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ETLICIANA SENTINEL.
SST. FRANC1SVILTE, .LA., DECEMIBEuR 8, 1S77, NO, 24
ROSS,
tror V at Law,
Clilnton. Loutsmuua.
IDEE,
itorney at Law,
Clintol. Louii riana.
S J. KERNAN,
Ey & COUNSELOR AT LAW,
Clnton, Louisiana.
tice in the Courts of East and
eiana.
UN FLUKER,
htorneY at Law,
Clinton, Louisiana.
etice in the Courts of the ith
'strict. Asg.2'7t;.-ly
POWELL,
sternly at Law,
FranlciScville, 1,ouisi;aa.
eicte in the Pari.2shes of West
'eliciu. 1111and l'ointo Counce.
'ED(; E,
RNORNEY AT LA I",
Clinton, Louisiana,
etire ill t1he courts of Elast iand
i:al a2lld tih Slllr1llte Court of
. LEAKE,
tIlott'y at LawV,
Fr.ra 1islt ille. Lolisi: na.
titl- In i It P.l1risl4shs of \est
rliciaunn, and Pointe Coulr*t.
R1NEY AT L A,
( lihnton, Lolisi2. nlla.
thl North s it of t i ltu lthlici
tic: .tI . .rug2. I. 4- 1 .tN-.
& ()lS.\AN,
&T )1tN l Y . . A T I1 . l'
St. Fra:ncisville La.,
etill ini thle (')it.s of 1\est 2
:ii 01C. |l2'. C.+-t|lt
,tFI 1+. (. I.. 1"1111
,1.'1"1:\ & I1s" "E1,
tnr:cr'y~ at L:lv,
St. 1 rl::nwisvillh. L:.
rtilr inll 1h" (olrts of I'est
F"eli i:+na. PointhI ('oulpee alnd
'CIAN AND SUICSGE N
lI:|y,)t Sara, Ltouisian:n,
rtesihllr2 22
Dr. 1. ;Greiel Davis oilter
his servc s to2, I li . , I,.,lte of
this mul adliniung Parishes.
:ihhr4 ,med to him, at his re.i
revivii plotlllllt 1tt 2enti 2n.
'liY! I)ENTIS''TRY !!
I will :attcnd all calls on
the (',ast. froun N:'tc!ez to
New (O)rt:lls; also the 11"1ek
tIn :e0ess:alleh With a lngO.v.
fishinlg my set'vi 1s, .a2n r11"o
no by addre.ssing lilt-, at lily
D. ISI'OPKING P. D. i.,
St. Frani.sville' La
'IN 1EZ,
treet, Bayou Sara, La.,
1IDEALER: IN
is, CGrl('eries, ConfeCtions, To
('Camp 1n1d C(omln1non1 11 1tsRlt,
\ow Orleans. l,2.
"ORD & .WATSON.
O PI R 1 E T'OR' I .
--Two dollars and flfly
aY.
VINE,
o1n Sara, Louisianna,
E AND RETAI I DEALER IN
SPrIovisials, BV'estern
e altnd c (slalln Plalts
:tion supplies.
ALSO
ING, FORWARDING
ISY1ON ME RC I ANT
AND
MB(oAT ./1GENT.
IRIETTA HIOUSE.
BAYOU SARA, LA.
he procured btly the day, week
li t r, 1tsoll;lln le r2t11s1. In1
Siu thll, past, tlhe table will
with tile ve'ry best fatre the
Ids. Elegitnt and 1w1ll tnr
1 a(tendlllalttl r il,1 1lolVge llSO
atiistntti'o i guaratltCCtled.
A I L O R,
ltenllol office,
St. Francisville La.,
SARNAUD'S '
BERT SHOP AND HAIR
ESsING sALOON.
& A. Fischer, Front Levee
-Lou2hisilan Sept. 1, '77
MI KII~E1' TlIALe
(At L. Vresinsky's old stand,]
S Balyou Sr',. La.,
FAHIIONABLE BOOT & SIHOE MAKER
]Reslctl'ully solicits a share of the pub
ic platronage anll gularanltees satistaetion
JOSEP 11 VACAlIo,
Cairpenter and UIndertaker,
Will give promtpt. attentio to all busi
ness in his line in this andaitjoining Par
is les. june 25 '7ti.-1
rO TIIE PUBLIC.
WEST FILICIANA, JTune 1(i, 1877".
To plarties living in West Felici;ana
who shall at any time desire mny Irolis
slonal services 1 would i'esleettnlly al
noulnce, that tlhey have ibut to alddrss
me at St. Claulde, Waterloo,, in care of
Messrs. Eldwii Vigie, or R. P'oureiaux.
All eahltsfrtn~rith- citizens of-4his- Par
ishi so adldressed will receive pronlpt at
tentioll illad 'response.
i'. G. A. KAUFMANN, M D..
