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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-09-05
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STANLEY MATTHEW'S new PARTY,
BY r. J. BURDETTE.

Rock-a-bye, baby, your father is green,
A donkier donkey there never was
SEEM
Mother You never had, 80 you must call
Father your mother and father and all
Rock-a-bye, baby, and were the wind
fair,
Robes of (fat) Office the baby should
wear:
But when the time comes to put the
robes on,
What if the father of baby were gone
Rock-a-bye, baby, poor little lamb,
Nobody loved 1t, and fathers a sham :
Outside of Washington never a word
Of praise for the poor little founding
is heard.
Rock-a-bye, baby, father will keep,
Watch while the poor little baby's
asleep;
And while he nurses you, all of the
time
lie will play President; won't it be
Rock-a-bye, baby, for every one knows
Its cradle will rock when the autumn
wind blows;
When Congress meets, everybody will
see
SANKEY'S new baby way cup tree"
Rock-a-bye, baby, Graded in rags,
Greenbacks are stuffed in it's sweet SUI
gar tags,
Gold is too seldom and precious to be
Laid where the poor little baby can see.
Rock.a-bye, baby, papa's a fool,
He puts baby's cradle up where it is
cool;
No one can hear the sweet innocent
bawl,
No one but papa pays heed to its call.
Rock-a-bye, baby, while the winds fair
Your cradle shall swing in the soft
summer air:
But when through the land the lorna
does sweep,
Good land, alive, baby, where will you
sleep?
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-09-05
LA, mo
! NO. g.
obtained view Of the cnemy's posi-
tion, the t1en now advanced at the
Jor1J, .;csoL, S,,d 81; a.. cl -:

tion, the titen now advanced at the
double. quick, and for the first time
since the charge began they gave ut
terance to the famous Confederate
battle-yell. f'he batteries to the
right and left of Cemetery Heights
now began to rain grape.shot and
canister upon lis, and the encmy's
infantry at the base of the heights
poured volley after voflcy into our
ranks. The carnage was indeed ter
rible, but still the division, stagger-
ing and bleeding; passed en- toward
the heights they had been ordered to
take. OF course such terrible
slaughter could not last long. The
brave little division did not number
men enough to make material for
prolonged slaughter. In few brief
moments more the left of Armis-
tead's brigade, led by himself on
foot, had passed beyond tile stone
wall and were among the guns Of the
enemy posted in the rear oft. Cen
eral Garnett had before then been in
stantly killed, and General Kempcr
had been seriously wounded. The
survivors of their brigades had be-
come amalgamated with Armis-
tead's. The line of battle was now
not one third Of its length when the
crest of the hill was passed. Our
line of battle was not parallel to the
heights, and the left of the dimin-
ished line reached the heights FIRST.
The right Of the line never reached
them. The men of the right, how
ever, were near enough to see Gene
raj Armistead shot down near esp
Lureu gun as lie was waving his
sword above his head, and they
could see the men surrendering
themselves as prisoners. just then
a detachment of Federal infantry
came out, fanking our right, and
shouted to Us to surrender. There
was nothing else to do except to tako
the chance, which was an extremely
good one, of being killed on the re-
treat back over the hill. There vas
general laying down of arms; but a
few, myself among the number,
rightly concluding that the enemy
were weary Of carnage, determined
to run the risk of getting back to the
Confederate lines. Our retreat was
made singly, and I, at least, was not
fred upon.-[Colonel W. W. Wood
in the Philadelphia Weekly Times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-09-05

The BLUE DANUBE.---The Danube,
just now the scene of the operations
of the Turko- Russian war, is by far
the largest river in Europe. It's
main stem rises in the Black Forest,
with IN thirty miles Of the Rhine, and
flows centrally through Europe
through Bavaria, Austria proper,
Hungary, between Wallachia anil
Servia, and between Roumania aud
Turkey proper the sea, having
total length Of the main river of
1,7o0 miles. It has many large trib-
utariesA-the Inn and Iser, in I;ava-
ria; the brave and suave, III Styria
and Crotia; the Thesis, in Hungary;
the Aluts, Sereth and Pruth, in
Roumania--all Of which, except the
two first named, are navigable, some
Of them for more than 100 miles.
The Danube Itself Is navigable for
I,545 miles, and with it's tributaries
for nearly 1000 miles. This mag
nificent river so closely resembles
the Mississippi in some particulars,
and differs from it so widely in 9th
ers, as to make a comparison be.
tween them interesting to American
readers.
The Danube drains one fourth as
much territory as the Mississippi, in
GLIDING all Of its tributaries, half as
much as the Missouri, and as much
as the Ohio and Upper Missouri to-
gether. 1t runs nearly eastward, has
its sources and those Of it's large
tributaries in the Tyrolean and Sem
mering Alps and in the Carpathian
mountains. Its passage through
Austria and Hungary and again
along the Turkish frontier is similar
to the great American river, with
wide a'luvial bottoms, overaowed,
sometimes in great freshets. It's
delta and mouths are exactly similar
to those Of the Mississippi, and have
been blocked up by sand bars, now
happily removed by the genius Of
! Sir Charles Hartley. When the
Danube breaks through the Carpa-
THAN Mountains it presents features
closely resembling the Highlands of
the Hudson river, through the noun
tain sides are much higher and more
precipitous.
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aud HANDSOME, at
FERGUSON & sCHNACK
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IL BEST IN THE WORLD. CLEAR
and HANDSOME, at
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-09-05
APPALLING SITUATION,

