Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1878-03-16
Letter from s.Verita."
FLOYD, March 6, 1873.

FLOYD, March q, 1873.
Mr.. EpIroR.-The welcome visits OF the
Beacon are constant reminder that your cor
respondent is guilty Of Elm of omission IN
failing to keep you posted in the matter oil
Floyd news. The truth is, items OF interest
are scarce; and even the modicum Of current
news, including the stock Of Mrs. Gruudy,
has, like the western produce, been SO re-
,arded by the mud blockade" that we fail to
seep up with it, To sum up the sin1tion
Lere, affairs stand about as usual al this sea-
son, except that the low price Of cotton, and
the pressure Of ih. money market is calculated
TO dcpre.s the estimate of future operations IN
in the simple. But is it not safe thus, that the
coming crop should he based upon these re-
duced rates, than the customary extravagant
ones, by which our planters are lur"'i TO their
own destruction Surely none will deny that
if independence can be purchased thereby, II
is worth year or two If close economy and
self denial. There have been lew sources
or entertainment here during the long muddy
winter, unless one is hermit enough 10 ENJOY
the isolation of being immn'ed within four
walls Oar only respite from Loneliness CON
sists in ponderous latch OF 'weekirs, and
IN scanning their columns, one grows lmpa'
,ient and Observation-Disclosures as the c""''ry'han
was who OBJECTED To drinking so much water
70 yet a little tea. This has been especially
50, when one has been competed TO toll
through so many pages Of the "Record III
the vain etTort to compass the abs'ruse argu'
,nents on the silver question:; or to compre-
hend the hilaiory process through winch the
National lawmakers finally reached us solu'
ton. With our State Legislature 1e have
tried to be amiahle, and To confde iuiptcitiy
m the wisdom Of their deliberaii"hs. But
again are we Disappointed. IN common with
the women of Louisiana, for surely every
woman in the Stale ielt an earnest s"iri'"de
fur the fate Of the bill for the Arrangement at
the liquor traffic. The pro and con Of this
measure la wing been so thoroughly discussed
in otber states, resulting IN every ins'a'me ~
its adoption; We must confess surprise at
this summary dismissal. Your humble Cur
RESPONDENT would not dare impugn the mo
tves nor doubt the wisdom of our honorable
Legislators, hut in a cause involving even the
limited abrid ge,nent OF vice, who could avord
a uang Of disappointment at its deIeat!
While the public sentiment is invariably
ayerse To any enactment, savoring ol the
spiri, of Conneciicuts blue code. yet, surely
the results Obtained by a legal check upon
this Sunday traffic would in Themselves prove
It's perpetual defence. The Sabbath i>a Ma.
,ional day Of resi-; and a. such should he Sc
cured to every person, Irrespective Of sect or
q 1 -
uurs,ion, b., the legislatures of other -tairs. Is
q reasonable one. Any b"-inr>s 81 olirusive
as to destroy the peace and QUIT at this day
is an nndonlaed Infringement al the highest
principle Of justice, and should he cur'aIle'i
10 prevent such -mroachnrnt. In inc'npn'
ated cities, those living under the protection
nf an elective police, where ruiiIani>n, Is
kept in stric, abeyauc-, fail to realize the en-
pl,aiic and increasing demand fr "a legal Ie
s,ra;nt in this direction. IL Is the resident d
our country villages, where the saloon is no
only the exchange. the tegniIing rendezvous
of professional ioafrrs bat oiteuiIm-s oi tuose
who should otherwise seek better employ
ment; il is in sn b places aud circumstance
that we perceive the ured most painIally
Without legal resiri-tion, the day i'll con
tinue TO he one of riot and disorder. Ths
influence Of relor'natory organizations rs .ood
but will not permanently arrest in'emperance
Were the inroads Of other vices 10 e ignores
hy the civil code, and the whole subject O
moral ethics to be entrusted to these persua
sive methods, imagine the result Again, ih
churches arr. quite busy AT present, in pnya
lstic war upon doctrinal points, aud find ~
time for other thugs. The temperance move
ment that few years since swept IN nda
wave Of enthusiasm over the land, is no,
recedins. AMI will, Us in the past, gradual
die out. Ia view Of the painful TACT, tia, th
standard Of morality is growing percepubl
lower, the women Of this land are becOmln
terror-stricken at the appalling inroads OF tbi
one vice Of intenperance, from which a
others emenste. We can only wait. and hop
and pray for some welcome interposilion th'
may, in a measure, place a check upon j
progress And, while di-avowing that con
pulsory school Of orthodoxy. which in til
historic past has in the frenzy Of fanaiacisu
overturned empires, and would. il unbricl lie
to-day, thrust its ienets upon the stubbor
masses; weyet claim thai there exists an "e'
treme" If license j,si as unseasoning and vast
more pernicious in ITS bear ny npon the mo
ais of this continent Pertinent 10 tins sn
ject Of legal limitations, it becomes seri",
auery, what influence oar Tree American 4
siitutions have rxerf-d in training and deve
oping the national character. Or, agar
whether or not that excessive license, II
natural outgrowih Of a governmental structu
whose corner. stone is "Libery.' and Who
central idea Is immunity from restraint,
really the parent Of all our woes. While
,empestuous anan'hy Of opinion-po't'ca
social and religious. is today surg'ng 'hr""g
out the length and breadth OF this land, Il
student Of history draws the parallel and Po
ders sadly the past, tue present ant 'mpe"'
ing future. 'EMrA'
The ST. Paul Pioneer Press says that the
were riftern births in the town OF Little Sat'
4 j. h. and q