The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-06-15
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there is but little doing, thus far, by
any united action, to bring good citi-
zens into this State, there is no migra-
ton. of good: people out of it, and no
taxi, even, of good people hunting
homes in some other country. Instead
of meeting, as we but recently did,
men who were anxious to sell their
old holnestcads and to part with fami-
liar faces and venerated spots, and set
out OH the weary tramp in search of
country where they could be freed of
ungracious it might be in the bestowal
of fruits for labor given; we now find
the same men contented, and more in
tlexibly opposed TO removal than they
were but so lately resolute in carrying
it into effect. They have left off re-
grets that it was impossible for them to
get away, and counsel to those to leave
who could; for which have been sub
stituted congratulations all round that
they are still at their old homes, whose
trees and even blemishes have attrac-
tons not seen until now. The CRATE
full sauce of good government has Won
derfully stimulated a weak appetite,
and made dish most palatable which
before was miserable, repulsive mess
of blacl<ened jambolaya.
The evidences of this change of feel
ing are manifest not simply in the gem
eral tone and demeanor Of the citizen;
in expressions of mutual satisfaction,
and in the absence of universal growl-
ing and discontent-but, also, in pre-
vailing sentiment of kindness and char
ity for all, good and bad alike, and in a
worthy resolve to retrieve the losses
and damages caused by bad rule in the
past and to build up State and indi-
vidual estates worthy of a great people,,
Perhaps, the rough schooling just pass,
ed through will be no mean factor in
accomplishing this purpose. The re-
collection of having had and of having
lost, universally recognized as great
stimulus to exertion, may we'll be sup
posed to have its full weight in stinu-
lating the people of Louisiana to very
,re.t Efforts. AT one time, no people
Were 50 prosperous aud so rich in the
possessionof natures best gifts !; while,
later in the succession of changes, few
people were so poor, with all their ma
tural resources - resources, in fact,
which only increased their hardships,
by inviting the despoilcr whose hard
and unfeeling expressions made them
and robbed them of the name and re-
putation of Freemen. a-.. .....,... arm
Passed as all this is, and mayhap
forgiven, it should not be forgotten,
and will not be, that the bondage from
which the people have so recently
emerged, is the real foundation for
future wealth and prosperity. Forget
it, and we shall lapse into a worse
bondage than ever. ~. cd.
And hero we must impress upon the
people, even at this early stage in the
progress of reformation, the folly, aye
the criminality, of senseless political
dissensions. This is not II political ar
ticle, but Intimately connected with
our material recovery and advance
ment as a State is, the question of pc
litical di visions, or divisions into polit
ical parties. The oppressors of Louisi
ana are not dead-only defeated. They
are organized, and watching for Il ia
vorable opportunity to strike, and lik'
practised generals, as their leaders are
they will seek to divide the good PEG
pie of tho State into two parties
There is no rejecting man in Louisi
ana of good intentions who will coun
tenance such 81 division for some TIM
to come. ,....,, ..a... ...-
What is demanded now by all TIL
sacred interests of humanity and goot
government is, that Louisiana redeem
ed shall continue redeemed until tn,
work Of reformation is full and com
plete, and the fair fabric of New Lou
isiana is reared upon a foundation made
of granite and set IN cement impe''isA
able. The State of Mississippi, for in
stance, is hardly free from an Ames
with all his plundering followers, he
fore her native sons are crying "Bour
bon," on the one hand, and "Conserv'
alive" on the other; while the busy
Radical is stimulating the wrangle
and helping to widen the breach, for