The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-01-02

p: 1oNRon.LAssJAN 2. 1874.
{ ssss x 81 II y I'D 1874.
- u - =. Is .ohelience TO the re-
L n lO1d X1Gne, that the year Of our Lord |
{ v6a i1fs1iVNednesdsy ct l2 =. n. Time, |
B - 800 % formsl visit, and re-
q that va v11ould make this an |
Il - - lant. 1oeked at the old coon
ansl - did q us, and then there
8 RI s:, l &c aes pleased with
e - - = u ssysarss 1abWs9 ),
81 ~ e tys said NIne.. have striven
1 1is rs ~ III sdsdects happy, and to
Il - &rdaopSta Nth them to-day; but,
IA ~ 6lpWs l1yped IRE not satisfied. With
my El6i1 Watchs3SA4 know have discar-
dsd the III have plumed the little
1ninntt and hont And sent them alike to
aIas bat, mir, Nd Chat my messengers
s1insr wonds 81 their reports.
Tins. enaSseisa e, your subjects have
s II u lES5iiS yci Is ali for them q sovereign
6hQnldsdbf IS winged messengers sup |
pa1jf q ~ 49, 16e those who can employ
Z Sefh hit how 81 II with those who are not
{ ShiIIod IA the yiA14f euch aids, and those OF
35uur eul,ioctaS ~ cannot employ them at !
m. Look Oh Z Ggfeat State Of Iouisi-
nnk and YOU WIZ Md men, womens am1-
/ Yea1nd whole neighborhoods supplied with
hnnkns dnys. weeks and years, who work
AGEf 1pr 3 living. and yet tho tax collector |
- aS6ftised. thor little homesteads for I
/. eAle Thar labor has gone for almost moth
ing, for several years. and this New Year |
ands them disconsolate, poor and suffering. |
Sir, said Time, I do my duty. I have
neifher lot nos pSrc6l in these struggles oil
the poor. PerSh6nce, Us you say, they have
done their partsin the struggle for life-that
is not my concefnsone way, or the other =
but have given them daytime and night
time, brought tbs seasons, the seed-time
and the harvest, and to their Intelligence
and virtue, or the lack ofiboth. tho result
must be ascrih4d.@
But, Time, fejoined we, have you done
your whole duty9 True, tho sun, moon
and stars have. risen and set, and you have
kept the run OF tho Universe, but that is
your business. We do not sec why any
one, much less you, should boast Of what
he - required to do. See here! we know q
GArmSr, q merchant, o laborer, and evcn an
editor who have worked hard ;-their hands,
their legt their feet and their brain have
been busy; but they have been deviled and
harassed, and had all sorts OF troubles, be-
sides hnse accumulated aches, pains and
gray hairs; and, still, you say you arc not
responsible. You have brought tho pesti-
lence, the wet spells, and tho drouths; the
man who sues. and the man who steals
you have brought corruption in high places,
Z end meanness in low; and these Same tax
collectors (of the Kellogg usurpation) have
you brought also. It seems to US that you
havo brought enough evils for 1873.
Sir, replied Old Time, you people live in
IN age OF iron. acknowledge all my sins.
Giving out my blessings impartially, am
bound to grieve that the favors shown to
Louisiana have turned out 30 miserably. 1t
was not my fault-not my desire. I would
have had you all happy and prosperous.
Experience has taught me how much the
ns.ife am welcome by people whose for
tunes indicate that my visits have boon
: beneficial. Sir, synnpathise with tho peo-
pie OF your State. I apologize for all my
shortcomings, and bog your forgiveness.
eotd limo, said we, there is something
no6la about you. You arc not like the
haSthless' creditor, who promises to call
again, ana never calls. While under your
r1lgn there arc many things we nbominate, !
. NJ reverently hold that you, Mt last, set all
things even. Now, you arc beginning n !
New Year. Remember thati Or, If you arc |
an Irfshman, then, We say, AIoind that
Begin your work Alright. The popular be- |
Iliof is-ahat you are an old humbug. May |
hap, you have been slandered, or libelled, !
MS others have been, aforetime. Your char |
acter is at stake. We, poor devils, arc start |
ing upon new year; have resolved to be
ytrtuous, temperate and submissive. The |
great moral question is, viii You aid ns9
4 Certainly said Old Time, at once; but you |
must act the part Of good mon and women. |
IF you do that, will engage to mako this !
land happy and prosperous, from end to |
end. You may blame me for your troubles; |
but Iblame every one who has not done |
his sUhole duty. keep no reckoning Of my |
fAvors,. except by their loss. Toll yonr |
youK oven, your old men, your sons and |
youS ehters, that .oit 'set all things |
ovon, ~ they will only do right.
Meeting of the Legislature.
Since the 1ate address issued by Gov.
E0Eaery advising members OF tho legisla-
IT, not. to assemble on the 9th, develop
IT. at Washington seem to demand, inn
a Sktvely, the assemblage of tho legisla-
ttrc, on the 5th; and n call has boon issued
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