Louisiana is proposing to elect ex-Governor Allen, now a refugee traitor in Mexico, to gubernatorial honors, on the ground that he is endeared to the people because of his services rendered in the cause of the rebellion.
Reid discusses Louisiana's political situation and the election of a controversial figure post-war.
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As a foreign critic said in comment on one of the addresses: "The author is one man who knows what he thinks about the new policy required by the new situation in which his country is placed, and has the courage and candor to say it.
A paper that is not as free to censure as to approve, has no virtue in its support, and no importance attaches to its utterances.
Fully believing the debts of their Rebel Government legal and just, they were prepared to repudiate them at a hint from Washington.
And next, shall we not probably fare best in the end if we try to profit somewhat by the experience others have had in like cases?