The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-08-24

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cIples of Republicanism in liberal
sense rs understand them. j might
I be able to convert you and scores of
others. who refuse to be comforted,
/ from a state of depraved nature to
political grace. 1 shall waive that
little bundle of primitives you stow
ed away in you neither garment and
let them work out their own saliva
tion with fear and trembling. for if
they are towards, as you term them,
they must necessarily emerge
through great tribulation. 'Tis bad
to be an independent. AS to that
article YOU term ''wOrdy mizzle,"
the only difference | can discover
between it and the answer to it, is
explained by substituting the letter
L for NJ. ooh, shame! where is thy
blush" again. Forgive me, gentle
reader, ii in the waRderings of my
mind also wondered if the ladies
ever read the papers. was con-
soled, however, by the thought that
they seldom read the CHRONICLE.
II may be insane as you say. Men of
small minds and less brains, like
you and |, generally are, but | tell
you, what we lack, in brains, can
be supplied in brass, and I'll give
you the preference, for of all the men
/ ever knew to fun a one-horse
paper, YOU are the checklist. 'sThe
bob-tailed fag-end of corruption"
you will dare to defeat, eh9 Glad of
it, young man. AS "charity begins
at home," commence there first. and
after you have secured the "tllree
out of every fouf voters, white ard
black" let me know, aud then we
can Join hands across the '.bloody
chasm." The negro you say is not
the credulous fool he used to be,
why didn't you say ''nIgger." It's
much easier, and then you can say
it with better grace. But people
will be curious on election years.
Why, bless your soul, the colOred
man has more sense this year than
ever, and he don't intend to he led
by the nose by either Radical or
Democrat. He'll cast his vote right,
.you bet,' mule or no mule. Your
game of, 'walk into my parlor saws
the spider to the fly" in my opinion
won't work. It's like the Indians
share in the hunt, 'never say turkey
to me once" That little chat be-
tween Paul and Agrippa, about per-
suas;on, reminds me OF the DEVILS |
proposition to eur Savior: "All |
these things will | give thee if thou
will fall down and worship me,n
which was forcibly illustrated In re-
cent overtnres made to the Republi- |
cans, tO-wit: The three ward Offices
shalt thou have in consideration for
thy votes. But the proposition.
was so ridiculously thin, they
conldn't see the point. You can see
nearly as far into grindstone as
the man that made it. Wonderful |
diseernment. You give me credit
for eight years more of public life
than | am entitled To. Don't be so
extravagant. I'm afraid your gen
eroSity exceeds your means.
About that fraud, have my infor-
from n man who knows more /
about it, than any other person in
the parish, but he is good Demo-
crat and l won't call his name lust
yet.
Now sir, I've troubled you more
than | anticipated at first, but that's
all because you didn't tote fair at the
start, and IN conclusion | must say
in all candOr, that you do me the
greatest injustice in your futile eff
fort to parade me, before the pub
lie as one destitute of principle and
a conspirator against the well being
ard good order of society. Is it
because | am not in accord with the
party that feed you for the small
returns they get by way of the ven
ON you emit. Your charge is false,
and | should put it mildly were / to
call it lie. No man living can
tFdthfully accuse me of improper con-
duet with the colored element while
| have taken any part. in politics.
In fact | might have been more sue
cessiul had been less liberal in nv
views. | have lived here from boy
hood, and the little / possess is the
result of hard labor and honest toll.
Office has no great attraction for me,
for | can live without it. 1t viii do
for drones that subsist about the
hive by mere sufferance.
If Should be candidate again,
| will be in time to see that the in
terests of those who indorse me shall
not go by default. / have always
been q Wing, and can not be a Dem
Ocrat, though l have frequently
voted for reasonable Democrats. and
may do SO again, but of political
evils l try to choose the least.
MAC.