The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-04-09
ALEXANDRIA La, WEDNESDAY, APRIL g.. 1879.

3 hbut it is nevertheless true, that il
$ this cou2try wealth procures imma
Il Unity from punishment for crime. l
has always been the case here, a
we'll as in England, whore the judi
ciary hold their offices from the ex
ecutive and from the throne. Ever
: Shakespeare tells US
"The Insurer hangs the cozener.
Through tattered clothes small vices d
~" appear,
Robes aud furrad gowns hide ali. Plat
sin with gold,
And the strong lance Of justice turtles
!. Il breaks, $3.50
Arm it With rags-a pigmy's straw dotl
t9f' pierce it!"l s
J *ao xai* ladi * = Is =
+ Some gentlemen have said, that We
are ANXIOUS TO reduce this. govern,
. ment TO the government Of q mob
and they object to our proposition
4 because, they say, the judicial. er.
4 mine will he seilcd, if brought in
contact with the people. Will any
representative upon this floor stig
matize the people that elected him
as mob? Thcsserfs aud, minions OF
monarchy employ language like this,
to bring in disrepute and opprobrium
the free government, under which we
Hive; but that American who adopts
titlas his own ,degrades his parent
age, sllames his natMe, and is guilty
4 oftwilfui and wantcn self. abasement.
So"far from the jnaiciary being con.
| tam mated, by Teposingl upon the
Ffotes of. theipeoph, newaelements Of
| Nigomaadtstrength ttipurity wilbhe
finfusedinto it; and instead of being
Mate he'd, as1it now is, by jealous and
tlistrnstful eyes, itsWillbe lookedaap
TO with Elose;anl tveneration, rand re
gaFded as the; palladium ofour1pnb
Tie and private rights. What is! oit
Chat makesfttfe office cot. President Of
1.-THE United States a prize soahighly
esteem Ell, and sso eagerly sought af-.
Fer, but he fact that he is elevated
to- hat distinguished office by the
suHr RACES Of twenty millions of free
men sdiAny' office becomes elevated
and dignified, s*hea Conferred by the
Isolpntary afages1ofaIffee 1peoplei
fand who is there that had not rather
! ho1d Office awarded BY ,thecouaaence
Of his epiaintrymen,. than i. awarded
fby The prouaest monarch that wears
diadem!A * ~ ,sHfsfa ~ aai9d i
/ *g *galsn1aa ~ Icy /,
The American people are capable
of seh.goverumeut, in its widest and
most extended signlfation. If Che
EeKperience Of go years are not, sufi
Icientto satisfy the. most credulous;
1'the eyeats, which have taken place in
the ,lastqtweEvei months, would fur
hish the proof No man can as yet
Il
have forgotten the Intense excite
tnensof.i the olasto Presidential cleo,
tion, an excitement (Which leaving
The thrqnged avenues and crowded
thorough fares off our great cities,
penetrated into theremotest regions,
tthe, most quiet. and sequestered
I'hauats Of men; an excitement which
was all absorbing, an all pervading,
where all the fierce passions Of our
nature were called into action. Az
farice, the greediness for Office, the
|lust for, place and power, and that
demon ofcthe mind, restless and ever
sleeping ambition. In fine the thou
sand strings of the human heart had
been smote upon, and every chord
was tinging at the touch. In the
midst Of all this excitement, while
| the waters of the political sea were
boiling and bubbling around, the day
| for the election came; the ballots
we're deposited; and instantly, as If
| the voice ofshim who spake as never
man spake had bid the raging ele
ments, be still, peace, a quiet, a
hush, as profund as that Of the grave,
settled and brooded over the land, in
all its length and breadth. Where
the5wide earth over! where in all. the
Eannals,o of human history, for moral
grandeur and sublimity! The. spec.
tacle of vast and mighty people
swayed by all the commingled pas
sionsl Of our nature, instantly relapi
sing from excitement to repose,
yielding ready obedience to. the ma.
jestyoflthe law, and doing voluntary
/ homage, to that principle, which they
themselves had established, that the
majority lshould ppeyail-.ae i,sf, !,
] : i have been toldaby honorable gen.
aemen opposedtogme, that they en-.
Eeertsfaed aotaa 1lonht but that THIS