1)iCAIID & WEIL,
IlByou Sara, La.,
Wholesanlec anll Retail Dealers in
FANCY DIRY GOOD4, .
CLOTll ING, FUNITURE,
i()O'TS, SIIOES,
GROCERIE' AND) PLANfATION SUP
I'LIE. (f]GENERIALL.Y.
t5gllghest market price paid for cot
ton.
FOR SALE.
TII"E one story building oil the old
W\\hiitImlil prope'rty", in lIVyns S'ri,
'nitalle fior store Ihouse or cabins. P'ur
o'ilser to remove building within a spe
liel tilie. Can Lhe hadil at a bargain.
.ldy ito E. W. WIIITEMAN.
Op.15,'77-tf.
]N .SS IAITING
KNIFIE, SIDE, Ill)X AND BIA- PI.AIT
INI;.
MISS Z. II. CLEVELAND.
St Fra:lcisville, La.,
' I'lkes this Iietllenld of aol'lllllr cing to the
hl:li:. of this and :illjoiiing Pa"
ishs, :i,,, Cotl, iiies, that slih is pire'lUr'tetl to
llliak drii'ss ill the latest styles, atnd
\'itih neatl.ss ill dlislattch. Plain sew
igI will also receive iearn'll attelntion.
Kiifi,, side, box andl biais plaith ihl rtic
uiily attenl ided to. All at prices colntor
Inable to the tli'les.
. I'. 135J1'iiAiNY'\ t :ADI)LItlR
AND)
IIRI.N FI SS EST. /BLISJIJE.N'T
Irvine iBildinig, Ihyvou -ara.
SIl., work done i:rouit Ity ailn silstan
S iallvy ilowt. est cash prices. Lpe
i il atentionii giveli to repairiling.
S'l, l . :,'77.
i_S. 11. L. I IETIIANY,
I)itiess MAKINIO, IAIDINGr , PLAITINGC,
&c.., cxc'elted ii lthe tet s ty lie and at
r.asonable rates. Residence opposite
tlit of 1:. W . \Wllitei llall, St1ii St., llnyoul
Sa '.ii
elpt. 22' 77. ly
Magazino St., between Gravier atn
Naltclez Alley.
New Orlaeuas.
GEN. CIIxs. i',. SM EDIS Pro.
In Otice--Jas. IR. Leake, W. S. Bell.
R. M1. Leake.
Ternis Only $'a 50 per Day!
The nlndersignelld having purchased the
utexpired leasei of Messrs. It. . E. Rivers
& Co., in the allove hoel, is now in Ios
session of tile sanle, and has the pleasure
ofainonucing to his frieniis and the 1iilh
lic that it will he kept, lopen the entire
sllllllller for regular tid trausiellt guests
and day boarders on
IIIERAL TEIRMS.
No pains or expense will lie spared to
insurell the colllirt of his guesll'ts.
The hotel will be entirely renovated,
relited and refurnished duriig the suiin.
Iller
CHAS. E. SMEDES,
Proprietor.
4 DEALER
Swaunted in
every town ill the
Soutlil tur the col
cbratedl
- - MACHINES..
The easiest learned, lightest runining
iioist duralle a lnd liooliar llnchilte llailed
Rcneivedi tlhe highest. award at the Cell
tel llial.
Sliicial inducemenets offered. Aiddlress,
W'eetl So~ewinlg Mnchiel Co.,
No. 152 Canlal Street,
New OrlIeans, La.
Janc 1, '77.--lyear.
N O. & BAYOT SARA U. S. MAIL
,, 'The suUierli passenger
Gov. Allen.
.... Ma stcr.
J.1. J. IhOiv ........---C.ler
.... ..ill................i
-velryS I ltlllt i' a It--l'i tImr N. iv"l o' theill
cars fromll \Voodville, iand vr ' iurlay.
at 7, 1i il. etirniitiig, leaves New Or
leans ,vdy Mi" iolly aytl ,Frilday, at 56, p. ni
AND THlEl STEAMER
A. DU)GAS...................Master.
Leaves Bayou Sara every Monday niftt'r
the arrival oft the ecrs lrolI ,Vootrill,
iiiud every T1hiosdaty at 7 p.n. Returni
io, leaves n'(n Orlcans every Wednles
day and Satii lavy lt N p. in.
JOHIN F. IRV4NE, Agent.
FI'LICIANA SENTINEL.
A DEMOCRATIC PAPER.
OFFICIAL JOUII NAL OF WEST FELICIANA
OFFIcIAL JOURNAL CITY OF BAYOU SARA
PU ITLISHED EVERY SATURDAY.
S. LAMBERT... PROPRIETOR
JNO. D. A USST EN..............Editor.
8. . 1. I.EA ....................Publisher.
r*. Frnnrisville, Dec. S, '77
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THE GRAVES OF THE DEAD.
iY FAT'ErllI RYA.N.
