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Steamers SENATOR and Los ANGELES
go to Anaheim Landing.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-11-15
pLATF OR VI
OF THE
DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATIVE PARTY
Oh
THE STATE OF LOUISIANA

WE, the representatives of the Dem
ocratic- Conservative party of the State
of Louisiana, in Convention assem-
bled, DO hereby declare administrative
and political reform to be the para
mount issue in the coming general
election, and we earnestly appeal to
our fellow-c citizens of every former pn-
litical association of white and colored,
to ze:,lously cooperate with us IN our
pronounced effort to effect such reform.
We arraign the Radical party of Lou
siana for marked ana frequent viola
tinns of the letter and spirit OF the
Constitution for the assumption OF IL
licit mowers for the benefit OF party,
and 10 the great injury and almost to-
tai ruin of the State; for iomenting
discussions between the races and de
liberately exciting strife aud turmoil,
thereby crne!c sacrificing the lives of
cnIDred and white citizens, with the
intent of procuring nnwarranfed and
demonstrations interference in out
State affairs.
We denonrce the nsurpatlTe and
bad government which Louisiana has
suffered for the last four years, usur'
nation under which officers elected by
the people have lren displaced, the
government arbitrarily overtiirown by
Federal power. the Legislature iOva
ded and lispersed by tayonets in tint
of profound peace. and such violen
1 and unlawful interference adds but an
other to the long list of crimes 70
which the Republican party should b
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Clippings
Faithfulness and sincerity are the

Faithfulness and sincerity are the
greatest things.
The wise neither grieve for the
dead nor for the living.
Govern the child by gentleness;
even the camel moves not swiftcr be
fore the whip than behind the flute.
Strong as our passions are, they
may be starved into submission and
conquered without being killed.
AS the eagle flies high above the
highest mountains, SO does true and
holy love above struggling duty.
One half the want is caused by
people looking at this, that and the
other employment as not being gen.
teel.
When man is hideously ugly the
only safety is in glorying in it. Let
him boldly claim it as distinction.
! The strongest man feels the infiu-
eace Of woman's geatlest thoughts,
| as the migls'iest oak quiyers in the
| sof,est breeze.
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THE arrest of Tweed, although no

THE arrest of Tweed, although no
extradition treaty exists between
Spain and the United States of Ameri-
ca, is not, as stated, without precedent.
Not eight weeks ago. in presence of
Mr.. Mcpherson, consul of Seville, an
Epglishman was arrested for emhezz-
ling money from his employers, aud
was handcutfed, sent to Cadiz, shipped
to England, and has been tried and
sentenced. Within the last few years
also two British subjects were arrested
in Barcelona, one of whom committed
suicide on board steamer bound for
England while in charge of two detec-
tives. Spain, for various reasons, in
case of great defaulter or bad crimi-
nal. has been in the habit of giving NJ
to English or American police.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-11-15

Tile renurt nlaile b General c

THE report made by General Grant
to President Johnson in December,
1865, is a valuable public document,
because it is one of the few we have
which was at least prepared from an
impartial standpoint. Grants opinion
as to the bad results which follow from
the employment of negro troops in the
South is of peculiar interest just now,
when Governor Chamberlain is en-
deavoring to disarm the white militia
of South Carolina, giving the privilege
of armed organization to the black
troops alone. General Grant, as far
back as 1865, said:
"There is such universal acquies-
cence in the authority of the general
government throughout the portions of
Che country visited by me, chat the
mere presence Of a military force,
without regard to numbers, is sufficient
to maintain order. The good of the
country requires that a force be kept
in the interior, where there are many
freedmen. Elsewhere in the Southern
states than at forts on the seacoast nc
force is necessary. The soldiers shonld
all be white troops. The reasons fol
this are obvious. Without mention
ing any of them, the presence of black
troops, lately slaves, demoralizes Ia
Dor, boil, by their advice and furnish
ing in their camps % resort for thu
freedmen for long distances around
IL some eases, | am sorry t.
say, the freedman's mind does no
seem to be disabused of the idea tina
the treedmaa has a right to live with
ont care or provision for the future
The effect of this belief in the distribu
ton of the lands is idleness, and accu
mutation in camps, towns and cities.
This idea, in ''the freedman's mind
that be has right to live "withon
care or provision for the future" sti
persists; the black militia afford en-
enlargement to this disposition, and
, has time and again been shown SlG
the white militia organizations n,
necessary to protect not only the live
and property of the whites, but also
protect the blacks from the violence
r blacks. In fact, if the native white
: are to be disarmed, the United STATE
troops should be sent to the state
e protect the colored Democrats fro
: the violence of the Republican negroe
, Il Baltimore Gazette.
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Fireman's nreSS.

