The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-08-13
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n-frodden hat you have heart
open to affection (lo not confoun1 the
word alIlictinn with courieiion) aud
that You have bowels Of compassion
for the side that has by moro chance
freaks If fortune, tho misfortune to
be 'down
There is most malicious and vii
famous persecution, now wagln0
against IN honorable aud respectable
order, to which it is my fortune to be
long. | mean sir, no less body,
than the Independent order Of Gen
t'ernen Lpnlers.' In your City Coun-
eli proceeding, sir, there always occurs
an item under the cad contingent
expenses whore some ptifnl sum-
say $l5 -. il set down To loafers
On my word rs gentlemen, they
have meyer received u cent If it. There
never WIS member Of our soclety,
| who has received 4 dime from the
public treasury On No other hand
we live by our own innate energies,
which act Exc the cen'riptal and cen
Irefngnl forces in nature we pay tax
es, and at tea parties, dinner parties,
ect., we generally attend, in order to
help along the responsibility Of the
occasion, and give newspaper editors
p show for calling the meeting "large
and enthusiastic
Shall every drunken vagahond (tLis
Is the name sill rngahond,) shall
the vagabpnds that their IIopors Con
stables Cousinord and Stubblelipld,
and Big Eli, find sleeping under the
"blapket Of The deep be denomina'ed
u Loafer? | hope you, and others
will perceive at one basiy glance,
that il is an unwarranted prostitution
Of term, exclusively applicable to
our order, and should not therefore be
counfenapced.
What, pray, is The definition Of the
word Loofer, and who are the Loarers
of the day Are they not such gen
tIpmrn as havo learned the chief les
son Of existence the science Of getting
along without themselves working,
and hereby producing n ruinous de-
probation Of labor2 Does not the
society embrace nearly all the respec-
liability extant? Does it not include
in its ranks, Lawyers, Doctors, Di-
vines, Ears DcaIers, Office holders
and Editors Wonld you sir, or any
one else who loves good order. aud
VIRTUE for It's own sake class these
with the class Of vugabonds mis-
called Ioafors. No, we do think, that
there il no man who would with
malaca p,e pencc, be guilty Of such
injustice, Every sensible man who
obtains u competency from trade or
traffic, of wares "uen'al or physical,
Joins at once the ancient and honorn-
bic society Of "Indepenlcnt Loafers.'
1t is very true that our society con
talns more young Summarized and
consequently uuincumbeJed Gents,
than any o'hertlass. This is our for
tune, moi orr mis- fortune.
Reason as YOU may about us; our
society is entitled to universal admi-
ration. Is ii not natural for the
iafted calf to lie down and rest bis
bones, whilst the hungry kline loco
mote to find substance Z This is nat
uraI, and on this natural fact, we base
our reason. i is a feeling Of envy
aud malice that would lrlng our So
,iety into disrepute by throwing vag-
,bonds into our ranks. The Past
Master L"afer, is in possession Of the ,,
greatest secret Of lifs--if not the Phi
osophers stone itself In the hope
,ir hat you will take our side, and de-
end US by "rifching into our enc :
mics allow me to subscribe myself
a LOAFER
GREAT Pelcrs FOR Crnrous AND
RARE Consulate English papers {
i've the particulars Of a large auction $
ale Of cabinet coins, which occupied
Eighteen days. The collection con {
aimed many Of the rarest English t
'olns. The largest sum obtained for +
my one coin was 1862, On Federal 1
for a rare and very ceIebra-
ed crown piece of Henry VIII. The -,
Iext largest sum was 1891, for a gold :