The Constitutional [Alexandria, LA], October 27, 1860
The most disgraceful slur upon the poor man appeared in the Breckinridge torch-light procession at Alexandria on the night of the 13th inst. The transparency bore upon it, a lean haggard individual with his clothes worn thread bare and torn, with his rifle, leading a dog of lean and miserable appearance, with the motto, “a DOUGLAS VOTER.” Are the poor men of our country to have slurs of this kind cast upon them, because they see proper to vote for the man of their choice, by a set of office holders who have been living for years off of the poor man’s hard earnings.
The poor man has rights, and we know they dare maintain them. We wish that every man in the parish could have seen it. They would not support men who would dare attempt to cast redicule upon them on account of their poverty.