The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-27
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PRESSING DUTIES.

On themes, which it should never
have been our forced duty to dilate
on to our people, but on the contrary
it must now be apparent TO all the
well-disposed and progressive ones Of
that people, that such duty is no
pleasant one to Journalist, who can
have but the real welfare of his peo-
pie at heart. We are thrown in this
strain of thoughts, though unpieas-
ant they be, by a recent stab receiy-
ed here by the Manager of the Tele
graph line, who is here to strike the
finishing ticks with his civilized and
work, which links US
again to the world and its doings:
the completion of the Telegraph in
side of three weeks!
This last Had of our woes, which
yet clusters to us, vibrated it's ills
against the Telegraph Manager in
the shape of little malicious and
crushing seizures of his very imple-
ments, and that in a community
which he expected to hail him as a
friend and benefactor-he expected
smiles of appreciation, but is hastily
greeted with frowns and snarls, and
all with no aim but to crush the good
work in its very fruition and with
malice aforethought. We had every
reason to believe that large COM
mercial community like ours, which
had suffered and groaned under fogy
ills, would have rushed to the extern
ded arms of telegraphic progress and
embraced it with tenacity and fervor
and blessed the arrival of the re-
demptionist, but not so-what we
have just noticed was the ushered
sequel-but as usual where there is
so much smoke, and bad smoke at
that, there kindles up suddenly a
bright fire to drive away that smoke,
and illumine the path of the one, but
a few moments before supposed to be
allowed to grope in the dark. An
humble, but noble hearted citizen,
rose at once to the situation and step
ped forward and rescued our persecu
ted Manager and freed him of the
shackles riyetted on him by the re-
lentless hands of sharpers and fogies,
and he now walks to his work freed
man, and we shall have our Tele-
graph.
And yet another complaint which
we hurl, with reluctance and with re-
greet, against a large portion of that
same people, our people, the people
of old Rapides, is the malignant non
chalance, not to use harsher phrase,
which they get pursue towards the
Railroad, its good, its hep, its com-
pletion. Thus Far, quietly, efectual-
ly and energetically has the work
progressed, and as we write over ten
miles OF the road are completed,
which work alone is complete sal
walton to what is called the Island of
Bayou Rapides, forever protecting its
large plantations with a Gordon of
levees, better and far superior than
ever before built by the State or Pa
rish, and which thirty thousand dol
lars in greenbacks would not pay for!
This very item saves forever these
lands, and if for no other cause should
silence and shame any opponent of
the Road forever and ever. At the
risk of travelling over the same beat
en- down path, which we have trod,
we again here in a few plain, unvar-
nished sentences, give our people an
other Railroad talk. The Managers
Of the New Orleans Pacific Railway
are a chartered institution, under the
general law of the State, are organ
zed, without saiaried officers, have
no grants, monied or landed, seek
none, ask none, are not paupers and
oeggars, but simply ask the people
where the Road is being built, and
through whose territory it runs, to
lid them simply by becoming share
holders therein, copartners in grand
md progressive work. One hundred
dollars sum up the amount of one
share, and that payable in install
nents on ninety days call, and the
irst payment thereon only to be ask
I'd for when ten miles of the Road are
n full and perfect running order. Is
his not plain, fair and a legitimate
business transaction? Nothing can
)e more so, and it would be gra-
,ious insult to common sense PEG
ole to longer explain or endeavor to
explain to them further in this CON-
non sense transaction