The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-09
o1e CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION FROM JUDGE MANNING

District are evidently re
liking the Importance ofour coming
election of Congressman. A cor
respondent, in your last Issue, has
made a timely and sensible sugges-
ion of the name of Hon. Thos. e.
Manning as a worthy and proper Sc
lection for the Democracy of our DIS
trict to make.
The Shreveport Standard, too, of
a recent date contains similar call
for Judge Manning, which that pa
per promptly and cordially endorses.
If selected as our candidate for
Congress, there is no question thai
his nomination will be hailed by all
the Parishes of tbeDistrict, with a de-
gree of enth usiasm and satisfaction
which the nomination ofnone other IN
this section can inspire. The frlends
of Judge Manning are aware, OF
course, that he has returned to the
practice of his profession in this Dis
trict, having resigned to his success
sor an exalted position on the Judi
ciary of our State which he had filed
with distinguished credit to. himself
and to his profession. During his
encumbency of the Chief Justice
ship of Louisiana, the people OF his
State had the amplest evidence of
his high legal attachments, and his
sterling worth as patriot and a cit
izen.
While your correspondent would
make no allusion to the impro-
priety of his having been supplanted
as Chief Justice Of State, and our
judiciary being thereby deprived OF
his splen lid talent. it will not be
doubted that his able, impartial and
digni6ed career as judge has won
for him unqualified and universal
applause. 1t is tacitly conceded, as
| I have learned from public express
ions, that the nomination should be
conferred upon Judge Manning, in
part as recognition of his valuable
services to his state and party, and
; at the same time, as the strongest
; and ablest Democrat in the District
The coming National campaign i.
destined to be the most searnest and
arduous political contest that ou'
e country has ever witnessed. Thu
i real issue will virtually be Imperial
@ ism on the one hand and constitu
tional liberty on the other. The i'm
perialist party, with its characters
;, tic boldness, will go into the battl
p with degree of vigor and discip
d line and desperation that will max
e the complacent patriots of this coun
try stand aghast at the sudden ant
,. thrilling danger that threatens thei
I free government. 1t is vain an
t. childish to underrate the magnitud
is of the difficulties and labors that wi
confront our party in the campaig
before US. Our opponents will /
e struggling for life, our party for iii
= erty. They will not withhold an
= effort or expense, nor scruple at an
" crime to accomplish their aim.
e In such an emergency, then, it b
d, hooyes all good citizens to contri
n ute to the harmony and strength
:, our cause. Our best and ablest me
Ill alone, should bear our standards
to leaders of our party, and, while
in man can be justified in withholdi'
h, any effort to bring out our ablest ca
10 didates, no leader can, with ju
D' tice to his psople and his party d
Sc cline to serve in any useful capacit
"a If Judge Manning he called to lie
is our party in this Congressional d
I'd. trict, while such call may imply a .
served tribute to his splendid abb
. ties by grateful friends, it will be
OF voice of his country that calls hi
Dr. the voice of a people struggling
ZEN their liberties against powerful a
,or deadly foe that calls him, and no
49, ever reluctant lie may be to respo
'ei to such call, the voice of duty and
of sense of mate honor will force b
Ii to accept the responsibility. T
10 immediate friends and admirers W
,,o no doubt, urge his nomination
" Congress, and Democrats everywh
ao- throughout the District will rise
- and rally the faithful clans Of
Try good old party and win victory tt
if. will give our District a distingui
NJ ed Congressman and secure for
80 Cincinnati nominees the electo
Oh vote of our State. M
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ages of venomous snakes is aim
VI incredible. Yet the disease which
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ich India reptile, is winding it's
,rd. around thousands of people while
,od victims are unconscious of its pl
wv ence. 1t has long been hobby "
KY incompetent physicians to asst
will that consumption is incurable a
ties the formati IN of tubercles has beg
and ia every case they fail to efte
eu,e-of course tubercles had be-
to ie rm and they were incurabl
not The lecords of medical science
vel tprove any such theory. On the
,ttv trary. in case of lung disease wi