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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19

THEY Do IT WITH THEIR HIND
LEGs.-A lady IN Bedford, who lived
near a church, was sitting by the
window listening to the crichets, which
were loudly chirping, the music from
the choir rehearsal being family audi.
bic, when a gentleman dropped in
Familiarity, who had just passed the
church and had the music full in his
mind. "What a noise they are making
to- night! said he. eyes, said the
lady, "and it said they do it with their
hind egs!"-[Exchange.
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The Sword.
A WEAPON THAT Is VERY APT TO WORK
BOTH WAYS.

The thirteen reconstructed States
cast ninety-five electoral votes, or
more than one-fonrth of the whole
number. All these States voted for
Grant in 1868, except Georgia and
Louisiana, which voted for Seymour,
and Mississippi, Virginia and Texas,
which, not being then fully restored to
the Union, did not vote at all. For
several years nine of these States were
strongholds of the Republican party.
Latterly they have gradually become
Democratic until at the present time
the Republicans have a rather feeble
hold upon only South Carolina, FIoliGa
and Louisiana.
1t the pending Presidential campaign
the reconstructed States are the key to
the position; and unless the Republi.
cans can defeat the Democrats in three
or four of the States now held by the
latter, they have no hope of escape
Hence, they look upon Mississippi, Ar
kansas, louisiana and Alabama with q
covetous eye; and if violent counsels
prevail they will resort to the desperate
expedient of the bayonet for recovering
their lost ground in the South.
Well, let them try it. Then, when i
is too late to profit by the fact, they
may learn that an influential body o
Republicans in the North will not to-
lerate further attempts to carry cleo
tions in the South by stufing ballot
boxes according to martial law, no
look quietly on while peaceable either
are denounced as banditti because they
protest against such outrages, Never
theless, it becomes more and more ap
parent that the Repu blicans, hard pres
sed By the emergency, contemplate ;
raid of violence in the coming canvas
in four or five of the reconstruct,
States.
The Democrats need not be alarmed
at this intervention by the sword. Fo
every electoral vote thus wrenche
from them by terror and coercion, the
may gain two in the doubtful States G
the North and West.-[ ashingto
Gazette.
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The hard times have compelled

The hard times have compelled
nearly every business man in the
country to reduce the salaries Of
those employed by him, and the day
iaborer. whose pay is, in the best of
times, generally held down to the
minimum, has been forced to accept
reduction Of wages. Yet when the
House proposes to reduce the pay Of
government employees to standard
demanded by the times, and thereby
to reduce the burthen of taxation
imposed upon the people, the Senate
refuses to agree to the reduction.
Having increased the salary of these
officials to figure beyond that which
a country, almost bankrupted by ex-
travagance and robbery is able to pay
the Radical party will listen to no
proposition looking to retrenchment
and economy.
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4 Famous Sporting Estate.

That famous sporting estate "The
Durdans " at Epson, which some
time ago passed into the hands of Lord
Rosebery. has q remarkable history.
The original house was built by the
first Earl Berkeley with materials
brought from q celebrated place called
Nonsuch, in the same county, Surrey.
Nonsuch was begun by Henry VII, and
Hentzner, German who visited it in
the time of Elizabeth, describes it as
having been of magnifcence worthy
of its name. Charles II, that most
scampish of scampish kings; granted
it to one of his mistresses, the notorious
Barbara Palmer, Duchess Of Cleveland
who pulled down the house, sold the
materials and disparked the land. The
property passed during the last century
through various hands, until it reached
Mr.. Arthur Heathcote, the youngest
son of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Of a
family which accumulated a vast for.
tune in "the city," This was fifty
years ago great hunting district ,ant
Mr.. Heathcote, known throughout it al
"the squire" kept staghounds. His
neighbor at "the Oaks" was Lord Der.
by. Hence "the Derby" and "theOaks'
Lord Derby had fifty guest chamber
at the Oaks for hunting friends. Ii
the grounds Of the Duldans is nonu'
ment to Sir Gilbert Heathcote's horse
Amato, which won the Derby in lS46
and when the estate was sold by Thu
Heathcotes, one of the conditions wa
that the grave of Amatc should not b'
desecrated. Lord Rosebery will keel
his stud at the Durdans. EPSON wa
at one time a gay watering place, bu
it's glories in that line are departed.
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The Democratic Conservative voters
of the different Wards or Precincts OF
the Parish of Rapides, as named and ap-
portioned in the Parish Executive Com
mittee's official call OF this date, pub
lished below, will assemble in their
respective Precincts, on
SATURDAY, the Goth day Of AUGUST
1876,
for the purpose of selecting or electing
the number of Delegates to which they
are entitled, to represent them in the
Parish Convection to convene in Alex
andria on the End day of September
1876. j. A. WILLIAMS,
Chairman Executive Committee.
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The Aggressive Policy.

