The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-11-25
La, LOUISIANA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25 1868

noWod de0fcAttOnr Oh an elegant null, III
which those cardinal principles are to be
again inculcated and ever nainrained.-
They are principles which touch as at eve.
ry point of our existence-principles,
which,, blended into beautiful combina-
ton involve the great mandate of charity,
imposed upon all of Us by q law which is
neither Of human origin, nor yet of human
ordinance. 4#4 3ar fI-...l.s: tss.ss
II ia with no common emotion that nc
knowledee an exultinp sense Of pleasure
for the great preroestive of addressing you
on this occasion. It il m occasion on
which every true heart should lean at the
call. of humanity--an occasion on which
every generous mind should wake ,up At
the idea Of want. Want. ladies and gen.
tlemep. TINT il the greater or less privation
of means required ior the sustepsnce of a
human being, il a painful condition, with
which the natural Ia " that binds man 10
his fellow.man., compels ma 70 svmnathize
In the eyo of the statesman vhen MT the
result Of vice. II il an irreoular develon.
.ment Of society. which invites tho r,I,;s
lives, at least, Of legislation. whilst in the
shirt Of religion it il an ordeal of suffering.
which we are commanded to relieve where.
ver wa moot e in onr vav 1,nt most e.
nac;,llv !. g a conse ~ moral '.h;sc,;on :
which ;t.;.-,ho ;n,aro., - ororr m0,i o...n
;,od soo;o,u - n.oran. e.. 81 -.
lion will hut too, frocuen,lv ,,.r.ho, ,be
, ,v,v - soo;,I ,r.o,, 'n.-.s H.. -
fortnraE souroa 'hv n,;v..;on. ~, oe
f,on, ~. aowa. - ;..on;.o,.o .,.;ss;z.sa
,.w - ne..,;,r on,..saa 49, s..,. -
- ,,on, 100 ST.. - -, .os.u,:n;.,. "a,
CO.. .,a y, ~. -, $500.
his dignity. finally lapses into that dssDair
which is the most insiduous solicitor Of
wrong. If tho eve Of pity does not then
detect the unspeakiug asouy-if the hand
of beueyolence be not stretched to sustain
can we wonder that, in the beuiehtea
eclipse of the moral light, in the dark
shadows of,eyil thoughts fittino across the
unsettled soul, the voice of the sufferer
should be raised in impatient murmurs
against, the ways Of Providence, and his
acts he but one rebellion against q society
which tenders but rigors for his hard fate
aud disdain for his wasting hearth What
other refuge could he seek-what other
hope could he nurse-than either q viola
ton of the conventional law OF man, or o
violation of the more dreadful law Of God
And, if neither checked by the law of man
nor appalled, by the law of God, shall he
turn to the abdication of life which to
him may have been life Of upassuaget
WEAKNESS /. t - re -,
Tb;s 81 Question uh;,,, h.ea;,. n $,
ouiries Of ,ba worldly Wise I ,eovs for an
answer 10 tho Innprscrntah,e An that +
know is that whether 4 shalI ava, 10 o;ve,
70 man ent;ralv 70 blot ont tho ann 81 IN .
man misery the inheritance IF a Ioroo no..
ton Of onr Find il : mvaterv which Ca
has roser-ved for himself All that Itnow
is. that il is our duty to obey the views Of
Providence md to consult the niles Of I'm.
man nrudence and socia, nolicv which arc
Int instruments for the des;ons 81 Hoo,on
Whatever the contrivances of,poiiticai econ
omists. a Supreme decree seems to have
resolved the question in the words Of the
Savior: "The poor you shall always have"
Ay!, indeed the poor, and the needy and
the afflicted, We will always have, in order
to relieve poverty-to solace its destitu.
tions-to help its wants--to contrive
means and to o-ter institutions, like this
to that glorious end. Yes, the poor We
will always have, in order that the hearts
Of "articuiate men" shalt not harden into
stone! The poor. we will always havei 50
that the fatal ease Of opdIeqce may be
stirred mp into salutary actssn. The poor
we Will always have, in order to wake,
within the human soul, the saving voice OF
mercy and OF truth. The poor, We will
always nave IN order that IN the drama Of
ile there may De some 70 represent the
vlc'ssiludes OF our poor humanity ana give
'ne!h 'essous W Tue ''lsoience o. Hu'nan
Ptioe' lgi. ats