Writ tenll at Little Rock, Ark.
[The foillowing liiiis were suggested
hby, he ceenonyit. tihe Cmetcry on S111i
nay, Novembelr -iIth.]
Ont to the graves o ithe dead,
Who rest in the Infinite cahn.
.Vlth revircnt step, and with bended
head,
(The .Angeels were counting tile tears
they slid,)
itlh censor., ;ind. pr ver, and psalm,
The hcIarts of thle lpeople went forthl to
grieve
O'er the poor and the precious dnst.
With the Christian Priest of the graund
"I I EI.IuE.VE,"
And the deep and the deathless trust;
Anil it seemied so strange itn a place so
lone,
'Mid mniourn'ng people and dark-robeil
Priest,
Where ianny a tear met inny a mieiani,
That Faith should keep a Feast.
And yet Faith kept it there;
And the desolate hilme of death
W\'as changed at once to :a temple fair,
Awl a glory fell where the whispered
prayer
Just rose above a bhieath,
For the mourners' lips by the tombs were
stilled,
But the mourners' hearts with their faith
were tilled,
Each grave became a shiirne, -
And on each shrini a shadow full,
Or was it sunshine ' \Vho mnay tell ?
No heaI:t-oh! Christ,-like thineo!
Thy Altar came with its wine and bread,
With its people and bishop and vested
priest,
And Thou didst come to Thy lonely dead,
The Guest to thy Faithful's Feast.
";ilSEREIIE !"-thiy song is low,
And the notes ., ere solemnly sweet ;
And with hea rts owed dowun and foot
steps sl.w,
In worship they walked thro' the place
of woe,
Where we all, some day, munst Imet, -
And the Psalmi thocted over the sleeping
dust
Each tone all-athrall with the tcnderst
trust
In the Beautiful Christ of 'God,
And the sunlight flashedlu o the tears that
fell,
And the wild winds lbre the music away,
And it somuehow seemed 'tis a brief fare
well
We give to those who are 'neath the
sod,
And it somehow seemed that we touched
their clay
And their souls, in our songs and prayers
that day.
What muovedl the beautiful blades of
griass,
That fothledl tile graves with a ti: go of
Did they lhear the sounds of the chanted
lauss 1
Did they hear the prayers of the people
. pass
To the God of tlhe world nuseen ?i
What made their st illness speak so mnnch?
Why shonie n suni on such a night!
Al, te! iil prayer's trallstigulrled tollch,
"'Tws al.so so ;-'tis only tlinus
WVo mlleot our ldeall-and they meet us
SWhen people follow after Priest
To gaves whoere only Faith keeps Feast.
THE ELECr'OIf4L FRA UD.
JUDGE BLACK'S REPLY 'TO ,MR. E.
W. STOUGHTON.
The Stoughton Art cle in the North
American Review for October
Plainly Dealt 4iith.
To the IIon. E. W. Stoiughton:
If I do not reply to your article in the
last number of the North :Americnan J:criew
you will.remaiin under the delusion that
your argument is irresistible. I ill try
to correct that mistale by showing that
if there be a defense fhr the Great Fraud
you decidedly are not the personl to liake
it. Doing this mainly fin your own edifi
cation, I address you directly. I separate
yoYr pe'siona"! inviietivt fidit ydourr dis
cussion of the case, though they are so
mixed as to m:doe separation difficult,
and will consider your objections to my
view of the subject as if they had been
expressed in becoming and decent lan
guage.
You think, as your political friends in
general think, that after the decision of
the Electoral Conmmaission against us, we
ought to submit in silence and not vex
the victorious party with an appeal to
the tribunal of public cipiinion. We have
subuiitted. The proper representatives
of both patties ageied to leave th- dis
Ipute to a body which they constituted fir
the purpose of settling it. We could not
refuse to abide by the award without be
ing guilty of bad faith. We do not n1ow
assert the injuslice of it, with any view
to reverse or modify it. You need not
fiear the stability of that award'l, however
iniquitous you may know it to be. You
canlenjoy its fruits ill pertect security,
and we, the people, will, on our part,
"perfolrrn the vows which we have vowed
bIelore tle Lord," however muchll it may
be "to our owni hurt."
Ilut to acquiesco without a protest-to
confess tacitly tli:t tt.e wrong is right
and the evil a good-th:at is out of the
lquestion. Ini discussing the whole sill,
ject with great plainness of speech, we
not only ob:ey anll imi lse, but lpertin-'i a
dutty. For this I will give some reasons,.
and take the ch:ances of mnaking you coim
prehlnd thelm.
Wily IT CANNOT BE CONDONED.
