"Well, the truth is the material which
/ ,outruls the District is not fit To govern
themselves, and the appointment at
the Council is done in the interest OF
/ the District, thougI, it is repugnant to
our ideas of the right of suffrage" His
/ friends acquiesccd in his statement
Here are Radicals who gave the ballot
into the hands of the negro ior purely
selfish pol'cnl purposes now forced,
not only to acknowledge their unfit
ness for that privilege. bnt to virtually
deprive them of it by legislation, aud
underiland at that. The negro will lie
found t" hc 81 very expensive pet clr-
7 .,l,uut on the hands of the Radical par
) ty before they are d,.ue with him.
The indian ring, whose qualifications
appear tn extend from the Com mission
, er Of Indian, affairs, General Parker, il
: the charge of VIM. Welsh. Que of the
Indian Peace Commission, be true
though nearly every official and aeen'
: i'll the employ of the Government OF
he frontier or in the Indian country
: is being brought to it's trumps by thu
| practices. AS Il Sample of its doiHGs
} III. Welsh, states that one contractor
. was paid over one and Il quarter mil
, lions of dollars in Il few months, near
? ~ all on private contracts. Freight
I were paid Ivy this contractor ut from
= SIS to 500 per cent above what tn
I QnaItermaster of the army had con
e tracted 20 take all Indian goods. o.
t he 10th of August last he was author
ise,l by Commissioner Parker to pur
;. chase two or million pounds of f"u
, without limit as to price. The most "
a i, was purchased at 50 20 per hun'll ed
t whilst the government paid So pc
L hundred for it. If bought i'll August
# could have been shipped to Gran
t River under the Quaitt,master's con
t. tract at SI.60 per hundred pounds, hi,
# under the private bargain the freigll
S was $500 per bundled pounds. Thi
: contractor united with others in fur
h nslling Texas cattle Oh Il contract a
+ three and eighty eight hundred cent
per pound. while that which he fu!
:, nshed privately in June and Angus
WAS paid for at six cents per pound
Commissioner Parker, who has cu,>ti
tiicd himself IL champion of the ring
p will have no easy task to explain ava
such transactions. Senator Wilson, i.
: massachusetts, comes forward with
: till tn make six new Offices, with sal
n AIRY of 81 600 each, to visit the, India
!, country and protect the interests of,h
ii different tribes. Is not Mr.. Wiso
I satisfied with the labors of the India
!, Peace Commission who serve withou
: payg Or does he come to the resc,,
of the Indian ring IN order to sav
:. them from the results of the above ex
} pnsnre?
:, The Southern Radicals are hard a
: work here trying to influence member
: of Congress to the most extreme meas
U nres possible the hanging of eve.
Democrat South wnuld he hal ed b
[. them ms an act of strict Justice. hi
. is i, good time for Southern Governo,
= itere-.just now we have Governo
;, Smith, of Alabama, and Ex-Governu
Parsons, of the same State, and Gov
Il ernor Holden, of North Carolina, VII
IS are lending the light of their wisdoi
y, to the conspiratnrs who contemplat
t. pnting the Sonth under military rul,
l. Reconstruction pair ct simple will IL,
II work to advantage, SO it is general
W conceded that an amendment to til
enforcement act, proposing that Coz
gress shall apply its terms of registr;
IN ton for all State and local election
Ia mud SuS,ajn If i,y =, military fn,oa wi