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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

CONGRESSMAN TUCKER, of Virginia
has written an elaborate and interest
ing article on Race Progress in the
United States.n He shows that from
1890 to 1860 there was a gradual de-
cline of 10. s per cent in the natural in
crease of the colored population. In
the last 90 years the whites have gained
and the colored people havo lost about
per cent. There are at present, in round
numbers, 100000 coloIed people in
the Southern States to 12,460,000 whites;
in the other States of the Union
there are about 3O,OO0,OOOof whites to
5000 colored persons, or as so to one.
A curious fact in connection with our
foreign population is that, notwith-
standing the heavy immigration Of the
last 90 years, the percentage of Europe
an-born citizens is not now as large as as
hereafter grow gradually less, Mr..
Tucker points out, owing to the fact
that the native population is nearly
doubling evry 25 years.-States.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

He D1DN'T KNow.-One of our col
cred preachers, who, judging from his
general appearance and dignified de-
pertinent, one would suppose was well
versed in Scriptural teachings, was ac-
cAsted the other day, while on his way
to town, by one Of his "colored breth-
rem with the following question: The
Bible says de fust man and 'oman was
Adam and Eve and dat dey WIS white ;
now where did / cum frum? The Rev.
Gentleman didn't know and his inter-
1ocntor went on remarking that he new
er did bleve muffin de Bible said no
how.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16
ROOMS DEMOCRATIC ExECU-
TIVE COMMITTEE.
Parish of St. Landry, Feb. 9th 1884.

Parish of St. Landry, Feb. 9th 1884.
Hon. E. D. Estilette, delegate at large to the
parish Executive Committee, appointed by the
Democratic Convention held in st. Landry,
Dec 9Th, 1888; in accordance with u call pre-
yiously made; called the committee to order;
when on call of the roll, the following Police
Jury wards were found duly represented viz:
Ist, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 9Th, Sth and 39th
wards. Not represented, 18th ward. On motion
the committee was duly organized by the cleo
ton OF Hon. E. D. Estilette as President, and
Hon. F. F. Perrodin, Secretary and Treasurer.
On motion Of Mr.. E. Duhuisson, the Hon. VIM.
A. Robertson was unanimously elected dele
gate from the Parish of St. Landry tothe State
Central Executive Committee in accordance
with the resolution of the last Democr attic Con-
vention at Baton Rouge. On motion of F. F.
PerrOdin, the OpelOusas Courier was selected as
the official organ of the committee. On motion
of Hon. W. A. Robertson, committee of five
was appointed to act as a campaign committee
and the chair appointed on said committee,
Messrs W A. Robertson, E. Dubnisson, 81. L.
Garland, Mentor Andrus and Paul Stage. On
motion of Raymond T. Clark the committee ad-
journed subject to the call of the President.
E. D. ESTILETTE,
F. F. Perrodin, President.
Secretary.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

The United States Government has
paid over $10O,OOO,0O0 in cash and
given more than $200,000,000 worth of
land to aid the construction of four
railroad lines to the Pacific, and now
it seems for consideration of $500, 900
year the new Northern Pacific has
bound itself not to compete with the
other Pacific roads. These roads then
will continue to exact five cents a mile
from passengers and proprotionately
exhorbitant rates for freight. The
roads have not cost half the amount
of the Government subsidies, and they
have become the property of few men
who are coming enormous fortunes out
of their legalized monopoly, while by
their special contract system they
WELD power over the political bust
ness affairs of States aud citizens such
as would be tolerated in no civilized
country on the globe. IF Congress
does not overthrow this monopoly now,
it will own Congress in a few
years.-Bossier Banner.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

CARL PRETzEl's SERMoN.-Mine
dear friends, Cihere vas tree tings | got
me much wonder. Der first vas, dot
schmall childs should be SO foolishness
as to make sthones und shdicks gone
OBJ der shweet abble trees to make down
der beech nuts; for of obey will yoost
let dem alone obey will soon fall diem
selves down. Der second one vas dot
mems will been so foolisnness as to gone
to var und kill de odder; of Obey would
let EN- alone, pooty gwick obey die by
dheir own self.-Der last ting vas, und
de one dat | got me most wonder at,
vas dot young men vos SO unwise as
to gone for der young vimmens, ofer
obey would only shtop at home der gals
would come pooty gwick by diem.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

