The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-10-09
A CONTRAST.

A recent humber of eve The Peo-
ple," previous TO it's suspension on ac-
count Of moving headquarters, and
want of paper, published editorially
tile following structure, or whatever
you choose to call it, on those who had
fought in behalf of the 'LosT CAUSE"
We have done heap of thinking about
this article, from the pen of the "inde-
pendent" Editor, have heard much
comment by many who thoughtit SLAM
derous and greatly unjust, and having
just read an able and glowing tribute
to these "Confederates" from the Lon
don Standard, and believing it quite
in contrast to the Sitting Bull effdsiou,
we publish them both. At this time,
We think both will prove instructive,
and our readers will most assurediy
decide between the two.
As Mr.. John A. Calhoon, good and
ex- Confederate, who dropped an arm
at Sharpsburg, has been taken up and
regularly "endorsed" by the Radicals
Of Rapides, and has his name jointly
with the nominated radical negro eau
didate, w. John DeLacey, on the reg
ular radical ticket. concocted and made
to order by Mat. Wells, Surveyor of
the Port of New Orleans, we intrude
on his privacy with an Editors liberty.
and most respectfully ask him to read
these two articles, and tell US, tell bis
friends, the white voters he and his
combination are trying to coax and
cajo'e, how he likes them, and which
lie likes the best, which one be repu-
dates. We ask him respectfully,
plainly to give us his opinion Of this
contrast Of ideas in London Editor,
aud an Alexandria one. Talk out,
friend Calhoon, you are in bad COM
pany all at once; the organ of your
Combination ticket. Has either SLAM
dered you, or the London Editor is
soft-soaping you. Which is it, Let
us know, our columns are at your SER
vice, and your people, your race, want
to know.
Here is the independent" Editors
opinion
| Both Houses of Congress are largely
filled with those pho fought to destroy the
Union. my should not Sitting Bull be
allo,red to return and keep all he took
a,cays Bull stole horses, burnt houses,
and murdered mon, scomen and children;
but he sras not educated at West Point,
nor has he violated his oath to support
the Constitution.
Here is the London Editors glowing
tribute, every word of which We en-
dorse:' A
The yohnger among us cannot per-
haps remember the keen, warm sympa-
thy with which the English of 1861 60
witnessed the heroic struggle main
tanned by their. Southern kinsmen
against stx-fold odds of numbers, and
odds of position, resources, vantage
ground, simply incalculable. Even
those who from sympathy with the
Northern States were unfavorable to
the cause Of great nation revolving
against n real tyranny, could not bni
feel proud Of our near kinsllip with
that incompatible sofdfery-so designa.
ted by their enemies-which, OH fifty
battie-fields, maintained a contest sucl
as no other race has ever in modern
times maintained, and at last, when all
hope was gone, he'll FIR six months
with fOrty-tive Thousand men, against
one hundred and fifty thousand, u slen-
der line of earthworks thirty miles III
length; who marched out Is, 900 strong
and after six days retreat in the face oil
a countless cavalry and overwhe lining
artillery and infantry pressing them on
all sides, surrendered at last but 5000
bayonets and sabres. 1t is this people
the flower and pride of the grea,
English race, on whom more terrible
more merciless enemy has now fallen
There can be now no division of sympa.
thy, as THERE is no passion to excite and
keep up the courage needed for the o.
casion. Yet the men and women of the
South are true to the old tradatiotf
Her youth volunteer to serve and die III
the streets of plague-stricken cities as
readily as they went forth boys aid
gray-haired ment to meet the threatened
surprise of Petersburg-as they voiun.
teered to charge again and again the
cannon-crowned hills Of Gettysburg
and to enrich with their blood, ant
honor with the name Of new victory
every field around Richmond. Theil
sisters, mothers, wives and daughters
are doing and suffering now, as they
suffered from famine, disease, incessan1
ANXIETY and alarm throughout the -four
years of the civil war. There may be
among the various nations of the Aryar
family one or two who would claim
that they could have furnished troops
like those which followed Lee and
Johnston, Stuart and Stonewall Jack
son. But we doubt whether there be
one race beside our own that could send
forth its children by hundreds to face in
towns desolated by the yellow fever thu
horrors Of nurses life, and the immi
nent terror of martyrs death.
-e~s~
| THE Custom House chaps abou
here, in the pretended interest of thei
Combination ticket, which is rotter
crow for legions Of tie colored voters
seem to be profoundly versed in STRAIT
egg, and they believe that coming dc
feat should not bring encouragement
lJust now this is the case with thei
leaders, who arc snorting and trying t
dodge the real issue, and have daz