The situation now indeed was ap-
palling, though it did not seem to
appal. The idea of retreat did not
seem to occur to any one. Having
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-09-05

Rock-a-bye, baby, your father is green,
A donkier donkey there never was
seen:
Mother yon never had, so you must call
Father your mother and father and all,
The weekly clarion., 1877-09-12

Rumors have been rife OF disorderly
occurrences in Pike and Amite counties,
during the past few weeks. The Sum
nit Times and the Liberty Herald both,
have contained articles which have given
additional currency to the reports. These
rumOrs are seized hold of greediiy by
the enemies and calumniators of our
State and people, and maguitied for par
tizan purposes. In another column, we
have published a statement from Mr..
Applewhite, attorney at law, at Osyka,
correcting some of the ''false impressions
that have been created in reference to
one of these occurrences. We have no
doubt they have all been grossly exag-
gerated, and yet it is to be apprehended
that like most rumors, they have, at
least, some slight basis of truth. Assum-
ING this to be so, and that our contempo-
raries at Summit and Liberty were not
wholly mistaken, we cannot too urgently
appeal to the parties engaged IN the al
legged defiance of law and regularly con-
stituted authority, to desist. When our
State government was in incapable and
corrupt hands, and the laws for the pro-
lection of society were feebly executed,
or were perverted to the ends of malice
and greed, there might have been justifi
cation for occasional departures from
legal process, in furnishing the guilty and
protecting the innocent, but there Is no
such occasion now, save, in exceptional
cases, such for example as occurred at
Oxford, Ohio, the other day, where an
infuriated community wreaked summary
vengeance upon brute for committing a
nameless crime. In such cases, 1t must
be understood tbat zoe oUM neUer ask for the
guilty leretch the mercy Of the laa0's delay.
The government of our State is now
administered, in all its departments, by
agents of the peoples own choice, whose
capability and integrity, and fidelity to
the constitution are unimpeached. If
there is anything more than others, to
which the party in power is pledged, it is
to the maintenance of the laws, and the
protection of each and every member of
society, and the impartial execution Of
Justice. There are ample reasons for
knoain that it will not fail in these ends.
Disorder and lawless violence are excep-
tions to the rule which is distinguishing
Democratic government in Mississippi;
and it is because of this general obedi-
ence to law that the exceptions stand out
prominently to public view and become
notorious. As our people value the
good name of the State, and Of the party,
which having control Of her administra-
ton, is responsible for the consequences,
we appeal to every citizen to aid in the
maintenance of peace and the enforce
ment Of the laws.
The weekly clarion., 1877-09-12
More Specimens of the Blue
Laws.

Here is another instalIment from the
laws formerly in force in Connecticut.
The intermeddling and ntolerant spirit,
characteristic of the latter day Puritan,
has descended to him lineally from his
progenitors:
If any person turns Quaker, he shall be
banished and not suffered to return bur
upon pain of death.
No food or lodging shall be ffprled to
any Quaker, AdarniCe, or other hereto.
No gospel minister shall join people in
marriage. Magistrates only shall join il
marriage, as they may do it with less scan
dal to Christ's Church.
No man shall court d maid in person or
by letter without first Obtaining consent OF
her parents: TO penalty for the first Of
tense, Gl0 for the second, and for the third
Imprisonment during the pleasure of the
court.
No priest shall abide in the Dominion :
he shall be banished and suffer death on his
return. Priests may be seized by dng one
10ithOut lCdrrdnt.
No one shall read Common Prayer, keep
Christmas or Saints Days. make minced
pies, dance, play cards or play on any in
strument of music except the drum, trum-
pet or jewsharps.
Whoever wears clothes trimmed with
gold, silver or bode lace above two shillings
by the yard shall be presented by the
Grand Jurors, and the Selectmen shall take
the offender at 9300 estate.
The weekly clarion., 1877-09-12
LEGISLATIVE NOMINATIONS,
SENATE.