In lth, first place, it concerns the repu
ttiionsof tnearly all the public men of
the l'resent day. Youa iandl 1 lur to obsuenire
to lie lnotiiced by iisiory, but lithe great:i
chnii:eters ityl o lr ti t n L imoii n th sides will
go' down to pnstcri!y clothed with honori
iii covireld will: ila:nv, a:eeurliug ".s tihe:
have lee Itry:ing to furither the fr1i-a:d or
stop it. tetl.tlsi"r, tlier was it frai : .ii
:1lnd :l very gross one, ,inliniittelt by oneli
party or the otlhlr. If the State of Loto
iiaa llchlhiose li lg a ho llthier ,:lullli
dates oi the lic: mes ticlct tfor l'residential
Electors, aiii I lie DI t), taeltic politiciaos
knowinlg tlhis. dil. tict, tiliil,ss, hdeiy
the trouth :laid t iei;.lted a failse ilntirn
fitr Tilden, which thei y le:le:l te ti) tihe,
lanst ini trying to pas: t I' it e otie tiey
were a coiitllinioii lof ul d iedei ptIlion
less rogulms;: ilnd it will i:lt-Wcoruded, :as all
aggr:vltiou of their ciirmIe, tihait, hliIen
the righteous imjority of ithe i lectoral
Coniiuniissioi eriishedl out their falslehood,
they turned abou lt ridl, sw ith (,iln lann io s
accilsati, ch d tis, h in their olwnli guiltl uponil
tlreir iiiinoiceit illopponents. The converse
of these plropositilons is also tIile. if the
Tildoni electors were duily ctosll by the
people, anid the ilepublic:an leaders in
and out of the State altered the retuiriis,
falsifiled the records, and constitute.d a
counlterfhit Electoral College, wlheretly
the people of the State and the Unioii
were cheated out ol " lhe Plresident whomSll
they had legally elected bliy a large major
ity, then it is only nuticilpating history fto
say that all who ilded, abet ted and ei
coulraged that ofelt se ought to lie "classed
auollog the worst ialefactors of the tage."
Seeing ithe great interest tihat ihanigs on
this qlestionll is it lnot fairly worth our
while to give it a full examiniiationl while
the facts are yet fresh in the miemory of
inellel
Another consileration there is, .which
tnahes a public appeal t ilpon the sillu jet
not only propler, but absoluitely nlecessary
if our colviitionis are not fuciuidied iii total
miistake. The aiindidalte to whoml you
are opposed was, as we uiniderstaliid the
cst,l, elected by ano ove:whelmiiiiig lpoll
tar vote, and hy a mniajority of at least
tweiity-tlhreo in the Electoral College.
hut yeul defeated the legally expressed
will of tile peoploe and the St, aItes, anid lby
1eails4 of false totkeis lland divers ovinolllli
practices, oniitrary to the lalw aulld against
thle liorail sellse lt 'all ihoinest mie. TIhe
(tecision iit thehe etoral Coliiuiissioll, by
making the fraud perfectly successful, in
xites a repetition of it, and you undouht
edly will repeat it, unless you ane in some
way deterred. Now, the unation will not.
siliiimit to liotlio tr suclh suill tlge. ~eIt pro
1iitif your true interests as wvehl as Ollris,
if we prevxeiit you from e.dingeril l ti'
peace of the country by tryiiug this :hind
of foul play over agahi. T'o tiiat cliid the
best, as well as thoe indest, ilieans I kiiow
of, is a cohiiplete. exposure of the frilud
itself, and a free er!iicisiuof the coiiiniis
shin, which hoiuld have reibmked It, uin
did hot.
NOT A .JtDICIAT. TRIII'NAL.
Yoll deprecate every exltreSSionl frow
any quarter which is ent'-,liuted ho looss
the tonlfidtnCo of the public ii the juidie
ail a:iathorities andii thTinK, ither'ore, that
thel ctoia Cithiecioral ('0 it sits 'halltlbo very a
ttiulerly dealt with. .11l. .J-ti 'e soi saidil
thait jealon!,yv of rulersiih, inoit COnflidetlnce i
was the viitae of all true eititi-ns ,of a re
puitlitc. Without stoppig lto considel r
whetither this applies to .1,atg"is, :as well :as
otholr otlieals, I :lllSwer yuti 1 saying'
that. the Elct'ioral ('ois-ioi n SiOtl a naot i 1
judicial tribunall, a.ntl dtid nlot iheilte like
one. It wans al poitial bod lt'lrga'lied a
for at special oeai-io,ai to tltel'rltine a' par
t:cular questionl, "Ierordig to the leatit of
its prejt'liers,i-" llnd ita ' t p aerfirled the
fu'tletion asasigit'ed to it by lii-rgarditig
the law of the lase anild hnttiintg its eyecs
to the l-tt-s. "The lests conailtec;ie we' lhave
ill such tltl ribunl llt s th14 hl tter: i indeed, it
'reaitioual.,i- tregatirl lfor the s-ately of mar.
l11ost i pll:i'-rtii t pubii lic rights reqltuir-lt s
tiiat w 'e shoullt l ave noi ' ait all.
