St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-09-28
st. 9audrp 1ttuofrat
OPEI4OISAS :
Conservatism.

c',a' beds are about forming one huge
c.'nib'sIe; that Eil The cotton mills are.
passing under one management, and
also all The railroads. II will be sea-
that II few men have the American u,,,.
pie by the throat. Congress has rry ,,t..a
sway the i,uh'lc domain t., the pcif;,
railroads ai"ne. thirty millinp acr...
Notice. the difference in Treatment h..
Nv -ei' mug rhrpaiatinns ana ws,kin
FARMERS. Pfihelpalitlts are donated Ia
thr corDarations nurontiitionaIj, ,h..
working farmer is ttqnile,i ia ;mnro,,o
his land an'i Ia LIVE upnn il. ii.,rn.
R."tn% are now scarce. Senator D,n;.t
w. V""thrrs says: Zone 1T tha su,as,
signs AZ given hv Yer Frnnd. in his
great sketch of julius Cesar, of the
overthrow aud downfall ut Rome WAS.
WHEN IL WAS found tif.t the natric;.n
own the lands, had n,orsga xes on thas.,
anu oohght them IN and the people be-
came tenants. There il where voa ara
drifting to-day" The Roman farmars
nAd champions in the perssaas of ,,,t. |
1fac'i. Itherlus Gracious said men |
OF Rome. you are cailei. lords uf thu, |
T";'u We, nave 40 right to Il square foot |
OF It's soi! The wild beasts !,ave their
dens. bur the soldiers of Italy have onl.
water ami air. 'A'S
:, linr'ts* and CAIRNS Ssraehua war,
S'auS,tsfefI ailii the grandeur .r pnm.
dspaFte,s. W. have thsasanS - h r
en- t".day. The peapis - q. ';tT
TF"a,.n'"h II Please read q" VIZ .ack
went fram New Y send YIN H.
@hrnlliaKer .,rk to Illin''h to ufie.
u rs. VIII, ont +, the 9 iii. mo ,,,;.
p'Int " - there he had chance to
En'" ,lu the presence of two large
rings of men. that hack of ali dis.
.reements between employers and en-
oi,yea lies the injustice of the mOao-
rnlizatinn of land-naturai opp". uni
ties" Observe the chasing ut the letter.
sit il BECAUSE I am priest, and rs such
an ,tfi.er ut that which, Ivy its prinri-
nIps. Is the most uncomprOmisingly de
n,ncratic and revolutionary sncieiy that
the verdi has ever seen, that | have
been led I" hechine n free trader, II sill
gle tax. and knight nf labor"
II NAV strike some as very atranR'
that minister of the church ct Jrsu,
should talk like tine Master and act Ia.
the Master, hut tn millions of as y. ap
ps.aIs to he the only cnutse cansisitut
with Sunday professions The famiis
and relations at Father II. are people
Of wealth and lEtiaence and he cnnln
have been pasiuf nf n fashionable ciuich
and lived III Injury. but that did no,
suit his ideas ct The duty of IL christian
priest. liz laburA Among the poor ~,
the Five Points and partakes of the
same kind of fnod they do.
send yuli also d Sc mon by Rev. E.
r. Foster, Presbyterian, to a large aud
wealthy congregations. How DO you like
this senteiirr: "What we i'm our pride
call the lower classps' will not revolt ii
the 'uprrr classes will give them JUS
tee" | send yam I'm article hy Ihus.
G. Sheartnan in THE Farmer. Mr.. s. IL
"a gentleman of gteat wealth, of pre-
emilent ability as Il lawyer and ecnnn
mist. AMI at the best social standing.
AIS, IL speech before the Ohio iegisia
surh hy To. same gentleman. | sr.nd
some articles by the n,ast eminent play
sicians on tits continent and could send
ynu hundreds ftnm the most enlueH,
men at all occupations and cailiHgs.
R-v. Mr.. Mullen il Az eepin2 Texas. Mi.
AiH.ttn Is Btpiist.
/ knaw very we'll that many peopl.
pretend 10 I've st,nck with horror al Ih
idea ut mixing "pul,tIes" aud religion.
hut the sinRlt. tax "cranks' are lnhe
Nuh politics that cannot bear the rtii-
gi"riS feet-the test uf hnnestytand fan
dealing. The time has cniiie TOR the ex-
eIcist. of oar highest Intelligence. wl,e..
casting aside prejudice and smIE3l"hng
ali our coinage. ae iuust act RIh tie
utmost tncigs. We havG3 therefore,
n,sJ l,-sitaftd tn INT plain qnesiions 1"
tie nlinisfers of TIE chntsi, and hay,
printed tflI tine fntiliiy of telling men
to be g,nM hen he laws of the rauu-
try force them to I've had. We have
called attention 10 the fact that the |
working class are always the poor CLASS, |
and have asked them TO explain win, |
this ia sss in the face uf the self-eyidenl |
fact that Ill wealth Ia produced by la |
ffur aud can be prGducet IN no other |
way. We have asked them to explain |
why there are people starving in this |
free tf) land ut ours in the face of the |
fact that the productive pt,wer of labor |
ftao ffv f,,tA it,f lao
half century. Fifty yeats ago there
were no tTamps, no paipers, no mil
EnhHirt-s. Tramps aud miliiOnaires APP
pearptl at the same time. As huge for
tunes accumulate irainps multiply aud
drstitntinn increases. We have asked
them IT they can see. flt. connection anu
is there no reniedy2 We haze asked
them If man has degenerate,l under
their ministraiinns. We have asked
them tn consider III our social arrange
ments are rs they should be-.
/ beg the well ta ds, t., consider that |
the corntry ia full of desperate fiien-
men who have no interest in social or
der-and as vast fortunes grow this class
increases in number aud desperation.
know most men prefer to face an arm.
with banners rather than incur the risk
at being called 'craHks.1 But | beg
sach 10 consider that the appeliation
has heenineau honorary title.
venture IN asset that there is mot
man in st. LaHdry y l6 wnnlsi not GLADLY
part With all his possessions ii ii plan
could be devised by which poverty and
the possibility of poverty could be for
ever isanisiled fran the land; u plan by
which conditions would he such thar
every man ceuld have nm abundance of
the comforts of life with just enough
labor 10 keep him i'm good health; by
which locks aud bolts wnHid he uHile-
cessary aud peace aud happiness wnnlti
be the ca,l,l laf III all. And yet such
plan EXISTS and il simplicity itself.
This assertion raises n smile on seafn- .
full iips. hut you have hut to consider .
plain facts tn give sprinus attentinn. ,
1t. Fifty yeara agH there was no such :
thing AZ ii heggaF in the land; no niaIi !. !
actually wanted for the necessaries Ut
life. Since then tue productive power
ct lahar ilas been increased fifty fold. .
Bishop NHity says One hundred fold.
j. ii not then perfectly eplaill that every
man 0nsIt to have fifty times as much
~ the same labor would produce fifty !.
years aga. Oi trn times as much with !.
0ns-fifth the labor 2nd. Ii IL not II !.
fact that men illing To work find il =
more. difficult to live to-day than they 2
Gid fifty years agof Are not coal aud
iron mines clnsed, factories slint MP al
marking an short time. and millions of
men ids or producing only the 0ns. \
ilnndr~dth partial what they cat,ld nra- i
S;JiCe Under fAvtsrattt.- fnf1Sfft inns Whaf s,