The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-12-05
Landaulet Williams and His Second
Sight.
Now York Sun. ]

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In the gathering shadows Of his politica
Twilight he can cxclaim with Campbell'
seer:
"Tis tho sunset Of life gives mo mystca
And coming events cast their shadows be
fore"
| His horoscope for the Democratic part,
in n gloomy one Eated by an over
whelming SUCCESS, and Innatc in victory
il il to rush wildly INTO extremes Of renc
tion, and ma,lly revive old issues which
are beyond the resurrection of pre-Adamitt
Bonrbonisn,.
It. is to be feared that the Attorney Gen
eral has o glamonr Of vision both Of tht
living present and the coming future. Fal
he IL from our intention to traverse hi,
right Ia speak Of the pnst or prognosticatt
what is to come in the progress of his an
Gent friends He has an inherited author
| ity to express impressions which natura
sympathy and long association have left
upon his remombrance Tho error he com
mits is this, IL no is not above MI lapscs 81
Judgment in politics M in law, that the
Democratic party now is what it was when
he numbered its organization and clamored
for it's bread. He torgcts that in the gen
eral purgation which it has undergone il,
his apostacy. and the like of him, newer
life has been rivivcd. Unhappily for the
Republicans, the gain of the old party was
ruin to them, aud tho only impending
danger to tho purified Democracy is the
return Of such recrcants rs he, when the
savory viands again smoke on their plat
ter.
He belonged to the lowest Of tho low
grade Of Jewellers and agrarians in his .jt,-
vcnility, standing not on tho ground floor
but on the mud sill, aud taking it's most
mental service No hungry advcntarer
could tannt Wing or an Abolitionist
with n great JUNCTION Of hatred, or maligr,
u "niggcr" with bittcrcr intensity of
scorn. BY fortutous accident elected u
Judge in u judicial district Of Iowa, then
Just ont Of her swaddliug clothes of tori
torial wardship. he carried after the OK
pratiou Of his torn his limited stock of
law to tho wilderness Of Oregon. where
he tt%spensod such legal lore IN has never
been known out Of the moot courts OF law
schools or the jurisdiction of Judge Lynch
In tho mean time the war Of tho rebel
lion brought will, it sad portents for the
fortunes of tho party. Tho Democratic
glole was arid a,ul tho green pasturage
NcuHL NVV NVIullNtI' Nt''' t'IaiHR IIlS
Abolitionists for - year. with prospect Of
very irregular visitat,"ns Of tho paynns
ter, he became patriotic and intensely
anx ious for the Union and its integrity.
the colored brethren, and incidentally for
n seat in tho Senate soon to he vacant
With the keen nost,ls ftI,e senth hound,
ton Of the Ole party, he packed his slender
a. .,C, ~ II sal
Of any ~, "a scnti'ncntaIity
m conscienco. moved into the Republican
party aud the United States Senate. Since
then he has become national, and il not
likely to go ont Of our history in his igno-
miny. Unfortunately perhaps, for public
the old penalties for maItcasance in
Office are not now in cnforccment Hemp
treatment is not of our modern school Of
practice. unless in the cannabis Indicus of
pharmacy. while tho tough, fibre of Mis-
souri, or kentucky growth il in " regretted
Ilisuse.
His next divnlgonce to tho hnplcss re-
porter is that the third term Of Gen.
Grant is all "moonshire" Possibly the
eHsy and facile Attorney General believes
this. The man VIII" can give crc'lcncc to
the ferOcious fables Of th" rnedacioms Hays,
must have an imprcHsiblo and coniid,ny
faith. That tho President has made no
disclosures Of his purpose to him is certain.
His phlegmatic eyotism does not open ont
It's condolences tn such ~ hc We should |
AZ soon expect the mulcteer to hold con
verse or take counsel Of tho donkey that
yroans under his pannicrs.
OF ono thing we may assure him. Whit
,vcr hl,ndcrs may be committed by tho
coming party, they will avoid tho pitfalls
nto which he and his adopted allies have
allen 1hoy will be shy of cmha,king in
ii" business Of manufacturing State gov
in tho granite offices of Wash
ngton, established by the columns Of thu
secretary Of War. md supported by tho
iotillaa of tho Minister Of tho Marine. So.
'or Robson. Tho Judiciary Of judge
)urclI will not DO the order Of new AL
nor will tho baton of Mar
hal DO borne by tho coadjutor Packard
t. is quito possible that tho incumbent Of
he portfolio of Justice will not be nm IT.
crcr and publisher Of libcIs upon tho cit
IONS ct Alabama, or Co,,servators of the
'eace tho scOurings of tho sl"ms Of Now
FORK, or the swccpings of State peniten-
iaries, or infcst South Carolina with an
'iiclal banditti clothed will, authority Of
aw to grind ont tho lingering remainder
t freedom that military subjngation has
pared: Nor will tho intcrpolated prac-
ices Of the present administration be con
inuod The Attorney General will for
car to take seigniorage Of cotton claims
nd royalties in land subsidies Tariffs I
{ rates in appeal cases may not depend
pom tho largess Of tho party in interest
Tho prudent thrift of the Attorncy-Gc
rnl does not need suggestions for his ad-
antage He will undoubtedly make the
'ost of his torn, which 40 far seems to
ave been pecuniar,Iy rcm,nerativc. Pub ,
G obIoqny has no tcrrors for him. If NOR. ,
sensihility is u weakness, he has been
harry Of it's exhibitons but it is possible
nat there may be u rcmorse and death
ed repentance, when he will regret .
That no joined tho rogues and prospored
and became
renegade of most Indifferent fame"
A Young MAN TAKEN AT HIS ]
|ORD-The other day Bishop Ua- ,,