The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-11-13
THE LAST LIE.


been branded on several occasions, as
"a lar, bastard and a co,card," "a
mal'gner of the liriag and the dead,"
and in every issGe Of llis dirty sheet
has been asked about his twin infa
mics, the Cartridge box and Sitting
Bull takes all these honors(?) easy,
dodges them like a miserable sneak
a"d carJand in every numbeE of his
radical sheet, which he was imported
to edit for a purpose, repeats some
equally malicious falsehood, and tries
to palm it off on this community, as
truthful in some regards, and this
new fledged lie Is always personally
in favor. of his master and owner,
Mat. Wells. There is no telling how
many of these base infamies old Mat.
has been stufIing down him, and lie,
poor plant tool and lick spittle Of tiiat
Returning Boarder, sits down, dips
his quill in gall, and gets of some
venom against some one. AS an ev-
idence of this, old Mat. has been
chatting, freely with him about the
war, and particularly when he was
Boss here in March and April 1864,
under Banks, and was answering TO
The name Of Lieutenant Governor of
Louisiana, and among The many mean
and cowardlygas.ts committed By him
during that. 4'reign %of terror to all
good Con ederates in q this Is, Town, he
hoasted, but aoa the wrong side, of
"taking,a newspaper man tout of Jail
that, was editing the DEMocR At
And Ills plant and suhservieat tool,
this Editor of 1--WE the People," ! in
his Issue Of. this morning, gets it of
as q part ndparcel andlc to his
campaign lies, '.'"% - i 10 ir' 'i,'i
We care not to brand rs liar n
thrice; branded malicious liar and de.
famer, bnt arc forced, in this connec-
ton, to tell this paid and pensioned
viper of liars that this last one ONLY
adds, To his infamous career here. OF
less than four months, and to,itelI
him 10 statetto Tie public that Mat.
Wells, in March, 1864, with, 10000
yankee bayoncts at his back, and less
than 30 able bodied men III this Town,
didhaYe ~ newspaper, M. man n that I'll i, was
editing the DEMOCRAT" arrested and
Feon,lned in theiPatish dali, and sim
pig dill 1t because he had the spowcl
to do it,, to humiliate a man who had
never harmed him, exccptjte be bis
inyeterate opposite in politics; 1and
that Mat. Wells did this act through
written request, rs tLieutepant
Governor ofLouiSiana,'' to Briyatlie'
General Grover y. S, A. Command
eli. of the Post here gin llSg4, and III
that, request he included the names
of some ten olf.er citizens, with that
of the "nan that1wa' editing The
DEMocRAT,'' aud tIier, too, were ar.
rested md fkodsel in Jail, This wri
ter GUILD tell much more of thi.
matter, but it is enc of MAT. Wells
ladtacissnf bis bad past, has nothing
to do with the present canvass, now
frawiugt to a close, aand viesoriousfy
Pto tile cause stiIla eSpoUsed and cher
|isired Ivy! "'tlie man who edited tht
DEMocRATin 1854" anil is only no
tticed now to clinch tIle, last nail il
the!eoilin OF lies of the Etlisor Of IVY
the People" This latter lis th,
truth, the whole TRUTH aud nothing
but the truth, and the story or insin
I'aatiOn about it is "a base fabrication
E;intf as far from the truth iasi eve
Mad. Wells AMI H,eHPrihcesHal o
Iliars, tue Editor 0f"Wey the People,
4 ever reachea.9h aaoGs, low ri sa