St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-10-04

| WOG1Os
/ That . very large number Of the
Sixth District convention fully nm.
derstood the economic objections "a
TIE sections b shown BY the Gloss
vote on their adoption yeas "a
IS nays. This b too close for per.
fest harmony - such important
Imattess.
SOME ANTI VIEWS OF TIN
| ANTI-LOTTERY Law.
The Baton Rouge Truth, Il.
though . strong Anti-Lottery pa
per. expresses the following views
about ''the Reed jubilee guns 10
Gently fired in that city:
We have been reared . States
Rights Democrat, and spent the
best years Of our life in defense of
those principles, hence We cannot
help fearing the centralizing inAu-
ence Of just such Congressional
| Liquidation over which We are now
rejoicing. We look upon tho bill
In question more - . blow struck
1t the freedom Of the press than
- one struck at the Lot.ary. Let
the Lottery question be left to the
people Of this State. We are strong
enough to strangle the monster Il
the people desire it, destruction.
We want none Of Uncle Sans help.
1.-THE gods help them Who help
themselves" We are helping our.
selves, and il left free and untram-
meled will succeed in defeating the
Lottery without Tia aid Of Uncle
Sans deputy marshals or soldiers.
The De Soto Democrat, another
stalwart Anti paper, joins with the
Baton Rouge Truth in denunciation
Of the Anti-Lottery mail bill, - fol-
Ions:
The Anti-Lottery mail bin has
passed both houses Of Congress,
been signed BY the President and
10 now . law.
We are Anti-Lottery, and ex-
pressed our intention Of doing Ill |
that We honestly, decently and le-
gitimately can to prevent the Lou
tsiana State Lottery again becom.
Ing . part Of the fundamental Law |
Of the State Of Louisiana, but In
our opposition to the Lottery We
propose to be guided by our own
best judgment, poor a. that may
be, and to be swayed by considers
ton Of private and individual
rights, and be influenced BY &C
cepted Democratic principles Of
public policy. The evident ten
dency Of the party in power b to-
ward despotism. This tendency Is
more and more clearly manifested
every day and hour; and the pres
ervation Of our present form of
government and Of the liberties for
which our ancestors contested on
he 6eld OF battle depends more
md more upon the Conservatism
md practice Of those Jellessonian |,
principles upon which rests the SUI
OF the DemoCratic
,afty.
Viewing the Anti-Lottery mail 4
I'LL ~ q Democrat, and - one il
moved by considerations Of private ,
md individual rights and liberties,
that l. In the direction Of !,
censorship Of the press, We, Anti
.ottery though We be, can but con- q
ess that the law under discussion
} the most dangerous one that has q
zen passed since the birth OF the !.
republic. Where i the power Of
bis Government 70 cease and the
lberties Of the people to begin? .
hall publicity have no end and 4
rivacy no beginnings A censor. m
hip Of the press has been eetab-
shed. who u 10 b our censor mol
Drum?
The proper functions Of govern p
lent are the protection Of the PEG. b
le In their lives, liberty and prop I.
rty. Where does this bin touch =
ny Of these functions? It hes pro- =
'cted no liberty, but how nAny hAs q
taken away3 No lover Of his
'untry whose fanaticism has not
nut out from the range Of bic vision O,
] purposes and considerations a
We oae, can look at The provisions :.
tho hill under Confederation 10
|thout indignation and without Il
arm. without contempt for the T
oral cowardice that permitted Il m
pass. without shame that there =
y not one Of the Representatives :"
the people without sufficient II
anhood to raise bic voice against Of
passage. How poorly have our a,
'opIe placed their confidence and =,
cir IT, q. "
While We are opposed to Lot ~
'tes, yet our opposition b not d.
ompted b. fanatioism, nor By "a
nattcism shall We be led to ap-
owe OF measures that are danger.
. to the existence Of the Repub- ID,
, NOR pFovented from condemn. In,
! the men and means that passed ~