Yol a :a e tl('i'lo e to titsa i- dm niii i ssion (iti
you think it will do yout anny l.od) ihail I
look tntot 1 t" with contempt, but with
which hlitave li- ,.a'tr:ied the I historll of olul"
race' oni lio1th sides- : ofl the Atlanticil i, itclht-l
it' lilt' he lur (hal:ltalu''. lite Court oif ligh
(oaniliai:-asiot, all militarys and :all Ii helesi
asl. heai. l EOl'lt li.ii s, :a t all! : t111 'ai!itltli-.ssi s1ls
frn1itliltical purposel-. If I I eloul revive
ill this .generation the sternl haitrd which
onr fatlhes felt lfr those dnllaigrous etI'e
liliesa of li rty iand jns ti'e, I woiltd he a
gr.at public hltenefa'uto'il. altit youi wonhl
never get anohller eucnuii:"ion ofany kind
to IIphoh t'1 r.llhi, to sancit'soiy oi a':lcut li in,
or to olpptiss the in:locent.
A CASE FOR PLAIN s't:I.tl.ii( NG.
You take violent exceptiotn to iliy utse
of tite wtord "tcoasii-arcly,'" its ;aplied to
tihostt nlatwful Ilt'reed'ings a, hi'alh re;ol
ledt ii dil'titlilag Mar. T'ilhen's hlage tiat
j"'rity. lOf cotrse yott el"'- "'r 'o r wi
tltlleui'alias ic pltiiset, a :i 1Bal it "I ii:, L - '.a
politittl atva tttagt'e." lintt I tanotta sae
wlhaareiii my ter1 is wrong. t-ia ol"
lion is like that i-a':l eitit t I i stofl l( l'ti
word "stl]," for whics h he wishedl to sub.
stitltae ."coll vey."
.To saty coi-:ipirvt.a , fral tl, or anvthing
elsea which inli,'s that yon t f-'ieizls' in
Loulisiana 11il i-i t ir 1 al liies we i i- : ly I tof
trimta'. is, ill t': 1" opiiltitia. i-- 'rse- aaad
bruta 1. Your relined tasl:.It : ,.s bt'en thlep
ly ot'lenddlt il this waat- i '. not ial"-i by ilta .
Iut, by the whole li-iealanal'y, whe'rever
lthey hIate writt'ia itior spioket t it'he silla
jeet, tither in ('on,,ress,. lthlre the coi l
linissioi, or elsew riit ,. The linlltlit-lnesas
of -malkinlg the atie sialitioll ha.; Iti-il t i- ii
firtnly lhetighltteted by the ra'tgh htitltt-ess
witlh w"hichit it was proii -ed to 14 truell'i al
by "blisterinig iiwordsi" ill hilth it 'ivats
dei-n ita cedt. I'erhia S all t:1 l)ei tenmt'rlts
i-were t rongi tio st-ltl extieX it. It l1:aty tbe
that i-e o, ught 1 il ti li ilave sh oi-iiet tlitt in
hli-i-is tiermis tfli et' ill,-il' a siaiil a:ti lhitug
it alist tilr the lit're ilt" of tile ll'knaves whi
did Ius this lerriblei ii-justice. thlt iftyoi
are. not ll ni her a'bli 1d yon lllst s"e that
tn- wat, in onr sit-uatiion, s-imply iti spos
sible. Iliere ias a g.reai t na tion lii hihli
hatl sotl'll bl y mitt sgaa i .-l'- i-iit I-i l - - hat- i
il-ty otier underata the sil-hlt'r propertliy
t;iaxe ai-ilti-a- t tlo itCI ilii';tioll--]let'- illitlls
tr' aiiashettl tt I h, ti--a i--liter 1 ,pubtli ' do
ita.lii.ai s tatnai-erel' l i-aw i - her b it. -it izeil,.
staitvi:ag y tie hi9 :,l'rl1 tlloii an>:allld ill tie
miitl- of1 the pahlilla y whi..h i li- ir oa vit s a
ho:sii b ftad aiih . . a hit ' ai-ti i-e i-rroptioal Wi-a
Ieveiiin- ' a ' at s ai ih ti:e: oi i, - t i itelliiig oil
t ho go teeth list re's. T'i'll pl"ople <t'ktie
niltie .tco r.ttol'i:l w :h, ink i isitr':li:ln of
their 31 h l ie hutl iirs. and r,'t'.ore their owil
tcould ttrust lri that 1ptiirplse,. lTheey x
piiesseal thi.ir will to that tllaet letilly,
tcoinst i ttiitiionally-, aatl peat- el'iiliy, antd thlt,'"
\i-were delti ted bl y iali ii-pintle l swil ill--i .
