The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-17
MULE LOGIC.

And now comes the distempered
infant of the down town organ, who
after various forms and fashions OF
mule logic, claims that the law en-
acted by the Police Jury, prohibiting
the purchase Of cotton, either in the
seed, or unbaled lint: after sun set,
is a Democratic law. Had the etli-
tor Of The Dunn Leader been better
informed, or, had he not been inter-
ested, in this, that he has recently
put up q grog-shop, at the forks of
the road, for the avowed purpose OF
doing q smashing cotton business by
candle-lisht, we feel certain that he
would claim as does every fair-mind-
ed citizen, that the law was enacted
as protective barrier to theft. The
enactment Of that law protects the
planter, the merchant, who has fur
nished supplies to laborcrs, and the
laborer himself.
Does any man mean to tell us
that he who proposes to carry on a
legitimate business, can not do SO
between the hours of sun rise and
sun set J.? Does it not strike the
reader that an honest traffic, the buy
ing and selling Of ones crop, can be
accomplished within tue hours pre-
scribed by the law ? As we said i'll
the preceding paragraph, the editor
Of The Trader speaks as one inter-
seted in this elicit trade which has
been carried on to an alarming ex-
tent in this parish. The planter
who leases, the merchant who fur
nishes, and the poor laborer who
works on shares, is not safe unless
some restriction be placed upon this
midnight traffic. What has been the
experience Of planters, merchants
and laborers, in this parish during
the past four years ? In many III
stances, have they not been wronged
out of their share of cotton I? Has
not one partner wrongcd the other
in the manner named above and
has not the merchants sometimes
| been forced to settle with the labor
er for ore-half Of their accounts,
simply because the cotton raised by
the lalorer was packed to town du-
ring night, and there sold for half
its value, in order to defraud the
lawful owner?
It is necessity which makes laws,
and this is what the editor Of Tie
Dunn Xuder himself wonld acknowl-
edge to be necessity, were he not
this day g candidate for the Senate.
It is political capital which he at
tenpts to make out Of nothing, but
his arrows are not true, SO they re-
bound on the silly protector.
JAMES REiD,
Following party usages, and with
a feeling Of pleasure, we present to-
day to Our readers the name Of JAMES
REID, as the nominee Of the Liberal
Republicans Of the 18th Senatorial
District.
From an acquaintance of more
than seven years with Mr.. REID, VIC
feel that We can speake Of him as OF
g man who is elninently qualified to
fill almost any position within the
gift Of the people Of the proud Pelican
State. We can truly sly of him, that,
when elected, West Feliciana will
have cause to feel proud of one OF
her sons !; and that when clothed in
the senatorial mantle, he will reflect
credit upon his constituents.
In MIR. REID, we have combina-
ton of noble qualities-honesty, III
tegrity, and ability-a rade mecuna
long and seriously felt in our legisia-
tive bodies. In his personal charac-
ter, we have the assurance that
wrong will be righted, and that
whatsoever he doeth, he doeth
right"
II you have not registered, dc
SO at once.
| The parish of Avoyclles being nure.