The New York Herald has seen fiji
to criticse somewhat severely the
determination expressed by Governor
Tllden to make the approaching cam
paign, in the last degree, aggressive.
Yet this deter mination will meet the
approval of the majority of the Ameri-
can people. We do not mean by ag-
erosion the utilization of public men
and persistent hunting down of pri-
yate character, but fair and open
declaration of party principles and
intentions. In two or three successive
presidential campaigns the Democrat,
ic-Conservative party has refused to
respond to the demand Of the hour.
and has thereby allowed itself to be
forced on the defensive. The St. Lou
is Convention displayed that highest
Of capacities. to learn and to forget.
1t saw that the nation has come to
care nothing for political parties, save
as a means to secure an honest admin
istration of the Government, that the
attention of the masses is fixed on
administrative reform with an earnest
ness hitherto unknown, and that the
Cincinnati Convention, while refusing
to nominate the representative Repub-
lican reformer, had robbed the Sec
tional issue of vitality by the defeat of
Morton, Blaine and Conkling. At St..
Louis platform was adopted whose
every syllable rings with reform, and
there was placed upon it candidate
whose whole public career has been a
continual war upon the rings which
have for the last ten years ruled our
politics.
Governor Tilden shows great ap-
probation of the situation when he
determines to take the offensive. This
is the policy which carried him to
victory in his war with the Tammany
and Canal rings. 1t is the only policy
on which he can rely for success in
November. Men like Mr.. Carl Schurz,
with all his undeniable ability and
putty of purpose, fail to meet the cri-
sis by the ntterance of sounding plati-
tudes and the abuse of q party because
it is, like human nature, imperfect
They would display more wisdom and
common sense if, like Governor Tilden,
they resolved to take politics and
politicians as they find them, and, by
untiring exertion and skillful manage.
ment, to make them unconsciously
subserve nobler ends.
The rings which have entrenched
themselves in the Offices of the Federal
Government and the favor of the
President will yield to no half-bearted
assaults Of the opposition. The posi-.
tons which have so long appeared
impregnable must be carried by storm
All the signs point to the consolidation
OF the office. hcldees' force for the
perpetuation of their misrule. w {
believe that these scheming. engineers
will be hoisted with their own petard
ANY impression they may make on tlt
South will be more than compensated
bv t h @ inevitable reaction at the
North. Meanwhile, it is lmperatiyely
necessary to prevent the battle from
being fought on any other field thar
that chosen at St. Louis. Reform Is
the key note of this campaign. In tile
words of Mr.. Tllden "This shall be NJ
still hunt" The skies are bright will
auguries Of success. The opposition tt
Radicalism is on the aggressive now
and to win must take no step backward
- New Orleans Times.
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IN. O. Times.