The Senators ofthe Sd, 4th, 5th, 10th, 1lth-
(out) l2ti, 18th, l7,h, lSth. 2lst, 25d, 24th,
(one) 9th and 3Oth Districts hold over.
lst District-tHaneock, Harrison, jackson
Marion, Greene, Perry and Pearl.)
2l District-( Wilkinson aud Amite)-
Moss Jackson.
9th DistrIct-(Claiborne and Copial)-
BENZ King.
7th District-( WaTren3 &C. T. Furiong,
Warren Cowan.
Sth DistricJ-(Wayne, Jones. Covlngton,
S.uith and Sim psou)S anley Gilbert
9th Districe K Jasper, Scott and Newton
A. II Carter.
llth District-<I Kinds aud Rankin
18Th Dstret-( YaZoo)-W. D. Gibbs.
18th Di>trict-(Choctaw and Winston)-
j. E. Bridges.
18th District-( Calhoun and 1aloeusha)
d. w. Rogers.
10th District Lafayette and Pontotoc)
w. L. torrance.
22d District-( Alcorn, Prentiss and Tish-
omingo)
24th DiStrict-(C -(Chickasaw aud MOnroe)-
j. Il. Griffin.
25th DiStrct-( MarshalD "A. NJ West.
26t h DistFict-( Panoll.)
2Sch District (Coahoma and Bolivar
Geo. w. Gayles, (fusion.)
29th District-W and lssaque-
na)-W. =. Parish.
3lst Distrct-(Carrol. Montgomery and
l.. flore)-W ID. Peery.
32d District esho0a and KemperJ-W.
C.. Dowd.
NoTE-There will be no nomination in
the 22d District. The candidates are j. d.
Bills and NJ. Surratt, both Democrats.
The weekly clarion., 1877-09-12
The Poll Tax..-.The Elective
Franchise

We have copied elsewhere articles
from the Handsboro Democrat and the
Cotton Plant In reference to the collection
of the poll tax. The delinquencies in
this branch OF the public service are
great wrong which imperatively demands
correction. We are not wide Of the
mark in saying nearly one-third Of the
registered voters of the State do not pay
their poll tax; and that the various laws
which have been devised for enforcing it
have practically amounted to nothing.
1t is a maxim of popular government
that representation and taxation should
go together. 1t is equally true that there
must be taxation where there is repre-
sentation. To exempt any class from
the burthens of government while enjoy
ing its protection is violation of the fun
damental principle of republican govern
ment and a high Infringement Of the
rights of other classes. In the case Of
the poll tax, the wrong is peculiarly
gross The tax Is set apart for educa-
tionaI purposes. The neglect to pay it is
to withhold from the children Of the
State the means of educating them. 1t
| is 10 defraud them of the most important
benefit that has been humanely devised
| for them. The children of the colored
race are dependent wholly upon the pub
lie school system, which derives its
support in part from this source. They
have no private schools. The institu-
tions which are kept up by appropriations
bic to the masses. Nor are they intend
ed TO supply the places of public schools
in which the primary branches are
taught and which are accessible to all.
The gist of the proposition contained
in the articles copied from our contem-
poraries is that poll tax receipt should
be required as an essential condition of
voting. No doubt such a change in the
law would expedite the collection of the
IIlA- II lc hCl ~ DC ndtH HOSCN tlA'AN
class of our people value the privilege of
suffrage so lightly as to forego its exercise
for the trifing sum of one dollar yearly.
We notice that the new constitution of
Georgia contains a clause embodying the
proposed feature; and are not sure that
change in the Constitution of Missis-
sippi will not be requisite before the pro-
posed reform could be effected in her
laws. 1t is undeniably true that the ex-
emption from the burthen of taxation
under the present system is a violation
of the spirit of the Constitution and
crying wrong. Whatever is done for
correcting it, must be done impartially
so as to operate alike upon both races
and every class. The Democratic party
is pledged to make no discrimination on
account of race, color or previous condi-
tion of servitude, and the pledge must be
sacredly observed.
The weekly clarion., 1877-09-12
The Army Question.

