Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-28
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| hrtistic fOiiiaiiccr OF "Gds COMPANY
Jacksoi," vi . The Irish Drxyulmn,'
is Dui sligIifIy ionnded ON fact. But
u is ~e4l written rouiancr. Tue ex
quisile inapInOpriHi~ness Of tlir Listor-
ics,i lsafaiieis tossed III i,idiwfiminatt
lytbe close Of each paragraph Is not
a.prious dciect, teexusr : Z gushing
sincompooI,s Tor whose OBLIGATION it Is
written will notice nothing OF, tbekind.
Had IL been penned previous 20 the
singular departure ofhjs ExcelIency
for the Empire City-wlierce be re
turned, like 4 d.lshihg comet, IN u
blaze of glor,, 10 the busvm Of the
fond aud pure D.mocricy--it could
not haze more .eilrctualI, cxaggerai.
cd, Ia the minds OF aIi iinpresBiblc pro.
pie, the Importance Of thc Infamous
laws be iryi'isi his band. Yet IL WAS
81 thin trick. II gratiled \ very weak
thirst Tor cheap notOriety.
The truth. npOn. yhicIl.th story IN
founded IS quickly tod. Msrslsti
Packard bad ,IoihIng whatever 20 do
with the with the matter Ifef did
not know q thing about IL until be
read II. In the 7imes lie never
drcalnfd Of such eonspifsey!r
Gov. Warmoth went % Eew York.
He there met tienf. Gov. pinchback.
The latter did not nIip away from
bin, and did start for New Orleans
With The intention ofsigning the Re.
torn bills Hhc could happily lay biz
bands OIL them. He knew perfectly
we'll bs WIS., DOT likely 10 meet with
nay ruch Iu,s, btu as be- WIS return
ing anyhow. n ass WILL rHougb 10
try NE cypcrifieiif. II would ~
least result IN Wfne fIn. II Yas not
70 tes1iii. rac,s. Sl'inxiiUxck did rot 4ie
hitherwaEd ~ the w~itt veazrIle.
Neither dhl Warn,otb follow him like
a bouncing antelope. Both took the
regular train .all the sysy. Many
cripplrs aud blind old gfsndnIotl,efs
came on ibe.same t'rixa iust 40 rapid,
~ as'tlley did. AT -lIsmboldt, Il ~
true, the put.up purt of the play came
IN. The entire business of two vail.
road line owned by. Gov. Warn,oth's
fsicnd, Mr. McComb, WIS suspended.
Every thing was CLEARED from the
track t0 this city, over 400 miles, SO
no accident could possibly happen.
Then.the :" desperate :. gallant" and
altogether snnecessary rifle took place.
a ride which Democratic grandfathers
are repeating to curly haired children
rs their little eyes peer ont bigger
than saucers with wontler, and which |
the one horse poets of this toxin are
already immortalizing in classic dog.
gerel. Before Warmoth started with
the reckless Lawerepce 1.-THE same
individual who said ..never give up
the ship,r) from Humboldt, let il fbp
borne III mind that Pinchback, h, the
trickerA of the jackson
had been put off from Jhe
regular trains; and could .0aly await |
the next one which was coming leisure
" along. itwas gcnlr ;tSo slnindresl |
miles behind, and near ,Humboit. |
had been on it all the way |
froal Mex York. All that was lleces- |
sary was to continue on it. and he !
would have picked up Pinchback who |
was left in the lureh at Canton by the |
preceding train. But this would not
De the sensational, Jim Fisk way Of
of doing it,, His extra engine was at
Humb9lt.. DC mounts it, rms ahead
Of the regular tram two inrllr miles
% Canton, there takes on pinchback
md comes into the city at sixty miles
III hour, when there was no OCCASION
'r excuse for putting ON any such
o0lish airs. Cest tout!
Such was the silly, tlashy farce to
which the Times devoted several
columns of editorial yesterday morn
ng AMI an extremely gushing appen-
iix yesterday afternoon. According
o IT'S vivid Imagination the ventures
y Geld and Hood recounted by Othella
o the gentle Desdemona until she
'itied aud the loved him, were as
'othing to the exploits OF the valiant
zero who is attached 10y nature TO
these fHgers." With .Fraudn in.
cribsa upon his. baaner, he calns. {
'hizzipg like a shooting star after a !
error who was fleeing '
nth ightingspeed 20 u goal where
o could perpetrates- rsfsrnsi The
irtuous Democracy was-aghast at the /
downfall OF fraud. In Or {
er to keep them from hanging him.
Varmoth pushed those laws through
be lcgisiatureta lew months ago. Yet
ow, they rub their hands joyfuIly !,
yer the narrow escapes from the
critic calamity Of their own measures I p
ecolniTg laws IN the giidtAi salons
the arjstocrary, the prosperous
Ierchant and Promising lawyer re;
,utit tia hefJic ieat, and the. accom-
lished Young ladies sigh, :" How gal.
mt What splendid m0ustachr!7
Nothing was accomplished, nothing n
reverted. The Lieutenant Governor
ever would, never could, have found
l- original laws. to, Sign thssns II is :,
bsuri to suppose Waimoth was such !,
fool ne not to take care OF tbat rat r
r. Had he found aud sigacd them. 8