The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-12-26
RE VENUE REFORM
Louisa Il a Fl anterS and f~RSeDc4i0M.

current controv Grey ~a the tariff ques-
ton will strike the sugar planters of the
S ,nth with Iii. anay- and that Is the
unanini,y with whick tle aatection-
i.ts are assent ne TO the Presidents
propos:t.oas tina & taxation on sugar is
one upon Il rs mecessaries- lnd'ca
ting sugar ass the Sre<laa Deoess"ry to
which the redu rtinn .nay apply and
most property ~ applied. |
For s4.an. reas Dn wia*-h nnh"1y save
| themselves have ever been abh. to I'M |
! de,stal.d. a2d w hick even they have
never -atisfacto riiy explained, thu All.
gar plaaters OF | .ou:sianx have been de-
! voted a&lAcscnt S of the p~,otectionists.
40 darkenea La>cas. I stepped in the
vision Of .tho raptur"a- drug, could be
more h~l.ek,sly imprrvi"ns 70 he sng-
gtstlon. ufs higher life ihan they have
been torhe lsgic OF
TOE TRUEST WELFARE.
Through misfortune and prosperity
through despair, hope good and evil
report alike, they have chung to the
protection he. lending it their in
J Aueuce, aGd .l,ieir aid, their protesta
: tons and tiel- prayers. clinging 10 the
< cau>e in who's success lies the irrepres
/. sible germ Of. their own annihilation,
band inviting &c deadly aud eternal en-
issariry the ualyHossible agency Of their
salvation. Lac eujoy to day the
unique thoAglr deplurab:e distinction Of
I;,beiDs the only. class Of citizens who
cannot and w~illAEot see that sugar has
NJ friends n<noat the protectionists-
that only IN tho secure Acropolis of
tariff exclrsivel,- for %revenue'' may
%ttleir f~aiutins and beleaguered fortunes
i.fnd Il refuge.
sFnr all Ihisioyai service, this unwav-
teering adhesion, their reward is about
hNispensed. 1t isnet indicated in vague
distances. 1t iooMs, dark and terrible,
aa:toL the perspective of
THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
Their worshipped allies-these bene-
faa.ariss of their wiglant and ~tireless de
Notwithstanding themselves confronted
with the memorable presence of reform,
lase ofe,edltheIr for sacrifice.
:. Ii isianazing THAT 6. community soIin
t~ehis@ntres tue. sugar planters of Lou
tn,Aa pnlyShoE in all anpjn1 colo
tiou.. sucl gracious hosts and such at
ttactixe c%cnapanions lit IS amazing that
: they Aave.so sorrowfnllJ failed torecog-
nize their true interests. and that they
have laboreG Will, such pathetic zeal to
compass their own d%estruction. But it
is attests .aqG hopelessly incredible that
7 those who have represented them in
lCongress. charged with the Gaze and
, ,promotisa Qftheir prosperity, and COM
11issioned to ad~ise them for their good
>. and lead tLel2 to their tkliverance,
aould haze betrayed them into the
! disastrous 2'edieament in which they
nov languish. That they have been
baAded, hoxeyer; and that they have
followed the sinister ignus ,tatumf of pro
lection until they are desolate.
ADMITS OF NO CONTROVERSY.
They have denied their friends, and
now tcey are forsaken by the enemies
|, who had contemptueasly used them for
a passing purpose.
There is still a hope for the z liz
y ~tetests q the country. 1t is a growing
u interest, and promises, 2nder the foster
:. ing care OF a Democratic Administra
ton. to loose its sectional character by
spreading Gver the sorghum regions of
tie great Northwest. AID the new
friends it is making are alse the friends
of karitf reforU, in whose enlightened
!" and symmetrical scheme q revenue so
greas as that derived from the tax on
imported sugar %, for the present at
$ least, an important if not an indispen
sable factor. They may be saved after
S all, and in spite Of themselves they
p probably will be ; but the memory of
their falkland astounding infatuation
l will linger as long as human interest
attaches to to the picturesque i~nssuicide.
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