He believed that ambition to be laudable which found expression in a desire and a readiness always to obey whatever call was made upon him by the people of Louisiana. He died. as it was expected that he would die. in the public service. honored by a trusting constituency. Hewas a man of simple tastes. of rugged honesty. carrying with him from what was then a Western State those habits. those taste%. those methods. those aspirations which were peculiar to the people of the State from which he emigrated. He came to Louisiana to seek his fortune among what was then considered a strange and almost alien population. With them. because of the difference in their habits. education. traditions. and foreign ancestry. he found himself willing and ready to form an immediate. cordial. and sympathetic association. and I remember.
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