An improved dress, designed to
enable iremen to enter a burning
huilding in safety, has been recently
made the subject Of some interesting
experiments. 1t consists Of two air
tight garments, worn one over the
other, after the manner Of divers
dress. The inner dress is OF rubber
and fits tightly; the outer dress,
worn over this, is Of leather aud is
quite loose. The outer snit is also
secured to n metallic helmet resting
on the shoulders and entirely
covering the head. A line of hose
is attached to Tie back Of the outer
dress, where it divides into two
smaller pipes. One goes to the top
of the helmet on the outside, where
1T discharges number of line
streams of water that flow down over
the outside OF the dress. L IL e
other branch pipe passes under the
iireman's arm, andsends in a nozzle
that he may use in directing the
stream on the flames. Within this
hose is another, smaller, h a t
delivers air under pressure to the
open space between the two garments.
The air expands the outer garment
and keeps it away from the person,
and at the same time supplies fresh
air for respiration. To allow for the
escape of the spent air, two small
holes are drilled in til e helmet
opposite the eyes, and through these
the exhausted air escapes, driving
| the smoke and flames away from the
face and giving q clear view without
injury to the. eyes. Such a dress
enabled a fireman to stay within q
burning building for twenty minutes
in perfect safety Exchange.
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ALEXANDRIA, La. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1876.
.eld to account in November next.


held to account in November next.
We hereby proclaim that it is our
desire and fixed purpose under any
and every provocation to have a fair
and peaceable election; but we demand
and will insist that there shall be no
violence or intimidation exercised to-
wards such of our colnred feilow-citi
zens as may wish to cooperate with
US for the redemption of the State from
misrule.
We fully recognize the binding eff
feet of the three recent articles OF
amendment to the constitution of the
United States, and accept the same as
n final settlement of the controversies
that engendered civil war, and we
pledge ourselves to protect every citl-
zen in the exercise Of the rights ac-
rqnired and guaranteed by said amend
ments. whatever be his race, color or
previous condition. =.
We hereby pledge our party to the
satisfaction of all the legal obligations
issued by the State of Louisiana; to
the most strenuous efforts in the d.
rection of reform and an economical
administration of the government, and
especially to the abolition of all unnec-
essary public officers; to the reduction
OF the fees and salaries of officers; to
the standard of fair remuneration
and the consequent reduction of taxa
ton to the lowest possible limit com-
mensurate with the necessary eypen-
SEES of the government and the preser-
walton of the public faith, and to the
curtailment of the dangerously large
patronage of the chief executive of the
State.
We declare ourselves in favor of the
passage of the Texas Pacific Railroad
bill, now pending before Congress,
and recommend our members of Con-
gress to advocate its passage at an
early date.
We advocate the fostering of the
public schools for the benefit of all the
ehucatahIe children Of the State,
and that equal advantages be gwen
to all children, colored us well as
white.
We cordially approve of and endorse
the platform of the national Democrat
ic party recently assembled in conven,
ton a. St. Louis, and feel inspired
with the hope OF better Government
i'll the future; bnt the great question o
reform is brought before the people o
the whole country by Il great nationa
fparty, and we pledge ourselves to us'
our utmost efforts TO secure the success
of those great opponents OF nati""a
reform. Samuel j. Tilden and Thoma
A, Hendricks.
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Gnr 9oet f GprnRr SeleelGl
LIVING.
BY II. II.

