The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-11-21
HOLDING ON.

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tho election on the End inst, and
fully ten days since they have had be-
fore them the full returns, yet the
Returning Board has barely COM
menced to count them at all, and are
evidently trying to spend as much
time rs possible in the count. Now
that Longstreet has resigned and
Col. John M. Sandidge appointed in
bis stead we hope that he may be
able to hurry the balance Of them
up. This delay is vexatious in the
extreme, is checking the new i'm
pulse which was given to business
all over the State by the knowledge
that we had honestly carried the
State at the election and is calcula-
ted to have just the effect it is hav-
ing Of creating an uneasy, unsettled
feeling in the minds of the people,
This uneasiness is not to be mistaken
for fear or for any backing down by
the people from their determination
to have the fruits of their victory in
spite of Kellogg and the Returning
Board. It means simply that they
are anxious to es cape the necessity
of taking the matter in their own
hands. They have had fair cleo
ton with all the election machinery
in the hands of their INSCRIPTIONS
opponents; they were hunted by SOL
diers like common felons, driven
from home, intimidated, hand-cuffed,
imprisoned and insulted all for the
purpose of keeping them away from
the polls SO as that the band OF
thieves and plunderers should win
the victory. In spite of all these
foul wrongs which were heaped upon
them they voted any how and hon
estly, fairly won the election.
Without a chance to cry ''fraud'
because they had the whole election
in their hands and cut off from the
old dodge Of intimidation" because
they had soldiers every where and
they wore the intimidators, the rad
icals are forced to admit their crush
ing, overwhelming defeat and like
Mark Tabley they are waiting for
something to turn up" in their favor.
They are hanging like grim death to
the flesh pots which have kept them
fat for six years and are exceedingly
10th to give them up. They are wait
ing and praying for something, any
thing, to happen to change the pres
ent aspect Of affairs and can with DIFF
fculty make up their minds to per-
form their sworn duty, when us it
happens in this case, to DO so is to
commit political .felo tie Sc. An
other Coushatta riot, any kind OF dis
tu1bance in the State would be god
send to them. 1t would perhaps
again change public opinion North,
would give Grant and Williams an
excuse for interfering to assist them
and to cheat us again as he did in
1872. AS matters stand we have be-
sides member on the Board, a COM
mittee in the room to watch them,
and the Radical members must feel
like the man does who is about to
commit suicide when they are COM
PEELED to sit down to table and
count votes which will drive them
back to the insignificant holes from
which they have emerged and which
puts their party forever out of power.
We can very readily understand that
the duty is an exceedingly unpleas-
ant one.
They hope to let the counting
''draw its slow length along" until
Congress meets on the first Monday
in December in hopes that that body
will do something for them; order g
new election, get up slow contest
as to seating some Of our candidates
SO that they may have the matter in
hand or some such desperate chances
as these.
Our duty is pain. We must keer
perfectly quiet for the present al
least, give them reasonable, even un'
reasonable time; allow them a fai,
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