v The parish Democratic eommitte held
d very important meeting on the 9th
inst they elected w. A. Robertson to
represent the Democracy of st. Landry
on the State committee, and elected the
Opelousas Courier the organ of the
committee. As the parish convention,
of December 9th, which elected this
committee, directed the nominees for
the Senate and House OF Representa-
fiyes to endeavor to have the charter Of
Howard's lottery repealed, or stricken
from the constitution. and as it was
owing more I'd The efforts of DR.. Rob-
ertson than to anyone else that it was
iucorp0rased in the constitution, the
appropriateness of his selection by this
particular committee to represent the
parish in the State committee is very
eyident--to say nothing OF his acting
in tile double capacity of member of
two committees. As there are three
newspapers published in this parish, all
of which haze the State and parish
Democratic tickets at their mastheads,
and as neither of these papers, that we
are aware of, ever refused, without mo-
ney and without price, to publish any
thing furnished by the Democratic
parish committee, the appropriateness
of the committee selecting a special
organ is also very evident, especially
when the other papers are also fur
nished with the proceedings the organ
can have put over its cfice door in illu-
minated characters ORGAN OF THE
PARISH DEMOCRATIC COMMIT
TEE, and the other papers can't ; that's
about the difference. All have heard of
the metaphorical attempt to bore two
inch hole with an inch anger but here
we have the reverse attempt to bore an
jnch hole with two-inch auger.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

When one man murders fello W be-
ing in cold blood the grand jury
generally indicts the offender, and a
long, tedious and expensive trial
ensues, which generally results in the
murderer being turned adrift on the
cold unfriendly world, branded with
the terrible stigma of emotional or some
other equally loathsome kind of in
sanity. Occasionally, though, very
T noor wretch ret who has neither money
or friends, and say that he must be
elevated to Heaven and immortal glory
through the fundamentally of rope
n snch cases the accused has not
friends and money enough to enable
him to weather the indignation which
the insanity stigma creates and he is
sent off to better country through
pity.-Claiborne Guardian.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

The people should reject the amend
roant to the debt ordinance which pro-
noses to increase the interest on the
banded debt, and we have, no doubt,
Int that the people will reject it.
The bond holders have resorted to the
courts and failed, and have no claims
mon the people. The debt was fraud
fd start With. The Constitution was
liberal with the holders of these bonds,
and The adjustment made by the Con-
YER. Of '79 should be regarded as
Anal. The hondholders did not accept
This amendment and now have no
claims np0n which to ask the people to
adont it.-Claiborne Guardian.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

Returning to the United States
bnrean of statistics continued to show a
marked decrease in the number Of i'm
nliarants arriving in this country com
nared with the statistics for the last
and previous years. Germany though
still sending third Of the immigrant
who VIM come to the shores of the United
saates. shows the notable decrease,
II. and coming next. The percentage
falling off is in the neighborhood of
farty ner cent, in each case. This
shows the Influences by which it is
sanobf to deter immigration are still
nreTalent in Fatherland. However,
there il d falling offin all nationalities,
though none are so marked as those
named.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16
why the Great Cause Failed.

Richard Grant White in the North
American Review:
The South had fought to obtain an
inequality of personal rights and an
aristocratic form of society. The North
had fought, not in crusade for equal
ity and against aristocraey, but. Tor
money for the riches 1t had acquired
and that the newly developed means OF
acGuirinp riches might be destroyed;
for nothing else. After the first flush
of enthusiasm caused by the lombard
ment of Fort Sumter firing on the
flagn-had subsidized, before which no
insult, no defiance, and notably-very
notably-no enthusiasm for liberty and
equality had been able to awaken
enough fighting spirit in the North to
lead the administrators of the Federal
Government to take any important
steps for it's Decentralization this ex-
citement had subsidized, and yet the war
must needs be prosecuted or the gov
eminent destroyed, the contest became
one of money for the sake of money.
The war was virtually carried on by
the moneyed men, the business men OF
the North. They furnished its sinews,
and this they did for their own inter-
est. Many of them grew rich by the
war; most of them saw that in it's sue
cessful prosecution lay their future
prosperity. The war time was money
making process. The Federal Govern
ment was victorious simply because it
had the most men and the most money.
The Lost Cause failed simply because
it's men and money we're exhausted ;
for no other reason. Inequality came
to an end in the South; equality was
established throughout the Union; but
the real victors were the money max
ers, merchants, bankers, manufactur-
ers, railway men, monopolists and spec
ulators. 1t was their cause that had
triumphed under the banner of freedom.
Gen. Grant has been roughly handled
by the caricaturists and paragraphists
as a beggar. Verify, his reward has
been very small at the hands OF those to
whom he rendered his chief service.
If the business men of the. North bad
given him an income of $1,000 day,
and Gen. Sherman one of $500, they
would have insufficiently acknowledge
ed what these stubborn soldiers did for
them.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16
C1ONsTARFG's SALE.
soLoMQ YLoEB VS.. MOSES ALLEN.
1ug1EcRs COURT, 1st WARD.

