St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-10-18

beyond al Other lands.
At . meeting hsld BY souAs alleg
ed friends ot edacatjoa 10 Louis
lana . lev. uDontaB go, oojeceto'
was raised to accepting lottery mon
ey for the schools and it was alleg'
cd that Il would have . o0eFupttnl
influence on the young BY teaching
them that there was nothing In
proper in lotteries o. immoral Ia
gambling. The men who establish.
ed the public school system Of the
United States, coalessedly the
finest IN the world, thoaght di9ec-
emily. for they founded 4 With
lottery money. II there = tie
slightest suspicion that thls source
Of the pubic school fund h4d any
bad influence Of produced any
gambling spirit, history has not
yet heard Of Il. The New EaglaDd
schools almost without exceptions
were founded BY lotteries and sup
ported BY them, and Rhode Island.
New York, Virginia aud Delaware
established special lotteries for the
support Of their public school eys-
TENS.
The Continental Congress which
issued the Declaration Of Independ.
ence was . strong pro lottery body.
There vas not IN anti IN &, and
when the question II cAArtefing
the Unitsd States Lottery, - D
means Of raising the revenues to|
carry on ''this most Just and
necessary war" came up, Il voted
unanimously In favor a ehartsriag|
Il.
WASHINGTON AID L0T1IRlRs.
A. for 0eoegs washington, he
was . most pfoa0unced adav0cate
and supporter Of lottsriss - 81
means OF raising revenues 6ue pab-
lie improvements. He favoced IN |
The many lotteries oegaaissA 10 de-
vslop virxiaia and particularly toI
bald roedS and bridges. % Improve |
navigation and construct canals IN
The Wcstefn part of the the State,
which was then being opened tol
Dettlenaeut. He himself eetablbhed
he Mountain Road lottery uadse
~ act Of tie vieGinia legislatuee,
Md every ticket q that lottery
contains The well.known oiRnakufe
u Georgs washineeoa.
washintua ~ . frequsat patroa
n lotteries, and aln0st tie last|
words b wrote, whsa he was pre-
pared 70 iaee III Naksr-al1oet|
he Last word Of hi will-wasI
bic bequest to biz nephew ''oi .
ot In tie town Of Naachestee, Va.
No. 365, drawn on my cole acooant,
md . teath Of one OF two hun
lred-aore lots and two 70 three half.
'cre lots, drawn In pastnership with
line Others, Ill II The lottery a The
leeeased William Byrd"
Washington was not afraid q
otteries. He saw no danger Of im-I
morality In them. He saw no haruI
D taking chances In them, nor de-
Tadatiou In managing ths@ n o..
Ter to raise funds ioe any seeded !
'ublic impeoveasat. ssThe iaehoe|
{ biz eoaatsy' was one q - strong.
st pro-lottefy nsa q his day. II
= were alive to-day, b would b.
nwosthy Judged BY Tie anti
tandard) to hold any once IL
Ioaisiana. He would actually b
criminal. subject 10 ans and im-
risonment, under he lotteey ct
ust passed BY Congress.
JEFFERSOX OK LOTTERIES.
A sta more pronounced pro-lot-
ny man was Thomas JelIersou,
uthor Of the Declaration Of indie
cadence, Presideat q the United
tates, and father q TIE Demo.
ratic party, and to whom louisiana
IVES it, lie and existence. There I
ould have been 10 such state as \
0uisiana had not The wise states.
'anShip q Jellertoa seen it, value
I'd purchased Il. But Tor Je0er.
N. Louisiana would have remained :,
colonial dependssey q some Euro
ean power, to b squabbled over
y France, Spain and En9land. q
be man Who brought Louisiana in.l
} the Union, the man who founded
Y Democfatic party, b entitled 70 "
DaSing from Louisiana Dem0csats.
ct them listen then, 70 what b had
say about lotteries. Il
Mr.. JefIerson Wa always . pro- =
ttery man and believed that theI y
tteey was The best means Of rails Q
8 money under certain circum- =.
ances. He was . strong advocate y
The United States Lottery In theI =
ontinental Congress, be signed 81 4
'nber Of lottery charters = Gov. 4
nor II vifginia, and b finally
'pealed % the Virginia Legisls- =;
re for the purpose q establishlng ID