The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1873-11-08
LOUISIANA" "

To her true sons how full otsad suxyes
ton is that name.
Once sovereign S.ste-a queen OF
beauty and of wealth. but now a slave
bound to the victor's chariot and sold in
open market to the highes. bidder. How
changed in. every linesmsnt. Upon her
brow, where once was worn diade.n,
shame now sits erthroned. Her counse.
nance, once SO full ofjoy and sweet content,
is now the picture Of despair. while the
rounded form and graceful step OF other
years have given place to gsunt proper
tons and the tottering gait Of sad decrepi-
tude.
Prostitution. want and suffering are
plainly written in every feature. Freedom.
the inspiring principle, the vitalizing force,
has been destroyed, and nothing now re-
mains except the cold, dead form. 'Tis
tree the sun still smiles as brightly down
from heaven, her homes are arched and
canopied by the same blue skies. Her
fields are just as rich a. in those days
when ,esmiog plenty filed every house
with joy. But here the parallel must stop.
The dreadful change is mans own work,
DOT Gods.
Whist social death is manifest on every
hand Look at her courts, the conscience
of the State.
How DO you suppose the great jurist OF
former days would have been affected by
a pe,usxl of the decisions rendered BY the
Sppreme Court in what has been common :
ly styled the returning board case, or iu
Bonner's contestl We suspect ad xasseum
Do the people understand tina. these courts
pass in last resort upon all their rights Of
ffssgf.libesty and of property y-and do
tHay understand, moreover, that they are
the great educators Of the young and
rising generation? Do they know that
their petnicious example and teschings
are falling daily upon the most inteliigsn,
and the most important class Of our young
men-the rising generation Of lawyers,
who are to be hereafter charged with the
management of their most sacred concerns.
Do they understand ths. these young men
thus exposed. are from their superio. in
teIligence to become in after time the
teachers Of the community can their eyes
be closed then to the searching demorslzs.
ton threatened through such a channel
1t is proper, however, to say, and We thank
God for it, that up to this time the char
scter and bearing particularly Of the
younger members Of that distinguished
profession have been above reproach-an,l
that four Of our district courts, the First,
Second, Fifth ana Sixth are presided over
By gentlemen Of ability and worth. But
let us turn our eyes in another direction.
Where is your commerce-what Influence
has so suddenly arrested the development
and growth Of this once great city How
is it chat your fields are lying fallov in all
portions Of your State! They are as fertile
as they ever we're; they would respond
now as gladly as in years gone by to the
!ightest touch Of industry and gil your
markets aud the markets Of the world with
the richest harvests ofcans and cotton ever
known; but they cannot; every branch
Of industry is parS'yzsd the great iucen.
tive to labor, the security Of the product.
is wanting.
We are in the hands Of usurpers who
enjoy no confidence either at home cr
abroad.
What is the remedy 1t seems plain
enough. We must tell the whole story to
Congress without. conceamen: or varnish,
aud that body cannot, dare not refuse re
lief
The convention which is to meet in No
vemter WI, be charged with this inpor
tant duty. See to it, that your best men
come.-N. o. Picoyume.
Nvahu.h eii.or ra4urca thanIs g.. n