We can only live oToe; and death 5
trrrrrs
With lifc's bowers anA roses cntwine,
And our lives would be darkened by
errors
Did we even, like cats, possess nine
They would be perhaps ali OF them
wasted,
And not half Of the joys would be tasted
That one life can embrace in day,
Let the lives that we live be worth
living;
Let the days that we spend be wei!
spent:
Let us save tor the pleasure Of giving,
And not borrow at fifty per cent;
Let It's never cease loyiag and learning,
and usu life for its jobiest OF ends,
Then when dust to its dust Is returning
We shall live in the hearts Of cur
friends.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-11-15

A BEAUTIFUL SENTIaENT.- key. Il.
Starr King, in his address on the
Fourth Of July, 1860, at the chill
dren's celebration in San Francisco
gave utterance to the following,
which is worthy of preservation:
"You know that the clock ticks
and ticks, second by second, in a
dull, patient, hundrnm sort Of way,
till the hand reaches the sixtieth
minute, and then it strikes. A new
hour is born. What if each day
should be marked at sunrise by the
louder striking of a clock to tell US
that a more important minute was
reached. What if the commence.
ment Of a new year shonld always be
told to US by the vibration OF some
mighty bell far up in space, that
sounded only on the first of January,
touched then by the hand of God?-
And now suppose that when any
thing very important was about tc
happen in the world, when new
year of hope and joy for q nation OF
mankind was to come, mighty time
q .
keeper, away up among the stars
should ring ont so that men coult
hear it, and say: clark! ali, nes
hour, one of Gods hours had strucl
in the great belfry Of the heavens!
This would be grand. But God doe
mark the great seasons of the world
history by mighty clock. In fac
every nation has q huge dial plate
and behind it are the works, and b.
low it is the pendulum, and ever
now and then its hands mark ne
hour. Our revolution was such
period. That is the glory of it.
The English government had Of
pressed our fathers: it tried to brea
their spirit. 1t was for several yea
:, q dark time, like the season befo
, sunrise. But the old time piece keI
ticking, ticking, the wheels Ike
- playing calmly, till about 1775, the
was q strange stir and busy clatt
inside the case; the people couldi
bear any more; a sixtieth mimi
q came, and all of sudden the clio
I'd struck! The world heard the bait
at of Bunker Hill--one; the Dccial
- ton of Independence--two; the s,
s render of Burgoyne-three; the sic
v of Yorktown-four; the treaty
I'd Paris five; the Inauguration
'e- WashiDgtou-six; and then it v
p sunrise, and we live in the foreDo
lie Of the glorious day. Let Us be g
it and grateful on this anniversa
q that such glorious hour was ma
til ed for our country und the world,
's ~, our coasts. Let US hope and pl
of that The good old clock shall rem
rs. for centuries uninjured, and that
viii strike many times again
% : not through battle to mark /
,he hours for humanity
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ar is strange" muttered a
Young man, as he staggered home
from a supper party, ''lIoW evil com
mGnications corrupt good manners.
! have been surrendered by tnmblers
all the evening, and now am tum
bier myself
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-11-15

