The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-09-12
LOCAL CoRREsPONDENCE.
Nrcs1cs, !
Sept. 9, '77.]

Ni ssps' ., '77.}
EDITOR La. DEMocRAT:-
Dear Sri have read somewhere
that
IA little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest man."
and with your permission, I will
ENTHUSIASTICALLY send you a prosy
effusion to help fill your columns du-
ring these quiet times, when / imag-
inc that items are scarce and times
are dull for poor, overworked Editors
who have to fill up with something,
good, bad or Indifferent.
N1cs1cs.
I date this from Nicsics, because
that is the name of the place which
short time ago was figuring in the
European war reports, as where the
people were starving, and their con-
dition so nearly resembles ours,
since the caterpillars eat up all our
cotton, that have a yearning sym
pathy for them, and besides it serves
to show how sick I am of the cater
pillars. Next time I will get paris
green, thanks to the encouragement
in your last paper, and then I will
say with Virginia, SIC semper cater
pillar! The "Mother of States and
of Statesmen would probably OBJ
ject to the amendment to her proud
old motto, but / mean no disrespect.
We are sadly in need of being re-vic-
tualed at our house.
..q THE WAR IN EUROPE.
Speaking Of the hungry place re-
minds me that the Russians and
Turks are having a warm time of it
just about now. I have been devo.
ting considerable energy to the en-
deavor, to keep up with the march of
events over them, but how any one
can be expected to form an intelli-
gent opinion, when the war reports
are so contradictory, and having be-
sides to deal with such horrible
names, is more than I imagine. The
thing that strikes me most about the
war, is the wonderful, energy and
pluck exhibited by the "sick man of
Europe in his contest with one of
the most powerful nations of En-
rope. Russia is finding out that it
is no easy matter to throttle even a
sick man when he fights at home and
battles for all that he holds dear
his religion, his Preside and his fam
lily. I have been puzzled too, to find
out which side had my sympathies,
and I haven't made it out yet.
have about concluded to assume an
attitude of strict neutrality and to
boiler for the winning side in the end.
ADMIRAL RAPHAEL SEMMES.
/ see from the papers that this
great and true man is dead. The
Southern people should reverence his
name and hold his memory dear un-
til Time shall have obscured every
recollection of the heroic struggle
which made them famous, and to
which he contributed so much of da-
ring, honor and patriotism. His ca.
reer on the ocean, alone and single.
handed, makes lllustrious the cause
he loved so we'll and for which he
fought so nobly, and we owe it to
ourselves, as well as to him, to see
that he shall have the place in His
tory which is rightfully, his as the
foremost Naval Officer of the times
in which he lived. Let US lay him
away tenderly, reverently, and keep
green the spot where sleeps so brave
an officer, so noble man.
THE APOSTLE OF HATE,
I was considerably exercised a
week ago at the news that Morton,
the Apostle of Hate, had had para
lytic or some other kind of stroke,
for fear that the news was too good
to be true, and I find my fears veri
fed by the recent Bulletins showing
that he is recovering. .
"Tis ever thus, from childhood's hours,
I've seen my fondest hopes decay"
The preachers who some times
come to preach in our neighborhood
church, would say that it is wrong to
wish i'll to any one, and that we must
forgive our enemies. That's all very
nice in theory, but in practice fmust
reserve the right to hate old Morton
in return for all the harm he did us
when we were down-trodden people
and would do us again if he had the
power. / never did believe that a
man who would hit another one when
he was down. was At to live ANYWAY.