The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-07-02

"ous!y VI aVoiu the appearance 0
endeavorlng to force the views OF,
section only upon the whole coun
TRY. Their good breeding, goot
sense and political foresight have
enabled them for the most part t
maintain their composure, despite
] the inuendoes, the false accusations
the vituperation and invective Of the
combined forces Of Radicalism. -
Year by year they have held thei,
own, and year by year they have
grown in Numbers until now at las,
they control both houses Of Con.
gress. Nothing has so much cxas
perated their opponents as the quiet
ease with which Southerners have
accepted the situation and have gone
on with their skillful tactics until
now there is a winning game before
them on the board. Northern Re.
publicans in Congress have lost their
temper because Southern members
would not lose theirs; and so in de-
fault of other resource they have
gone to ransacking the files of OBJ
scure Southern papers, and to di:
fecting personal insult to gentlemen
in whom they knew The sense of
manhood and se!f-respect is tue first
consideration. 55d 99aa ~ 81
In Mr.. ,Conkling's case the expla-
nation is not complete, with this
statement. He is not only cunning,
he isvindictiye; he is not only vim.
dictive, the is by nature pugnacious.
His success, and the tlattcry of his
dependents and followers, have slim
ulated his vanity to a white heat;
and the man is now little more than
a monomaniac upon the subject Of
himself nshis peculiar line he was
formerly unapproachable;, but he
has now oyerpassed the step which
separates the sublime from the rid.
iculous. lie arrives. late at his seat,
and either takes his place with the
air OF one who says ~ am Sir Ora.
Gle" or he clasps his hands behind
him and walks in the rear Of the
benches with the mingled carriage of
a game cock and turkey gobblcr.
In the affair Of the other night Mr.. |
Conkling was plainly in the wrong.
When be charged Mr.. Lamar with
voting in bad faith,. be said some
thing which, he must have known |
would bring him under the fire of a |
heavy gun; but4he could hardly have
expected the Gentle shot which was
Immediately returned. It was Ger
tainly absurd'in him to resort to re-,
elimination, and to retort the Oh aree
Of falsehood with a tm quoqxe that
certainly was not a specimen oil
''plantation ma,ners."r Igot4f a. Il
The Initiative is now clearly with
Mr.. Conkling. However, the affair
may terminate, we trust that Sena.
;ors will learn that courtesy is al. !
rays the safest and wisest mode Of
Meeting an opponent in debate.-fN. I
Picayune. q (, .a'I IseTss:gal a
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down FINE. ""Gct your tickets d
It the wagon" screamed the door, !
'eeper Of the circus yesterday to a d
Dung man with a girl on his arm q
rho had a handful of email change. 4
This is the third time you have t,
ONE here without tickets, when you o
now can't take money! 3o"ee a
The yonng man and his girl fell a
ack, and as they did not go near p
,e ticket,wagon, and yet, seemed e.
cry anxious to see the circus a an. n,
GUS minded citizen edged around RI
nd inquired of the young man: a,
''Why don'tyou buy tickets if you W
ant to go in?" ~ ~ N
"Cause I'm short" was the whis. a,
sred reply. Il didn't low enough b,
r incidentals when l was 6ggering te
! the cost Of this thing, but don't "a
ant the girl to know itp' CO
"How much are you short?' n.
'OnIy five cents. I figgered that Of
n shillings woald pay all expenses at
It ! got left. We spent ten cents OF
r peanuts, ten cents on the street pe
RS, and five in candy. / had just Gu
dollar eft to pay our way in, when de
g gal got a peanut shuck in her at
roat and, ! had to buy a glass of th
nonade, to wash it down. Didn't Cir
it, though, till had pounded her ri,
the back more'n fifty times and VII
ed to pull one o them are hy- GA
ants up by the roofsv'
9Th tend you five cents to make
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