The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-26

The two young men, who edit the
Caucasian, have certainly spread
themselves last issue, and after the
most wonderful labor and travail,
have succeeded admirably in making
themselves ridiculous. Their inside
is entirely devoted to the Democrat,
of which they have made a speciality
and if their foresight were as good
as their hind-sight" they would prob
ably be able to maintain some little
consistency in their columns and not
make themselves ridiculous in at
tempting to cast ridicule and coarse
disrespect upon the opinions of other
people. With a sickly vanity and
egotism specially their own and self
adulation rarely known in the youths
of even the present day, with an i'm
patience anything but laudable, they
form their own premises and slash
away, not only to cover their own
political faults, but even attempt
to saddle them on their supposed en-
envy in the rear. Artful dodgers, of
the most scientific acumen, they
scent the coming quietus to their
own aspirations in the soon future,
and even tell US what they intend to
do under the appalling circumstances,
and quietly submit to their fate with
the cheerful resignation of the old
maid who, when the city of her resi-
dence had been taken by the Turks,
impatiently asked "when aciO the
ravishing commence?"
These two young men, for we use
this appellation towards them, be-
cause they claim it, for whom we
have really good feelings which we re-
greet they cannot properly appreciate,
consider the Democrat in the path
way of the ambitious realization of
their fondest and hard searched po-
litical aspirations. And this very
fire in the front and fire in the rear,
like old Fuss and Feathers illusions,
is the very thing, which has unhin-
ged them, spoiled them almost to de-
cay, and made them initiate the os-
trich, in exposing the most promi-
nent part of their bodies. It is very
lamentable, indeed, to find the Con-
ductors Of the Press, in these days
when their batteries should be direc-
ted against the real enemy and keep
themselves in that path, that they
should fly the track, unlimber and
charge at a manufactured enemy,
without cause and even at the disre
gard of truth, and to all intents for
no motives but personal to them
selves, and for the formation of a
ring-oligarchy, for more CALLING and
more to be dreaded than the very one,
we have long suffered under, have
complained Of and are striving to
crush.
And yet the very cause of this
Democrat offending, the very and
sole reason for all this Caucasian pop
gun mock thunder has been well and
ingeniously hidden, by our young
and aspiring editors, and Democrat
on the brain but the pretext and ex-
cuse, whilst the real and true cause,
is kept out Of the paper, and simply
Numbered at the side-shows in and
around Town. "The Democratic
Meeting, held at the Court House,
on the 18th, is the offending, at
which our CALLED youths vince,
which caught the conscience of
the oligarchy and has raised the con-
tracted fuss against the Democrat.
Our Caucasian youths were hot,
heavy, furious and even boisterous
about that meeting, which we atten-
ded "as listener and reporter" and
afterwards published the proceedings,
without asking permit from them,
and which we naturally, but verdant-
ly, supposed they would walk into
without fear and favor in their last
issue. It is true cautious convent
ence was jumped at to be absent, but
still as they posted themselves all
about it, we suggest, as they claim to
be the organ par excellence Of all the
white people of Rapides, ought they
not in Difference and respect to that
people, have pitched gracefully, but
firmly, into that very Meeting, which
is really the whole cause of their pa
triotic ire? But, our ardent and high
aspiring youths could not see the
situation, as it existed, or seeing flu
kered there, but turned on the Dem
ocrat, and went through their trapeze