The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-22
Il seemed that the reign Of Radicallsm was to

be perpetual.
But we have cited instances sufficient
to brand ''falsehood" upon the brazen
front OF the Lottery Company, which az
firms ION the sacredness of oaths" that 1t has
not meddled In the politics of the State. In
the very nature Of things this company, as
long as 1t exists, must intermeddle in politics,
though 1t can never have any politics itself.
An institution prescribed by enlightened ma
| tions, existing in contravention OF public
morals, living and continuing outrage upon
society; mere gambling monop-
oily OF the most dernoralizing character,
1t is, OF necessity, at constant war with So
ciety and government, and must be constant
ly seeking to identify itself with and control
the dominant political party in the State, and
to restrain, by bribery In one form or another,
the representatives OF the people. 1t is alb
surd for the Lottery Company to
deny its participation In our politics
and legislation. The denial is false
hood on It's face. The Lottery Company
knows that it has interfered in politics; it
knows thai the people have become acquainted
with Its power; 1t knows that its power Is per-
nicious. and that the people are resolved to
upon q broad. brazen, empty falsehood.
We shall In this article refer to only one
other allegation in the card of the Lottery
Company. PROCESSING" says the card,
lat times, an invncible opposition to
all monopolies, 1t tthe DEMOCRAT has
passed over all other monopolies ex-
cept ourselves" The statement or charge
that this paper has passed over all
monopolies except the Lottery monopoly is
untrue. The DEMOCRAT has attacked the
Slaughter-house the Gaslight Company, the
Sugar Shed Company, and all others. We
have done this time and again, as the files Of
this journal will show, and we propose to at
tack them again. That we have made the
Lottery monopoly the chief object Of
attack Is true. We have done 80 for
the reason that we found 1t
impossible to follow up all these Institutions
with such vigor as would insure their over
throw and we singled out the one we re-
garded as the most perncious-the Lottery
monopoly. When one is broken down it will
be comparatively easy to repeal the monop-
oily features Of the others and place them
under such restrictions as to prevent their
being heavy tax upon the people while they
supply the great needs of the city, subject TO
competition.
More we may have to say tomorrow OF the
Lottery card. The people of the State demand
the repeal Of the company's charter, and we
trust and believe the Senate will lose no time
in acting on the repeal bill now before 1t.
Ii the Lottery Company has vested rights
let it go into the courts and defend
them. 1t has gone into those tribunals to as
sail the personal liberty OF many of our citi-
zens, and to endeavor, through the machinery
Of the law, to rob other citizens Of their money
earned by hard and honest labor In the
courts OF the State we believe it will receive
such justice as it is entitled to. Let the Sem
ate then send 1t into those tribunals whittier
1t should be willing to go, and where, we
trust, it will find attorneys to defend it with
more decancy and temper than was exhibited
In its card, printed in the Times and Picayune
yesterday morning.