Is it ian - wonder tt liait ti-t great hei:irl iof
ilh a'iilul e I tiay- tsv- leI with iii dign:tii lii
gE\ui'l iftht ir- l ft !in2s', 1t i-i tli- t ii iln
rnage too passionate, yon otl_"hlt to rl
iullettlter, with 11 ': li.i thatii "so tthingi
must hi e ardltned'tl to tlho spirit, of lib
tirt ."
I corlede, hot'wavor', Ihlt 1.o if-iling ofi
tesest'ltnall't will (-Sei se' its flh o l(uill'ging a
ahi- li-lt ltre none was h i-it it ted. E'teI litite
were wren ,'gat, that du-s atnot, gie its ahi
grivileg4litappl Tnlg tel'ri. which diei unot
teXli'ess lhe rea'tl ntiiurto ie i juryii l '. iVe
cil- jsitify iotur words ionly by shaow ing
that we usii e theii trulya i iii it sile-is ia -
th'arizedti bi- thia law ta 1 '"the cotlli-o
speect h of the onili ltry. O- ltarii--i e t outli'
Ilillgnag is, like sonv. of'u yo r1,, mere v-il
uttier it. Ac pt iig,-' tlt rei- ' ,laL' .t i-s a pro
bantdi, let No brin;' your at.tint ion to clr
tail facts well a tt tnlt,iies kunwnii.
IT' 'as-i .is CItiN PIIAI..CY.
It is provedt' if hi ian i t sti- lintona iali
lprove anything. that i the people of i ,ili-si
i:a:4 dh4, on the 7th oft November Ilst
piast, diily, alnd il! y regtila" h lloli , l-t cts a
a i . tpliintl.int i ftia resi t l iai lhctait i
knowVii to 1.e ill li'ovor if'Tihiln had 11,n
dt-icks, ::i1 aiithoiili'-i--l ui,:-ia tt t 'east itie
vt itt oif Ita ?Mtiate. It is: jlsti i lecthl' Ti hati
th ippolilt lelt. iid ld y Iti people w ah I
the records a ' aaht ilia i tal ns of the eli-e tio-i.
This w'as i thicted It i-,y it-he t-.i ptf i e lat"
of -atialiin lot all o i 'i-ers, (i-i-1tliii-ed with
other persons ill and it it lhie Slilt'
who ii ail-ed thew to it - -atelia ahlt it ill
it. a1( helped t ieml to clothe the (15 :St
ill w hsat. i tay .-aiaid i-i-il- i-i ta e"fta'iu a i a ! "i
Is it at latisi-iti-li-t' l i-all ihis a on- i piiii
cv ! TThait t1iI-isei is de iliil d isi ia s olh:
aita .liiali. .r l 'ita last. la- t i .ilt.t.i. t. : iil .
hal- alaalniiian l'ier-otatiis i-t-a i- l Ilala
svIt i-ri-i alw-iayis li-..i-,l*-i- i-a. a-ti-i-ir-htai i ,
atnid lhi i- lan w of every i - i-i-izt-d ti-alata
t "h it alit' tt tt - al t .ia t as ly - i- nl l
itta,-d. ti l.- ,aa ,tt s ia l . a l ,-i- i ti- 'taili 'i-.s
hijitei ao d tlt'u'iltt l thlo I tti-K St i-tl - ati
theii r'si-nuoilti, f'iiolm dilstillhd sli-il, sit
titiyl did ii liv a i - i-rtaoi-at.-irt;edl i ali--s i-ti
atlaso i-iad ulde tia-al 1 -t' ur'naais, shs ch tt'ti-.
thtit m pai-issed tatll i-s talr'. T'-liis iss lthtli,
aai-imo ti-" tihla l ri-iala-s to it- wsi-i-' si-i-tt to the
P etai .i:-.Ie a i i5 ni t s t h t p i l'
Iut, the nai-ilytt-nt, is periali-t, exti ilit li tliasi
i hiatt in ti-ti thi-ti-a wvii It yaoit hlfi-ld i-at tit
w ha' e tiii alit -li- i-aiit - i-ht . si-i- s i-i to i -lIta
iV t a'll o i l tl ia i iif i-t-I f iiionsaw' . If
tihis matIik .-s tly tliilit-tt-'tii t -e, ii, is ga-r ta ly
aiga uili us t i-nl ti - libii- u ty is mior' pre|litt oui-la ts
a Itatat galtl . In thai- j-itid ,i t a I i' vi -iitni-i
it | vist t t i w ts w o tt i tt i-laait'alit.ii a-i-utah
atr , liin iau l a th ' ilti-i ultio tal this t-oina -
rialtr 'a'ail-a a n ii els Ihii, ilhe!aist hataln ta
the' gre:t iillieliticee they left Is. Withl
a 111I pttce ic Illood anld treasure they
tioilglit this t'ifreedolll for their children,
lnd I dio not klnow' onel tolerable decelt
mel't'iu'icai who would sell oeen his sliegle+
righlt ion ally ternli wliat.ever. At the'
itical Cper'iod ill the history of Lonuisia:lei
whlichl oc''ilrrl'ed lalst, Vyear it was esptecial
I va:lit:ile to he'r pco'on!e, for it furiniihe;li
thIlcl thel otly legal, P~aceabc.le, aned ant;i'
Illeasurel of relict fl'oIn tlhe exactc ions of: a
imost corrul'pllt al oiesslillive governmentll
t'lhe sunelt.essIt'iil semielne to cheat tleeoie
ipeople ouit of their votes fir State officers
tlidl lPr'sidletlial ;lIettors is, therefore, ai
criltl of' tile gre'(ateit etinl:agitllde, and onel4
which recpuire's a chleck of solid brass to
defendt'l it. without blushingli . It in far -
worse than ai conspiracy to steal alny
nIcamount. lof Public tlmoiley. RuitLilei nig
crooked whliskey for a liti-timel would i t'
iI1 :ect of white-roblbedt innllocence in comli
pariso,.