There is one thing on which o
husband and wife never have and
never can agree, and that is on what
constitutes well-beaten carpet
When the article is clean it's mans
impression that it should be remov-
ed. and he he allowed to wash up and
quietly retire. But woman's appe-
tite for carpet-beating is never APP
peased while man has o whole
muscle in his body. And if he wait
ed until she voluntarily gave the sig
nal to stop he might beat away until
he dropped down dead. 1t is direct.
| ly owing to his superior strength OF
| mind that the civilized word is lot
| widow this day" p Danbury News
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SEARCHING A COFFIN FOR EvI
DENCE. Some excitement was crea-
ted yesterday in the ueighborhood of
Bedford BY the. exclamation OF the
body of the Rev. John L. Dawson of
Woodlands, who was buried in16T0
in the churchyard of the village of
Chapman. Mr.. Dawson, who inheri-
ted the estate ofW oodlands from his
father, who had bought it, was twice
married, and though he had a son by
his first marriage, he bequethed the
estate to his son by his second wife.
1t is believed, however, by his eldest
son that the estate WAS entailed by
the will Of his grandfather, which
could not be found; and as informa
ton had reached him that documents
had been buried with bis father, APP
plication was made for the exhuma,
ton Of the body to. the Home Secre
tary and the requisite sanction hav
ing been obtained, the exhumatlor
was commenced at A. NJ. on Tues
day and completed at s A. b., whel
the coffin was opened in the prescnc'
of the legal and medical gentlemen
concerned. A diligent search be
tween the inner shell and the cute
oak coffin proved in vain; but on lift
ing the body, which wa in a won
derful state of preservation, bundl
of what appeared to be letters, tie
y round with red tape, was discovered
The documents were taken away
with the necessary legal forma!itie
! and the body was then reinterre'
|-IPall Mall Gazette.
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-"AES'T forty dollars rather high
for lodging and breakfastf" was
what a departing stranger by the
Kingsbury stage inquired of the
clerk at one of our leading hotels, on
being told that was the amount OF
his bill. Eyes, it is a little high
but we might as we'll have it rs the
stage robbers" was the placid an
swer of the clerk as he receipted ths
biIl,-ISan Antonio Herald,
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REFNRM IN nIGH rLACEs.

Reform is necessary even more in the
higher grades of public service. Prcs-
don't, Vice President, Judges, Senators,
Representatives. Cabinet officers - these
aud all others in authority are the pco-
u,e'I servants. Their offices are not Il
private perguisite; they are a publ"
trust. When the annals of this Republic
ur0ri,sim the disgrace aHd censnre of u
Vice. President; IL late Speaker Of the
! House of representatives marketing his
. ruling as q presiding officer; three Sena-
| tors pGotiting secretly oy their votes us
| lawmakers; five ciiairuen of the leading
committees of the late House of Represen-
tatives exposed in .johhery; late Sccrcta-
ry of the Treasury forcing balances in the
public accounts; a late Acknowledgement
,nisappropriatiug public funds; Secreta-
~ of the Navy enriches or enrichng
friends by percentages levied off the profits
Of contractors with his department; an
/ Ambassador to England concerned in
dlshonOrahe speculation; the Presidents
private Secretary barely escaping convic
4 tiOn, npou trial, for guilty completely it
frauds upon the revenue; a Secretary O
War impcachel for high crimes and con
fesSea mls,lemeanors; the demonstration j.
Complete IHd' tNc l!!St Nitp iHuSt NC ti'
pubIic choice of honest men from another
party lest the disease OF one poitica
organization upset the whole body polite
and thereby making no change OF men o
party, we can get no change OF measure
and no reform.
: All these abuses, wrongs and crimes
: the product Of sixteen years of ascendanc,
, OF the Republican party, create necessit
j., for reform confessed b. the Republican
themselves. Bnt their reformers are We
ted down in convention and displace
from the Cabinet The party's mass q
honest votes is powerless to resist th
eighty thousand ofice-holders, It's leader
and guides. Reform can only be had by
I reaeeful civic revolution. We demand
: change of system, change of administr'
tration change of parties, that we ma
!, have IL change of men.
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An ANTI Spiritual Exposition
MARvELs OF sLElGHT OF HAND.


