The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-01-25
LAKE CHARLES CACASEU PARISH LOUISIANA FRIDAY JANUARY q5 1885,

of poor operatives, whose dependence for
bread Is their daily labor, are thrown out Of
employment to sink into the lowest depths
of poverty and misery; or through its opera
tiOn trusts are formed to mOnOpolize the
market aud withhold from labor the Oppor-
tunlties of making living,
1t was said by one wiser than Mr. MacVey
or myself, at the commencement Of the war,
| "That while the American people gave free
dom to the black man, they were in danger of
losing their own liberties" And this prOpo-
sitiOn is very near true to-day, We have cut
loose from the mOoTings Of our fathers aud
are drifting to whatP Time can only tell.
Our bOasted liberties are gone. We are
under the dictates of a mOneyed RTistoeFacy
who dictate By the free use Of money; who
shall administer the affairs of the govern
ment, Our elective system, under the manip-
ulation of selfish and unprlncipled men, has
become farce,
The learned gentleman thinks l am .
kicker, For once he Is right. He gets a ray
of light into one of his eyes. | am for equal
rights to all mem Justice to all; equal pro
lection to all, and special privileges TO none,
and If anyone gets between me and my
rights | expect to kick and keep kicking till
get Justice. | have not time, nor will l
trespass upon the space OF the ECHoi to
notice all his misstatements of facts as to
what | said in the letter he takes high
umbrage at lie goes on with regular
|
wonderful system of schools in the North
| will let little light into that other blind
eye. had the privilege of attending the
public schools of the extreme northeastern
States from the time l was four years old till
eighteen, have taught in the public schools
| OF four of the northern States, including
| California, and in three OF the southern
States all having different school systems,
| and Halter myself know something about
them. Though 1t is often said fool never
profits by bis experience. But will so back
| there to-day, and in some communities,
! while | will not ind SO many that cannot
read and write, | will ind as much right
down ignorance as he claims to find In CalCa-
sieu parish, with the exception perhaps, of
| California. There will be no need of boy
Gotttng anybody when we have just laws.
lie cites reports of the election In Alabama,
and shows the vote for protection to be o.
lO7 for free trade, III, $40. A large majority
OF the 57Il97 were ignorant negroes, who,
could they have been educated on the eCOnO-
mic questions OF the day, would In all pruha-
bility, have voted the OthGC way. He Is in
the main correct as to illitGracy of The States
| referred to, as 1t corresponds very nearly
| with statistics in my possession
So far as MGNeese Is concerned, ii he Is
anything but perfect gentleman, | am not
aware of 1t. | am not aware of any animOsttY
between us. | simply said what is fact. 1t
takes money to run schools. But where is his
| llpub1F
Where is the propriety of supporting an
Office from the meager school fund as useless
under existing circumstances as the curls in
pig tail I do not believe In beginning at
the tail end to do anything, Let the tail Wag
aud take the bull by the horns and accom-
pIish something that will do the people some
| good. What good is there In establishing
schools and no money to run them. Establish
your school fund and then the officers can do
| some good.
must conclude, from the tenor of his
article, that the gentleman is political
partisan Of a very dark color, with all the
sGlf-COnCGit necessary to teach those people
here that they are a terrible set Of ignnr-
amouses, aud that hu is the man who eau
teach them how to initiate their northern
| brethren. Because they wear wooden nearly
| the year round we must do So tOui because
their fathers carried a griudstoue in Que end
| of the sack to balance the corn in the other,
we must do SO too, Respectfully,
A. SEVERANCE.