St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-09-11

much need to begin the Work OF nation
al reformation.
To you, mothers, whose solitude
! necessarily hovers, like the wings
OF guardian angel over the vel
fare of your offspring, we appeal for
moral assistance. Be with us; speak
for lis the cause we arc advocating is
noble, and in yOnreyes it should be holy.
We are fighting against many odds, OBJ
sOletc ideas, the source Of our present
misfortunes, in order to bring about, in
this age Of progress. the emancipation
| and independence of the rising genera
ton and in that generation are to be
| found your own children.
Turning 10 you fair maidens whose
whole C0untenanceS speaks that sweet
and persuasive language winch has no
need of words, and the electrical lnfiu-
ence of which permeateS and sabdues
| every heart. so as to make you the su-
preme arbiters of our mind and purse,
we trust we err not in believing that
you will CO. operate with us in the
great work of reformation i'll which
You are yourselves so much interested:
True to your mission OF usefulness and
loveliness, our cause under your pat
ronagc, must inevitably prosper, and
shall ultimately triumph; and if the
power of fascination of the first born
of your sex was such as to lead man, III
| time past, a willing prey to self-de-
struction, how easy it must be for you
now to win him over to new state OF
things calculated to dispel from your
brows, in the future, every shadow OF
anxiety and trouble and to endoW your
pleasant and cheerful faces with those
perpetual smiles which are the main
source of his greatest happiness.
! Lastly tn hers ut the DTpSC.
the leading stars of public opinion to
you, the power through the ordeal OF
which every new scheme OF combination
has to pass to be, there, scrupulously
sifted and analyzed in order to be finally
discarded or advocated, we ask, will
you not lend us the might of your in
fuence? A commendatory article from
you, may cause aspark OF good will to
spring up in every heart, and may push
onward our embryonic organization with
such irresistible force that, once started,
nothing can hinder its rapid develbp-
ment throughout the land: Let us
boldly proclaim to the world that the
citizens of Louisiana and OF New Or
leans, are determined to redeem their
trade from its crippled condition and
restore it to the lustre which it can
rightfully claim.
Why not do like our competitors IN
the broad market of the world9 Their
business ramiticatiOns are spreading
farther and farther, until they are
nearly ready to drain the sources of
our wealth to our prejucice. Shall we
suffer it? Why not make an effort and
with concert of action, win the vlctoryg
True, it takes millions to redeem
millions-such vast Interests as we have
at stake, cannot be redeemed; such
unbounded resources as we have within
our reach cannot be developed without
a gigantic effort, and that effort, to be-
come etfcctual, must spring up from
every citizens purse or eoodwill-and
here, let us not say that we have no
cupital-we have the largest and surest
capital in the world. 1t consists, in the
richness and incredible fertility Of our
soil in the salnbrity Of our temperate
climate, and in the desire of millions Of
immigrants, to find "hOmen provided
with all the elements of comfort and
happiness, and such home they can
find in our midst, in Louisiana, the par
adise of the Western Hemisphere.
True again, it should require men of
J exceptional integrity and ability, to be
placed at the head of such organizations
) as those contemplated by lis, but is it
supposed that such men are scarce
amongst us, and can be lacking when
needed
When France boasts of DeLesseps
who can, upon his own responsibility,
and to the perfect satisfaction OF all,
handle hundreds Of millions, can we not
, throw our Beauregard in the scales, to
counterbalance such an overwhelming
amount of integrity Are not such
names as Gibson, Ellis, Nichols, Pills
, bury, Wilt, Converse, Bush, Baldwin,
Rocherau, Lavergne, Surgi, Bigney,
, D'Abzac, Mitchell, Limet, Bringier, De-
\ Clouet, and thousands of others with
: which we might fill up column after
: coumn-are they not, we say, the rep
, rescntatives of the highest elements of
: integrity, ability and talent? Can we,
for single minute, entertain the idea
trusted to such hands, would ever be
, sqnandered or misa pplied? Public
opinion answers. No!
t Then, fellow citizens, we bescech you
) come one and all to the rescue! On the
great clock of time the needle points
out, in unmistakable signs, the line Of de-
} marcation between the dark clouds OF
t adversity which slowly vanish in the
, distance, and the glittering sunbeam
|, which already tinges the sky OF oul
t future prosperity. Yonder, behind the
} huge mountain of oblivion, shall lie,
2 burned fyrezer, tle last aestiaos OF tic
t most unscrupulous and uncailed fol
+ oppression which ever checked and
subdued the noble aspirations of a chiv-
, alric people, whilst now, ahead of us,
like the brilliant star which, in the
desert, led the Israelites from slavery
7 on to liberty, advances With majestic
t strides, clothed with all the insignia of
integrity, virtue, honor and patriotisnl
: our unconguerabie hero, Winfield Scott
Hancock, the next President Of this
) great confederacy.
} Fellow citizens of all classes, we,
( this day, request every member OF our
community 10 look over, study, weigh
r carefully, and to ponder the advantages
of the plan which we are advocating
1t embraces every feature Of our social
!, organization and the results to be
t achieved by it, will we hope, prove as
great in their practical application as
+ they are wonderful in their theoretical
5 demonstration.
Through our plan, every planter be-
comes able, if he wishes it, to dispose
of his plantation for the public good
! and yet retain in it an interest, growing
/ in the course of time, fully as large as
e the one he now enjoys. Through it the
4 immigrant shall! find the means of rapid
| ly attaining comfort and Independence
Moreover, we offer to the city the
D means of giving lucrative employment
3 to Its countless labopcrs without work.
!, We offer to the feebler sex a fail
| chance of quickly restoring to healtl
, it's emaciated and toll worn form.
ri W., offar tn nvery houSa in the land