The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-07-29
(DAsaEs HERE AND THERE.

and THAT goose still hanging high ana
| in Democratic view, must haunt the
mourners with that same old corpse
and dash down how it goes marching
on. In 1870, only four years ago.
there were but sic Democratic Gov
errors in the 81 States of this Union,
viz: Haight, of California; sauls-
bury of Delaware; Stevenson, Of Ken
lucky, Randolph, of New Jersey and
Hoffman of New York. Those were
the days when it was solemly sala
that the Democratic party was
''dead." To-day there are seventeen
Democratic Governors, leaving out
Booth, of California, and Baxter, OF
Arkansas, who may be classed among
the opponents of the regular Radical
organization. As Democratic record,
and lie to all mortuary spectators
and croakers. we dash down the gio-
rious scroll: Ingersoll, of Connect
cut; Ponder, Of Delaware; Smith, OF
Georgia; Nenricks, of Indiana, Les
lie, of Kentucky; Groome, Of Mary
land; Woodson, Of Missouri; Bradley,
of Nevada; Weston, of New Hamp-
shire; Parker, of New Jersey; Alien,
of Ohio; Groves, Of Oregon; Brown,
of Tennessee; Coke, of Texas; Ken
per, of Virginia; Jacob, Of West Vii,
ginia and Taylor, of Wisconsin
How is that for high?
| With this glorious rolling of the
Ball, still in motion, can it be be-
lieved, that leaving out the rest OF
mankind, and coming down to Ra.
pides, and poor little Alexandria,
there are some here, who are feeling
her week pulse and taking notes in
favor of Grant and the third term
Wonders of course will never cease:
but Just now when these chronic pa
triots are believing for a change in
our State affairs, and curse Kellogg
deep and loud, we repeat it, would it
be believed that they could offer such
an insult to the intelligence of our
people, as to desire and wish to
third term the one who alone is re-
sponsible for the PROSTATE condition
Of Louisiana? In order to uphold his
notorious partisans in the monstrous
abuses, which they had perpetratcd,
and to sustain q fragrant us,rpation
without even the pretence Of vote
behind it, it was he who ordered the
military to act as the instruments OF
that infamy. And when our people
respectfully protested against this
wrong and claimed the privilege OF
representing their views, he insult
ingly rejected the appeal, repulsed
our committee, and. through the
mouth of his venal and servile At
torney- General, told them in plain
terms that their case was prejudged.
This aashcr makes bold to ask these
patriots to beware and check up for
the present at least, there are enough
trcachery and poison now running
round loose without this third
term business being strewn in our
discords to further widen the path to
unity.
Both Of our contemporaries, al
luding to the murder of Dennis Sui
Ivan, strike a mark between ''us and
them,' the Gazette slightly, mildly,
the Caucasian piling on the agony.
The first we correct by stating that
the offenses said to be committed by
the murdered man, were not return
able before a Magistrate, and the
three last, on which we based our
accusation against Radicalisn, were
brought before the proper tribunal,
"the Court" whom no one dare ac-
/ cuse of being a Democrat. Being
thus properly made by the various
parties who deemed themselves
previously wronged. and who time
and again had appealed to the law
'the Court erred, criminalIy erred
in not taking the eases under exami-
nation and placing the guilty party
under good and solvent bonds.
and hence the cause of the murder
| The inquest of the Coroner of the
Parish on the body of the murdered
man, which was held in due course
of law, and the evidence as written
down in the returned verdict, which
is on record in the Court House
fails in all and every respect to indi
cate who the murderer was, and
hence this Dasher dismisses the sub
; ject with the expression that he ca
dorses his first statement of the af
fair and further adds it is not simple
justice to pitch into the ''poor negro
: and Dlace the murder on him this