The Opelousas courier., 1884-12-27
our Duty.
Sugar Planter.

lA AS SANetS StAo661o AZ
the party Of the people has triumphed
over that of wrong, oppression, mono
poly and stupidity.
? When the Democratic party again
assumes the reign of government, there
are a number of wise things for it to do
and a number Of unWise things for it to
avoid. s.
Among many wise things it should
do is, a rapid payment of the Notional
debt, SO that the millions of capital now
tied up in United States bonds may be
placed in the market for investment in
enterprises, and thus relieve the fnan-
cial distress that prevails throughout
the country.
1t must show to the country an hon
est desire to remedy the evils that have
prevailed for years in the management
of the affairs of the government, and
and must demonstrate the fact practi-
cally that the democratic party fought
for reform in reality and not merely fol
the possession of the offices.
We have, here in Louisiana, a very
important duty to PERFORM 1t is a well
known fact that we have a population
| about equally divided between the eau
casian and the negro.
The latter have been taught by de.
signing demagognes that once the Dem,
ocratic party gains power their rights
are gone ; that the amendments thai
| gave them their freedom and equality
before the law will be repealed.
Let us teach them better than thai
! by educating them and making them
| worthy of .the great born of citizenship
| Let us shBw them that they never have
enjoyed freedom until they supped its
lsWeets under the Democratic vine and
fig tree.
Let us show them that the better the
| citizens is, the better will he enjoy his
privileges that idleness is not a part
| of his right as a citizen unless he is able
to live without work ; that drunken.
ness, gambling and prostitution are
evils and unbecoming citizenship and
must be abandoned and finally lei
him understand that the worth of mar
is measured by his good moral charac,
ter and by his honorable and indus
trious habits, and not by the standard
vi IulCACSS,1 IA lmPuOOh
license.
There is one other thing that devel
opes upon Louisiana Democrats, an6
that is to cease the senseless wranglinl
that has been going on among them du.
ring the past twelve months.
Some editors may think they arr
making themselves famous by abusing
their fellow Democrats, who have dlsa'
greed with them III the past on mel an6
measures, but they are not.
They may think they are earning the
everlasting gratitude of a 'long suffer
ing people," but they are not.
But they are, by keeping up a use.
less, senseless and persistant wrangls
in the party, doing their State a very
great wrong.
All Of their ill-natured and harsh ut
terances are collected blythe enemies
of Louisiana abroad and are heraldel
among the reading millions of the Nortt
and of Europe as evidence of SoutheH
political degradation, intolerance an6
dishonesty proving oft-repeated as
s~ertions that the South is not a safe sec
ton to live in or to invest capital in.
Vituperation and SANDER against oul
Estate administration may be pleasing
pass-time for some. writers, but it il
death to the business prosperity of thu
State.
Now, the question arises Would i
not be better for one entire people tt
abandon their past differences during
the next three or four years and benz
their whole time, talents and energies
to build up the prosperity of our State
No man is going to invest his money
in a State where pandemonium exists
where every man one meets is ready
to accuse his neighbor of being a specu.
lating trickster of a political ringstel
"a political or financial pirate, as il
were.
No, gentlemen if you wish YOU
State to become PROSPEROUS and power.
ful in the future, you must cease YOU
wrangling and devote yourselves &c
pursuits more profitable to your State
and to yourselves.