The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-10
THE STATES BuNKo LOTTERY.

ub EVuNDNGAHy VEL tIlA lUIENFV WRH luAN-
surated, BY the States becoming the champion
d general law to authorizes any Individual
Or corporation TO cell lottery tickets, policies
combinations and devices, upon the payment
of $4,000. No restrictions, limitations or safe
guards whatever are thrown around the people
by the provisions 81 bill which exposes the
people Of the State To the schemes OF any and
every gang Of irresponsible adventurers who
may have been run out Of other States 81 the
Union 40 inaleiauturs and debauuhers Of pub
lilo morals.
The States DECLARED that Il was the spirit
and Intention vi the Constitutional Oonven-
tion 10 encourage lotteries In the interest Of
education and charity.
In answer TO these propositions the DEMO
GRAF has established conoluslvely by well
recognized rules u construction that the pas.
sage of q general law of this character was In
direct conflict with the spirit and intention oi
the Constitutional Convention and the Will oi
the people, and that the very proposition now
advanced by the States was defeated by d
direct vote IN the Convention.
The DEMOCRAT has claimed that under The
letter and spirit " the constitution each and
every lottery charter or privilege must be
acted upon separately by the General Assem-
bly, Ia order that the public may be protected
In the conduct Of cuisines which Ia opposed
by the moral sentiment Of almost every State
III the Union.
The act published In the States yesterday ,s
In direct conflict with article 247 Of the oonst
tuition, upon which that paper seems to rely.
viz.
General laws shall be- enacted provldlnR for
the creation of private entparatiopR. aud ah u
therein pfpgide fully yor the adequate protection
of The pubic and ot me individual Stockholders.
Read the States' bill from tho title to
the repeating clause and not word can
be found which provides in the most remote
degree for "thaadequata protection OF hepub-
llc.' Or Or the individual Stockholders.
Under that bill any aud every scheme Of
lottery gambling may bs carried on, the
incorporates may rob and plumber people and
stockholders, and the swindlins adventurers
who have been driven out III other cities may
here ply their vocation with impunlty, pro-
tected by law.
The editor of The States claims that he ID
consistent In supporting proposition which
opens wide the door 10 all the evils which he
has heretofore detained against with 90
much vlgor. and has attempted TO prove that
his former warfare was mainly directed
against the monopoly feature that "the
moral phase Of the question never excited
any enthusiasm or earnest support" II viii
be quite q contribution to the literature Of
the day when his present position is recon-
ciled with hs declarations Of one year ago, a
sample Of which we reproduce:
New Orleans Democrat. January ~. 1871
The motive which prompted our crusade
against the lottery y broader and bitter than
We undertook to destroy that detnora iz,p4 In
flu4 nee III orr social system and that corrupt
that has prompted n, 81 enlightened nations to
prohibit lottei iee within their jurisdiction;
for the came re ron that the .legisla IRE
forbidden the. sale Of lottery tickets. within
~ borders; fer tho same reason that hae
groMpted Legislatures all over America 70 ct
hunt down. prcsecute and imprison az public
malefactors aud debauchers % public morals
,ss y ws q fS e Gs f
sals tbrou..hoai M Nor hern and Western
Ioais,ana ' and he Kentucky e'er'es Tor Tor
the same reason which ia the police authori-
ties Of New. rk. Louisville and Cincinnati TO
and imp rison their keepers ~ common ielons
( L the same reason that led Congress- To pro- |
nor circulars shcud b. circulated through the |
Upited States mails, thus placing such tickets
asuss IL eys q VIZ eba sa''e ae, pss
for the reason that II is = rscognized fact
throughout the Christian world that a great
,Stey a"sa e ,ne ons Wsh s1sts
in which men, women and children are eduea. |
ted for the faro bank and roulette table: for tho
tho highest bitch the gambling instinct. aud
hence In tho course Of time com pletely demor- |
ally " soci ty as far % tts Influence reaches. |
begin thta war, and these are the motives which |
Will influence us to pursue the Louisiana Lot |
terry. .ven Il the present Senate does not per
ton aud out Of the Cons stthttonRl Convention |
into the succeeding Legislature.
This, We think, disposes OF the States ar
0ument, which tends to establish the theory
that the chief objection to the Louisiana Lot
terry Company was the monopoly, theory
which we presume liz advanced for the pur- |
pose Of basing thereon All argument. that In
order to lessen one evil thousand greater
ones should be lot loose upon the public.
The DEMOCRAT has observed for some time
the movements Or the emissaries OF lottery
adventufers who have been driven by the
pOllCe IEOm Now lOIk AHu heHeuCAy, Auu
any observer can detect the well-known signs
Of lobby movement. Weinsist that the Cen
eral Assembly shall protect the public by
proper safeguards. and see that any person
Or parsons seeking TO engage In the bust
ness are reputable citizens. II lotteries are
10 be conducted In the State for the next
fifteen years, the people have right to de-
mand that they shall be carried on with
fairness, and the Legislature
should not open the door to the shameless
robbery which could be practiced under the
provisions OF the general law now before that
body. 55..
TIE INTEROOEAN CANAL.
The visit Of the famous engineer de Lesseps
20 Washington. and his exposition before the