The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-09
Thu Lottery Fight.

| iNat4hltOChge FindiCatOr.I
Tho police reports of our IVY dalies ano
buId"ned with the SickeninR "details Of tho
arrest and punishment Of American cti2e8B
without trial bylury, and It's fiat refusal whe1a
demhnd"d, for violation Of the "Vested rights"
OF inc Louisiana Lottery Company.
Is this not strange In this day and this
hour; IN the broad blaze Of the nineteenth
century, and In free American" That a man,
n citizen, can be deprived Of that sacred in
hercht right, secured by blOOd-A trial by
iury-fOr an Offonse charged "a having been
committed against giant, swindllng rnOuan-.
| Olyl
Is it not strange that great State should
max itself, It's courts and law officers the
Go1l o. o.. RamDIlnR h@il 10 punish oil who yi0-
| late It's supposed TighLs?
Yet this is so! Day after day these dntaiEs
| III our daily papers, while the DENOGEAT.
That noble Journal, dear to every honest
| Loul8lanian's heart, in striking contrast wjtIp
| the SubSerVicnt LOOi8 around it, the TIue4 ana
| IMnUmne, vigorously dCnOuncG3 the wrong.
unhldGd and alone.
We tell our people that this lottery COM
| pany Is greater power, and our liberties ara
| In more danger from 1t than from the Radical
party. II mUsi bc Cr1GsheN The people must
ana VIII declare war; ayei war with arng
and ropes, against this hid"ous, infam0Us
| monster that darcS claim rights which in
| tringe the sacred and inalienablc prnr0Ra,.
| tiyo3 Of mankind.
[NatGhez Democrat June 81
| From our Geographic columns this morning
| IT. will be seen that the Louisiana State Lot
! Terry, that remnant Of corrupt Radical leRiBiar-
| Llon, mas SUI liz supporters In New Orleans
| ! hat an institution such as this, whose very
| existence Is n blot on the morality Of a State
should be able to create state Of feeling stn5a
iLs That described In our kilograms, is Itself q
| disgrace to q Southern cOnInInity It wouLa
| appear from the account which we have that
| the civil courts OF Louisiana are all Oppo4eH
| 10 the monopoly In vice which has been
granted by Radical Legislature to This
WI. la no, fF,f.,
inhl Court would seem to favor the rnOnouggv
granted TO it. The courts have thus been
| brought into an antagOnsm which, our Lou--
| islana friends must excuse MS for saying ig
anything but Creditable The Judge Of tho
Superior Criminal Court has not at all times
kept his skirts free from the faint Of Radical
ism, and from some Of his recent actions wn
are inclined to think, with the poet:
You maX break you may shatter the vase &c
Yet the scent Of the roses will hang round II
still" "
Tho case, however, has been suspended
until the Supreme Court Of the State can de-
cde II upon It's merits and from the we'll
known character Of the Judges upon that
bench, We confidently expect to see q decision
that will relieve Louisiana from q stain
which has been left upon her by her former
rulers, whose sole object seems to have been
10 put money in their purse. We think We
can safely anticipate that, notwithstanding
tho Tree, use Of the il-gOt money Of this
lh'DIDIpDIlIliB uDiIDLuy, It5 HHV8 are UfIuI-
bered, and Louisiana, like her sister States.
Will be freed from legalized robbery.
TNatchez Democrat, June 81
The New Orleans papers Of Thrrgfav
morning give us q detailed account of this
extraordinary proceedings Of Wednesday in
case Of AgOsti, the lottery agent who hag
had TO run the gauntlet between the anta9o-
nistic courts Of New Orleans Judge Whifa.
ker, In the interest OF the Louisiana Lottery
/ fff,yT,J Eyf
upon ono Of the most sacred rights Of o citi.
zen OF free country. One Of the bulwarka
Of civil liberty IL the writ Of hnbens c0YDue
and when the citizen loses the protection AZ
fOrdcd him by this writ, there IL no longer
any guarantee against tyranny. Judge Whit.
bhker must nave strangely miscaiculateA
tho spirit Of the people Of New Or,
leans when ne proposed TO exercise this:
did not surely recognize the fact that tie pe1-
pie Of New Orleans have lately gone almost
TO the verge OF civil war TO relieve themselves
Of Inc tyranny Of just such unscrupulOus Off
GERS as he has shown himself to be- Thlz
Judge Of the Superior Criminal Court hasy
shown his sub6ervienCy in this case In 60
plain manner, that VIC think the people az
Louisiana will feel disposed to retire hina
from public life as effectuaIly as they bavs
done Packard Wells b Co.
The GnanlpuatOr8 Of the Louisiana Lottery
Company have Oyerreached themselves In
their desperate attempt TO mOnOpOlize this
,hi"f'O HDh,'i "ti"iiiS VI I'LL lIhuIS. Inc eEE0FL
to exclude similar corrupt institutions By
laws passed by venal Legislature has opened
the eyes OF the people Of the State to the euor-.
nifty Of the evil itself, while it has aroused tho
opposition OF those who claim right to shars
the profits Of this legalized Gin. But when b.
support the monopoly Of a gigantic lottery
SWlndie 1t was found necessary TO nullifv
the sacred writ Of hGbens corpus, and for
one court to interfere with the jursdle-.
ton Of another Of equal authority To
say the least, the Indignation Of tha
be aroused TO such pitch that they will vine
from their statute books 30 ubiquitous Law.
We have always thought that II the attention
Of the honest people Of Louisiana could be-
drawn to the demOralizinR influence Of thfg
lottery law, they would insist upon being re-
lleVed by some measure from the disgrace Of
being one Of the few States Of the UniOEz
which still egalizHs such frauds and partt~
cularly from the odium Of granting nnCnOp-
oily TO one gigantic gambling company. We
therefore think the result Of the recent JUDI.
cial conflict in New Orleans will be for good.
The New Orleans DEMOCRAT has done good
service In opposing persi8tently the lottery
system OF Louisiana, and we believe that
public sentiment will at last drive the other
newspapers Of that city into similar course
Of hostility. No newspaper can long afford
10 support anything VIGOROUSLY vicious, nor
do we think that even 80 stuDendOus an in.
3titutiOn as the Louisiana State Lottery can,
by subsidy or In any other manner, long keep
up the credit Of Il newspaper in opposition to
the moral sentiment Of the people among
whom it Clrculates
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