The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-13


aHe money vii al e on the Radical side. ii
course, but 11one of IL viii IA Ian, , n1.,at 4,
money o 111fl1se John Sherman, staEed o. o.
t nls pIes lances as the favorite O
~ tl,e as syns1 on the result, will be abb
- S eoAA any amount OF
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Tom Ewing is the least understood man 70,
h ia reputation ln the country The current
selfish man, living on his self-esteem and
travelling on the strength of al ola and and
t nOnored name. But nothing could be farther
rom 1ne truth. The very familiarity 81 the
name sa it ne goes ny everywhere, "Toms, ought
matter of fact, Ewing ii d generous. genial.
impulsive man, childfshly fond Of biz friendss
anu devoted TO those, who are close
70 him. He to-. among, other things
saeere and ea assz politician oroaWFbb VIII
be advocates he believes and what he = h III
lleves he advocates. In his last canvass Tor
Sson9fess there was small banker In one of
Dis coantles-.G allla who had loaned out d
good e deal Of money, mostly belonging to
Eastern Insurance companies and the ike. Id
farmers In sums of from $3.50 tp S1i1fo taIrinr
m ortgages on their farms. Like ali bankers
q tnls fellow regarded Tom Ewing as his 1latu-
enemy 80 ne went about hs
WORKED TOR Ewing BIZ would forecIose and seiI
them out. When Ewing heard n this ia
went down into Gallia county and conyassetl
Y I'll Ike s Dook agent, almost from door to
farmers TO take him from place TO place #,
s IN country wagons. He was not long
the banker, whom he denounced az every
eros 3 an extortioTler and tyrant, COM
pairing him to all the odious types Of ayariee
and shyloekism known to human annals. III
the end ne produced such state Of feeling
among the farmers that the upstart banker
got actually afraid Of tar and feathers. and
t kept close 70 his little den during the rest Of
Tor Ewing, and none OF them have been sold
out as yet under foreclosure He fold the
farmers that all they needed to do was mani
rest their Independence; that the money
lender or
THE UsURRR
was proverbialIy the biggest coward 81 the
human species; that he would play the small
Iyrant until somebody resented his impu-
dence and then he would crawl into his hole.
pull the hole IN after him and stay there hug.
g e. hls bonds and mortgages tilt the public
was ~ danger Of his foreclosing, because ali
ne wanted was bis cent per cent. and to fore
his customers.
This Incident affords q fair sample Of the
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TINaE or THE FANATIC ABOUT HIM:
not OF the hot-headed sort, but that cool, I'm
perturbable fanatieism which comes of 4 large
development OF conscience and strong ten
dency to moral sentiment. The Ewing hlnnd
y LoWiand Scotch, and in Tom the race char
aeteristics crop out as strongly as If he had
been raised IN the PerthshirB hills.
For the rest he ID an exceedingly well-bred
man, as might be expected from his antece-
dents, quiet and modest In his demeanor and
attached to his books and his family. His
habits are exemplary to the utmost, none of
whisky, draw-poker, fast women and the
ike-having ever made the slightest inroad
upon him.
His comrade,
Is man Of smaller physical mold and less
imposing appearance; better off In the worlds
goods Than Ewing, who IS poor; but not 30
much OF q student, q thinker OF fanatic.
Rice is q fine business man and made q mark
tn Congress far above the average not as an
orator or demagogue, but as practical,
hard working legislator. ] am curious to see
what will be done with
THE BLOODY SHIRT IN THIS CANVASS.
az the two men at the head III the
Democratic ticket were both Federal soldiers
ct me ultra lighting type, and have only
three legs between them, while the Radical
ticket is four-legged and innocent even OF the
SHELL OI kuHpOWueT. ! asked kfGa one day
just before he went home how he would meet
the war cry, In case he should be nominated
tor Governor and Foster SHOULD raise 1t on
him. w. --= =-=====4== -=-z--z
"Oh," said he, Il would simply say that /
had met the solid South at Shiloh while Fos-
ter had only met 1t In Congress; that II I
could stand the kind of debate i, my forum
he ought not to be afraid OF the sort that pre-
vailed In hts!''
II IL really curious turn OF the wheel to SEQ
q full Democratic ticket Of fighting Federal
brigadiers put up against a full Ii ll-comba-
tant ticket OF Radical stay at-home3- without
suppose the burden Of the cnmp Ign on the
Radical side will be the "new rebellion
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