The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-06-02
A DESERVED TRIBU TIE.
a HoME-wE1coME TO JUDGE MANNING.

N DESEst HSD NAV -
4 HOME WELCOME TO JUDGE MANNING.
1t is a genuine pleasure to US 70
record very graceful and handsome
act on tie part of a number OF our
fellowtownsmen toward gentleman
of the standing and position OF Judge
r. C. Manning, late Chief-Justlce OF
Louisiana. The Judge returned 10
his Alexandria home week since,
and was universally welcomed and
received by our people, but a sur.
prise and social welcome was given
him on Tuesday night last, which
was really compliment and vel
come bestowed in worthy way on
worthy man. At present Judge
Manning is the guest Of his friend,
j. G.. White, Esq. On the night
mentioned above, respectable num-
Der of our leading and best citizens
proceeded to the residence, accompa-
MED by an Amateur Band, and open
ed the welcome home of Judge Man
ming, with one of their sweetest and
most appropriate pieces. Then our
worthy and gifted fellow-citizen' and
member of the Alexandria Bar, II.
P. Hunter, Esq, delivered the fol
lowing eloquent address and fitting
tribute to our returned fellow-towns
man:
Judge Z. G. Manning:
| RESPECTED SIR-I am commissioned
by these, your friends and neighbors,
in their name to bid you welcome home
again, Returning as you do from the
discharge of the duties of high pub
lie trust to the peaceful shades OF pri-
vate citizenship in their midst, they
have thought that this simple testlmo-
NAL of respect and confidence, from
those who know you best and esteem
you most, might be agreeable to you
now, aud pleasant for you to remem-
Der when hereafter you may reca'! the
many high honors of which you have
been the worthy recipient, and which
a through you as their ielloW-cltlzehs
they have shared.
n When three and half years ago
: you left us upon mission which seem
ed almost hopeless, you carried With
YOU the prayers Of this community that
success might crown your efforts fol
J. the establishment of the peoples
!, government in this State, but the hope
y that it might be SO, seemed barren o.
J Tuition, aud the undertaking appeared
+ to be and was born Of desperate re-
solve. The long and weary struggle
i of the people with their oppressors hat
d eliminated in the determination to in
d stall their legally chosen government
at whatever cost it might require o
J. treasure and blood. Believe me, sir
Of no true Louisiauian can ever cease t.
y remember with the liveliest gratitud'
the important assistance rendered b.
D. Yourself and your associates i'll the lie
G. storatlon of Louisiana to the freedom
70 of civil government aud the blessing
of peace, order and a proper admins
0, tration of the law. Neither the occa
r. sion nor the time at my dispositio
permit even hasfy review OF thos
stirring events, but risk nothing !
r.. asserting that as the head of Que OF tn
is coordinate departments OF the MICH
~ oils State government, you rlske
- more, accomplished greater results an
at are entitled to as much, If not MOI
d. credit, thnn any one man in the Stat
- for tie successful Inauguration an
y eventual recognition Of that govern
he mcnt. Tie marching at the head .
In citizen soldiery to storm an armed cl
- adel, and the being permitted to dc
'e the judicial ermine only when it vi
lis safe to aoff the garb and accontr
~. mrnts of the warrior, is no usual spe
: tacle in civilized life. The imparti
's' historian who shall hereafter write Il
bis History of the Redemption of Louis
ana, will have permanent place I
the names Of Manning, Mari, Deblal
'e" Spencer and Egan, and he will wrl
in down the 9th Of January, 1877, best
an, the 18th of September, 1874, as mark
:: and equally important epochs in
rel struggle for relief from the foul Q
preston which had for so long fed d
on on our substance, and which was
- fast sapping our energies and paral.
hef ing all our industries.
ack When happily all our troubles W
al, past and Louisiana once more was fir
w. we watched with undated inter
'vef the increasing reputation you W
um- making for youself as ripe scho
aud learned jurist- may be p
=" mitted to add as member of the
from which you were called and
which you are about to return, t
40 your contributions as the Chief Just
' hoe of the Supreme Court which is rec
. M nized by the entire profession as h
tnre ing been able, conscientious and
ova0 right-to the Jurisprudence OF
; W. State are finished and ornate 50
mems of legal learning and resea
When the government You had d
and SO much to establish was to be re
that ganized by the adoption and carry
~: into effect of a new organic law,
.lsei thought, and still think, that your
r the inent services and admitted alb
ever and fitness demanded recognition
the "powers that be" under the
anu order of things. That it was not
most corded-that Nichols, Manning
vol. his associates occupy no place of h
49, or profit under the new administrs
ana has occasioned wide spread
ID ON prise and regret which we fully