The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-10-23
T0LERATIoy.

generous people lis forbearanceI to-
wards 4 poacerless enemy! On this by
pothesis, and on po.other,acan the toll,
Grafton shown Mad. Wells man Fri
day, since his fevivaT 0fIhe Rapides
Gazette, under the misapplied name
of We the People, be accounted for
Simultaneous with the advent of this
hneiing among as, with uublusfine
.impudence, he assumed the role of
Monitor to this community. He, a
actually advised ,andsalnost
commanded, the people to keep away
from q political meeting called intheir
own ipteresfla Pity it q, that this adj.
venturer, judging from the amount Of
brass plated in his face, did not live in
the Age of Bronze. AS was stated in
the last DEMocRAr, that we intended
to state nothing but facts. We shall
now come down to our work. He
knows in his heart of hearts. that when
he assumed to publish an independent
paper he stated a lie. Independent
sforsooth! Every. man, white or black,
who can read, knows that this Radical
sheet is the paid advocate of the noto-
rious j. Madison Wells, the great Re-
turning Boarder, par excellence. Such
advocacy means the revival of the
Radical party, with all it's infamies,
and nothing else. The word indepen-
dent cannot be prostituted to such
base purposes, without having the
mask torn from the face of such pre-
tenders. Again, with an effrontery
only known to sRadicalism, he,essays
ito teach US who to vote for! What do
you think of that, Master Bro3ke?-
Then, as if adding insult to injury,
tells us that the man who twice de-
-frauded and swindled the people of
Louisiana out of their own chosen Re-
representatives. and State officers, is the
sproperjperson j for this jsames suffering
people to send to Congress; in other
7 words, that we should select the viper
whose sting is still rioting in the flesh,
TO soothe the pain and restore the lost
rights whicll.he, more than alb others,
has well nigh trodden out. No, sir !!
Rather phck liisl fahgsg ahd send the
reptile crawling to his hiding places he
once knep so a0eI.
AS We headed our article "Tole-
ration" we will tell this man in buck
ram, where that noble virtue comes in.
The forbearance, ,manif Tested towards
him after his insult to The remnant of
brave mensswfiOse deeas ofsyaler have,
1madsstlie Sbhthern lnaine historic, by
comparing them to an Indian savage,
charged with murder, arson and rob-
berry witk tbe<cmpaFison irt favor Of
the savage, that he never was at West
Point, consequently was not guilty of
perjury, is isimp' j wonderful. 1t is
not our intention to enlarge on this
subject, as "Ex Confed.," in a former
ssueNbranded the writer eas dssSQyN
and y eowaras Tie true manhdpdof
the South must not be judged by ID few
degenerate sons every great psople
andSeaase have such. We say to5 Mr.,
MadS Wells organ and apglogists that.
it is b Senaf 'shtet4tliat its ptilaislier
or conductor islhe maligner of The Nv.
ing ard the dead that the great
sssetsleEa, sdlliery, who followed .stl,e
victorious banners. of Lee, jackson,
Johnston, &c, whom his ysnality now
attempts to aspetse; will live forever in
the tide Of Time as -. al .i,..,l4a1ti 81
+" Land marks on the cliff Of Fameiei
1890. ALPHA,
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