Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-10-08

The following article 10 ehpped from tue
". o. City Item and is fepublishcd here
only to show What the supporters Of Og-
den, and opponents Of Wilt, claim to he
the prime motive Of their boom. The
Wilt faction Of course would deny that
any Of these structures could apply to
them. The war has been lively one be-
tween these two aspirants, bnt has now.
We trust ~ Settled in such q manner that
the people will not suffers
"Our supreme need az n people is to be
r-lirve, of cDrrup' and cxtravagant meth
DDS III the management Of our public at
falrs. Any system, no matter by what
! flattrring name we call il, Is utterly sub
versivr Of the genuine principles Of self
| government if il fills Positions of public
trnst with ambitions rnscality or corrupt
imbeciity. There are always right men
for the right places, aud the system must
he held accountable if, through the pres
sure Of that twin munster, Greed and
Fraud. TINY nre thrust aside.
| Ever since the close of the war Louisl-
ana has been suffering. rs no State ever
before suffered, through the malignant
greed Of persons placed in authority over
her without any Of the formalitirs Of n
Const itntIoual consent. BIT after long
years of patient waiting, one grand heroic
effort was made, and, as a house of cards,
! the stronghold If the vampires fell. III
fort was crystalizrd into drlivcrancr, and
consent was supposed to he completely
rr-rstablished ~ the foundation of self
government. The Bourbon boys were,
however, hungry. They had long watched
the vampire Radicals as they fat,-ncd
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aud they wanted To have their turn, even
~ the l-raelit.s, after their release from
bondage. sighed and hankered after the
ilrshpots of Egypt. Thus it came about
that tt1r- rrw-rrrrumhrnts were little less
rayruous than those they had displaced
and the people. who expected to have the
iniolrrahr burden lifted from their Shout
drr, were cruelty disappointed
Tired OF having their substance wasted
10y either usnrprrs or pr"tcndrrs, the peo-
pie, stirred 10y the pr"mptngs Of n sober
second Thought. have arisen in their might
to demand the Constitutional privilege of
establishing u genuine selfgoNernment in
which no cxtortiunatr idlrr shall find "A
place. and no outlay shall he made which
il not warranted hy public necessity and
public opinion. In both State aud city We
have been paying two or three prices for
most of our public services, while su-pi-
cions of leakage hay" extensively prevail
ed. What il now demanded il n return
Ia the economical prrcedents Of the Faith
cr~, and the experimenting of severe econ
omy 10y rigid accountability. The signi-
iicanrc Of the Ogden bonn finds both its
sfimulant and its sanction in this demand
Those who have shown their greed for sal
aries in a Thousand ways and have wholly
failed to establish an interest in the re-
/ far s1 p,l al m led IN I
surprised when they are waived aside and
more reliable men are pushed boldly to
the front.
No theatrical prrtcnce Of public service,
where the word il not cnrrohoratrd by the
deed will serve to satisfy the public that
this or that schcming politician is in real
ity statesman. The Man must be- found
who will snnciify the Place aud aid in re-
lieNing the people of their crushing bur
dcns."
We are pleased To learn that the Odd
Fellows Lodge at this place is growing in
strength. The principles Of the order are
of that character which renders il special
~ attractive to all good men. The organi-
zatr"n of men into societies for mutual
relief in times of sickness and distress il
made necessary 10y the general Indifference
Of mankrn to the cry Of pain aud mis-.
cry unless motives uf -clt-intcrrst cause
! them tn act. Odd Fellow ship, when prop
crly understood and when practically
cN"mpliirt, does more toward humanizing
and hrnriiting SncI-ty than any other
Institution Of similar nature. The com
munIty will hr greatly benefited 10y the
prosperity of Homer Lodge.
The Radical papers claim that they will
obtain victory in Ohio by large majnrl-
~ and that the victory is already gained;
but circular tn office holders declares
that cash j. wanted, and that unless il il
furnished AZ once the campaign viii stop.
Aud now To- on sci all this Senator Thur
man declares that the Democracy will
elect Ewing aud will carry the Legislature
also.
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