, 1879-06-14
LOUISIANA LYING.

The testy 1oHehstons, who had unlouo
threo tailora and hnd four qusrrels, nom.
mated to Jaq4es In their order tho degrees Of
the lic, M follows;
40 slr, we quarrel In print by tho book; as
you hasa booka for good manners, l will namo you
tho dggrses, The drss, tho Rctort courteous; the
second, the Quip modest: tho thit1: tho Nep,y
cburlish; the fourth, tho Roproot valiant; the
fifth, tho counterehesk quasro'tome; tho sixth.
tho Lilo With circumstance; tho seventh, tho Lia
direct. All these you may avoid. but the 'Lto
direct: and you may avoid that too. With an IT, l
know when scven Justices could not take up a
quarrel; but. when tho parties wcro mot them.
soives, ono Of thcm thought bat OF an II, al "
yoH tafd 70, fhsaI saia 10 !; and they shook hands
and swore brothers. fonr II ID the only peace
maker; much yirsuo In ~
It Ia greatly to DO regretted TINT Louiajana
politics were not known in BuAKspEARE'a
time, not only because he might largely have
increased his catalogue Of lies, but because
with lis close insight into men md motives
he would havo characterized tho additional
styloa of lies with a happy dogroe of shading
and M artness Of comparison that no ono
now oan lopoto attain. Louisiana has fur
ntshed six liars who arc not only champions
In that personal Accomplishment, but differ
from each oiller in their style Of lying rs
much NJ they differ in their personal appear
anco. Generally thoy might be onssi-
fed ms red.headed liars, blonde liars,
brunette liars, mud chnreoal liars; but
thoso distinctions oonyoy no apprccin-
llo idca Of tho rcal characteristics Of
Louiaiana liars who have reached perfoo-
ton Of individual dotail mud an elegance OF
an %,+.utd -,,.1.o ,,,7 c-,1
sArpnnA desperate, wero those two wortAies
alive at tho present time. ANDERSON, for ill.,
stance, was red.lairel, i1npudont liar, aud
put in bis strongest efforts, aa lo was do
sirons Of making a record. There was notl-
ing particularly artistic in lis lying, tho de-
foct being attributable to lia want Of ex-
perience, and the result wns that ho Was
continually tripped up because Lo couldn't
cover lia trucks. IIe Ind, however,, that Pc
cuiiar aud essentIal characteristic Of suooess-
ful Louisiana liars, impudenco, we'll loyc1-
oped. Mrs. Jrxxs, on the ether hand, was
artistic In ler stylo, and her naendacity
withal was marked by agrooablo hnlnor and
piquant saucincas. Hhe had also tue porfoct
consciousness that gho was DEN BurLERa
| superior In irregular statement; honco,
tloro being no necessity 10 guard
herself, ler deyiationa from tho arti.
clio TINT lies at tho bottom Of tho
| wo1l wero daring, etljcreal, volatile, md
pretty. Wo need not dovoto much space to
Weber, for his llos wero clumsy aud Gu
tiroly devoid Of gonius. Ilo couldn't lie
my better than tho average. Tho oolorcd
brethren In Louiaiann, 1t strikes us, arc on
tho who1o superior to tho whitca. They
hare adopted their policy, to he sure, but
| thoy hayo improved upon 1t, They arc more
courageous In their lying, md thoy Justify
1t. III this regard they aro' to bo admired.
11uoH DE LAoY, for instance, was an arisio-
CRATIC liar. 11o evidently believed that CON-
mon niggors had no right TO lie, this priv
ilcge being confined Ia. those Of gentle birth
md co1oc-colored blood When pressed
upon this matter Of lying, he defended him.
self, aud gave uttoraucq, quito unwitt!ng'y,
we presume, to a groat truth, when he do
clared TINT III Louisiana lying Is "polI.
tics" 1'his, however, is oaly. thu
truth partly told, for "politics" iii
Louisiana is not = only lying, but
brtbiug, stealing, swinqling, forging, ballot
boz stuting. and bullduzing; and, a. 1t "a
impossible TO elect M official in that State
except by ono Of these, processes, tho leduc.
tion is logical ono that all tho politicians ia
that Slate ars either' Liars, blackmailers,
thieves, swindlers, forgasa, bailot-bo1 stuff
ors, or b.illdozoss. Dro.her JouasoR il q
belltgerent and 1ghting linr, who iooks upon
lying ~ personal Accomplishment, but llas
q sensitive nature aud: does not like to be
twitIsa Of it, coaABA AuSnt'y 1t Ia natural