Saturday afternoon II. Cazeneave
entertained a company Of gentlemen
in a small room at Chickeving Hall
by doing many surprising things Of
the kind performed by so-called
Spiritual mediums. He WAS SO tied
that neither head, hands, nor feet
could he moved, according to the
ordinary laws of motion; and his
shirt cuffs were sewed to the band
ages about his wrists in such a way
that the hands could not be slipped
from their confinement without sew
ering the threads. So bound lie
rang bells, bowed on penny trum-
pet, and beat q drum all at the same
time; Or somebody Or something did
behind q curtain drawn across the
front of cabinet. He filled the
large eye of needle with short
threads from a spool laid on his lap,
cut paper into curious shapes, wrote
on slate the words which members
of this assembly had privately writ
ten on cards, gave the marks on a
domino secretly selected by some
one present, took off his own stock
ings and placed them in his Flap,
while his boots remained on, and his
feet securely tied above the ankle,
took off the coat of a gentleman who,
b!indfolded, sat beside him in the
cabinet, with one hand on the per-
formers breast anil another over
his forehead, to detect any move
ment, kissed another gentleman who
sat beside him in The same manner,
transferred that gentleman's watch
and chain from his vest to the pres
tidigitateur's trousers pocket, and
did other marvels. 81
After he was unbound, he tied
himself into the most helpless and
impossible position, making seventy
two knots in about five and & hall
minutes. He plainly says that. this
is all done BY s|eight ofhand. A
part of this programme, will be per
formed at his exhibition to night
and the whole tomorrow night
which will be bis last appearance
here IN. Y. Sun.
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REFORM IN CIVIL SERVICE.

Reform is necessary in the civil service.
Experience proves that efficient, economi-
cal coudact of tie governmental business
is not possible if its civil service be sui
jected to change at every election, and be-
purse offered at the 'baiiot-boX as II brief
reward Of party zeal, instead Of posts Of
honor assigned for proved competencyand
held for fidelity in the pnb!ic employ
That the dispensing Of patronage should
neither be u tax upon the time of all our
hubble men, nor The instrument of their
ambition. Here again professions, fa's-
fed in the performance, attest that the
party in power can work out no practical
or salutary reform.
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to more than eighteen dollars per head
Since the pence the people have paid to
their tax CATERERS more than thrice the
sun Of the national debt, and more than
Twice that sum for the Federal Goycn,-
mrmt alone. We demand vigorous tTu-
gality IN every department and from every
officer OF the Government. Returm is ne
crssary to put 4 stop TO The prohigate
waste Of public lands and their diversion
from actual settlers by the party in power,
winch has sQuandored two hundred mil
lions uf acres upon railroads alone. and
ont Of more than twice that aggregate
has disposed Of ia.s shan y sixth directly
to tillers Of the soil. Reform is necessary
10 correct the
OMISSIONS OF A REPUBLICAN, CONGRESS.
and the errors Of our treaties and our di-
p.dmaoy which have stripped oar fellow
citizens 0i' foreign birth and kindred race
rucrO5siug the Atlantic Of the shield Of
American citizenship. and have exposed
our brethren of the Pacific slope to the IN
CurSiOns Of q race not suruug from the
same great parent stGCk--in fact DOW dc
MED by law citizenship through naturaii-
cation, as being neither accustomed to the
tradition of progressive civilization, or
exercised in liberty under equal laws
We denouncG the policy which thus dis
cards the liberty loving German, and toll
crates the revival of the c0olie trade in
Monaghan women imported for immoral
purposes, and Mongolian men hired TO
perform scrvile labor contracts, and de-
mand snch modification of the treaty with
the Chinese Empire. or such legislation
by Congress within q constitutional hml-
tation, as shall prevent the further impor-
tation or immigration Of the Mongoian
race. Reform Is necessary, and can never
he effected but by making it the control
ling issue of the elections. and lifting it
above thr two false issues with which the
ofce-hoIding class and the party in power
seek to smother it. The false issues with
which they would enkindle sectarian
strife in respect to the public schools, of
which the establishment and support be-
long exclusively TO the several States, and
which the Democratic party has cherished
from their foundation and resolved to
maintain without partality or preference
for any class, sect or creed, and without
contributing from the treasury to any
The false issue by which they seek to
light anew the dying embers OF sectional
hate between two kindred peoples once
unnatllraily estransed, Int now reunited
in ono indivisible Republic and a common
destiny.
,NT,-.