Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-04-22

grange ~ prosecute this good work ,u a sIn-
ces.fui ISSUE " there /. not capital am"ny
yourselves suih'irnt ~ s,ari cotton factory. -
to work, and induce uprhern men Ia hr.ng
their iryirul,y. their Industry and their I""nr,
and s'att Delhi on the high-ruai ,o PROSPERITY.
| will not insult your good s,nsc BY consuinin.
time IN proving that II viii pay.
Our poIir,.al cotn!iIon hrs been hrtectr"
so desperate that neither northern raplisi n'r
labor would seek investment among "s. Wa
10 not cud t., enter here upon the discussion
ot poi,lcs We rrruyui,e as riuinthily MISC
and proper ,ha, prnCIpi, ia our ORDER which
declares that We are not a political orgnniza-
iiru, and that the Ji"uss;.n al loiIicai sub
l.,,s is prohibited III the Iurerinss Of ia"
grange BIZ, while doins tins, ~s csnnut I've
uninludtul of the tact Il,a; our dccaratIou &c
purposes ha. distinctly announced thnt wr
are mutually pledged io cash other 10 do all
we car for the good Of "ur country, aud that
each and r"eTy patron Is rxp-rted ~ enter
lain and eX"rci-e his opinion. Tor the ;aror,~
pi.>hineh, of TIN, Ru"d, and We Ju nui heei
tate IT, declare that. Ia this n.on~ni0us cr!s'-
-. rur country hi.inry. no ::Ian tHn bc gooi
patron whO does not IN his daily amd nightly
n,di,stions, brwail the sai ani hun, hug
tact that un>crupui,'n- Inrn sre filling the int
places vf hon,r and iru., IN the lanii, AMI
who does n", frequently rcs"iye To do all ~
ms power 10 I'LL 'hrse places A" iih pure an:
honest patriots We SAY no,hiug abo"t th,,r
political ianh Lu, We d. say that tho goul
people Of t.l. country. North aud South, ha,"
r-.,,ivci t,n' corruption has held high rafnI>
Val iuug enough. aud tln, hotIrsy eh1li l."
IN ntugurn~h iu IL. stead.
A friend fr"r yc,n town wns IN McinIhs
a yruil. ,uau wh" wa, Ir!irs To Iurrhs,"
80 ,uUu scr.s ui iaud ~ ou- Iu,iy cIigibiy
situated un some railroad, UPON hcl, to selilo
n COLONY 81 Swt.'->, he advised hun to como
here; and ~ h.I was his rrIl Sir, |
wouhi as stru lahc my Swcdc. 10 hell ~ IL
Louisiana.
But this state ct ,hinys Ca'nut last forever.
: Already tho ririis are being ittsi aut lieh,
( 10 pcr,nrat- ttat u rex dsrkusrs Ut that terri
bic night rl agony that has ,uv.oped US 81
! long. We arc on tho eve Of terrible .iTuc
! gle between crrIuprmn au', alTbapu on thu
! one SIDE aud honesty a,.d patriotism on the
other. There is a grra, wors ~ he performed,
ana every Grsi patrUn 10 expected I" do hIs
duty. In ,hi> ir'asied ceu,enuiai year uf Amer.
can llbcr,y( caI.i) tue Illuminating ,pcc,aci-
/ IS cxhibi,ed that, while W. u, 4 nation, ia,.
made gigantic progress in material wezrh
, and material Iuwcr, we have degCpera,ca
with more acccilcrated raIldity ~ mmai
excellence.
The brig',t and glorious trmpl. oi iI'rr'y
which was erected On these shures nj 80
much co.., and labor, has been t.s>roiIed of
its ricr-.l TREASURES; lis colntnus have fallen,
its stones bave been Displaced it, apartment,
polluted and, as in the days o. the Son Of
Man, the money changers have gathered
within lis sacred precincts, AMI ara plying
their nrhuIy av,ratrDu. Bat the avenyer ba-
been upon tiieu tack; wrb Whips, thy ar'
being. one by oac, driven forth IA ignonilny
AMI dissrace. ...-
That grand old ;"mpleis being ever snd
repaired again Its culwnns and 1t. .t.ne +,
are being r~I,laccd Its chambers are briDE
pufhied u, CO. ioT> brghiened and looking
mon il, a. IL once more I'm, II. head proudly
u'o the heavens, we. ask, who are these wb,'
labor 50 earnestly at TIN, noble work AMI
the answer comes back, they are Southern
rebels; men swh", although robbed Of thcit
psrriI,ony AMI tho IT. dearest rights, although
de.pcil-d of the rich heritage transmitted 4,
them by their l;,ihrr- yet with a self abnega-
ion and nIagnanimiry which challenge tho
adn,iralou uf mankind, have bcut their
energies 10 the mighty ,ffUr, n liu from the.
dust the Government which once So basel J
Inundated ihcm, aud To give IT M hpp"ra6i-
place among the NATIONS of the 'ear'h' nuI
foremost IN that noble band 81 Iau'cls stand,
forth God own chuscn INSTRUMENT, N,spi.
sipris gifted son.
Yes, NY friends, We bid you bo of good
cheer. We verify believe that he who holds
! III bis hands ihe destiny of nations has dc.
creed that our country ani our State snail be-
redeemed aud puriicd; that constitutional
government shall lc ONE more established
upon this continent; 'ha, the civil aud I'oiI,I~
cal privileges wresl~d by our fathers from
i~-p purI. power shall bc again rnl"ycd Ivy
. their children, that Heaven own rich sun
high, shall dgain iliuInine ia" dark places Of
uur Southern land--ani "a hen ;at time shalt
/, co-.c. wien, ~ gra,ri.l worslnPcr. W.
, gather around the sacrcd altar "h'rh has bsrr'
purified 10y the blYy! "t our brat"s' and ,uf
r beat, in un,, yad hour Of mcrsi triumph, l.'
. i, be rceurdcd that Ara,or Gruug, lia. .lVuc
, its du'y