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CONYEBB.GA., THURBDAY NOV 30, IS7(>.
“ solid sense!
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THE LOUISIANA OUTRAGE NOT 'lt) BE
CROWDED THROUGH
STRONG REPUBII3AN ORGAN
PROTESTS IN ADVANCE.
The “Bulldozered”* Parishes.
The Abiurd.l’lfH of Intimidation
Exposed.
| From the Chicago Tribune {Rep )']
If we can jt>t nt the difficulty in Lou
iHium correctly, the dispute ischiofly over
five parishes or counties, and whether
ihe returns ol these shall l* counted at
all, or, if counted, how they shall he
counted
It is alleged that these five parishes
had a large registered vote, three-fifths
or two thirds of which was Republican ;
but that on election day the greater part
ol the colored Republicans, being intimi
dated by tho White-Liners, ran off and
did not vote, while the Confederates re
mained and voted. The following fig
ures will illustrate the situation, which
gives tho result of the vote in 1874 as
well as in 1876. The 1874 vote was said
to be full and fair for both sides :
Vote tn 1874. Hem. ma
Parishes. Vem. Rep- 187.
E. Feliciana 8-17 1,(588 7,763
W. Felician.a 601 1,360 466
E. Ituton Kongo ..1,666' 2,446
Morehouse, ......... 664 1.017
Ouachita, 766 1,674 1,071
Total 4,3*4 fi,185 4,471
At the election in 1874 these parishes
gave a Republican majority for State
Treasurer of 3,WM. They now give a
Democratic majority ol 4,4(7, which ex
ceeds the Democratic vote cast in 1874.
The Democrats admit that, had the Re
publican vote been polled, the Republi
can would have had a large majority.
Now the controversy stands : On the ore
lund the Democrats insist on the yde
being counted in exact accordance with
the number of tickets cast; on the other
hand, there are two propositions; 1.
That the voto of these parishes he whol
ly disregard'd and thrown out, on tl e
grounds of intimidation, by the Canvas
sing Board. 2. That the vote polled be
counted, but that the Cavassing Board
reckon also as polled the votes of those
absenting themselves from fear of bodily
harm. The average Northern voter has
no precedent for such a oondition of
things as this. In the fiist place, deadly
intimidation is not known at the- North,
and in the next plaoe it will bo difficult
lor a Northern man ol any party to un
derstand how 2,000 voters of one party
in a county can be so sucoesafu’ly “intim
idated'’ by 1,000 as to bo unable to ap
proach the polls, though the latter were
protected, or supposed to be, by the
United State Supervisors. It will be
difficult to persuade the people of any
Northern county that the minority, num-
bering 900 voters, could so intimidate
the majority in East Feliciana, number
ing 1,800, that none ol the latter dare
show themselves at the polls. Nevor
thcless, it is certain that the negroes did
not vote lor some reason. We assume
that those who did voto were legal vo
ters, and know ol no right recognized by
any law ol any State where the votes ol
legal voters, lawlully polled, can be
rejected and they disfranchised. We
do not believe, therefore, Is at the moral
sense of the American people will con
sent to or tolerate that the election of a
President of the United States shall be
determined and decided by throwing out
the votesof several thousand of legal
voters, legally polled in any State of ti e
Union, We take it, theretore, that the
votes actually polled in these five ‘bull
dozered’ parishes of Louisana will be
counted, no matter what may be the
•res dt produced upon the election by so
doing.
It the fact be as stated, and we havo
tried to conate them fairly from the
etatonnent of both sides, the Republicans
of Luwieana and of the country have to
bear tlie consequences of the panic,
which seems to have so stticken the
colored voters in these five districts.
We look upon it as a calamity, because
we know of uo legal remedy. Theie is
no precedent known to any election ftnv
then we ever heard of where the votes
*if persons not voting, and not offering
to vole, can bo counted, no matter how
strong may lie the- presumption that if
such totea had been polled they would
have changed the result. In 1874, the
Democrats elected at least fifty members
to Congress in Republican districts be
cause Republicans stayed away and did
vote. For the same reason tl e Demo
crats elected the Governors of several
States, and a majority of the Legislature
in several States in 1 *74. No such thing
as offsetting the vote actually polled by
that not polled has ever been reorganized
at any election in any State in this coun
try. Evin in the desperate conflict in
Lou'stana four years ago both parties
claimed the election, hut both parties as
sumed the vote counted to have been
polled.
It is claimed by tlte Democrats that
their party will have a majority of the
whole vote of the Slate, over and above
their vote iu these parishes) but, while
this ought to settle the matter, it may
not do so, if the counting of the non
pol'ed vote he insisted upon by the other
side. If, however, the Democrats do
not have a majority except by counting
the votes in these five parishes, and the
result in the State depend on their being
counted or not counted, then the issue
will be a direct one, and one upon which
the country will promptly reach a judg
ment, and no Canvassing Board will daro
attempt to put the judgment cf the na
tion at defiance ; and the American peo
ple will never engage in a civil war to
uphold the counting of votes never oast
or offered to bo cast, or to reject lawful
votes legally cast and recorded on the
poll lists.