The following extracts from the \ \.
Nation and St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
might have been appropriately appended
to the article on this subject in the present
number There is no mistaking the inten-
ton of the Republican leaders, and the
stipendaries of the mammoth corpora
tions, TO insist upon a large increase of
the regular army for the purposes set
forth in our article
n. Y. Nation.l
The army OF the United States should be
raised $4,000 men more, as the most eco
nomical and effective addition TO the present
police force, which is not large enough or OF
the right kind at the points where property
is accumulated in large masses. The ncces-
| sity for a powerful and ready police in a
country 50 thoroughly committed as this
| to vast manufacturing aud commercial en-
terprises. 1t is in the large cities only that
rioting is most effective for destruction aud
| disorganiz 4tion: that even half an hours
work by a well-led mob can dissipate a
hundred fortunes and suspend great branch
es of production.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.l
The reaction against the sordid cheese
pairing and stupid jealousy displayed by
Congress in d, aling with the army has been
Intensified by the lesson of the Jul distur-
Dances, and a very strong demand will be
made to increase the army TO at least 80 600
men. 1t would be premature to express an
| opinion as to the chances of the demand be-
ing granted, but the debate will be certain
| to open up the whole question of army eff
| cheney and of army administration, which
| demands some more adequate treatme mt
| than it has usually received. We have not
| noticed tie demand for an increase in the
army which has been forced on US by the
riots, for there is no one who does not IN
derstand the full value of the warning. But
when the question comes up it ought not to
be merely question of numbers, not mere
| ly a question between p, 900 men and $4,000
men, but between an adequate military es-
| tabiishment which shall answer every re-
| quirement of conn plete and perfect defense.
/ We need the army as Il safeguard against
| Internal disturbances, but it is needed much
more urgently purely military protec-
| ton, and it speaks poorly for our sagacity
US our military deficiencies.
The weekly clarion., 1877-09-12
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

Adams--Jack Key.
! Amite-W. f.. Love.
Attala--D. L. Guyton, F. NJ. Glass.
| Benton
Bolivar-Green Clay, F. NJ. Libby. fusion.
! Calhoun--James Nj. Liddell, Jr., Benz I
Marshall.
Chickasaw--W. F. Tucker, j. L. S. Hill.
! Choctaw--
Claiborne--W. d. Bean, -.
| Coahoma--
Copiah-J. H Catchings. R NJ. Miller.
| COVington--
! CIay-D. w. Davidson.
DeSoto-T. c. Dockery, T. Ii. w. Wall, ID
Mckenzie.
Franklin--J. 5. Magee.
| Grenada-Wm. 5. McSwiue.
| Hancock ami Psari--A. q. Webb.
! Harrson--J. b. Ramsey.
| Kinds
Marshall.
| Itawam ba--
| Jackson
| Jasper--A. NJ. DOZier.
Jefferson Claude Pintard, c.. B. Richard
Kemper-J. L. Spinks.
Lafayette-R. y. Dean, w j. Showers.
Lauderdale-M. H. Whitaker, &. w. Gala
Lawrence-H, l. Bird.
Leake- II L.. Cooper.
Lew. III. III. Tison, j. NJ. HOyle.
Lincoln-R. L. Applewhite.
Lowndes-J. Ii. Field, a. J. Erwin, j. G.
Nelson.
LCflOre-G. y. Mel can.
Madison-J. Il. Cameron, C. L. Gilmer, G.
Edwards.
MarsLall-W Q. Warren, w. f. Hyer, Ed
Kuhl, Ii. Q. Rand.
Monroe NJ Trice, w. Cunningham, n.
W. Hatch.
Montgomery-A. b. Hurt.
NeShoba--
Newton--M. w. Stamper.
okiibbeha-J. S. Montgomery, W. R.
Rainey.
Panola-
Perry
Pike-J. NJ, Causey.
Pontotoc-
Prentiss-H. NJ. Street.
Rankin--Pat Henry, ). w. Robinson.
Scotia. G. Farmer.
Sharkey-J p. Hall
Simpson-D. McCallum.
Smith
sumner
Tallahatchie--J. 5. Bailey.
Tate-G ID. Shands, w ii. Bizzell-
TishomingO-(No nomination.
Tippah-
Tunica and Quitman--
Union
Warren-Martin Marshall, w. G.. Pegram,
j. w. Goodwin, J. f. Hogin.
Washington w. y. Percy, Wade Hamp-
ton, Jr.
Wayne
Wilkinson--G"orge L McGehee, John A.
Redhead.
Winston-M. A. Metts.
Yalobusho-J. NJ. Moore
1aZOo-A. NJ. Hicks, d. Bunch, Robert
Day.
FLoATERs-Calhoun and Yalobusha-A. I.
ROane.
Prentiss and AlcOrn-
Union and Pontotoc-Jeff Will
son.
g Amite and Lincoln-E. L. Tar
yer.
Choctaw and Montgomery-H.
NJ. Allen.
NoTE-There will be no nomination in
the Representative District of Alcorn and
Prentiss. The candidates are w. l. Gibson
and w. II. Roes, both Dem ocrats. Or in
Tishomingo county. The candidates are
j. j. Alexander, J. A. Grassland, Frank
Cook and w. \. Tankersly, all Democrats.
Other counties may decline to nominate, if
so it viii be stated hereafter.
The weekly clarion., 1877-09-12
nSWeFed.
Here is what correspondent of the
Raymond Gazette asks:

