The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-13
BAD CONDUCT.

1t cannot be disguised that On two
or three occasions lately, some of the
young men Of Our Town have been
acting in a manner rather bad ard
unbecoming in decent and well-bred
youths. This has gone on hnrtn-
ished till last Friday night, when
this bad bad conduct eliminated in a
way for which We caEnot find words
too harsh to express ourselves. On
that night they regulated and paint
ed around Town on the signs, racks
bridges and houses in the Corpora
ton, letters and words of the most
disgusting obscenity, which would
bring tinge of shame to the lips OF
the most deprayed blackguard. Not
content to rest here their give
Points" antics, they descended a step
lower in the cess pool Of their nights
degradation and committed a british
act on dumb beast, the property OF
one of our best of citizens. We must
here earnestly enter our solemn pro-
test against such acts, and warn
these parties that the good people
here are unit against them, and will
in self-defence put them down.
Right here we cannot help thinking
that such acts as these necessarily
follow in the wake Of the non-obser
vance and reinforcement Of the
Ordinances of the Corporation, and is
fatal license to evil disposed young
ones. They know and see that some
of the Town Ordinances, especially a
noted one, are dead letters on the
Statute of the Towns and are contin-
ually and openly violated with per-
feet impunity, hence the bad example
set and followed. The Town author
tiles are the real blamable ones in
this bad sequel, and should now, be-
fore it is too late, do their share Of
duty and let their Ordinances be rig
idly enforced on all alike-and per-
haps the yodng men will stop, reform
and aid them in their duties. When
salaried and sworn officers Of the law
fail in part of their duty, and then
all at once come down to the right
music against juvenile offenders,
they must show clean hands in the
many deals with the old and con-
slant offenders.
Five young men, all minors, were
each arrested on Saturday on five
separate charges, and were bonded
each in the sum of two hundred and
fifty dollars for their appearance be-
fore Judge Daigre on Monday. The
State has taken the matter in hand,
which should we think shame the
Town authorities for derilection of
duty, in local misdeeds of such
gravity.
The young men as above, made
their appearance before the Parish
Judge and stood their preliminary
examination, and not an iota of tes-
timony appearing against them were
discharged by the Court. And here
we would advise all five youngsters,
or such of them az are really the cul-
prits, for the future to mend their
ways and keep out Of bad crowds,
keep from whiskey, keep from cards
and become as they grow up good and
decent members of society. Two of
them we know are entirely innocent
of the charge and could have proven
an alibi beyond the possibility of a
doubt. We further would advise our
good people, who have been outraged
in the matter, to be more cautious in
the future how they venture on aft
davits on information against per-
sons, who are entirely innocent. If
the outrages committed on Friday
night are really infamous, which we
again repeat they are, how indiscreet
to use a very mild term, is it to rally
five different affidavits against the
two innocent ones whom we allude
to? Rights here, under the laws and
their enforcement are easy, and no
two wrongs ever make right, and
more careful and prudent affidavits
in the future would be more felici-
tous.
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over three fourths Of the reve-
nues of the Corporation of our Town
are paid out in salaries. and some of
our Taxpayers and property holders
are beginning to think that these lib