WHO WANTETH A MULE ?
Cheap for cash!
Good for dyspepsia!
If any man wants a mule, we’ve got
one bad. A nice inulo. That is, two
hair-covetcd flat stove pipes, with hair
on endwise, ami a lot ol skin, bones and
kick as running gears.
When in California, a friend said mule
was good for health. That it we would
ride a mule two hours every morning it
would be good for the health part of us.
A friend never would lie to a man. Of
course not.
Our mule came from Kentucky. Ibe
is a duu-colored whelp, with a tail big
gest at the little end like a lager-bier
nose. lie has little feet. You'd think
more than five hundred of ’em, when
they nre,up for exercising his final hind
enuost. Jlis feet are no dead heads !
lie hath ears to bear. lie is an eari
table cuss. Ilia head is like the national
debt, somewhat big, and the first tiling
he cares for. One day we went forth to
ramble. On top of that mule we went
out for exercise. Rode in a saddle. The
motion was regular if not gentle. At
Union square wo wanted to turn and
ride down Fourteenth street, so our wife
could see her husband's horsemanship.
Mule wanted to go the other way.
Under the shadow of Lincoln's liu-nu
ment he halted. Gently we urged him.
His tail flew up. Ilis ears wrinkled to
each other. His hind end sovt of fried
to kisa the clouds, and we slid down to
rest, not in bis chest, but against his
oars. Again he ascended skyward, in
part, and we got off in front. Whoa,
mule! Good mule.
In haste got we on again. With ears
waving like the flap of s wide brim
palm leaf hat, he moved on. Just then
several bad boys laughed a loud laugh,
partly in uuison, but more in derision.
We touched his tickle section with a
spur, then got off. Got off about twenty
feet, and in a reversed position.
Who wants to buy a nice mule lor ex
e'uise? Never minding two suspender
buttons and a quizzeued hat, we got on
top of mute. An infernal policeman
came along and said he’d take us in if
we didn’t refrain from drawing a crowd.
The mule started joyfully. Walked two
rods. Then stopped to go his own way.
Then he twisted his all-four feet into a
bunch like asparagus. Humped his spi
nal column till our saddle seemed bal
anced on a bitching post. How’s that
for high t Then he pointed at some
thing like thunder with the healthiest
pair of hind legs a pet of the devil ever
had, and we went up, turned a somer
sault, and landed on a cart laden with
ashes. Even as Goliah shot a stone into
Pavid, so shot mule into air. Nothing
like mule to help a man up in the world.
Concluded uot to ride. Concluded to
wallop mule. Policeman said none of
that. Mule pointed his tail over towaid
Btrgh’s office, where cruelty to animals
is prevented. But there is no office to
prevent mule being cruel to man.
We tied his ears together with a wire,
and with the aid of two good Samaritans
mounted mule. He paused. We asked
him mildly to get up. lie got up, but a
little too far behind for comfort, lbat
is, to us. Then we flip-flapped over his
head, going between his ears, like as a
fellow on a bender would run a toll-gate.
Were a man only beef-steak, w hat a help
mule would be I
We led mule around a corner to a tin
shop. Wired his tail fast to both hind
legs. Agonised ourself into the saddle.
Spoke kindly to mule, but in vain. He
dropped one ear, then to left shoulder
shifted the other. The ho looked to see
why he cpuld not a tail unfold. The
wire— the wire ! Ha, ha! mule! He
tried to kick, but couldn’t get the hang
or the hoist of it. Then he looked to
right as if to reach his disgusted gaze
clear to the latter end. We smiled. We
suggested, that he move on, and not
staud on the corners 1 Then he shoved
about three feet of ears to the front ob
lique, and gazed crookedly to the rear
by the left flank to see why his tail was
not a wire pu ler. Then he lifted up his
voice ai.d wept. Hut Bitch a weep—
'Father, dear lather, come home/'
Then lie breed his ears in the shade
or each ether and hoisted vigorously
upon his too milch confined tail. Ihe
thing was fast at both ends. He lioMt-j
ed, hut ir, vain. Then tor the first time
in his life, he seemed to regret lie had
not had it made smaller at the small eiul
so it would slip out 1 We smiled at his
emhari assment. We asked him to hie
gently on. Hut not a hio. He had
higltcd us enough before! t hat s what
we told us. Said we with the deep
plowing philosophy of one who knows
all about farming—
‘O mule! take your time. We are in
no lmrry to hasten.’
Then he winked with both cars boll,
wiys, and drew his little feet and wiiy
tail under him, like a sutler taking his
rest, and laid down ! In n second, with
ungodly vehemence for one so young,
he laid himselt with vigor down, and
rolled over. Of course we got off 1 He
got up. We got on. He got down and
got over! We got off again. Then he
got up and we got on, and he got down
and rolled over again. Then he got up.
