The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-03-12
Inc Fourth of March 1873.

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IS years are progressing in Washington
" h hau .ne sun In its royal transit of tn
S heavens to day will shed its beams.un
# on pageant 'of unusual splendor AN,
S o'e strange IN contrast with the sim
Ire ouo impressive scenes which on sim
: Ia. lar occasions, in the earlier DAYS n
: Ine republic, We're witnessed at the
tapitai. In the civil era of the nation
Wnen the Presidency was bestowed on.
r ~ upon those who were distinguished
:or ao'iity, patriotism and virtne tho
~. scene was characterized hv
a.s simplicity and dignity, and was
sIand only in the free spirit of the mul.
!n nt''des who assembled to witness T.
mere were no long lines of troops in
S H", uniforms, and whose bayo-
. nets ana ensigns gl!ttered omniously in
1ne sun hight. The occasion marked On
epoc', IN the history of the republic: it
s'ehaied the close of one era of nroe.
less, glory and happiness, and the he
Sihhihs of another. The assembled
thousands recalled with pride. the Lis1
s s"It o! the expired term; its grand re-
s sulIs; It's splendid eloquence, and ifs
records OF patriotic effort and anticina.
'ea greater things of tile INCOMING AG-
'',i'histratlon; foretold the increase of
tie wealth and power of the eviStinr
otates, and beheld new ones aris;nr IN
majesty out of the wildernesses Of rho
territories, like stars on the national
noflzon, to blend their glories with
t.'at or the constellation of sovereion-
'ieS' whose deepening radiance shono
over the world and was hailed nv tls
people of every land as the dawn If ths
ionS expected era of true republican,
iSm. p"o1ie"n-
Then, too, the people of every Sec
non, OF every State and every marty
' &c mat they bad an equal interest in
ne occasion. In the moment the Pres {
"ehG. elect took the solemn oath of Of
ice, he ceased to be the leader of {
',isy, the champion of the peculiar in
sneses OF section or the representa- |
I'VE OF state-in that moment, he be- q
anne the President o TIN e United
''aees' the guardian of every puhlic {
4' eres. and of the rights and disnities
l. NJ scene in Washington TODAY :,
vii be very different from that ws q
ave !,. described. A vast and splendid h
i'iitafy pageant will be the leading Ell
azure OF the occasion: bayonets and ft
ahhefs and martial music, gorgeous b.
a glare of fashionable mag ii
'acenee, will make up the scene and -
multitude of lobbyists, representa- W
YES OF vast corporations and of all ~ ~
mas OF rings, will be assembled to ~.
leheSs the grim force in which {, mill Fl,
ny Dictator will be put through the 20
rms OF an inauguration, that he may
come second time the President Of or
parry and the representative of sec ity
'nal maIisnlty, revenge and inins- wi
q. IN reviewing the term Just closed de
T. people can only recall acts of usnr- OF
t'oh; they behold Louisiana tlrot-
u ny federal power, trampIed in the
st, outraged. insulted and ruined. lly
Ay behold South Carolina a federal tin
mp; the Albany penitentiary fille,l Gu
VI southern victims of federal NAL mo
MY and tyranny; they remember OF
't the public revenues have been me
lnhered or squandered, and that the acr
1thern States are oppressed by = wa. wa
untaIn of debts, piled upon them by a poa
'cfeants folsted upon them by feder- s57
power. -''
IND what is the country to hone for iei,
the future? All the signs of the incl
ca indicate that the policy of the in incl
ing Administration is to be a con-. the
latlon of the last. Tyranny in the On
th; corruption in Washington: spe- lly a
legislation for the rings, are to be legs
order of the day. A President up
was convicted of deliberate lie waco
who sold himself to his present c ,I:
y; a Vice-President who has been o oui
'lcted OF accepting brides: a Con- ture
IS leu Senators and Representatives, snrd
nave been detected in buying their relat
$, and i'll swearing falsely: an. the !
tees everywhere, who are on the coho
e; are the constituents of the gov conn
neht OF the American republic for appe
next four years. In the ruined ton
es OF Louisiana, Arkansas. Mississ- TO sr
Florida and North Carolina wa
id the work of this same govern. Ca
In the past. What is it to be in HAN
utnre! Who can predict where Chir'
saturnalia of crime will lead ? state
discerning the end, will venture lty o
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