The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-01-09
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Itis hrralliasirEg Is sec Newspapers
saocUzPying a. pFoninent positions as
shat held b. the New I,rlaansFseaynne,
50 lar forget themselves IN lnoa1s Of sx-
tTeuity as to egPy Rud thereby give
credit 10 asaertinas like the following,
which we find IN thc Ficauxae Of the
sIst MI, copied from the PiitsbuFg
Pa J sGasesfr. and ahich Is chlulnny
from bezinEsing 30 end
As mot r. be won5e7od al that iH
. Stale where thousands Of liEes have
been sacrificed 81 the behasts Of party
| II shonid be Eoand 6lfieuif, If not ins-
ipasaibie, % hang anyone Cor a purely
political InRFder. The people Of
buuisisna haTe either Rriaked at or
encouraged affenses Of this nature for
iso long peg5o1 that theY have de-
banshed the pubic morals and biuHted
the sense Of lBsiice. Abaat year
ngo twOwHll sknoRn political zerkeTs-'
manned E0ed and Murphy murdered a
psrtY rival IA Geld blood for which,
after atterrnined struggle in behalf |
of law and lastice, they were convicted
and sentenced 70 be hanged. As Is I
Hell-known, Louisiana has been gov
erned for years BY a corrupt chbAl, (
tsgho make and nnInake Governors and I
lother state officers BY employing inst
Isuhli political aesRrraiees a Ford and 1
Mnrpby. The present Governor, Nc
Emery, lisa plant toei OF this gang,
and he has deierminsd 10 zsFe the
necks Of these assRsslHs an EB1as Of the
| verdict of the 5nTy and in iha lace OF
indignant protests from the onRserEa-
tors Of law and e-drf. The 5iEgraceiul
spectacle has been presented O. gan
bieTs wagering heEvy sRRs that tha ID
muTdeTeTs RaRld net be hung. andthRs
far the facts base shown Ehas the sos
exnpr Is in fHlI sympathy ui2h the De-.
sassins an1 EhRsT friends 1t may be
thSt Inc M1EnerE ring Hll. trlHmph 4
over b0th law ana JRsiicE, and i they
d. the people Of Louisiana nEs e be !
p5tied TheT hsrE but themselves 10
hianE, however, slnee EhpF EaEa Inc
Fein 30 the FegF men wh0 AZ nWw .
EuHRing uEer EhsI8 r0nEh-shaa. tP
We tizre SKI EhEt mad this laBERsEa q
been rsed undrF a1is7grG cgrrnmstas- Il
ees. EEcep; perhaps ih1t PEr1 G Il !
which Feiers A. Tee L5OEernCG, Eha FIR Il
auHRe would have berl hha HTsl one 10 q
huFl baek Inc rl2npaTElluR IN Ana feE1l
Of the siandaFerz- Il ihs psopis q @
Lonisiana. bv aheiE pas RclioH=, BRFa q
aebauehcd the pahHs mcTa,s and "a
blunted the sense Of justice, SHAT ar K
portaBi part has our contemporary, N
the PiozgUac, taken in bringing about =,
this depiOFabie state Of affairs What G,
Of the fifty long years which It mas o.
utilized in moRlding the z
popular senlment Of Louisiana If o.
The morals Of our people are debaoched e,
can the PicdyaRe, Ms an exponent of Al
the people, discIaim its share of the +
in this matter, when b,
thousands Of our people have looked ri
tolt for guidance and direction in the c,
Iong,weary years of half a century that m
has marked its history as leading G,
journal of the South ? We are decid-
eddy Of the opinion that it is in bad
Taste to quote expressions of those p
who cannot, from the very nature of v
the case, understand and appreciate t'
the workings of our State government, III
aud who are totally Ignorant, or if ad- y"
yised iIl-adyised, as to the moral stains y
Of our community. Especially is this -
the case when language is used that is a
false in every essential part, and is an n
outrage upon the feelings of the very 2,
people TO whom the Pjo1yaae looks 81
for support in its efforts to build up u
our State, which is just NOW renewing d
the last Festige Of ''earPetbag" rule :
that well nigh crushed every energy q
Of our people d
at rsguibes no asluie mind to see
that the euts giTsn IN the gao4s1ian G
dsis back 70 ihose Ozark days #hsE car / 9
PsaTde, slang 70 madness iey i1apozied I
political trieksasrs, eaEpet-BaggfEs and I.
demagogBss--threE of the galiling; ii
poke Of ERisrGie amid and sesBss wh5El 4
We trust shall nsEfr be witnessed ~ sBr 1
State again. Ia
Then lei npt good fsaiiBg #liiiI /
like 2 green bay-aEee is spreading as q
waving branches over esery seeasa Of
car anion, be shern Of q liAb b. ssy-
easms that shall revive again sectional
animOHities.
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