The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-07-11
C41.oAs1Eu, La, July g, 1878.

selitatives on the SCalcasIeu log
seizures, and being acquainted with
the general makeup OF the orator
Iiical ,ebulitions of the day which,
singularly enough, remind me OF
those
--.Broken tea.cups wisely kept for
show.
Ranged DER the chimney glisten in a
row"
j saw and passed it by. Butchanee
threw a copy of that speech III my
WAY, j read it with interest, and, i
must say it, with surprise. Real
izimg, indeed, that there is such a
thing as "qdamning "a man with
faint praise" Your disposition to-
wards Mr.. Acklen is too well de
fined to admit of the faintest doubt
ais to your intentions, whatever, In
point of fact, might he the effect OF
this slight notice.
The incisive and tenacious style
prevailing throughout-the IRE
fragible phalanX of proof, tdocu-
ments, showing, step by step, how
the choral Garter first entered the
"lnfested" domain, and prepared
to inaugurate the ,"warn--how the
celebrated Lacey obtained the nee
essary supply ofjudicial ordnance,
both heavy and liglit-how the an
brosial Pitken. "eagerfor the fray"
despatched these to the front, and
would hare massed his picked men
lin the heart Of the eneey'S country,
ihad the United States been willing
to trust his picked men with army
rifieS-how, our GutOGrGttc Secretary
of the Interior Department lent
hasty ears and ready orders to a
vile prostitution Of the legal pro
cess of representation, and how all
of tthese-paf nObiie trGt''nm! by
wanton misrepresentation of facts,
drewinto this ap-'shOly alliance" the
ATTORNEY General, the soldiery,
and an armed ship of the United
States, and through many weary
months strove, by active agents to
stir up antagonism between the
government and its suffering sub
iects, designated in that writ ''pe,'-
sons ansln0,on n--and how, finally,
reduced by the rack Of want or the
"Reminiscences of official annoyance
and arrogance, some of these sun
known defendants We're forced
into confession of Judgment. All
these and a vast deal more were
Laid before that honorable body
condemning these officials, by proof
coming from their own hands.
In Language terse, lucid and pow
eifll, destitute of unnecessary en-
Enlistment and personal animad-
versions MIR. Acklen presented his
case, document after document pre-
facing or enfofcing the contents OF
each with brief, effective remarks,
A showing full mastery of the entire
( matter, disclosing all sufficient, vet
Il not more than sufficient, to .entitlt
Ibis measure to a favorable cmsid
Grafton. Once only he wanders
from his subject, hut the moment
AIRY alteration is marked with
graceful ease, and the return, witt
added force. Though these truth
Ifll denunciations seem to have fall
en-, like the prophetic wailings 81
1.-THE gifted Cassandra, on unheedins
Listeners, or minds predetermined
!, to mete out shorn justice, yet Mr.
Acklen has the s0lace of knowing
that noble deeds may, Through ad
verse influences, and for the time
fail in achieving the desired object
hut they never perish, and remain
as stepping stones to the attain
ment of greater ends in the future
Messrs. Proprietors, i may Ihav
expected as far itOomueh as 1 tliinl
you said too little. Itis, however
Through a desire that the teonstitu
. Isency of our talented and ,energeti
: Representative should he stiiniila
ted to seek a fuller acquaintane
with his abilities, rather than to b
: drawn away by the malicious an
d widespread scandals with whic
i public Journals have seen fit to al
sail his private character; and i
the same spirit 4 hope you will Civ
this also space in your columns.
!, =. I'D. READ.
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