The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-09-22
ADDRESS Il1 OF ADoLPHUs OLIVIER, l.. ESQ,

ADDRESS OF .ADOLPHUS OLIVIER, ESQ,
"a 5'5s , ,i OF ST. MARY 5et l7 %as'1'lf '''r
,r11nERED Ar a MASS MEETING OF THE AMERICAN
PARTY, HELD IN THE TOWN OF oPELoUsAs, ON THE
TH1RTY.F1RST OF JULY. 1866. il faAF.. r ,5
nH- publashed by request o American Party,
congratulate myself Americans st. Landry upon having the
of meeting you this interesting occasion to make an inter
change with you thoughts Of impressions sentiments upon the
and moentous questions which are now absorbing the attention
Of all rejecting men. .sc..,5 t... .
The times well calculated to try the Of mems souls Your
here evnc your desire with truth in this matter and
n it lot to your attention. may solicit your earnest
and impartial consideration Of the views entertained on these questions
Nv one who could he could nothing else to have acted fairly
an. honestly this mae-who his membership and connection
% this abused order from its organization in the State to
The present daywho is Native American Know Nothing in
nupe and aconand who Almighty God he NAV be
allowed to he has vhfu to the of his youth
ta also those great cardinal principles success and triumph
Of which preserve untaed and unmpad the haowed
heritage Of the Revolution
ever the history OF the nation there has existed time when
the determined action expected from the people, the
present virtue and patriotism could achieve glorious
result they should not seek opportunity other than the which
now presented them Every thing quaking above
w Every thing moudes and dies under the pressure Of the unhoy
influence which dwar the future of the Republic beied the fair
promise Of democratic institutions and launched into Of
sectional strife and contentious, that the Union and Constitution
have oeng to their very foundations eve Of virtue
and patriotism look upon the future but with orebodg Of dire
evil aud disasters 7"
What fact the situation of the country All the glores of the
old political warres gone every thing diminished and sweate down
prins between and man-pubic Offices made
rewards of ntgncs Of political auctions of fraud violence and
orrpon-yce stalking abroad in the garb Of virtue and
tthe high roads to public favor and pement encountered
motley and congruous aembage of demagogues
hs o6ceseeer mongcrs vampires the body potcau trick
e ncompetecy ebowing the shades Of the
giants that still haunt national halls. "'a
Rome Rome
Than foul dungeon IS like the glorious sky.
What is she now ?-degenerate, gross, defled; t-.a
The tainted haunt, the gorged receptacle 49, tt
OF slave vagabond of eath
A mighty grave which migration has dug
To rid the other realms Of pestence
The people in the darkness execrating contemng its rulers
ding what is rcgetng what dreadng what shall be- If it
true that with Victor Hugo that certain ages have had
their gons of great men, national councils and public Offices
pride themselves upon having their egion Of little
in of these disasters of these crying wants for aeoa
ton and reform coming from all inevitable nay mpend
ing ruin to which all fastening that certain honest and pa
otto men laid the foundations Of this order The mind of the people,
miakabe its apprecaons recognized in signs of its identity
with the old native American parties and consideration of the nteg
M purposes and the elevation of its applauded entrance
into the political With enough virtue enough dignity
patriotism attract the partial notice of the people though myste
and secret its workings and organization still sufficiently
open its dealings and action satisfy the minds of the unpu
diced and made its appearance State with the prestige its
trials and its triumphs to solicit support and patriotic aid
uof yesterday origin giant infant it rocked in its cradle by
The storm Of abuse and passion with which the old political parties met
IFS advent Hercules slew the reptiles which Juno pluck from
his infant breast the germs of his marvellous poweHeculeske
the infant order struck from its young limbs the es of party
ios Of intrigue and corupon-roued the @ and made the
High Priests of the powers that be emb the high places of party
s the bottom Of the Revolutions Americans shall rule America
Oh it terrible hour for the hghpaced and the rulers thus
SEQ sudden light umne their secret Vaccinations and drawing upon
their evil doings the the derison and disgust Of the people
hy had ghhey had to ay the monserhey had to defend
their invaded rights the wolf pardon the simie with his
teeth still red with the lambs blood would defend his invaded rights
against the encroachmen of the shepherd They CRIED Treason
reason against what? Prescription Prescription against whom?
hy listened the dying Of their voices they aoated the
o air for in the great heart Of the people they found echo
which repeussve sound to their aumiatoy denuncaon
@ were dying the printer had already orders for the funeral
us when o the Philadelphia Convention on! Doctors
rrc John VanBuen William H. Seward and assistants Marcy
oun Gdngs Sumner and Greeley believed that there still
some faint hopes Of almost mperceptb chances of
favorable crisis.
have heard Of hygenc system by which old age is nvgatd
the Introduction the body the blood Of the young and vgo
% The administration anti Nothing Pierce Foreign party
received its strength from the blood which flowed from the veins the
american order and flooded its old and whe heart The Catholic