The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-05
DAsHES HERE AND THERE


committee now holding over or pre- y
ending to hold over, but which this $
Dasher thinks died q natural death e
when the fusion Of 1872 was cement I
ID. is now to all intents and purposes G
lemented and past redemption on the
score of sound, good, hard Democrat
C sense or foresight, and now this
Dasher without hesitation repudlates
it's New Orleans call, and joins
heart and hand in t he Call TOR
the people to assemble here, in Alex
andria on the lst ofSeptember. The
Committees reply to the card of Gov
ernor McEnery and others has salts
fed him with the concern, and hence
his change; he chung to them in some
regard, as long as he supposed they
would act for our party and the
rights of all our people, but he has
been mistaken and now dashes IT.
down with regret in parting, and Will
dash for our Alexandria Convention
from now till we are convinced we
have q better ana safer road TO travel
Right here, before we make 1'r-
Their Dash progress let US pay our
compliments to Caucasia and assure
him that if we have occasion to inc
fault with the Committee, that we
were q thousand times more sur
prised, not to use harsher terms,
when we perused his leader on the
Railroad. Why Caucasia, what DO
YOU mean, what are you driving at
when YOU so far transcend all bounds
of strict journalistic courtesy, as ac-
knowledged and practised universal
ly, sacredly, in every country on
earth. where the Fourth Estate holds
forth, in writing and publishing the
name of a gentleman, whom you
think contributes editorials to tue
Democrat? Why, Caucasia, this
Dasher, 80 years in harness, never
witnessed the like before, and is truly
shocked that you should be the tirst
in your youthful and useful quillhooc
to break the old and honored custom
o And then, Caucasia, your offending
and fatal mistake does not stop here
but you actually and darlngty asser
that the opinions are not ours, bu
o we want them passed off on the com
munity as such. Desperate lndee'
: must be your Railroad fix, dolefu
e and sad your premises, when yo'
e leave off argument in an espouse9
= caused, thus to impugn the motive
% of the Editor of this Journal, forget
r full that your motives and action
If the same matter, have never bee
d disturbed by this Dasher, but onl
k, the fallacy and superanuated togA
n ,,-h;ol, yo1, ca foo
lie ishly and spitefully endeavor
of maintain. And to bring this Dash
le g close, let us remind you that yo'
e, opinions and views, whether write
er by you or any of your contributor
n are yours as Editor, responsible II
tie the same, and it is none of our bus
ut ness who writes them, or who at al
n time contributes to your column
IL and we claim and assert the san
10, privilege, endorse in toto those art
10, cles as our opinion, well founde
3 matured, and we fully believe for t
he good of our distressed people, al
W this Dasher finally af1irms that
N, dares state that his "lea
"a ers'' were written by the Editor
zee the Louisiana Democrat.
ill The New Orleans Republic
IRE and Kellogg have found another M
mt tyr and forthwith he is canonizt
lis This time Spanish desperate a
b =, radical emissary by name "MunoE
his who was sent to kingdom come
hit some of his rascalities in Caddo.
IS Defacto offers heavy reward
'ui "his murderers, claiming to belo
~, to the so called White League
,se Caddo." Bully once again for Il
i'd but this Dasher would like to KIN
lat why he did not offer reward for
a ass Mccoy, Of Grant Parish, for the m
# der of j. N. Lewis and his son; 6
nld why instead of this he appointed
nes same Mccoy Sheriff Of Grant,
IKE which capacity he is now acti
ua .. backed by the Federal bayone
ad, Easily answered, the murdered n
a of Grant were white men, good n
is and not Radicals, but Mccoy, v
20 k lied them was one of the boys
ny ne must not be molested, but pro-
no re- i for the murder.
be --Caucasia, you are so strange
lat ont If sorts on the Railroad that