The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1876-03-11

of the North. The hard times fol
lowing the panic have made
them feel that you and they have
an interest and a welfare in com
mon: And in any just cause in
yolving your prosperity, you will
find reliable support as we'll III
the self-interest as in the justice
of the North.
Who among you can best help
IN the great work of building
up our national prosperity : All
classes can be helpful. The me
chanic who contrives aud con
structs aplow which, with the
same draft, will run one inch deep
er than the plow you have been
using or whose honest work will
make the old plow last season
longer the chemist who teaches
you the consistent elements Of
soils and plants on any soil the.
editor who gives his daily or his
weekly column to the records OF
experimental husbandry by which
the scientific few help to enrich
the many the intelligent expert
mentalist who tries the theories
Of student by the patient test of
practical experience !; the hus
badman who does an honest days
work in a fair days time ; the
careful housewife who may pos
sibly appear to make but little,
but who can and does save much
the upright legislator, who looks
rather to the honor of his coun
try and the interest of mis- con
stituents tnan to the exigencies
OF his party, aud by righteous
law protects your persons and
property ;the pure aud just Judge
whose heart and hands are clean
from all corruption, and whose
authority shelters rich and poor
and weak and strong alike /; the
unseltish and laboriOus executive.
who administers the laws for the
happiness and well being of the
people of the commonwealth /; all
these help you, but above all
Others those who make the laws
and those to whom their interpre
tatiOn and execution are c0nfid
ell.
Gambling speculatiOns may in
deed be prosperous when the ionn
dations of society are all uns. t.
tied but not 40 with the honest
pursuits aud productive arts OF
life. The agriculturist and mecha
mic can not pro sper under bad
laws, or under laws which are
dishonesty, unrighteouSly or par
TALLY administered. They can
not bear the burden of taxation
which inevitably falls upon them
when selt-seeklng and eruption
control public affairs. l believe
that the stability and sense of
security which are essential to
permanent prosperity requires
that our political institutions
shall be entirely restored, as well
in their spirit as in their form.
Our experience has established
the fact that they are peculiarly
adapted to Our condition and
wants as Il people. 1t must be-
settled so that it shall not again
be questioned that the powers
which belong to the States under
our form Of government shall be
exercised by the States without
any interference, intimitlations or
control from without. The Occa-
sion which has brought you to.
gether is in no respect political
or partisan, and | w0nld not by
a single word violate it's prOprie
ties. Intending > criticism upon
no one, | think l may properly
say that the recent history of this
city and State has shown that the
people can not labor and pursue
their avOcations with success
when disturbed and distracted
by conflicting Jurisdictions over
them."