Here is what a correspondent of the
Raymond Gazette asks:
What means the change in the lame O.
our party! Are the old Democrats going
! back on the United Democratic-Conser
tive party! God forbid! | do hope some
thing will be done or SAID TO bring our
State Executive Committee to its senses
Did the delegates to the Convention iron
Kinds county vote for the change? If they
did, what right had they to do il?
As before explained, the State Conven
ton did not make any ''change" in the
name of the party. 1t passed no resolu
tion on the subject. 1t simply omitted
the phrase conservative" more from in
advertence in regard to a matter purely
immaterial, than design. There was nc
question of "a change" proposed, and
therefore the Kinds county delegation
had no occasion to E'vote" on the subject.
In adopting the resolutions, the State
Convention followed the example of the
Convention of the national party, OF
which it is a part, that nominated Tilden
and Hendricks last year. Its Platform,
which every Democratic newspaper car
ried at its masthead, read as follows
We the delegates of the Democratic Part.
of the United States in National Convene ion
Assem- bled, do hereby declare the admins
tion of the Federal Government to be in
urgent need of immediate Reform; do here
by enjoin upon the nominees of this Con-
vention, and of the Democratic Party ia each
State. a Jealous effort and cooperation 10
this end: and do hereby appeal To our fell
low citizens of every former political con-
nection, to undertake wiki US this first and
most pressing patriotic duty.
For the Democracy of the whole country,
we do here reaifirm. etc., etc.
We never heard word of complaint
last year that the word conservative"
was not used in the Platform, or that any
body was 'going back on anybody else.
People looked into the Resolutions to see
what they contained, and naturally sup
posed that they described the principles
and measures of the party, and were sat
isfied to take the candidates on the Plat
form and to elect them-and elect them
they did.
who now object to the Democratic name
after accepting it as their shibboisth in
1876, we would refer them to the circular
Of the State Executive Committee, which
is addressed to Democrats, Conservatives
"and all opposers of the Republican
party in Mississippi, by whatever
name they prefer to be called" And
to the official call of the County Execu-
tive Committee recommending that ''the
9. Democratic Conservative voters of each
I" precinct meet at their voting places on
. Saturday, the 10Th inst.," to send
delegates to the County Nominating
Convention. The voter who does not
consider himself embraced in these calls,
we apprehend, has made up his mind
not be satisfied with anything.
The weekly clarion., 1877-09-12
Ours, very truIy.
HENRY LOOMS.
The Senatorial NOmfma aIiOn-Let-
ter from Col. w. IL. N1gemf.

JACKSON, MISS, Sept. 6, 1877:
EDIToRs CLARION: am under maRy OBJ
legations to the friends whose fiattering call
upon me to become a candidate tor Senator
from this District appeared in your col
umns. While believe and feel that no
man exists in any community for himself
alone, I have always heretofore found that
the post Of honor for me was the private
station | have no ambition of a political
character, and have always looked to use
fulIness in my profession as the great OBJ
ject of my life. | know that, with the
pressure OF an adverse political organiza-
ton removed, the danger of disintegration
i'm our own is somewhat imminent, but
whether my nomination would have any
tendency to prevent this consummation or
not, it would be improper for me to express
it ii had an opinion. With my present
inclination. / could only be persuaded to
accept a nomination rendered by the con-
vention under a sense of some public or
party necessity.
WI. NUGENT.
The weekly clarion., 1877-09-12

LEGISLATIVE NOMINATIONS. = Else
where we publish a list of the Demo
cratic nominees for the Legislature
which will be completed as rapidly az
the names of the nominees are received.
1t will be seen that there will be no NOM
ina tons in the 22d Senatorial DISTRICT,
and in the Representative District of
Prsntiss and Alcorn, all of the candi-
dates, however, are good men and true.
Some other strong Democratic counties
may also decline to make nominations.
If his be SO, we win so state. The list
MiI be kept standing until the election.