St. Landry democrat., 1890-07-26
Puritanical Tendencies OF the
Ants.

A writer in the Donaldsonville
Chief very ably remarks:
Times have changed wonderfully
in our society within few years !.
to such an extent, indeed. that the
old manners and customs go dear
to the old South exist only in the
cherished dreams OF unite beilHm
folk. The South is. miraJite dicta,
becoming rapidly Yankeeized by
the puritanical Ants, whose polltl-
cal champions have diyerged AZ tor
from the teaching of Jefferson, the
avoved founder of the Democratic
party, as our earth is from the most
distant planet. Refer 10 his writ
ings and you will preceive that he
ably met all objections to lotteries
both in q moral and economic sense.
The democracy OF the anti-lottery
men is not the democracy Of Jetter-
son or Jackson. It is genius OF
galvanized democracy lately intro
ducod By the Ants TO defeat the
will Of the people. This sham will
be defeated at the polls in spite Of
the cohesive power of public plum
der. The advocates Of the Morris
proposition are not ashamed Of the
precedents established by the faith
ers Of the republic or the purity of
the morals by them inculcatcd from
Washington down TO Jackson, and
will ever stands quarely upon them,
because they are based upon com
mon sense. reason and eternal truth,
and have stood the test of actual
experience for over 100 years, des-
pite the opposition of fanatical anti
lotteryites. who continue to poison
the moral and POLITICAL atmosphere
with the same old nasal twanged,
hypocritical psalms that stamped
the history and genius of the fana-
tics of New England one hundred
years ago.
Instead OF removing our fair wo-
men from the sphere i'll which
Southern gentlemen have always
been accustomed to see them move
and attempting to place them on
plane with the untrocked females
of Wyoming, etc, it would seem
more in keeping with the character
of the chivalrOus Southerner TO en-
list them with those who are striv-
ing to elevate the masses by intel
lectual culture and sound moral
training. Napoleon once asked
Madame De Stael how he could
best advance the interest of France.
educate the mothers of the
French children" she answered.
Her reply is full OF wisdom, and I
commend it to the ladies of LOuisi-
ana. | found also in looking over
the title page of one OF the books OF
popular instruction used in the
French schools, this motto. "Pour
instruction on the head of our chill
dren. You owe them this baptism"
The lotteryites do not fear intelli-
gence, nor q full free and dispas-
sionate investigation of the motives
of John A. Morris the Northern
States rights Democrat, or those Of
the eminent Southern Republican
merchant, Albert Baldwin; and
those who understand the ideas of
these gentlemen and appreciate
their motives, endorse their acts as
being of a purely business nature,
regarding them and their associates
as public benefactors, whose every
act, the friends of the Lottery meas
IRE sincerely believe will ultimately
rebound to the general public vel
fare of our people. 1t is simply idle
and puerile to upbraid the members
OF the General Assembly, or a ma
jority Of the white people Of this
State for daring to differ from Il
hopeless minority. The writer il
far from accepting the vain notion
that all the glory, virtue, integrity
and honor Of the people oil L0uisi-
ana will end with this, or any sub.
sequent administration but thinks
he plainly discovers in the future,
the brightest rays Of prosperity
that ever glittered upon the ma
terial and mortal horison OF Louisi-
ana. Her leyees secure, her chill.
dren educated, her insane protected,
her veterans pensioned and cared
for and her moral, social and poll
ticial condition ameliorated in every
conceivable aspect. Let the pissi-
mists howl and say whatever the
venom of human brains and ton
CUES may inspire, | insist that the
possibilities of our grand and Alori-
GUS State were never more prOmis-
ing in view of the alI-suf1icient help
in store for our people.
The Anonymous COrFesp0R-