BY yirtus of a writ of fl ia issued out
Of the list u Atice of the Peace Court of the
Parish of ST. landry to me directed, to satisfy a
Judgment III teredin above entitled suit, wilT
sell at the Cf arthouse door in the town of OPP
e1feN-Ce3 oDa MONDAY, March 3rd, 1883, at
IF 8 clock A M, the following described prop
erty, vizspST\
A certian tract of and situated about two
miles from the town Of Opelonsas containing
five arpents more or less, with buildings and
improvements thereon, bounded north by
lands of Jules Debaillion, south by Linwood
plantation, east by land OF ULCER Roy and west
By land of julius Allen.
Terms-Cash.
A. E. MCKINNEY.
feb q Constable LIST Ward. st. Landry Par.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16
TO BE A VIRTUE.

TO BE VIRTUE.
Since the sad end of the late struggle, Doc
tors of various Political Schools have pretended
and assumed to be able to bring fair Louisiana
to the position she so justly deserves among
our galaxy of States. These Doctors nave fol-
lowed in their treatmant OF Frustrated Loulsl-
ana, pretty much the course OF the ancient
quack DOstOrs, who invariably resOrted TO the
process Of bleeding no matter how weak their
patients were. The policy of each new admin
istration seems to have aimed especially TO the
exhaustion and squandering OF the States Vi
tally, its finances.
Threatened with a new lease of the same
Doctors who have by their omission or commits
sion, reduced large portion of the people OF
the State to starvation and Disqualification
ing absolute humiliation shortly, unless
some speedy relief is aHOrded-yery little relief
is to be expected from source from which we
have vainly looked for it for the last many
years.
do not offer myself as one of these Supreme
Doctors, who claim the ability to cure all ills,
but it is a notorious fact that many physical
ailments winch nave bean treated Dy the most
eminent physicians, and given up as lncuraDle,
have often yielded to, and been cured by very
simple remedies.
advocate. should you honor me with your man
date, will mention few which consider OF
paramount Importance, viz:
Such reform of the school system OF the State,
as will insure its benefit equally to alpOcaities
and encourage competent and jndlc1ous men to
enroll themselves as teachers.
Such measures as could tend to the establish
men t of regular current of immigration into
Louisiana.
And such measures as could tend to the de-
velOpment of the natural resources of the
State especially the sugar mandatory indus
try, 50 that every farmer in the cane region of
the State might be enabled to raise it with some
certainty of being able to dispose Of it to ad-
vantage; and also measures to attrect the in
vestnent of other capital in this State.
Unless dead or sick, shall deliver public
address and treat more fully of the above meas
ures, and other kindrid topics in English and
French in the Courthouse at Opelousas, on Sun
to which all the voters, but more particularly
the farmers and wOrkingmen, are respectfully
requested to attend.
Wishing every voter who can attend, to be
present, 1 pledge myself to utter no words
which could roughly bruise any one in his par
ty feelings. Come one! Come all J!
AUREL ARNAUD.
Arnaudville, La, Feb. 1884.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

We are unable to publish all the pro-
ceedings of the police jury this week.
The jury appropriated $500 payable out
of the corporation criminal tax of 1884,
to be collected from the town of 0pe-
lousas, for the purchase of o suitable
LOT Of ground for the erection of a mar
ket house and engine house in said
town, provided the town cede back to
Che parish the ground on the Courthouse
square now occupied by the market
house.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

Mr.. C. l.. Hayes and Mrs. M. NJ. Hayes
returning in buggy from a wedding at
PIaquemine Ridge, Thursday afternoon,
passed near the railroad depot where
the hand car was; the horse took fright
at it, aud backed the buggy till it was
tnrned over and broken. The occu-
pants escaped unhurt.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

There should be an oil or rice mill, one
Or both, at Opelousas. We know of sew
eral good sites, where plenty of water
could be easily had, near to transporta-
ton. More produce is shipped from
Opelousas, than from any other poiut
On the Morgan railroad which is proof
there would be no lack of cotton seed or
rice for such mills. The only things
lacking are energy, enterprise and a
little capital.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16
Loses the Thread.
Exchange.