ONE OUT OF EIGHTY THOUSAND
The Republicans propose to elect
Hayes President in place of Grant.
The whole number OF pubic officers is
estimated to he eighty thousand. One
is to be changed, aud seventy-nne
thousand nine hundred and ninety
nine left in! One drop in the pail of
sour milk is to be changed; will that
make the whole pail sweet?
Whereas, if Tilden is elected, the
great majority of the public officers
will stand not upon the order of their
going, but go at once. This would be
civil service reform in earnest; not q
reform of one-eighty -thonsandth part,
but IL reform of the whole body.
This view of the matter makes it
very plain how electors who want to
give their support to reform should
vote. Those who desire one eighty
thousaudth part of reform can vote for
Hayes; while those who are for entire
reform will vote for Tilden.-[N. Y
Sun.
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The Ti!aen Club.
HEADQUARTERS 1sT TILDEN CLUgl
OF RAPIDES PARISH
Alexandria, La, July Is 1876 \

AAIAbSoahltho 1SI 1lLDEH CLUBj
OF RAPIDEs PARISH,
Alexandria, La, July Is, lS76.I
A large and enthusiastic Meeting
Of the citizens of Alexandria Ward,
was held at the Town Hall on Satur-
day night, July 18th, for the purpose
of organizing Democratic Conserv-
alive Campaign Club. The meeting
was called to order by John A. viii
!iams, Esq, chairman of the Parish
Executive Committee, who nomina-
ted W. G. McGimsey, as chairman of
meeting, who was elected by accla
nation. Charlas Moore, Jr., and
Charles Owen were elected Secreta-
ries. The chairman addressed the
meeting in his usual able manner af-
ter which permanent organization
Of the club and the election of officers
took place, which resulted as follows:
they all being elected by acclama-
ton:
Jas. ". w ulGe, IEeSlOenC.
Moses Rosentha1, 1st Vice Pres.
Carter Carr, I'd Vice President.
Chas. Moore, Jr., Recording Sec'ty
Chas. Owen, Cor. Sec'ty.
John A. Williams, Treasurer.
The meeting being fully organized
was opened in due form and addressed
by Jas. G. White, also by Hon. T. C.
Manning both of whom were the re-
cipients of repeated applause.
On motion of W. c. McGimsey,
That Samuel J. Tilden fNew York,
be elected LIST Honorary member of
this Club, and that the Correspond
ing Secretary be authorized to in.
form him of the fact. The motion
was carried unanimously and with
cheers. Motion made and carried,
That Hon. I. G. Manning and Judge
Geryais Baillio of Rapides Parish be
also elected Honorary members o.
this Club. They were accordingly
elected unanimously and by acclama
ton.
Motion was made that the Clut
hold its next meeting in the Towr
Hall on Saturday evening July 18th
1878. Carried.
Resolved, That the Proceedings
of this Meeting be published in tht
Louisiana DEMOCRAT, and that thu
New Orleans Democrat be requested
to copy.
All persons present, many Of whom
were colored, signed the Roll.
When the meeting adjourned three
hearty cheers and a Tiger for Tildel
and Hendricks and the Democratic
Conservative party.
JAMES G. WHITE,
CRAs. MOORE, JR., President
Recording Secretary.
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Col. Mcclure seems to have a
leaning toward Gov. Tilden. He says
Of him in The Philadelphia Times {:
"For once the Democracy have given
the country a leader who is himself
the embodiment of the issues of the
contest. He is no expedient-no inof
fensive nobody to drivel through a
contest without offense. He comes be.
fore the American people just when
there is famine of manly leadership
and universal feast of unsavory lit
tleness. He will be opposed by some
who believe more in the Democracy OF
the past, than in the grandeur of ma
tional regeneration, but unless the au-
dible whispers of Republican dlscon-
tent are utterly meaningless, each set
ting sun will rise again on Gov. Tilden
strengthened in the trust of the people
Such is the teaching of to- day, and
there must be reactionary wave
stronger than that of August 1876, il
he shall not be the Centennial Presi.
dent of Peace"
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V1HE DEMOCRATIC--CONSERVA-
IL tive Delegates of the Parish Of RAJ
pides will assemble in District Conven
ton, on
SATURDAY, I'd of SEPTEMBER 1876,
at o'clock p. NJ. in the TOWN HALL,
Alexandria, for the purpose Of meeting
and joining the Delegates from the Par
ishes of Vernon and Grant to nominate
Democratic Conservative candidates
for District Judge and District Attorney.
And the Democratic-Conservative Del
egates from the Parish of Rapides will
assemble in District Convention, at 2
o'clock 2. NJ. same day and place, for
the purpose of meeting and joining the
Delegates from the Parish of Vernon to
nominate Drmocratic--Conservatiye
candidate for State Senator.
Each of these Parishes shall have in
these District Conventions the number
OF Delegates, and b. represented by
them, by the numbers accorded them by
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Committee
OF the State, and will be as follows:
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4 Contrast.
THE CONVENTION AT CINCINNATI AND
THE cow ENTIoN AT
ST. LOUIS.

