The Opelousas courier., 1870-03-12
The Paragua7an War.

! DO those who are accustomed tns,.,1.
s''Sh'inSIE of this paraguayan wal ever
rtHect upon. the misery heyoud tci,iur
WHICH las fallen upon that l,ron)s, not
upon one nor many, but upon all There
were h'ne hundred thousand pro;,]. There.
hve Years ago; two-tIirds uf these bave
fallen 10y famine, disease. and BATH.
ana should the war continue the vlole
race VIII perish. Five ,~;us auo they
We're prosperous and progressive. build
1ng railroads aud telrgraphs aud slips.
and improving and rebuilding their
cities and towns. Now their chief ci,its
have been laid waste, their capital sack
ed, and there is not to day IL home in Par
asnay which has not been matl. dtSu!atc.
10 " hoin is this charyeahle The allie,
say 10 the H1yl sssions OF Lr;uz: the.
faraGn: ans, t" the alnhi; ion If Brazil.
Lopez claims that he WAS comp,,led to
light LII self p,estrva'inl,. Tie allies
declare IN all their ,u'lic documents
: that the war was ier tie vi,.iirAtinu Of
, their outraged honor. But thcv have
occupied the capital of Paraguay and
ohe-half her territory; they have de
tstlo\ed twot thirds OF her population
they iIivt taken ,'oSse>>iol uf the chief
nVeis; and they have b.onyht upon the
country misery and de ISOLATION that
surpass description. Why, tIsrrcl.,r,
u"es tie war Net cease Clearly be-
cansc t:ic claim that it is onl, tor the
vln't!rat'on uI national honor, and to ub-
1aln E:dtnu'1v ioi iiic past tlsi sex u,iiy
= i"r The iutule, is like the treaty. ot tie
t'ip;t alliance, OF which i is tie ,.r+ AIN
h'e--a 1raul and |; lvlu>ion. No better
proc! that Para quay fights for her very
existence Is needed thau this one fact -
that the war still continues In tha face
OF this the fair premises of the triple
treaty. and The holtAesi words of the al
lied writer's anunt civilization and pro-
SresS and liberty, and the other sprt'in,ls
, phrases which are commonly used to de-
! tend all false cnitses, can not hc received
| hE h"bcst men MOI accepted by upright
governments aS eAi;laluing either the
origin III tlle oh. .lcct> OF the war: i lie war
J Is fer conquest aud description by Brazil
and t" permit such conquest and ;s,'~"rp
; ti"n is contrary to the r>ct iveu and t'u-
: We hive assumed the l0le of protector
oi thr american Republics. We played
it with success and honor l., regard to
; MEXICO. We encourage by pnpniar sy M
pn'iI,f the struggle which, Cuta carrie =
! the govc!;lintnt and tile people su.sey
: with indifference the ma sniiic~nt light
/ which Para quay has ineintailled for .ss
i"n= years t" preserve the ini-pe
w',cE. size ..s.autly conquered hait
cru,u,y ago; and this independence,
won from Spain. is threatened 10y Il mon
archy far less enli.hteud. whose donin-
is'ii will be fatal to the dcveloprmuEt Of
: Paraguay, and t" the prograss initiated
! there eight Years ago by this very ruler
, whom it is the fashion among certain
interested parties of more OF less stand
! il,g to denoilncc as. ii barbarian and Il
] "mutlster unfit to live."-M. L. MCMA-
HON. !" Harpcr's naya1ine for februorg.
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THAT THOUSAND DOLLAR DAKKET-A
number OF journals speak of Mr.. ReveI>,
! the colurcd senator from Mississippi, as
'thousand dollar da,key." In DOING SO
they are guilty Of gross injustice to the
gentleman iu QUESTION, and ot still gross
-r misrepresentation OF the history of
the time. 1t Mr.. K-vtIs were only Il
i. "tho,,>au I'D dollar darkey," should not
: feel culistla aimed to do ,n"retitAh bow p"-
! litely as pass him Oh the threshold of
/ the Senate Chamber, or treat him with
-
which is due to u member of the houor;t-
bIe body whereof he has been chosen II
member. There are those-so tile poet
tells us-to whom a priursse by the
Iriver's brink is yellow primrose, and
no more to ali such Nj. Kevtls is q
thousand dollar daikey. But | confess
to lisposiiin,tn to lool, on him in II far
more exalted light. see iu him three
thousand million darkey; l hear IN bis
Voice ti,~ thun.lers Of DonelSon and Shl-
loh and Niekshury and Gettysburg; aHd
! in his t,otstel,s the tread of mishtieE ar
mics than Napoleon marshaled for the
CONQUEST of Europe. The election OF
Revels is the net proceeds Of all that war
and bloodshed. He represents the assets
aud liabilities of the four years struggle !;
he ia 1.-THE glorious fruits of union and
victory" whereof we have heard so
mnch. If this not be SO. let the reader
point out some other solution 10 the prob
lem. Why was the war fought. If not to
elect Revsls And DOW that it il over,
what il there to show for its million
graves and its thrse thousand millions o!
dollars, except the election "t keVels
If there are other results to the great
struggle, name them. But at any rare,
lst IA not be irreverent en- the subject OF
Rey~ls-let us not beIitt'e him to thou
sand dollar darkey; but let us rather see
in him the great living representative OF
the issue which it took so many preca"ns
lives and 80 much precious treasure t"
bring to victorious conclusion ana 90
regarding him, let us approach hun win M
uncovered heads, asd bow before hun
aa to great Jove l.imself.-Nack, Cor'
Cincinnati Enquirer
~ Cincinnati is wildly exercised over
spiritual manifestations. At very sue
ce.ssnl s.anec the other night, man
burst Into tears when the medium de,
scribed very accurately tall, blue-ryed
spirit standing beside him. win 'sh' x.
sid. wliskers. aud his hair parted III tue
middle. "Do you know him !" ing aired
n man Mt his side in sympathetic whis,
per. .'Enow him, guess =; ,'o,"rsp!Ima', .r p..ma
was eppa yp,l to III wife. II he hadn't
died he would have been her husband {,
instead of me. Oh, George Ge'rS.,