The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-12-05
GRANT PARISH AGAIN

OuF arGlCle SOtuS Wteho aSo pAoPo
sing in the interest of reform, to
abolish the Parish of Grant, seems
to have stirred up the puny wrath OF
the "Colfax Chronicle" and it's issue
of November oath contains puerile
attempt at reply to the many solid
and substantial reasons given by US
why that Parish should be done away
with and its territory restored to the
Parishes from which it was wrong
fully taken. AS is usual with those
whose cause is bad and whose pro
found ignorance incapacitates them
for the fair treatment of any propo.
sition, the writer of that article seeks
to avoid the issue by singing mud,
and be says, at is not the Parish of
Rapides that wishes this, but few
sore.headed politicians, old and
young, whose political aspirations,
ETC." The animus of this is as ap
parent as the fling is far-fetched and
wide of the mark. A pretentious
sportsman who fires so wildly and
misses his game so ANONYMOUSLY is
poor marksman. In the same SEN
tence he says, "and now that this
little, quiet and peaceable Parish of
Grant is a stumbling block to the
ambitious political enterprise of these
political aspirants, ETC." What a
mares nest has this illogical scrib
bier found here! Grant with her
taoo votes in the District and Con-
gressional Convention a stumbling
block in anybody's way! Rapides
has eight and Vernon four votes in
the District Convention, and there
are about sixty votes in the Congress
sional Convention, so that Grant is
"small potatoes" anywhere as to po-
litical influence if we were to grant
what he says that "political aspira
lions" are at the bottom of the move
ment to abolish the Parish, which as
a latter of fact is an untrue and un-
warranted charge.
We could reciprocate and return
the charge with much force, if we
desired to join the writer in that pc
culiar style of begging the question,
by asserting that there has been no
more persistent and importune office
seekers, first, last and all the time,
than some people we know of who
are looking to Grant Parish to fur.
ther their own selfish political aspi-
rations" which had come to grief,
but we refrain. "People who live in
glass houses should not throw
stones" The advice little lower
down to heal the discussions between
the North and South sides of Red
River in this Parish is gratuitous
and unnecessary. There never were
any but such as were fomented by
'selfish political aspirations" which
are now happily removed to another
sphere of action and more congo
NAL field of operations and cessa,te
ratione, cessant ipsa dissensiones. On
a par with this is his advice to keep
out of other peoples business and
the dread picture he draws of collins
and dead politicians. When Rap
ides has been robbed and asks for
her own again, it is forsooth "other
peoples business The robber and
his allies and champions coolly say,
Eyes, we have got your property but
it suits our political aspirations to
keep it and it is none of your bust
ness" Such logic legalises robbery
and makes the robber yirtuous and
indignant law abiding man, when the
owner of the property dares to petit
ton for a restoration of his own.-
AS to the collins all we have to say
is that Rapides has already coffined
and buried her dead politicians and
the charge seems to come from the
cavernous depths of her grave yard
and the cry to be for company, more
company! Some of the living ones
may have "sore heads" but that is
not fatal malady nor one likely to
send any of them to keep company
with her defunct and decayed "play-
ed out politicians" At any rate we
are ready to take our chances before
the people of Rapides upon an issue
so just and backed by such solid rea-
sons as we have given for abolishing
Grant Parish and restoring to Rap
ides her territory and votes which
were wrongfully and illegally taken
from her for the purpose of making
her Radical Parish.
1t seems to tickle the "Chronicle"