The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-13
Gov Wilt and Party in North
Louisiana.
An Outpouring Of the People at Every
Point visitedA Cordial We'll
come Everywhere The En-
tire Section Solid for
the Ticket.
toorrespondence Of tho Democrat


since we left Vicksburg 81 the the thirty-tirst
ultimo. But within the limits OF b telographlc
message NO event such as
THE MONROE BARBECUE AND MASS MEETINGS
could be sketched but by an exclamation
point, as 1t were. ] had proposed to make the
details Of that day, 10 full Of enthusiasm,
good speeches and good cheer, the subject Of
Especial letter, but / had counted without
the excessive hurry and difficulty Of our
overland journey from that point onward. II
was like some old Confederate war days /
have seen, to travel Ut the Lightning speed of
four miles an hour, all huddled together In
antiquated vehicles whose wheels described as
they ratified along The most fantastic elllpses
and, aided by the winds. raised clouds Of dust
that seemed and felt like walls Of solid earth.
After six Or seven hours OF such experience
We felt the reverse of Sidney Smiths longing
I'm hot weather II was our bones we should
like to have dropped. TO sit tn our limp nesh.
and lot the wagon jolt and jolt without crack
Ing our aching frames.
The journey from Baatrop tD Farmervllle
was pre-eminently attended with all the hor-
rora | have mentioned In fOrding Bayou
Bartholomew our hack broke down. Thence
to Ouachtta City Wa had five miles TO travel
lin common plantation cart oyer the rough
est road th,s side of the Jordan. There Gov.
Wilt was taken with fever and acute pains
iii every limb. There our party divided,
aibson, McEnery and Moncure twho had
Joined us III Munros IN accordanee with the
request OF tho Democratic Executive Gom-
mittee, and who 10 doing splendid service 10
IA series III telling speech"a), pursued their
Journey to Farmelviile; Wiltz and myself re-
mainIng tn Ouachlta City, at tho residence of
Capt. q. B. Steele. ...==
TWENTY-FouR HOURS oE REST
soon restored Gov. Wiltzs strength and
health, and seated In Capt Steele's comfort
travelling thence to Vienna. where we rejoined
our friends In good time for u rousing meet
Ing then and there being held.
The Democracy or Oaachita parish II am
going bauk to Monroe now: in this retrospee-
tive tourney there be no dust. thank the
gods q whom Gen. Gibson compared In his
speech to Cw3ar's Tenth Legion ut Pharsa-
lia, has viad with tho other parishes and out
stripped them all 80 ftr IN enthusiasm, In
multitudinous outpourinE or the masses, In
fine music aud big caunonades. The meet
fng iii tho courthouse square on tho first
Was Immense.
No LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND People,
white and black, iasiies and gentlemen, rich
and poor, Democrats and Republicans (tf any
of the latter there be ln onacht"l, MI were ,g,I
out Senator Jonas and Congressman Ellis
were there, having come from N.Y." Orleans
expressly for the occasion. Both spoke in
their best vein. Cav Witt WIS. MS usual,
clear and felioitous. Sam p. McEusry felt
like Mc(ireger-"on his native heath and
made fine talk Congressman King told
some good stories In the course OF very good
Spaech and then the vast multitude made
for the immense tables, laid IN the square and
rrOaninR under gigantic londs Ut beef, NUT
ton, etc.. all barbeeued all sending up the
nostrils of the hungry crowd perfumes more
grateful than the much vauntsd incense,
myrrh or aloe. That night choice and select
audience, mainly composed of Monroes
sbeauty and chtvalry," gathered ut the Opera
House, and were addI eRSrN hy GOv john Nc
Emery and Gen. Gibson. Etrly next day we
journeyed forth to Bas,r,p; Tha people had
turned out as for soms holiday. The eanvass-
I'M marty were received amid the booming 81
cannon and all the usual demonstrations of
welcome. The meeting was very largely at
tended hy whites and blacks At Farmer
willie. Vienna and Arcadia, we were received
with equal enthusiasm entering each place ut
the sound Of tho neverfalling cannun's well
coming roar.
The whole Of
NORTH LOUISIANA Is MORE SOLID THAN
EVER.
We will carry by Increased majortties
0uachita, MUrehousn Union, Lincoln. Bien-
vile, Claiborne, Bossier. W. hster and gaddo
We have heard from many more parishes to
the south Of those named, but as we will soon
10 journeying through them prefer to speak
only after personal observation.
Col. James Lingan. whom the Executive
Committee have sent ~ ALI in the canvass,
overlook our party ut Farmervlle. He spoke
at the meeting there, aud at each subsequent
one. Ltngan Is unanimously acknowledged
as very valuable reinforcement. He makes
81 rood speech, and tells a good story, as you
know and brings down the house every pop.
Judge j. G. EgaD, our candidate foI Attor-
ney General, also joined our party Mt Farmer
vile. He Ia taking active pnrt IN the can
vass, and will probably run down TO Nav mva,,l or,
which but few days ago overwhelmed him
Id the cause of the Judges delay 10 Joining in
the present canvass.
We have heard but very little OF
TAYLOR BEATTfE AND HIS GANG.
Indeed. we find absolutely no Republican
organization anywhere and If our friends az
not serve up the broken meats ana crumbs
we leave behind us To the miserable caravan,
which seems forsaken Of God and man, fear
me much they must starve.
The people of North Louisiana do not know
Reattie. nor, indeed, have they ever heard or
him: but of his gang, one man they know and
remember well-iittls red headed Frank
Morey that savory little Congressman who,
In 1874. guided the United States troops
through this section and told the stories ot
blood and carnage which caused some OF the
hest and most respectable citizens OF North
Louisiana to be hunted down and dragged to
iail, handcuffed and shackled like the vilest
criminals Bpattie's much emphasized claims
torespectabfllty, nohnr anu Waae NOV, uhu
best not be asserted In this section, where the
old-fashioned way of Judging man by the
company he keeps Obtains 70 degree, and
where the people have a vicious and tenacious
recollection OF the fierce dragoonngs Of 1874
The weather which, for the last two
months has been extraordinarily clear, cool
and dry, has brought out the cotton crop 10
Grand lilXuriance. Everywhere we have wit
messed untoward activity, bounteous crops
and
THE MOST PERFECT CONFINEMENT.
The hitherto prevailing high price for cot
ton has sent constant stream Of money
flowing through this section. Everybody has
q pocket full, and for once since the,war the
armer's hen-roosts and pig-styes are safe
from the depredations OF 1.-THE mhn and