T'l:e tiltiliate' lobject of this crimle givers
Lt._:.ncucun. a.siect. tevovltitg ilI tine |lat
idegree' tleet its tli't.lres, when eiseen in
detail are heideous beyond exprjmesecinu
Some rctetrecs were entirely sippressedl
lrl otherlis w-' r al;telredl Votes ae'tuallnlv
Cast Vere lthlrown ollt, aind others pult it.
uldl coiiettlt which were kneown not, tie
havlle lleeil plelell. The whole l'proceed,'l
ing was t'i i ~ll ofl' tls prletence'-s. Forgery
iof tlhe most imporlllllltalnt docui eni'tslllllll ii
part ofl' it; llinry and nllsbornationi oi,'
I ?lV :y lln etlietl it it every stelp. shill
I hhese' things hei foIrgot tell or condllollnedl
I ). y'tt expec' t tile cllent e. l peoplei of thel
intil ionl tol say, liie tile eight coliniiisslit i
ers that tllhi is as gltood a way ns a11ny tll
elect a. lPresicent
Tit:E i:.E:''otR.tAL Ci)r?.ssoleN.
Ote of yoietalllli'lle intiaes is tihat I inte::nd"
'el "to convey hl e fit lso1 , impilressliOn tihat
the tIr'iltio n iel' lof te cotnlll issiion was tlll li
resutilt of t leipubliinn consplireicy to
"r:tidileiitly elect it P'resi.1etit and4 Viedl
P'reisclit ;"' :ild J.idgo Bradley, talkin:;
,sugt word 'il ilt has madeii hliiseltlf ilinter
est ilg iby tt puii lit cltleiiplaiiit of tIlhe iijiery
to hlitmeself. I dild not sayI this or anilly
thlin like it. t(li tile conll Iary, 1 refl'ei'rral
tc to e -ctentit'Miniu is being proposed ie i
dilliclt cirtctxlstaces to :voidl tlhe deu
g'trs which tight spring front a continuei
.Itllitl dislgt!treiient betweel i the wt:'e'I
isesl' , i:rli l tas riving c'ei'lted blliiy tile
i.illt le ts illt lthe iltlc'f t tllitjlicice woutil
lbe dle, a ndl it holccst del'cisiont renderedI
ag:ilnSt the frlitcl:- In all this thetre is
othi tiiit o ticiI a conspiralicy ill "tie fo'..
ia:ttioln ' ( ct nll un liiiiliS ei(li." I o10 llt
know that yoll u i'ellici'.iereseIte'l thits lpoittI.
wi'ill lil. l It is lone of yourtllit cliarnactCltirs
tic iicl'cnral'ciles, like that whiih chihar'gey
icantle wit the I tltdecnetlles of the 1)l
cl miii i.
 ; tiet il'conspiracl iis not in the fio''
cltion of 1 (the conission, but. in Ilh'
'rianiels 1liiclh habricat.edi and retonrcll
those gi' l lcvoe tes'. 'Th'le contmission re
illle tio verify tihe votes and ascerttaiet
wlictlller thel e le.lr thalt. Selt, tlitc t ulli
'ere' cly iappilited olir clot, anill in tlhi:
it. littiy liiallointeil thel frienilds of
truth, at1 1 gt'o:ilsy vi'lllatedll tie wleho!c
spirit as well as the leltter of the lawt
whicih gavel it. teing. \V1ce:hier this was
I eItl' c ee Ii. c ll slitte'l iil g worse, sl c n.ot
tip' te lotr yt to de teriei'e, blet ithe gen
e'ra'l jId"lit' will c il il iadoplt thl'
c tit'i'ble vieiw 'chielh I havee givei', entl
say that Ithe ttlc'tiel. of the litmajority
were teoo lnittchi benutiihledi l1 party IPct';
sili to see i lie taet- or cUinlerstal il thee'
1 .'ui el:I.ii il-it the cetrtilicate of the
It'lit'iillni i iri'l . gave yoi "a politieil
a 'iva'tt l'e'ge.'' I tici s .oill . l'are cer'ltiniil
iglht. A parti' stied for til ltiiest del:l
is it '"reat eli .litage over hii' s ciethdieci'
it' h' cn ii d ll a t'c'ctilfr 'idnile llt or forged
receill't ~,iuln the I rtr tIil. The advatit'Oill
becceioms drcisive' ifi' te' rcie nal tryill
the icll.se isl willing to taccelcti tche tls.
