The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-11-26
ANOTHER VIEW.


large amount of property was sacf''
feed. and innocent parties made to ]
suffer. --.,...,--~--.-.. -. s.sr "A
We dieplore, as much as any one
can, the calamity which has beialleh
OUT citizens, and shall not attempt to
manufacture excuses or' to account
for the lamentable disesserAsin ANY
other way, than. by, the facts as they
exist. Whatever responsibility may
reasonably and legitimate1y attach to
bers Of the Council, we, as
member of that body, shall not seek
to deny or to shirk.
Our record upon the Sunday Law
is too we'll known, by those who have
been at any trouble. TO ascertain the
extent to which the Council are, IN
deed, responsible, for US to elaborate
III IN tulS ditlSAS' q :, {, s.iIF III .
1t may be an unwholesome truth
but. it is none the less a fact, that
some of those chaste and unique
critics and sticklers for rigid ana
tyrannical enforcement OF our Town
ordinances, know just where to place
the finger 70 unfix a latch on TN the
darkest night that comes, ana are
gifted with such extraordinary facul-
ties that they can even guess the
countersign, by which to gain ad-
mittance to the Temple on Sundays.
Laws are enacted to restrain the
criminal inclinations of mankind and
to punish crime, but, it must first be
shown that a crime has been com:
mitted before we can proceed to i'm
pose summary punishment. The
evident intent Of all our Town ordi-
nances. relating to the Sabbath as we
construe them, is to enforce an op-
servance of the day, and to maintain
its sacred character, in so far as to
see that all places where goods are
: sold, as we'll as bar rooms, ETC., shall
| not keep their doors open on that
1 day. or transact any business We
do not believe there isaa single viii
E lage throughout the United States
where the laws are 80 rigidly en-
}, forced that violations Of them DO not
r occur. in. the same manner, as has
been the case here, since our earliest
e recollection. .'5t
b We cite these facts, not in justiti
l. cation or extenuation Of infraction'
Of any ordinance, which has been en-
It acted by municipal authorities, bu
n as exhibiting the true state OF thing
J. elsewhere.
u 1t is truly lamentable that ne
st will dissipate, play cards, drink, an
d indulge in other vices, but IN a.
" aees ofthe world these things hav
c. been done, and we may expect the'
ID to continue for some time. Brea
j. up. burn down and destroy whsske
,u shops and gambling dens, and tn
same evils will ensconce themselve
Id nnder the roofs where families al
k assembled.
lit No unprecedented individual c.
construe the act with which Mr.. l.
vim has been charged, as, In al
' us sense, criminal-the most that C:
~ be said of it, is that he display
greater carelessness than has, In al
- previous instance marked his III
." formly guarded and careful manae
% ment. We should take into consl
-" Grafton, however, the liability DIN
W. in moments of abstraction, to perm
things, which, in another mome
no would cause them to be hor
Tx fed. Mr.. Levin is public spirit
Its, and worthy citizen, by whose lndo
,ro- liable energy, and progressive q
ZEN. elastic business tact, our Town a
les its inhabitants, of all classes, hi
eel been more benefited, than by
now other since the time of NJ. r. Ari
and we express the hope that he n
long continue to take the lead in
e a terprises which have not only d
our much towards building up the To-
CTS but has been a source from wi,
that laboring men have found emp
rted ment, and provided a support
ask their families, which might not b
and been secured in any other way.
,e of -~~,~~-.-e-..-~~
FERGUSON & scHNAcK are be
ming to roll in their new goods for
'rnle Fall campaign. @
this -e--~~-- !.
lat -"G1vE us a fair count is
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bad the howl of your stalwart Louis
erred Radical, and the few left in Rap
her of that persuasion fully echo
Just so, murderer or thief i
ways looking out for squalls al
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