The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-07-16
POLITICAL MOVEMENTS.

the Summer. All seem disposed to
wait quietly until Congress meets,
when the contest for the rectifcation
of the Louisiana outrage will again
commence in earnest. This no one
can regret, as the thermometer stands
little too high for political work.
But we observe that the politicians
of the West and North are having
quiet lively time of it. Several i'm
portant elections take place in the Fall
and desperate effort will be made to
wrest the large agriculturist States
from the power of the Radical party.
The most important movement look
ing to this end is that of the Western
farmers, who have groaned long enough
under the high tariffs, high salaries aud
unlimited plundering of the Radical
party. When men, who are not poll
ticians, who have voted the tickets set
up by all parties, undertake thing
in unison, with the sole object of rec
tifying the abuses of the party in pow
er, it is very apt to be successful.
Hence the Farmers movement was
successful in Illinois at a recent cleo
ton, though only few months old.
In Ohio, whose election takes place in
October, the same determination seems
to mark their course.
The Democratic party is every
where falling in with this movement.
And this is very natural. That party
has ever been opposed to such monop-
olies as those created by the Radical
party. It has ever been the champion
Of free-trade, in which this Farmers
movement must eventually land, o,
fail to accomplish anything practical
We may, therefore, be prepared to see
the power of the Radical. party in sew
eral of the large Northern States brok-
en- under the combined influence OF
the Democrats and agriculturists.
When ever this movement shall be.
come general, it is the duty and inter.
est Of the South to fall in with it. The
South is purely agricultural country
and has no interest in either tariffs
and monopolies. In a union OF the
West and the South the power Of the
manufacturing East will be overcome
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DEATH OF CAPTAIN JOHN Haze.
BERLE.-The New Orleans papers an
nounce the death of Captain John Haze
berle, which occurred in that city, on
Monday, the 9TH inst. He was a ma.
tive of Germany, came to Louisiana
when quite a young man, and was an
Engineer in full practice before the
war. Since then his career is well
known to our people, and we think
they should revere lis memory kindly
for he was liberal, warm hearted man
and strove bis best to serve our people
in his line ofbusiness. In conjunction
with his father-in-law, Captain John
HEM, he stepped in tie footsteps Of
the lamented John G. Dowty and gave
us good and reliable line of weekly
packets in our trade. The fond mem
cries which cling and cluster around
the old Frolie and B. L. Hodge No. 2,
will long serve to preserve green his
good name with the people of the Grand
Ecore trade. The two together spent
and lost a colossal fortune in the trade,
striving to the last to keep up their
line, but finally had to yield to the
rigid pressure of the times and the de-
sertion of prosperity friends; and but
few weeks since the departure of the
Hodge from our trade have passed
away, We have had to chronicle the
dark track of misfortune that has
crushed good old HEM, and now sent
John Haeberle to his last home. Mis-
fortune and trouble come together and
crowd fast in fallen mans path, and
none heave a sigh of friendship and