THE CON EHtftf "A tiHti1>-'"NAA |A4H@D
THE COW ENTIoN AT
ST. LOUIS.
Without doubt many q wagering
mind has been made up, since the
iudicious nominations at st. Louis.
to vote with the Democratic party.
The simple dnty which that conven-
ton had to perform has been done III
such straightforward way, It's appeal
to the nation has been uttered IN such
an earnest and natura, manner, that
it will be needed. In more senses
than ont was the Cincinnati Conven-
ton memorable one; and should the
good fortunes of the American people
doom the Republican party to period
of repose by way of rebuke, or even
seal its doom as au organization, the
record of its intrigues and frothy
decIamations at Porkopolis will fur
nish curious reading to the future
student.
There is then lack of sincerity
about the whole business. There is
duplicity in half of the rotten planks
of their platform. The party Of prog
ress is no longer aggressive but snarls
in an attitude of defense over the bones
it is picking, with its tail between its
legs.
This convention revealed a horrible
state of things, in this, that half a
dozen men of real ability were conten-
ding for the glittering Chat abominable)
mastership of the Southern people,
No wonder the people Of the South
were anxious as to the result; no won
der they hung with interest around the
bulletin boards. While they> were
confident that the better sense of their
Northern brethren would free them
from the humiliation of such a task
master as Morton, yet there was dan
ger enough about it to add fearful
interest to every dispatch.
There is mo denying that the Repub-
iican Convention was interesting in its
dramatic incidents, curious in its du-
plicities, horrible in its half-concealed
hatred of the Southern people, con-
temptible in its efforts to deceive the
people at large.
On the other hand, the St. Louis
assembly appealed to no passions; ii
was honest and direct; it asks fo'
power not for the sake of the party
but the country. If the people wish
to set themselves right before the
world, which now in truth has it's eyer
upon US, it is blessed occasion ; no,
alone that it is centennial year, fol
if corruption had eliminated at any
other time it would call tor the same
rebuke, bnt as matter of common
sense. In short, the surest guarant;
of honesty in new Democratic gov
eminent would be its possession Of
power with yigilant party in oppo,
sition. The defeat of the Democracy
would indeed offer gloomy prospec
for the country. II the party is not tx
be rewarded for its revelations of the
rascality in public places, it will have
no motive for future vigilance. Witt
the Democratic party out OF the way
what won!d there be to prevent t!it
country from going to hell in a hand
basket within the next four Presiden
tial years, is beyond conjecture
When there is no longer any oecasio,
; for craftsmanship and no more public
money, our Belknaps and Babcock
will turn into foot-pads, and then il
chaos come again. Louisville (Ky.
Courier-J journal.
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We are in receipt of the Colfax
Chronicle, a new Journal just started
in Grant Parish, published at the
seat Of Justice by j. NJ. Sweeny, are
pleased to place it on our exchange
list, and wish the enterprise solid
success. =
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-07-19

A FACT THAT Is ELooUENT.-Less
than two years ago Samuel j. Tilden
was elected Governor of New York.
1t was the year after the panic.
The people felt poor, and they de-
manded reduction in the expenses of
the government. The taxes for 1874
were sl6,OOO,000. The taxes for 1876
are 100000. There is no humbug,
no sham, no false pretences about that.
1t is one of those solid, substantial
facts which touch the pocket, and
influence the judgment Of every citizen
of every community in the State, fol
every man is taxpayer Utica
Observer.
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Delegates
j, A. WILLIAMS,
Chairman Executive Committee.

