St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-09-19
LOUISIANA POLITICS.
New ORLEANS, SEPT. l, 1886.
A TALK TO THE CRANKs.


at a gnat and swallow camel. "
You make a great noise about
whisky drinking yet have nothing
to say abeut the fraudulent govern
ment you are living under-about
the peoples money going to adorn
harlots and about the immoral ex-
ample set your sons and daughters
by those who should be representa-
tive Of the best element Of the peo-
pie and whose characters should
shine for the emulation Of the future
generations.
You make a great talk about
carrying weapons Fools, don't you
know that you only disarm the law
abiding that the lawless element
will not pay the least attention to
all the laws you can make for that
object, and that they rejoice in such
laws because it puts the more cour-
ageous of the better element in their
power in case Of a collision, while
that better element is defending
their and your rights. Also that
your hoodlumites Legislatures are
well pleased to pass such laws be-
cause it amuses your narrow brains
and distracts your attention while
corruption, dishonor, immortality
clothed in fine cloth and silk walk
abroad in the land.
Do yon know that the beautiful
examples set by oficeholders have
so corrupted a portion of the people
hat that the most heinous ofenses,
against decency and honor are
looked on in light and half APP
proving manner, and that in order
to snatch the ruling power from the
corrupt element now on top in the
politics of this State it will take a
firm alliance of all the moral ele-
ments and Of all those who dosire
to see better order of things weld
ed into solid columns. Even then
victory is not sure unless constant
and hard labor is done between
now and election time, with every
possible precaution taken to secure
a fair count and to prevent some of
this corrupt element from riding to
power and on top Of this movement
and cursing the State with a con-
tinuance Of the blasting Ring Rule.
There is labor for you if you be
true to reformers, and not merely
hypocrites seeking an easy hobby
F. to ride. Are your eyes opened,
and don't you see bald-headed in
iquity strolling in public places
with those who disgrace the sex of
your wives and daughters /? Do
you not know that these vile
wretches are so well organized, to-
gether with the courts belonging to
them, that it is almost impossible
to prove what you see with your
own eyes, for they have experts
among the people whose business is
to cry SANDER when some indignant
citizen states what he sees and
this ring, / believe can discount
Satan himself at expert lying, for
they can lie with moro grace than
good men can tell the truth. No
wonder that they deceive credulous
and innocent people who are 10th
to believe that humanity can be-
come so degraded but so bold lat
terly have they become that the
dullest intellect should be able to
understand them.
When Eustis recommended dam
ger line statesmen, in those very
words he gave the President his
tory and opened his eyes to see
clearly what kind of politicians
were on top in Louisiana, and did
enough to convince the President
that Senator Eustis had better be
left out Of his councils. It is time
that all good men, whatever their
creed or politics, should lay aside
all other issues and join hands to
see whether this fair land Of Louis
lana is for men to dwell in or for
tends to revel in. That is why,
gentlemen, / consider it cranky to-
talk of small issues, when you must
FIRST regenerate your State, both POI
litically and morally by the side
Of which all that whisky can do or
the few casualties that occur from
the habit Of carrying fire arms, is a