The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-10-04
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tue past Polilicai history OF lfcst
4 United States, cay for the past twenty
years, will be handed Down to future
generations in such sllape-tllat is il
truthfnlly written--as will be Of moi
much commentator to The political
leaders Of the Republican party. II
is this party which has had control Of
the finances and Legislation for thai
period, and they are to be held re.
aponsible for what delinquencies have
occurred in the way of corruption and
robbery, not only Of the peoples hard
earnings, but of their rights and lib
critics. The history of those years
viii show another astounding fact.
That is, that wherever Democrat has
been so fortunate as to be elected to
office, it was under his government
that any of the past heritages of the
people were re-established. Also dur
ing that long period of shame, sorrow
and suffering, occasioned by Republi-
can rascally rule, the Democracy, and
the Democratic press throughout the
land, has always been foremost in the
fight against these rascals to restore
to the people their rights and TO re-
establish this government on an hon
orablc basis, and give back to the peo-
pie of all classes that which they have
been robbed by the scoundrels and
thieves of the Republican party.
Butthe strangest feature observable,
and the one that will be first to at
tract criticism, will be the fact that
the people should have permitted
themselves, with their ballots in their
hands, to be imposed upon for so long
q time. The question will ask itself
to future generations: "Were they
free peopleT We opine the answer
viii be '1f they were free, they
evidently were fools"
And nov we ask, shall the same
chapter of history be rehearsed in
November next9 We hope not. We
are not only not ready to say this
great nation is an aggregation of con-
summate fools; nor is it in the ma
jority a mass of corruption. We be-
lieve that honesty and good sense
prevails in this country, and will as
sert themselves in the approaching
Presidential election.
There is no other way of putting
the situation. 1t is honesty combat
ing dishonesty. Men who love liberty
and desire to hand it down TO their
progeny, are fighting anarchists who
are now before the people with the
name of monopolists. 1t is morality
lighting immortality. And we hope
that our country's history will not be
blackened by another overthrow of
the good element in this campaign.
But we desire our readers TO not be
too sure that they will be successful
in their efforts to right matters
but a determined fight
against the enemy will be fruitful.
Only think what these villains are
doing with the peoples money they
have stolen-the politicians of Penn
sylvania have sent e250,O0o to carry
Ohio, or in other words, and words
more appropriate, to purchase their
,hildren's liberty from the people of
hat State. The time may come when
American liberty may be a drug on
,he market of this continent, and hence
,heaply purchased; but we do not
it to be the case now, and
therefore we look forward to the re-
'ults in November with most eager
leart--the result that Cleveland and
Hendricks, honesty and good sense,
nave been victorious, and that dis I
honesty and rasealiLy have been de-
Gated, and that the assemblage Of the
pest citizens in this District at Frank
in to-day, may be endowed with the
necessary forethought and ingenuity j
o plan and carry out successful
ight in this District against the venal-
ty Of such scamps as VIM, Pitt KEEL
ogg and his horde of Federal Office
FOLDERS.