BLAINE is now Senator from
Maine-but he is at home still sick,
and his friends begging quarters for
him at the hands of Clymer's Com
mlttee. For PHYS AXE we suppose
'hey will have to yield, grant and
postpone it,
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Cnster and his pallan

WHILST Custer and his gallant
troopers were fighting the Sioux and
giving up their lives as true men and
soldiers, hundreds Of idle U. S.
Troops, by order of Grant, were ly-
ing around loose in the South as a
so-called police force. Remember
this.
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W At the solicitation Of many
friends and citizens. | announce myself
as candidate for CLERK OF THE
COURT, at the ensuing election, sub
iect to the nomination of the Democrat
conservative Convention.
CHAS. MOORE, JR.
,,June 2S. 1876.
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AN obliging Mississippi judge re-
Gently adjourned court for fifteen min.
utes to get time to go out and pummel
an offending lawyer, who had rudely
made application for nice eye.
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R E NE Cd " "A T. :!

TIME FIRM OF j. A. WILLIAMS
4 e. Co., have removed from their
Old stand, corner Second and De Soto
streets, to the Brick Stores formerly
occupied by A. Heyman e. Co., corner
of Front and Johnston streets, where
they will be pleased to see their old
friends and customers. Thankful for
the patronage heretofore extended to
them they will strive to merit oon-
tinuauce of the same by strict attention
to business. j. A. WILLIAMS & co.
July l9-2m.
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a. a candidate for RECORDER of the
Parish, subject to the nomination of the
democratic Conservative Parish Con-
yention.
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as candidate for RECORDER of the
Parish, subject to the decision of the
Democratic Conservative Parish Con-
yentiOn.
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N G f M E N T s
IF We are authorized to announce
EDWIN G, HUNTER
rg- We are authorized to announce
w, C., McGIMSEV, ESQ,

ca q candidate for DISTRICT ATTOR-
NEY for the Ninth Judicial District,
subject to regular nomination by the
Democratic-C onservativ party.
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SPECIAL!

L I lotus + No. SaH ), D. ). -
Dannals, Master, Joe Dodd CLERK, has
changed her time and arranged it this
trip to leave Alexandria, on SATUR-
DAY at 6 O'Clock A. NJ, the 22d inst,
for the special accommodation of the
Delegates to the Baton Rouge Conven-
ton, and will leave punctually at that
hour, j. A. WILLIAMS e. CO.,
Agents.
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Card,
TO TIE CITIZENS OF RAp1DEs PARISH.

TO TIE CITIZENS OF RAPIDEs PARISH.
ALEXANDRIA, La, I
July 8, 1851
HAVING ACCEDED TO THE WISH
IL es of many friends and citizens, in
announcing myself as candidate for
CLERK OF THE COURT, Subject to
nomination of the Democratic-C onser-
vative Convention,) has caused me to
be elected from the Office of Deputy
Clerk, which position / have held since
September last; nevertheless, submit
my name to the above Convention, and
solicit the support Of all the respectable
citizens of the Parish.
CHAS. MOORE, JR.
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--TILDEN and Reform are spelled
with precisely the same number Of
letters.
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c% We are authorized to announce
|, Y, MAnYE

ID q candidate for RECORDER of the
Parish of Rapides, subject to the decis-
ion of the Parish Democratic-C OnserVa-
tive Convention.
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-THIRTY-Two German newspapers
are supporting Tildeu and Hendricks.
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as candidate for CLERK of the DIS
TRICT COURT, subject to the decision
of the Democratic-Conseryatiye Parish
Convention.
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hlGEnN0N HILTON

IF We are authorized to announce
~. ,ono nf
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Full package of papers as usual
by the packet.
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MIRES ROSENTHAl

sB We are authorized to announce
thp name of
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T. SpEMnE SMITH

rB- We are authorized to announce
the name of
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TEMPERATURE

AS REPORTED BY FERGUSON s scHNAcl
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Selection of Ward Delegates.

June rs, 1876.
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Call for District Conventions.

" n - 7R&Tf
Chairman Executive Committee.