St. Landry democrat., 1878-02-02

We extract the following article from
the Washington Enterprise OF the 30th
ult.:
We hear a great many asking about
the new paper of Opel0nsas, and we
have not vet heard soul that could
tell anything about it. When the Jour-
nall suspended it said nothing to the
public about the change. The Journal
head was taken off, and the ST. LANDRY
DEMOCRAT was the new paper. Is It
possible that the people OF this parish
are 50 ignorant as to believe such poilti-
cal tricks as that9 it SO they deserve
what they will get in the November
election, that is tricked by the Court
house clique, and that body remain III
power few years longer.
The Courthouse element knew that
new paper would have to be started for
their benefit, and a. catch-name' at the
head to win. A new editor was neces-
sary as the retired editor of the Journal
could not edit Democratic paper, and
even ii he did, the boys would not bite.
SD he plays quits, and the name of NJ. D.
Kavanagil, appears at the head OF the
infant.
In conclusion we will say that the ST.
LANDRY DEMOCRAT will be published for
EUG DGuElh Ol Tie SVUl bAUu6C
aud we ask you all to look aud see who
that body is composed of. A few years
ago one of the leaders was a Repuhli-
can. now he hops over TO the Democrats
and asks their support, and expects as a
matter OF course that the RAIDS are
bound t0stick. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
che editors of the Journalism. LANDRY
DEMoCRAT, but DIN it, how we hate to
see u people suffer for years mt the hands
of party and then suffer themselves to
swindled under new name.
As our readers are aware, the Enter
prise is about the size Of a lady's cam
brio pocket handkerchief, is edited by
Frank Conelley, who fioated in here
from the State Of Arkansas, about year
ago. Since coming here and starting the
Enterprise he has been on all sides of all
questions. Originally he could say.
nothing toe mean or too low, about the
negroes, scallawags, carpet -baggers, Re-
puhlicans generally. A trip to New
Orleans, and little kind treatment at
the Customhouse, brought him back an
ardent admirer Of Matt Wells and An
derson, whom he gave the special bene-
fit of a gushing column on his return.
Originally an advocate of the Sunday
law, threatening to denounce all who
were opposed TO it, In his columns; prais-
ing it to<the skies when enacted we next
find him denouncing and damning it ais
d nuisance and reprobating and con-
slemning it In his peculiar slang, which
is neither French. English nor good
Choctaw,n Next he was an ardent ap-
plfcant for Editor OF tie nem paper,nI
not getting which he turns round in his
spite and commences 10 throw his filth
ut MS. It is not strange that this
apologist for Matt Wells and Tom
Anderson; this Radical and Demo-
crat; this advocate and opponent of
the Sunday law, who runs the En-
terptise and aspired TO edit the q new
paper y whose political orthodoxy
changes with the dinner he eats or the
last man lie talks to should squirm like
4 worm on hot ashes, when he sees an
honest effort being made to fuse the
Democratic partyof st. Landry together
again. He secs the handwriting on the
wall. He knows and feels it will be
Al extinguisher on all such MS he.
Our readers we hope will pardon us for
speaking thus of him. II IS the last
time we expect either to notice him or
bis shsats