Then w e looked at his tail. It was an
chorcd ! Then we looked in his eye
Mis mild eye, so fall of dark brown in
nocence* It seemed like one asleep, and
the other eye shoost the same. We pul
the end ol finger one gently into, but no
response. He seemed subdued. ihen
we got on again, and he got down, and
rolled over j ist as we got oft.
Then wo asked a boy to hold the
mule, and not start with him till wo re<-
turned, and we would compensate him
with twenty dollars, if hed wait right
there with the mule. He said he would.
He looked like an honest boy. That
was three days ago. Yesterday he w; s
there. A little brother brought him a
few meals. He’ll wait for the twenty
dollars, Perhaps mule may like that
idea'! Perhaps he will move ou .next
time ! But if any man wants him, lie
is for sale cheap. He is a good mule.—
“BkHJK" PoMhBOY.
Interesting Facts.
The following curious fac s are not
g< nerally known.:
It a tallow candle be placed in a gun
and shot at a door it will go through
without sustaining injury ; and if a mus
ket ball be shot into water it will not
only rebound, but flatten. If fired
through a pane of glass it will make a
hole the size of the ball without crack
ing the glass ; if the glass be suspended
by a thread, it will make no difference,
and’t> o thread will not even vibrate.
Cork, it sunk two hundred feet under
water, will not rise on account of the
pressure of the water. In the Arctic
regions, when the thermometer is below
zero, persons can converse more than a
mils distant from each other.
How to Get Along.
Dou’l stop to tell stories in business
hours.
If yon have a place of business, be
found there when wanted.
No man can get rich sitting around
stores and saloons.
Never ‘fool’ in business matters.
Have ordet, system, regularity, and
also promptness.
Do not meddle with business you
know nothing of.
Do not kick every one in your path.
More miles can be made in a day by
going steadily than by stopping.
Pay as you go.
A man of honor respects his word as
he does bis bond.
Help others when you can, but never
give what you cannot afford to, simply
because it is fashionable.
Learn to say no. No necessity of
snapping it out dog-fashion, but say it
firmly and respectfully.
Use your brains, rather Ilian those of
others.
Learn to think and act for yourself.
Keep ahead rather than behind the
times.
It is related of Dr. Gath, in his last
illness, when he saw lus fellow-doctors
consulting together at his bed-side, that
he raised his head from his pillow', and
said with a smile : ‘Dear Gentlemen, let
me die a natural death.’
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“It is strange," muttered a young
man. as he staggeis home from a supper
party, 4 how evil communications corrupt
good manners. I have been surrounded
by tumble’s all the evening, and now I
ma a tumbler myself.”
Scene in elocution : Student, trying to
render a long sentence which contains
the following: “ And half the other halt
crying that hell was clutching at their
hearts, fled,” etc. “ Professor, I can’t
„ 0 through that entire sentence with one
breath.” Professor —“ Go to ‘hell,’
then,” Student wilts.
Gen Custer’s camp pet during the last
Yellowstoue champaign was a fainousdog
which had been given him by a Bismarck
Judge- Ten days after the mssacre on
the Little Big Horn the dog returned to
Fort Lincoln, a distance of five hundred
miles, in search of his matter.
Silent Men.
Washington never maden speech. In
the zenith of his fume he olice attempted
It, failed, and gave It tip, abashed and
contused. In framing the Constulion ol
the United Slates the labor j was almost
wholly 'performed in Committee ol the
Whole, of which George Washington
was tho Chairman. He spoke/wioe du
ring the Convention ; but his words were
so few that thay could not filtly be term
ed speeches. The Convention, however,
acknowledged the master spirit, and his
torians affirm that, had it not been for
his personal popularity and the sincerity
with which he spoke, the Constitution
would have been rejected hy the people.
Tlicmas Jefferson never made a speech.
He couldn’ do it. Napolaon, whose ex
ecutive ability was almost without a par
allel, said that his greatest trouble was
; n finding men of deed rather than word*.
When asked how he maintained his in
fluence over his supervisors in age and
experience, when commander in-chief of
the army of Italy, he said ; “By reserve.’
The greatness of a man is not to be meas
ured by the length of his speeches or
their number.
Salt -Its Uses.
Hall’s Journal of Health thus sums up
some of the upes of salt:
It will cure sick headache, make cream
freeze, make tne butter come, take ink
stains out of cloth ot any kind, kill
worms, make the ground cool; so it is
more congenial cellery, cabbages, etc.
It will cease the itching pain caused by
irritating skin diseases, like hives ith,
etc.
It will produce vomitingjor stop it, as
you like; and, we will add by way cf
completing the list, for Dr. Hall, that it
is also used to cheek hemmorrhages,
more especially in pulmonary affections;
it is also good tor stock, such as milch
cows; when given in small quantities
once a day it increases the lacteal flow ;
and, indeed, it is good tor many other
uses, the most essential of which is that
of pttingit in oar victuals.—Don’t laugh !
But S' a salt is said to be the most effect
ual in its action.
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