Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1874-11-21
Missouri TO Louisiana.

one and the same time, let them READ
the following editorial from the pen
Of that whole. soulcd gentleman, and
pure minded and earnest patriot, Col.
p. DOMAIN, Of the Lexington (Mo) .
Caucasian. You will laugh at the |
Quaint manner in which he expresses
his delight at our victory, aud shed
tears Of JOY in reading such warm
sincere and cordial words Of cncour-
nrcment and cheer from q stranger
in far off Missouri:
Louisiana, quceny and beautiful in
the weeds Of her widOwhood, in the
shackles of her captivity. in the ashes
of her desolalion and humiliation
Louisiana, bright land Of the olive and
zine, of the pomegranate, myrtle and
,,inc, long bowed beneath the foul op-
pressor's yokc-LouiSiana is free -
brethren, sing! The whole Demo
cratic State ticket and FIVE out of six
Congressman elected. Jubilate-
thank God. Such tidings should
send thrill Of sympathetic JOY ting
Ing to the heart of every true man
in America Since the days of Beast
Butler, Louisiana, proud people have
endured every indignity, every iniqui-
ty, every outrage, that the ingenuity
yankees niggers and iicnds could
devise. Her rich plantations have
been laid waste. lier hospitable
mansions have been turned, or rem
Gcrcd dwclling-paccs for the owls and
the bats. .Ief lcau'eous gardens
have been made o desert. Her mag
nifccnt forests have been hewn down
Her very affairs and graveyards have
been desecrated by official rufIians,
omhiprescnt vandals, blasphemers
aud body-Spatcbers. Her lands have
been mortgagcd for more than they
Gre worth. Her commerce has died.
Her crcG,t is gone. From the front
rank of the grand sistclhood of States,
she has sunk to a Wreddraped heggar,
craving pity and aims along the way
side of the world. From the noble
seat ola sovereign and independent
commonwealth. she has been dragged
down, chained and groaning captive
tramplcd under foot, spurned and spi'
upon, by the foulest scum of Africa
and Yankccdom. From her imperia
position of wealth and power, she ha:
been crushed into ahject woe and pau
perism. All, all that was good or dc
sirablc has been torn from her, bu
hcr honor and the brave hearts OF he
sons.
And these stout, hero hearts hay,
saved her. In all her hours of deep
est darkness, in all her anguish ant
bitt&.wrongs, they have never falter
ed Though their streets have beel
patrolleG by bireling soldiery, tn
country secured by Barbarian ORA
goons, their rivers guarded by hostil
gunboats-in spite Of bayonets, sabre
aud chains, in spite of brutal .iailer
and prison cclls-:bey, the true me-
Of Louisiana, have never wavered il
their martyr-ike fealty 10 their suffer
ing mother State. They have hoped
when hope seemed insanity. The,
have prayed, when prayer seemed
mockery. They have struggled, waei
struggling BODIED but destruction
And at last, at long, long last, the
have triumphed. Victory's gloriou
eagle nestles with the pelican upo
their banner With the world, tn
flesh and the devil, Grant, carpet-bag
gers, niggers, the army ard navy, a
against them, they have conquered
The great God OF nations and of ba
ties lie thanked 81!
Brethren of Louisiana /! Ten mi
lions of sympatbizing hearts send 20
greeting and congratulation. Ha
hemisphere joins in the prayer an
hope thai your arms may be strength
ened, your sublime faith upheld, nj
til the invader, the d. spoiler and III
tyrunt ore utterly driven from yor
beautiful land. You begin life agai
with naught but the wreck Of whi
has been around you. Your progre;
will be slow for season. But /
the same daun.less resolution and d
vo,ion which have made memorial
your history during the past nil
years still animate your souls al
nerve our hands. Let the same pa
riot wisdom still guide and contr
you. And your future is secur
The halcyon days will return. III
sunlight o! prosperity will bauis
your gloom. The snowy standard
King Cotton will be unfurled in a
your fields. The waving cane W
WELD its sweetness, as Of old Io,
gardens will bloom with cxultant gla
ness. Commerce will rear her fore
of tapering masts along your levee
The hum of industry and the song
contentment, Will les ind in city a,
hamlet. The white incense of stea
will ascend, like a glad tbank-ofie
ing, to heaven for the good tim
come again. The cares that have i
tested your nine years night, sh'
vanish forever. And Louisiana, I
deemed, regenera,ed and disenthra
ed. shall rise, as fresh and bcauteo
maiden. to resume her rightful pla