The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-03-31

tbe,a imneess;nns On nv mind Tafmnst hest
tate u venture NOR the nnblic na.h ID which
your letter invites me With 50 much magma
nim;tv. confidence and mod 6elinoY
W. hnve nrrived n ) yery ;mnortant crisis
| in tbe history If th;s Ranuhi;c Parties min
A cinles and men-statcsn,rn Ind nol;t;cians, iii
1 seem n 10 n n rar;I state - decoorosit;on
Itransition and reconstruction Indeed the same
asnect Of cpnfusion and discord il fbe nnhIic
@narties which afliet this co,ntrv. seems ia he !
lsommon disorder or endemic over the whole
Iearth, Enrone i / bor;ng II the some cond;.
|tion. What is II? n ID Tho close Of one great
lcvcle If revolntion and he hecinn;no az annther
RI ia wnrld's c;v;l;za,;nn Even As;o tbat
mvsterions country with which steam is ]Iinl,inr
IS il flled With confusion war d;soraar and =,
yolntions. HapniIv, however for this countrv.
we are ncssessed Of two m,,cb relip;on i~nteli;.
yence and common sensc f. c,t zach other,s
fbroats in order ia settle ditEsrences IN religions
omestions or notifies. ~ our fresides We form
m on;n;ons e uhat \ nacsssa - Il H. Jone settle
ut,un. common nr;nc;,Ins orroniza into nort;es
and % onietlv IL ths ho}lotsIoy and thara IL.
tai mine l;l,e n[raet;cal ,nan ma c;v;l;yad he;nas
every knotv nrcstion n tle dav
From thgi fsst nm nf tbn Ravoiu.;o ion dow, IL
the pr,esent. dav III naon1e ~ Inc United states
have nassed tIronrb three towns of nol;t,raIay'
;s+anop As ~ MI, Slyusp lily .sr.ns = polueai L Ia
acter, mi d;far;,c II n@r,ct;caI res,,lts Tha
great reyolutionary neriod ended with thc estab-
lisbment ~ tba ynio. ~ sarma.;on &c H.
Constitution II IN and the d;as;sed retire.
ment of Washinoton from Office with al the
honor TINT. III H,ner;can ren,,o co,,id conear
mon him-tha;r rto t;t,,do "A of5sot;or Irbe
second period If an ,],ol;t;o,I h;staru 10;
with tbe estah ;shnapt ~ IL rar,,Ll;o ! nartx
under the monflos ~ .TatTarson M AJad;sop ~
great and LEADING statesmen NJ their amo anJeJ
with the close If M Mad;son,s dm;nistrst;nn
During that ora oroat questions If fnro;an aud
domestic policv v9arn eattieJ Tba th;rJ ,or;od
becan with ths alos,ion ~ Gs,,o.aI IT, 49, w. ans
cl4soJ r,;th ~. eNo.eon y oeeoial oa:Asol' anu
political issues dnrinr liz dm;n;st,st;nn IKE
contests If tba daooerst;o n,a arI;,. ,,a.4;as
now closing in 4he Jeooner.en ars oonsls;on 81
all parties. creates ths neeass;t,, of sn,aa ~
Marty oroyy;n1 out nf ~ $500, a. 49, ~
order to renovate md refsaSh tho ~ :. IA
the ace. mo d;st;nn,,;s5ad r,on aeeoah Il 49, ~
three ner;oas hove nassad ane' h'. ~ - LII uas
%lections Of THAR services = the oon Dm, - VII; H. W.
list. The most recent Of our o,.eat ststen,a,
Calhoun rlsv anJ Waist. a s;1as SUI sase as.ho;.
cotemno,ar;a: hava In "H W, sI ,as :. wy
principles. from which now dennrtpres mov ha
taken by those who have intelligence enough to
drink at The proper fountain, ''0'A
But although nearly all the ;ssnes Of former
party contests have been settled or died aanv
yet every age has its new issues and fresb d;fi,
culties for parties and Statesmen tn Discuss on
counter and arrange. DURING the last few years ~
The original virtue and nurity Of the two oreat
political parties which have contcnded for the
mastery, have nearly denarted both hove ds,
generated and dispraced tha nation in ,naar
important particulars, This cnr,mnt state If.
things had been predicted bv some IF onr most
eminet statesmen. The ner;od has now arr;xaa
when, from the exigel cy of the times and
guided by the lights of the Const;tntion tha
people Of this Country are npanarinr f,r ~ )
nntonuo III. ' Guy Piep"iihS ior a