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

ly been found in these parts, and
oblige the unposted advisers Of th
fiiscoyerer, we spare few lines G
our valuable space to e.ucidate til
! matter, and we will be short an
/ frank in it. It is a palpabfe TN
truth that the Editor of this Jour
nal ever recon mended John De La
cey for re.appointment of Post Mas
ter of this Town, or that he eve
knew directly or indirectly that
gentleman and a Democrat here wa
an applicant for the position It'll
further q huge untrnth- that.the Ed
tor Of this Journal ever recommend
ed any one for Office to the presen
fraud who disgraces the Presidential
chair, .ar. ,-e.. a,
But we will state what the Edito
of this Journal did do, in this mat
ter, in connection with, and unde
the guidance of some of the leader.
and best men of the Democratic par
ty of the Parish, and that to close
this sentence consistently let thu
Editor of this journal be plainly TN
derstood, that he aided 10 this mat
ter with his eyes wide open, q leve
head, With hearty good Democratic
will, and placed in a similar circum
stance be would do it over aud owe,
again, and has no pardon to crave
for it or apologies to mase.
Immediately after the Inaugural
ton of Mr.. Hayes, the Post Office
bein 6 agood slice of the Radical
pie, due here to voracious Office
seekers Of the true Radical stripe, a
stalwart fight was commenced be-
tween the friends Of the present in
and those of a willy, I'M.
scrupulous colored politician of bad
antecedents, who In more ways than
one was really Objectionable to every
decent man having business with the
Post Office here. But the Radical
party had the pointing power" and
our party kept cool and watched for
something Micawber-like to turn up.
In less than sixty days it did turn
up, and now let the advisers of the
iiscoverer of the late mares nest
give US attention, for right here com.
nences our part, under the guild
ance of our brother Democrats, the
gentlemen to whom we have alluded
20 above. One Of these gentlemen,
md a Democrat Sans peMr ct sans re
oroche received letter from Wash.
Dgton from Hon. j. B. Elan, who
vas wide awake to our democratic
interests, stating that he had been
advised by Senator Eustis that John
DeLacy's name had just been sent
10 the Senate for confirmation Of
Post Master of Alexandria, and that
further action would be delayed un-
til we, the Democracy of Alexandria
and vicinity, we're heard from. This
Democrat, at all times we'll posted in
the peoples and party's interest, &C.
ted promptly and acted wisely by
consulting his brother Democrats,
the Editor of this Journal among
them, and o letter was at once writ
ten to Hon. j. b. Elan, by all means
TO secure the confirmation of John
De Lacy as Post Master. That Dem
ocrat at once signed that letter, pre-
sented it to several other Democrats
in close proximity to his office
them the Editor of this Jour
nal, and then it was taken to John
DeLacy al d he was told to haven't
signed by az m'ny Democrats as he
could eoLvenient'v procure before the
leaving of The naxt mail and to mail
10 registered 10 n N. ]. B. Elam.- -
John DeLacy, of course, gave this
proper attention, and procured a
goodly number OF signatures to it.
That letter was mailed, duly re-
ceiyed, and John DeLacy was at once
confirmed, and the Democrats who
took this part in it, have the gratifi-
cation to know that they prevented
a bad appointment from being made
in De Lacy's only competitor, and
further they all know as a choice of
political evils they did not err, but
have secured the services of Q Post
Master, who attends faithfully aud
urbanely to his duties.
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