The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-05-09

sion began. Suddenly, Warmoth,
whose eye had been fixed on the de,
serters as they fed singly and sur.
reptitiously to the rival State House,
said: "Why famish we here, willie
Nichols has Scholarships and money
enou h and to spare, though we per-
ish with impecuniousness." So he
arose and marched down the street
to Odd Fellows Hall, followed by a
body of colored members. 1t was
a dramatic incident. And when tue
Nichols Legislature passed resolu-
ton paying mileage and per diem to
the Packard members "who were not
elected, but who were returned by
the Returning Board,' the scene was
calculated to move the stoutest to
tears.
In neat speech announcing that
they were ready to be forgiven, and
to clasp hands over the moneyless
chasm, Warmoth introduced himself
and allies. Then Kidd, in a "feeling
address," presented a gold-headed
cane to the colored member as afore-
said, and 0. H. Brewster, of Ouacb
tia, expressed his willingness to de-
part in reacc, since the Democrats
had adopted Republican principles
Brewster trusted that the bloody
scenes Of Ouachita would not be re
peated. With lis eye on a warrant
then being drawn for him on the Nj
cholls contingent fund, he expressed
himselfas firmly Of the opinion that
there would be no more "bull. doing"
in Ouachita. johnson, Of DeSoto,
also Returning Bosrder, made a
truly Spartan speech, in which he
said, with his hand on his heart, or
whereabouts, "Give johnson his mile
age and let him CO." johnson has
heard Metamora say, "If you don't
want me, I'll 60 back to my home in
the forest" But johnson improved
on the red man: he wanted bis mile
age. Mileage is~a civilized rather
than natural want.
Then there was Henry Blair, who
is rated as (colored) in the press re-
ports, and who declared that he was
ready to stand by the Republican
ship as long as it was in sight.
Blair's rhetoric is shaky. How he
was to "stand by" the Republican
ship while it was Gin sight and why
he should "dnd himself in the
wrong" as he said, when the afore
said Republican ship "disappearee
from sight" is not clear. But Blair's
intentions were good, though his fg
ures were mixed. He, too, wante,
to take his mileage and 60 home. HI
was rejoiced that he had not don,
any more harm than he had done
and he believed that when he hat
his mileage and per diem, all would
be well, and the ark of human liber
ties would sail on, just as though
nothing had happened. So they al
went into the Nichols Legislature
, with one eye on the palladium of on
liberties and the other on the contin
, gent fund of the Nichols Govern
, ment. 1t was question of dollar
and cents. There was glory, posi-
, bly, virtue in standing by Packard
But there was per diem and mileag
in the other camp; and though tn
Spartan band believed in the immu
table principles of human liberty a
3 involved in the struggle of Packard
3 they resolved to stand by Nichols a
p long as there was dollar in his cor
+ tingent fund.
e Let no man scout this era of goo
8 feeling. Nichols contingent fun
: was we'll invested If it can induce tn
i Democratic leopard to lie down wit
e the Republican kid, (colored, an
J. not with the kid inside of the lec
}. pard. Does any subscriber to tbs
r contingent fund object to it's final dis
d position2 Let him gaze on the touch
ing spectacle of Kernochan, Demo
e crat, "unseated, by the arrangemer
e admitting the Republicans" presen
ing"a handsome gold. headed cane
J. William Ridgeway, colored" who hs
lie resigned his seat in the interests
q, peace and harmony. There was
Of time when William Ridgeway, (ce
y, ored) might have received the han
IN some gold-headed cane from Kid
ut Democrat, in way that would ha
Or been unpleasant. Now that the M
n lennium has come, and the botte
lis rail is on top, William ageway c
in take his gold headed cane back
It.. Concorlia with the calm satisfacti