The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-08-01
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| What will the world think Of the in
tegrity Of a Governor, Lieutenant Gov
ernor aud Speaker who pretend t
think such contract necessary
What will the world think Of the:1
truth, when such contract 10 made il
the face If their solemn oath, to pro
tect the public interest I What vii
history say Of the honesty Of the mer
who solicit, and accept such contracts
and receive their filthy rewards1 VIII
it not write down such Governors, and
Speakers, IA official perjurers, and re-
crennt to their tr1st I Will it moi
write them and the men who have. sol
icited, and accepted such contracts al
coua,,irato,s and public plunderers
Or will it write them down among that
class Of honest men whom We once
heard forcihly dscreibed AZ honest
thieves, amt swindlers, Those " b o
swindled and stole only when it was
lawful tn steal and swindle. So favor
able has negr" and carpet bag legisla
ton been t" such class, that it las
even extended its favors and fostering
care to such honesty, although outside
Of the So called Republican party, and
belonging to q few red hot Democrats.
We know that the world, outside If
Louisiana, will bo more than halt ill.,
clined t., hrlieve our representation Of
the provisions Of this Printing Bill over
wrought. They are not prepared t"
believe that there Can he such villainy
under the guise Of legislation; and even
when it has advanced that far, it ia
still nn?reparel t" believe, that there
could he found, Governors, Licutcn
ant Governors and Speakers, brazen
enough in vil'ainy and corruption to
to award contracts to publish, in the
columns Of newspapers, which no. one
reads, the laws which are already
printed and bonud in volumes: "a ne.
cessary and proper. But If the outside
world is still sceptical, let them look
over the books Of that bloated vampire
Of RePnblicanism, the New Orleans Re-
publican; there it will ind from Two
Hundred ard Fifty to Two Hundred
and Seventy Five Thousand of the
Three Hundred aud Fifty Thousand
Dollars annually pa'd for printing. 1t
will ais" doubtless find Governors,
Lieutenant Governors, Speakers, Sen
ators, representatives aud leaders Of
Radical rings among it's stock holders.
Ia it's crowded advertisements it will
Gud the unwilling patronage extorted
from q down-trodden people by this
engine Of oppression and public plum
der, tho Printing Bill. In al this it
will find an explanation-why the Re-
publican is silent about scenes in the
Louisiana Legislature, Of billinggate and
Of ignorance and venality which smeii
Of the fish market and cockpit and pen
itentiary rather than the halls of leeis-
lation. Perhaps it may also find an ex.
PLANTATION why the Republican has been
silent Of bribery, which is we'll known
and better authenticated than tho daily
news on its bulletin board and why
j. has it landed and praised tho intelli-
g~nce aud integrity Of the poor craven
and ignorant negro, who. for n meas Of
potage, has sold one If the birtLriel,te
IF liberty; and under the gu,se Of Leg
s'ati"n opened the Treasury to its
Ri'ting and revealing up
IN the wealth Of a pIundered treasury
md upon the unwilling patronage Of a
iown-tr"lden people, the New Or
cans Republican, is not the first pam
'ered and bloatcd minion that has
'nn. the praises Of a corrupt and de-
graded desp"tism. Sitting upon the
breast Of fallen people singing lula
lies Of submission, and peace and
prosperity and the blessings Of Repub-
lean liberty; it lie not an unfit anti
ype for the fable vampire, that with
eaden wings fans its victims TO sleep
While it sits and drinks its cbbing life.
rs if one sncl huge vampire was not
n"ugh, the Governor, Lieutenant
Governor and Speaker created fifty
title ones aud have fastened one upon
very PROSTATE limb where an artery
on|d b- found. and these have taken
p their lnllabies of liberty and with
i'eir little ieaaer wings famed each
rostrate limb to sleep, while they too .
ave drank its ebbisg life. Will pros.
rate Louisiana ever shake off the lul- ,,
,hies IF those leaden winged vampires