The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-10-28
DISHES HERE AND THERE,

Dasher's best Democratic bow, this
Wednesday, morning to friend and
foe white and colored! The grand
music sounded from Ohio. and sadi-
ana yet makes him feel jubilant and
hopeful, and Louisiana must take Up
the grand and glorious refrain, and
| re-echo it back thousand fold.
Their fight was our fight, and that
fight has vindicated the PROSTATE
State, and proudly erect in the plen-
itude of her power and the majesty of
her might must she keep the ball in
motion. = :
The Fair! the silver cup! the
old Guard! How these three short
expressions bring the tinge Of joy
and the old fellow feeling doubly
fresh and green in Dasher's memory.
1t was right, it was fitting. nay it
was sublime to see one Of our most
loved and honored companions, whose
whiskers, like Dasher's, are nearer
like chalk than charcoal, stand proud
ly erect in the Judges Stand, at the
Fair Grounds, facing the finest and
largest audience ever assembled to-
gcther in Rapides, and receive the
Premium awarded him for the best
ten acres of corn raised in Rapides {!
The old one, with full forty tits in
him yet, received his we'll earned
fhonors, just like he used to make his,
grand old charges in the old combats
in Rapides. A younger member Of
the old Guard was the donor of the
pure silver cup, old Guard Jim won
it, won it fairly, and Dasher of the
same old Guard, finds more pleasure,
than the twain in recording it. st}
Hank from the tomb the dismal
sound of, stand from under Radical
candidates in Rapides! Your politi-
cal doom. and you have no other, is
sealed and the hand writing is
scratched on every fence rail, and
there is no use knocking at the col
ored door; the white one is slammed,
in your faces and your old dupes
have revived to new life, which
brings deliverance with it, and your.
quietus. Again, we urge you for the
last time, before it is too late, count
we'll your last step and retrace it in
stead of forward. Never too late to
repent, for taray repentance always
brings good fruits.
-3436! 334S!! The first Barrett's
registration as closed on Friday
the second, Capt. Hooe's in 1872
Eighty eight more in 1874 than 1872,
and yet the documents, sworn docu-
ments, are on record SWEARING that
Capt. Hooe had deprived from one
thousand to seventeen hundred col
ored persons from registering. How
is that now for high, radical high,
perjured high? Dasher must still
harp on this and keep it up before'
the people, and warn them against
the same sort once more, and as in
duty bound ask for general relief.
Never say fail, boys; no such.
word in the spelling book in which
Dasher learnt his alphabet! There
are fully sixteen hundred and fifty of
you registered, good and true, and
surely you can and must keep the
glorious ball in motion, Which the
grand old democracy Of the giant
western States of Ohio and Indiana
have sent here a whizzing. 1t was
good music, familiar to most of you;
so, trusty ones Of the caucasian race,
one more effort for good, one more
stride in the true direction. Follow
once more the music and the tramp
of the old soldiers, who can but lead
you to triumph, to glory, to safe
haven!
The Press gagged! An Editor
under military arrest, simply for wri-
ting plainly and to the point concern
ing the thieves and plunderers in his
Parish. All this and heap more has
Dasher heard and read about, since
his last dashes, and as yet he still
survives and is making his last amd
desperate kicks in the same quarters,
right here at home, against that same
old buzzard crew! But it is hard to
tell what an hour, a bayoneted hour,
directed by Kellogg and crew, will
bring forth. Dasher is consoled by
the serious reflection that it can't get
worse, the dregs are running over,
and some Of the cups may yet be
pressed to lips unexpected, Keep
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