The New Orleans bulletin., 1875-12-19

whence emanate the toads and lizards and
locusts and lice and grasshoppers, and that
climax of ali pests, the Office seeking carpet
bagger, which are sent forth to atfiict the
world The carpet-bagger, like foul ex-
halation from thai dark subterranean laoora-
tory, has settled down upo1 our State, and
"the people mourn!" Like the pestiience
which .'walketh in darkness and wasteth at
MONDAY" he came in the train OF On IN
vading army, but remained after the invao-
ing army was withdrawn as the direct curse
attendant upon war
You have read, my historically Intelligent
countrymen, what grlevous plaques the Lord
sent upon Egypt, because Pharaoh refused 10
listen to the voice of Moses TO let the cnlldren
of Israel go out of bondage TO serve HIN IN
the wilderness: how aaron stretched out his
hand over the waters of Egypt and the frogs
came up and covered the land OF Egypt; now
sAaron stretched out his hand with his ROD
and smote the dust of the earth, and it became
lice ia man and il, BEAST all the dust of the
land became lice throughout Gil the land OF
| Epyut:" how ''there came grlevouS swarms
| of dtes into the house Of Pharaoh, and into
| his servants houses and into all the land OF
| Egypt; the land was corrupted BY reason OF
| the swarm Of hies;" how "a very gievous
murrain" was sent, SD that call the cattle OF
| Ecypt died how Moses and Aaron "took
ashes of the furnace and stood before Pna-
| raoh, and Moses sprinkled 1t uo towards
| Haven, AID it became boil breaking forth
| with blains upon man and upon beast" Icu
remember too. the plague Of thu hail. md OF
the locusts, and of the thick darkness, and OF
the destruction Of the first born Of the Egyp-
| tians; and how all these plaques only served
| to harden the heart OF Pharaoh, that he would
not let the Iraeiites go.
But, my attentive countrymen, instead OF
these grievous plaques, suppose the God OF
Israel had let loose upon Pharaoh swarm OF
hungry carpet-baggers such as nave alh ic'ed
| Louisiana since tie war, think you, y ye
cr4du!ous subjects of oppression, tnat shat
stiff-necked monarch would have hesi.ated to
let the Jews depart IN peace, on condition OF
being relieved Of the pes? tell you on the faith
of a prophet, he would have sent them pack
ing out OF his dominions ere the sun went
down, and we should never have heard OF the
destruction OF Pharaoh and his host IL the
Red Sea in trying to bring them back
The altars of Isis would have smoked with
} yotivs offerings OF thanksgiving, and the
whole land OF Egypt wonld have been hl.eo
with rejoicing at The good rlddance, excialin
ing in the fuilness Of joy, 80 great Isis We
could laugh at the frogs, we could stand tht
: lice, the locusts We could endure, we could
grin and bear the bols, We could smlle at the
hail we could grope through The thick dark
ness, the murrain destroyed our cattle IL VAN
We could even deride the angel that Killed on
> frst-born but we thank tGea Immorta
Isis, and all the lesser gods, that our land
freed from the carpet-ba2gers, the coAcen
trated essence of al the pests and plague
that the God of Moses let loose upon E5yp
, because of his people Israel
, Life is too short TO do this subject justice
and must leave it to my medita;ive country
men 10 make broader application Of our tex
Q to the wicked rulers Of our land who hol
r their seats in Washington, under : whom tn
! people mourn" But let US hope, my patien
countrymen, that the day OF our doilvorcnc
is near ut hard. L.