The Ouachita telegraph., 1874-06-26

he outraeeously bad rule Of the Republi-
AN party are not the men for an enlergen-
" requiring, as the existing emergency
loes, firmness, Independence and fearless
advocacy ofthe peoples rights. Practical
", we are living in a state of revolution,
when moderate men are naturally incapac-t
tated to lead. The times and the disease
demand strong. heroic treatment. The peo- |
pie have been assailed with violence-in- |
suited and outraged; the patient has been
gradully sinking under the treatment pre-
scribed by moderate men who have not vi
olently thrust the quacks and cormorants
from his bedside. In the treatment of
physical, "a we'll as moral ailments, it Is
weI1-established rule that violence must be
counteracted by violence.
And what has been the result of the efforts
made hitherto to conciliate the Repu blican
party? If we should advise this correspon-
dent to thrust his hand into the fire. with
the assurance that he would be benefited
by the experiment, he would regard the
counsel as the emanation of an added brain.
Have we not ever since 1869, by co-opera-
ton in corrupt assemblies, by appeals on
the hustings, by Fusion, and by almost
every moderate means, endeavored to bring
the affairs Of State, by the aid of Republi-
cans, to a condition Of decency and tolera-
tion? The venture has proven - what ?
Simply. that the people have conceded,
without reason, and lost, without anything
but good intentions to console them. This
il all. Andathis correspondent now recon-
mends the plan of the fancy clerk who
conld not break his calf to work without
placing his own neck under the yoke az a
moderate co-operator, but finding that the
calf ran away with him and tho yoke, was
forced to cry to the by-standers, "Here we
come, d-n onr fool souls! Somebody head
usl"
Another new paper, called the Peoples
Vindicator, published at Natchitoches, by
Messrs. Pelli and Areanx, and edited by
jog. II. Cosgrove, has reaehed us. The Vim
dictor nails its flag to the mast, with the
exclamation, Hannibal ante portas We
trust that the Vindicator and the Caucasian,
near neighbors, will arouse the Red river
people to a sense of their danger, and put an
extinguisher upon tho would-be leaders Of
their section who have hitheto been too
ready to save the State at the expense of
principle. And the signs are propitious.
The residence of Mr.. Jno. L. Byrne took
fire at noon Sunday, and was entirely con-
innate the loss at 81, 900, with an insu rance.
Mr.. Byrne tells us. of only $1,000. The
Ouachitas and the Hook Il Ladder company
were promptly on hand, and succeeded in
saving an Clubhouse already on fire. Tho
fire originated, as we think, from sparks
out OF the cooking stove, falling upon the
roof, where the flames were first seen.
We warn tho little boys around town,
that they arc in danger of going to the PEN
! itentiary. It is no slight offense Of which
| they are guilty. And we may rs we'll warn
rogucs generally, who poach upon the wri-
| ter's orchard, that he Keeps u man in there,
| armed with a six-shooter, with orders to
shoot all intruders.
The forms of tho New Orleans Bulletin
were seized last Saturday, at about the
moment the paper was to go to press. The
seizure was made by Mr.. Honlihan,
who had bought the material at Sheriff's
sale. The Bulletins suspension, we trust,
will be only temporary.
Showers have fallen in different portions
of the surrounding country since our last
issue, but none have blessed this thirsty
little city. Crops are reported as looking
very we'll, particularly the cotton. A few
planters report the locust as injuring their
| cotton.
If the colored people of Louisiana do not
mean war upon the whites, their acts, in n
Thousand ways have helied their meaning.
The results could not have been worse for
the whites-in fact, not half 40 bad-if wa,
had been openly declared.
| Mr.. George Gamble, editor of the Union
| Record, paid us a visit few days ago. Mr.
! Gamble has shown himself a good edito,
and printer in his management of the Rec
ord-would there were more newspaper
| men in Louisiana like him.
Postage on daily and weekly newspapers
is fixed in the new law of Congress-. at two
cents per pound, to be paid by the p, ,hlish.
er. Tissue paper ought to be in denland
! now.
I The taxpayers of Nat tchituches parish
have to pay, this year, n tax of 80 mills on
the dollar! This i> one of the blessings o1
Republican, rule in that parish.
Last Tuesday was made memorable by
the adjournment Of Congress.