The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-08-15

ia f. For instance. sng ior atgu
ment sake. thai the fhrae items
mentioned 81 yonf letter we're 90
iecfionab.a % ne wonla j have
besp proper f0f nae, 0a d menhef
ok ths Legislature, u deieat bhe
General Appropriation Bill be-
cause oF small appropriations inns
properly madeg thereby causing
the necessity o8 converting the
Legislature ID extra session. which
would cost the State twenty times
The amonnt of The three items to
which yop have eallea my attsn-
ton. Would you. or could you
have done otherwise than [ did,
under existing circumstances, sup-
posing always, for argument sake,
chat I did vote Tor it9
But, Az ! am afraid that You and
other advocates of my opponent
may not consider this answer sat-
isfaotory, though you seem 10 be
completely played out On the Free
Market Bill, so-called, and my
course il the Kellogg legislature,
20 the contrary Notwithstanding,
/ viii answer more directly. L
know that you are starving for
some items, for political capital;
and believing It to be to Che best
of my interest to keep you putting
away. from the moon or elsewhere,
I am going to give it to you liz
answer to your questions, as you
are not able 70 find it yourself. i
have said il Is to my interest to
keep you putting away, for, as it
is, the question is frequently asked:
Why il is that these little country
lawyers arc pitching into the Doc
tor 50 strongly ? and generally re-.
ceive what they consider d very
intelligent answer, that these legal
gentlemen have no other use, at
present, for their legal lore but to
write newspaper articles, and are
not likely ID have much more uu-
less they should succeed III filling
the next legislature with the legal
fraternity, especially such as are
considered By some SO very acute
and cunning; for they will then
have the chance to complieate The
laws SO much that nobody can IN.
derstand them properly, not even
the lawyers themselves, though
they viii put on very long, serious
and wise faces over them. Tie
reason is obvious; the more the
laws are Obscure and complicated,
the more the need for legal advice.
Now, as to a more direct answer
to your three questions. ii tie
items which Won mention had come
before the Legislature IN such
shape that I could have recorded
my yote for or against, I would
certainly have voted against the
FIRST and last iteme; but, as to tie
one appTopriating fifteen hundred
dollars To build tomb for Oscar
J Dunn, Lieut.. Governor, / do
not know but what / should have
voted for il. You see that i speak
frankly and openly. This might
make ne unpopular with some,
who have not taken q serious view
Of our political difficulties. I think
if that bill had come 40 separate
w, / would have voted for It, for
the following reasons: LIST. AS d
conciliat0ry measure between the
whites and the blacks. Cd. I be-
lieye it to be a correct principle to
reward merit whenever found. 81.
/ believe that the great minority
Of the Democratic party, ID which
| belong, and which I was repre-
senting for MY parish, in tie Leg
islature, is, and has always been,
il favor Of showing due respect
for honesty and integrity, 20 mat
ter from what source II comes.
This being the character 81 the.
man-and be having been. tho
leader Of Tie colorad element. ii
bis lifetime, ID thn State, and lis
counsel 10 tho blacks having AT
ways been that Of moderation ana