The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-12-15

The Situation.
N. 0. States

enongh from the country to nominate
him without receiving single Vote
from New Orleans, and he must be a
crack Drained cnthusiast who does not
know that he will receive a very large
vote from the city.
The Anything to beat McEnery"
war cry has, as we predicted it would,
proved dead failure. The campaign
Of reckless defamation will have dis,
astrous end. The sentiment of fair
play and Of resentment against slander
and persecution has a strong hold
upon the popular heart in every free
and intelligent community. An ignor-
rant mob can be Influenced by doma,
gogical appeals, but an enlightened
people will not believe, on unsup-
ported charges, that public servant
is a corrupt, dishonest and nnfsithfuI
Executive, when, under his wise ad-
ministration, they have seen the state
advance in career Of prosperity, its
finances established upon solid basis,
its waste lands and ruined properties
being reclaimed and reStoIcd, its char
tiles provided for, Its metropolis NOV
ing forward on new and rapid career
Of prosperity, aud its capitalists and
business men, secure in their pros
perity, turning from the turmoil Of
political strife, and dcvoting their en-
orgies TO the success Of an Exposition
which is attracting the attention of
the world. This is what the people
Of Louisiana have hrhrId under Gov.
McEnery's administration, and these
things are the refutation Of the dis
graceful charges that have becn pre-
ferrrd against the governor Of Louis,
lana.
The parishes that have sIohcn 81
far have cordially endorsed the gov
"rnor by very Iarg" majority; three
f"urths of those that appointed anti
McEnery delegates have expressed
their opposition in quite Indifferent
terms, and thair action appears to
have been almost entirely influenced
by the aspirations # local candidates,
and the advancement Of local meas
urcs. The fierce dcnunciations of the
governor have been left TO few dis
gentlemen and rabid news
papers, who have wrought themselves
mp to such a frenzy Of passion that
thcv have taken it into their fantastic
brains that our mild and gentIamHnIy
governor ls the representative Of the
Prince of Darkness, if he is not that
fell spirit himself
The count of delegates to. day stands
I39 for McEnery t. 40 against him.
The parishes will give him 200 aud
New Orleans will give him at least 50.
Aud thus, 20 par1phrasc figure Of
great English orator, are being swept
away that insect brood of ISLANDERS of
"a wrecked cause, which lave been fy-
blown into every remnant Of former
rottenncss in the state, in the vain
hope that the maggots had taken
wings their ccaSeIcss and importunatc
Ouzzing might sound something like |
The public voice.
There is no doubt that the more
malignant enemies Of the governor
bolt from the COnVen-
lien and the nomination of another
ticket which they will attempt by their
system of VituPeration and buIldozing,
10 force upon the people as "the
Democratic ticket" They will sig
nally fail. Gov. McEnery will be |
dominated at Baton Rouge by the
,cgular Democratic Conventions; he
SiIl be recognized, the malignauts to
he contrary Notwithstanding, as the
Democratic nominee, aud as snch he |
will be elected governor Of Lousiana.
Some of our esteemed friends aud |
may be moved to the
most melancholy forebodings by the |
,vent; they will expect to see the
state ruined, its crops smitten by |
nildew and rot, it's finances squan-
iered; its lands desOlatcd and aban-
ioned. To the eyes of the dissp.
pointed there is no brightness in the
sun; though that lorldIy Iuminary |
olazeS in transcepdent splendor they |
see only clouds and darkness; to them
there is no freshness in the morning |
ivw; the rose to their nostrils yields
no perfume; the world is dark and joy |
css. But our diseoBtented friends
should take heart Oar march is on
gard. There are yet, il 10 true, eyile |
u the state to correct, but they will !
be corrected. No administration
guided BY human wisdom aud human
hands can BE- fauitless, but there i
much outside Of ourselves and our
owu selfish wishes that is true, wise
md yirlpoHF; good and e,il IN this .