When young man tries for three
minutes in church to brush a sunbeam
off his coat, under the impression that
it is a streak of dust, and then looks
up and sees pretty girl laughing at
him, he kind of loses the thread OF the
sermon. temporarily, as it were.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

Judging from the number of suicided
occurring daily in all parts of the
union, one would be led to conclude
that pessimism has largely increased,
and that men ond women have come to
to think "life is not worth living. IN.
o. Chronicle.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

We are glad that our police jury had
the firmness to stand by their action in
regard to the railroad land grant. They
deserve great credit. See proceedings.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

'sMy son." said an old Negro, ''now
dat you's onten de penitentiarY, try
tir keep out, an'arter dis, doan steal,
least wise, doanCo lack yer did befo',
steal par o. boots wat was too big fur
vessel and too little fur yer ole daddy
Eff yer KANT pick up suthin' dat'H do
yer some good, be homes. -Siftings.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

Hon. E. D. Estilette, the president,
has our thanks for the proceedings OF
the Democratic committee,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

"Nop she said, stating her ca Sc to q
divorce lawyer, T never did love him.
I married him because he kept an ice
cream parlor, and he basely deceived
me three months later by selling out
and going into another business"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16
OF ADMINISTRATION.
ESTATE OF ARENA DAIGLE.

No. 45O7
PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT,
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
Whereas Pierre Richard of the par
ish of st. Landry, has applied by
his petition to he Amounted admins
TRAITOR of the estate Of Arena Daigle
Therefore, any person intending TO make OPP
position to said appointment, will file the same
in writing in my Office in the town of OpelOu-
sas, within ten days from the present notice.
JAMES o. CHACHERE,
jan 26-2t Clerk.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

After three weeks and a half of very
warm spring-like weather, the wind
shifted to the northwest last Wednesday
afternoon, and it Turned quite cold.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

Services at the Presbyterian Church
tomorrow Sunday at Il o'clock 9. M,
by Rev. r. w. Lewis.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

The large investments in land in this
coun try made by English Peers are not
likely to be of any great immediate
benefit to us, at least for years to come.
ago > 20 bought 100000 acres in Texas and
New Mexico, and the earl of Denslow.
who few weeks ago made large pur-
chases in the same part of the country,
say they have put their money for long
they do not expect any returns for 90
or 80 years in other words they have
taken up immense tracts of our land,
and intend to sit back and idly wait
for us to make the land valuable.-N.
O. States.
Between the land grants to railroads,
and such purchases as the above, in a
hundred years from now the land Of
the United States will be mainly owned
by a few individuals, as in Edglandl
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

Some few Of our farmers have done
considerable blowing; but most of the
fields about here haven not been touched.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

We call attention to Mr.. Aurel Ar
naud's announcement.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

The Concordia Sentinel says: "The
individual members OF the Legislature
may not be much of person when
considered in his individual capacity,
but when the members are taken col
lectively they have much power for
good or evil. Important interests Of
the State are to be acted upon by the
Legislature, and IL that body is made
up of corrupt men, who care nothing
for the interests of the State, or are not
as scrupulous in looking after these
interests as they should be. it can readi-
ly be seen what would be gained by
having a Legislature composed of
solid, honest, conscientious men,"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

Mr.. Aurel Armand, of Arnaudville,
will deliver an address at the Court
house on the gath inst. See his an
nouncement.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

Joseph c. Gibbs, of Opelousas, has
been appointed notary public for St.
Landry parish.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

We favor tariff on imports sufficient
for revenue to support the Government.
We wonld abolish the internal revenue.
We favor gold, silver and paper as the
currency of the country, and believe we
have no more OF it than we need. We
favor States rights, secession out OF the
question, we think the perpetuity of
our Government in its present form
depends vitality upon the recognition OF
those rights as guaranteed by the Con-
stitution. We believe in strict con-
struction of the Constitution. We are
opposed to monopolies controlling the
Government, State and National. We
favor the largest liberty to the people,
consistent with good government, and
are opposed to lots Of things that we
will not take time to mention now.
Our sympathy is with the people,, the
capitalist are able to protect themselves.
We don't believe in fanatics or ex-
tremeists in any party and believe
that all parties have fair share of
them. No party, in our opinion, has
monopoly of the dishonest politicians,
Of which there are lots of them. We
believe in future state of rewards and
punishments, and Democrats as we'll
as Republican, Greenbackers and pro-
hibitionists will catch the devil II they
don't behave themselves. -Bossier
Banner.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

There was ice here yesterday morn
ing, and the ground frozen in places.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

Our delinquent subscribers would de-
light us by paying up.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16
TO THE VOTERS OF THE PARISH OF
ST. LANDRY.

I am a candidate for Representative to the
Lower House of the General Assembly OF Loui-
siana at the election in April next.
FoRBEARANcE ITSELF SOMETIMES cEAsETH
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-16

District Court is still in session.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1884-09-29
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