Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-06-05
"JUNIUS" AGAIN.
DITOR PATRIOT-DEMOCRAT.

the Fourth Department of Government;
and has authoritatively assumed the con
II iol of the country press. 1t has issued
it's manifesto, that there shall be no crit
icism of the present State administration.
1t disdains argument or reason. and dici-
plines by allGsiOn to the color of gentle
mems beard, digcstion-rheir bowels
their husky voices-pick the redbugs
fairly out, and trim his M sne--'he is ten
der when he leaks etc, etc,
1t says OF Senator Marston that he
lives in a jungle, that his diet at home is
'lap-jac;e and butter-milk,' and says this
in answer to the criticisms of Se,. ator
Marston, wherein he says; he was Il"
earnest Witt man before the nominal
ton, us against Ogden or any one else,
but that his observations during the late
session of the Senate, change! his mind
entirely. That Governor Wilt had fail
ed to exercise that influence and control
in the interest Of economy and reform
ttat was expected of him.
I'VE take it that the n. o. Democrat has
sad the hardest things it could about
Seuator Marston. Which amounts to
this, that he is an ignorant, mand!in
clown, from the wiltls of ousIatta-that
he is IL savage from the jungics Of Red
River country-uncoutl, unfeh, untutor-
ed and unknown. Nothing was ever wi
der OF the mark. Senator Marston is Il
worthy son of illustrious ancestry. His
grand father was Il distinguished soldier
in the war of independence Two OF his
uncles were Commodores ir the u. S. Ma
Wy. His cousin is ut present Speaker Of
the Lower House of Congress. His f'tth-
er is one of the most respe ctrd citizens in
East Feliciana. His brother James died
from wounds received in the late war.
His brother Henry was disabled by
wound in the same war, and he was shot
down at the battle OF >hiloh; not how
ever, until his conduct jus'itiad his pro-
motion to be Captain Of Infantry for gal
antry on that battle field. He is a gradu
ate of the Kcntucky Military Institute,
ard is cne of the largest and most sue
cesslul planters on Red River. The spe
cial objection of the Democrat is he stood
by the pnbic treasury, and when tie
public printer, Cosyrove, made outrage
GUS overcharges, Senator Marston
corrected the bill to the amount of over
one thousand dollars.
The Democrat does the public print
ing--not by any fair competition with
other papers, but simply because the
Legis !ature, for some reason unknown,
-; fan int n eft
feet the 42I article of tine New Cons;itu-
ton, all of which The people in East te-,
liciana are Suspicious enough to believe
was a job. And in spite of article 42d OF
the New Constitution, the Democrat has
the public printing. Art. 42d. 'All
printing, &C., to be given to the low
est bidder = No member or officer
| of any department of Government shall
| be in any way interested liz snch con-
| tact Has the State Treasurer Burke,
any monied interest in the Democrat, he
saws not. Does he edit it for tun' In
slead of carrying ont the reforms or
T dcred in the Const; tuition, the worst
forms ofcXtravaGance and positive dlsrc
gard for plain iujj urctions of law disgrace
| the aIministra ton. Hence the Demo
crat is very property call the 'Fouth De-
partmcnt of Government The puhllt
printing was taken from the IIcay'lnt
and given by the Governor, without any
competition bidding, and in utter def
ance of law, both in its letter and spirit
These are the seeds that Yarmouth an'
| kellogg brought to Louisiana, and they
| have grown into trees that shadow the
whole Staic. Even the Governor Is
| public servant, and under the law, ant
| not above it; and whenever he uses hi
| power to defeat the plain intent OF th
| law. he should be held up as one who de
ttats the public welfare, and these ar
the process es that made the Democra
the Fourth department Of Gov Tnn"nt
The Democrat was once IL fearless pa
per and struck for the right, and mad
itself popular, aud loved aud trusted b.
the people, and 10! all of a sudden
changed ownership and editnrship, an
its course was changed, and its sent
ments we're changed, and for no goo
reason it ceased to say anything agaln>
the Lottery Co, and there is an able Doc
led suspicion walking abroad III thes
parts that, that change OF edition sh'l
ownership and the other changes wei
mutually dependent upon one another
1t advocates the things the Lottery Con
pany advocates, it putfs the opponents {
the general lottery bill. 1t tinds site
man and an orator in Gen. Cosgrov
, The soldier of many swords supperS. II
man, who with WV. Farmer, Atki'i
". 4. Allen and all the Republicans, an
, a minority of tishy Democrats, deieate
the General Lottery Bill. EVeryboo