litlape' give' it I eteli'cet of a ttrue, one.
uu) l"'mit. the platin' ill' to be cheaten
i;lt of hli' lctl . llt wouldh it iLe ' igllt
Ig-;ill'y or isnticly, tit, the debtor t ttake
'Itt t: PIrOiPII'.S .r- t(IIIT TI) IELECT.
our t'echnical irgumen t ill flvor of tlht'.
'frail lde'..erve''s notice, be'ic'ttse it is tl
itllc't yolti only latlllpt at relso'tllilng, 1i1c1T
hee:mr u' your (i'icl'usioni wel'tld be liir it
Your premises were senltd.
Yci decliei't, in broad andl tinal liniel'e
'termsi. that the Aeii'erical' people haveit
''ei. lighlt to elect their lown 'lhie[ ailt gi
itrtiiel' -tlhatl lc such llir tilge itt itbeddectcic
ill the'. colstittioie or ellsewht'eire-that,
ion ' t l tl l't'ir'ry, "tlihe l't'rait eris of tlhe
const iltuti wic r el reful to exclude l'li
ilth irpllel the right to elect their 'owiv
('hite' M egistrate."l 1 admic t that. this, it'
I'rue,. etls the icontroveit''Sy in 'lyour titycll':
iltr it. e'nnot hct' ve beef ltegally wrong le'
el''':at the' ati teit. p, ihicih the' l ele '
tiile to exer''cise' a righlit I'troin which thly
,ere i:'rt'lly ex'helelld Iby thle consititu
t ioni. hil l this elinion of y utsti' lll is it ti
t. l iscoltce li , tll'le wo iill not hie ladoplt
ied by :i huIan ieitg ilwho hasi tilhe.
iicntest. idleat ut ce s l' i isl t I t l ils.
You it l iyour ltrlopoesitilou with ev'eni
lmore tlii'rctiits tsand speakct wilth ui'woit
,i lit'e'isiclit v lºi'en You ste . + you nice iee e
I -li c cc' pcte'. that the io'peeici f lcoeisi
tic c uill c i' ilt iti ' h tav e . lie lth e power tee'
c)11i ct e4ec.t:letor's lof 1'i'esiclieit tand Vicet
i'''hsilnt.li. his gcee; Ine the root of the
itllatI i'. i lprovest" logieatlly etnoughi thati
Ie election  at whichll tihe T'ilein eaulic
1les wteie't lixet upon. -liosen, altpoitIt
.ci, .ict ..t.e.' u1 s eltelctors, was it nmere
• cc t i C- t v ii| elic't lte pec'rf<l'cl'ii a t ellu -
t ilen 'l#t''c 'it'rl tittiel ierel''y' i' void. TilneY
tcI ciit i ete lice ned tde thel i'lie'cctor'til Cocci'
islt'lceti ice 'ej sltil"le. i ce I treteting it w'tit"
i.eti ii'1i s hil" Jici cki' ieetion incc'
l c h 1.ci tic thisiif' t ne' e''c'eer'i s; l-ro inc
Slich i t' lei'c i I' 'lii' tl ney lhte Ie v'eleee eer
llltll iS i It ci'e I lent liia ' il ioilfl of Louisi
'iee 'tiel Fl'i llh'v' nil 1ceelv " to alepoilint
Ilectcr.. Ye c ch'te" tlee lpcer ot titi
Iceetelel toi appicliliect tec'taitse lenat. 1pow rcc l'"ice
ly I lice eell ie'leeene' lew el' tihec lante (meatniig
l Fee'r.'c,1't'til consililctietio ,) vl.stedt ite thee
"I:tte"e, ele lb cex e 'cis e e sli'h lmiletntt " it.
ic' I cc'gi' etlll't're' t.iler''icof tIineay citrect.e
Neew' lice ble'Jisititli'rect tie:' two States
hatv't dli'e'cte'lt t li't iise p er shalt le ex
T e'isel Ic Ileth e iolce'tt , titici thise ecarkee
Ih le 'igii itell thcltil' tels l" thice legiren t l aii
iei t hie cceeitil iet lit" clircuIj uled tates.
. N oe igte.ci l e st ill. 0 tc'.'slliry lee ictako thie '
Tht'i'e' is thit c' .c li.ttithii.Icii t cii th. te ares
(e'.eNi't'cNl+e'.l IN NI.XI' I.edtI'c"l,)