The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-05-19
"TRGUBLE In RAPIDES,"

The New Orleans Republican, of
the 10Th, has an editorial under the
caption of the one we have selected
and quoted for the heading of this ar
ticle, which we republish in full, and
demand of our readers careful and
attentive perusal. We demand this
of them that they may understand
ingly dive into the real status OF that
editorial, or more properly into the
real and true motives Of the infor
mers here, who thus early and before
the tap of the drum take hurried
and false start, and again fauDt that
bloody shirt to the amazed gaze of
the foreign market. That this edi-
torial is no hurried item, dispatched
from here by the small fry Of Radi-
calism or even any of their old lead
ers, is but too apparent to us for
more reasons than one; that it is in
tended as an ordinary sensation, dip
ped in the cess-pool Of falsehood and
Misrepresentation, we know better;
in other words that the District
Judge or Parish Recorder or Deputy
Post Master have q hand in it, we
know better and cheerfully absolve
them of all blame as being the pro-
genitors or sponsors of such lies and
SANDERS.
This "trouble in Rapides' sprung
from other brains, than the men we
have alluded to above, and is malig-
nantly matured and cultured in quar-
ters where Islander and falsehood are
intuitive and cherished, where all the
mean and vindictiye, traitor-like
traits find safe resting place, and
where hyena-like the grave is not res
pected. Respectfully indeed is our
duty once more summoned to de-
nounce and give the lie direct to such
/ charges, which are again revamped
against our friends, our people and
the good name Of our Parish. And
we really regret that the New Orleans
Republican should again be the me-
dunn used and imposed on to fulmi-
nate publicly these baseless and false
" manufactured Kukluxisms, which
should find no echo in any decent
newspaper in the State. The Editors
of that Journa. should by this time
know how often they have been i'm
posed upon and made the undesign-
ing dupes of the bad men, who again
raise aloft that bloody shirt in their
columns. They should pause, they
should unload, they should demand
new and more decent authority than
the old bummers who have hobbied
the old shirt to atoms, and seek some
chance to give "blood- thirsty Rap
ides" a half a showing in this Islander
and defamation game, and not eter-
nally harp on that old banjo with one
string.
Right here, with calmness, delibe.
ration and all due respect for the Re-
publican, as a well-conducted Journal
and earnest party organ, we denounce
the author or authors of the article
in question, and we do it in the name
and by the authority of the three
gentlemen who are maligned by it, as
liars, slanderers and defamers; and
that it's falsehood, SANDER and defa-
nation are SO palpable and patent,
that it needs no particularizing by us
to explain the matter. The charges
made are false, we know it and we de
nounce them accordingly, and the
gentlemen, who have been singled out
by this masked battery here, would
be but too glad to have it unmask
and meet and face them like men, but
we have no idea that these miscre-
ants will accord such fair play orjus-
tice to gentlemen. But perhaps, the
Republican can and will serve the
cause of justice in the matter and
give our friends chance of rebuttal.
They surely can do it, and thus be
the instruments Of putting stop to
such base things and convincing
them that the real enemies Of the
country, and its reconstruction, are
the very ones who still fight us in the
dark and through a foreign Journal.
Will the Republican favor our friends
with their authority for 'ttrouble in
Rapides."
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| CHARITY.-This heaven born viz
tue is once more to be christianized
into practical utility in Alexandria,
and at the Exchange Hotel Ball
Room. ON to=morroW night. The Sc