The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-08-27
A Stalwart "God."

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The tufted moth, with silky hair
deity brushed, and symmetrical legs
neatly kept, is singed, then burned, by
propinquity to the thing he loves, which
is an eager fame.
Roscoe Conkling is that moth
Conkling, the ''stalwart" (great heav-
ems, what misnomer for such srea-
ture |! Coukling, the ''cbampion ofhu-
man rights" Conkling, the Estates
mans" Conkling, the worshipped bully
of the Stalwart horde, Conklirg, the
Adonis, emerges from tho atmosphere
of Providence like poor, sneaking,
whipped dog, bearing upon bis bee-
Ting brow the brand which an angry /.
husband alone can put there. Conk-
ling's gallantries, it seems, have been
coeval with his life at Washington
His persistent attentions to Mrs. Spra-
que while attending to her business
affairs, and the denouement at Provi.
dence, present him to the world as Q
most contemplate, ignoble character
To cover his own mishap, he lies to the
public by rushing off dispatch
through the Associated Press to the
country, to the effect that Sprague's
, difficulty was with the German IAincke,
!, exclusively, aud that he tConkling)
!. figured in the affair as ''f,iend Of the
. family" The meanness OF this act 's
}, inexpressible, but is characteristic ofr
;. the selflsl, man whn performed it. 1t
: places Conkling in the most despicab'e
70 attitud .tt.
:. A career like that of Conkling nsu-
a ally ends in bloodslled. Married men
:, who tlirt with all tho pretty women
% they come across must calculate upon
no awakening jealousy and estrangemens
=, at home. Married men whose flirta-
-. lions run into criniinality and brazea
!, abandonment to passion must expect
-, their carca> sea to he pierced with bul-
let's 10y the men whom they Indirectly
u, iniure. Conklipg's wife aud daughte'
-, kept away from Washington to aya'
-, the consciousness Of the near presence
49,. Of his manifold .unfai,htulncss. h's
10 infatuation with Mrs. Sprague has oee'
On. the talk Of Washington for,Apmc years
,as A superbly beautiful %onin, Salie noe
-, sesses that feminine vanit which de-
ot lights in the adulation handsome
not and distinguished men. CIV women
ono there are who are imper|ous to the
= ~ incense of persistent deySion, espec-
, =. tally if they are not haHly married.
! IF They overlook the ref lions which,
the eager tongue Of slaner may utter
,ost upon the apparent situafn. All tn l
,,e. little encouragements the admirer
cara are carefully noted dow in the BOOK
a.. Of the scandal-mongers The lady 10
apo. in peril, but she does 4 see It. = inc Nc
ven man is in peril, but he Ioes not care
). ofl The moth hovers lovely over sno
have palpitating fame and hthes his iace
aid in it. Woe be to the Ian who trou-
.na bles another's nest; wllleads the pub
vim lie mind even to suslct that it ha'
rved been defled. atIhA
, ona Roscoe Conkling by parade hi'
man. pure patriotism, Ych everybody
knows is a sham; may inveigl
serv- against those lie is lased to call tn
eater "barbariaus Of the outh;" he ma!
.onca below about "huhn rights" AM
ac;tv ",ustice," but he, l}eelf, stands be
nm. fore the world as aPbber of domesti
fraa. happiness; sneapg bird Of pre-,
- !. who plays off lis q face and fgur'
# the a polished liberti6 and he appear
uness finally, a fowl wh feathers bedral
y am gled In the mire; fugitive with pal
n RIM cowardly face, sfling out Of . tow
er;no trembling before b justifable rage
.tvla an indignant hu4 Ind. ConkliDg 10
cowardly brute; Iowardly in polite
a.n;a. cowardly on thistump; cowardly
If ii. the floor Of the Ienate. Behold 20
secret god, Stalwarts1 with blanched fax
oo. trembling lips uivering legs, snea
aovo- ing like wiped dog by night Q
'rness, Of ProvidenceEit a shotgun peia
state. ed at his sleek e9fSsS.-tLo9hvi
,itomi- Courier JouFna'. Il.
;ase he ~, r;uor .,no. ~, q I,
Of 'n'S risen about two feet. Thr Sill
express. CITY reached here early Mon;