The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-08-23
A CRUSHER.

Viz 1SOW
such a complete and crushing re.
ioinder to the charges Of the howl.
ing, shrieking lottery gang, that we
can't resist the temptation to pub
lish it. The proof absolute of its
irresistible force and truth is found
in the fact that none Of the horde
Of lottery advocates, hired or honest
dare attempt a reply
Everybody knows the tragic end
ing of the p~ersevering wife who
went into the depths with her hand
uplifted and two of the iugers work,
ing scissors-fashion, after her anna.
BILE husband had succeeded in get.
ting her mouth below tide level. 1t
seems to us that our able and
wealthy neighbors the Times D.,
|Picayune & Co., are equally deter
mined to have the last word in the
Lottery squabble. They perceive
clearly--they must perceive it: the
handwriting is on the wall-that
the lottery fight is over. The war
in this State has gotten to be too
bitter; the people were waking up
too earnestly; the signs Of business"
were becoming too ominous; al
ready Mr.. Morris had fprobably)
come to the conclusion that it would
be folly to throw away more good
money after bad, when On top Of all
comes the Presidents message.
The Presidents message is the
c0up-de grace. Without advertise.
meDt in the papers, without editorial
puffs, without correspondence by
mail or express, the lottery is sim.
ply aon-est, and that is pretty much
the same as being hon est. Hence
the howl; the prolonged wall. No
more fat ads No more grateful
subsidiest
EbeM Eheut Down with the
Governor D--R the Presidentl
We have nothing to say as to the
President. As to the Governor, il
lis different. The charge against
him is incoDsistent--seIfsh bypo
critical inconsistency. He willingly
received and expended for his OWE
individual benefit, in the forwarding
of his campaign, many thousands o.
dollars of the infamous" lottery
money, but when it comes t.
strengthening the levees and saving
tie country from inundation, the1
he wakes to the infamy.
Bosh Money is not in itself in.
famous, and nobody says it is. Gold
like the other creatures Of God, il
Igood; coined and uncoined, it il
pure and ineorruptible. There is
no way of tainting it with infamy.
Nothing becomes infamous withou
its own voluntary cooperation. The
thirty pieces Of silver went back
into circulation; the cross itself-the
"aceursed tree"-is the most sacred
OF relies. If money could become
u%nclean by having passed through
the hands of the robber and the
strumpet, then it is already polluted
as commercial gold BY the greeds
and extortiens and blasphemies OF
those who have wrested it from its
sleeping place.
There is no contamination in
lottery money for the campaign.
Nothing but the most fanatical
Puitanism could conceive such
nonsense. Similarly there would
have been not the slightest contain.
ination in lottery money for the
levees. The journals above named
know all this perfectly we'll; they
know that Governor Nichols never
said or implied that there was any
such contamination, and they also
know just as we'll where the con.
tamination really was and where be
said it was.
The contamination is in tho pur.
pose. The campaign money was
given with the express understand
standing that there should be nc
obligation thereby thereby incurred
Of favoring the Institution contribut.
ing it. The Governor concurred
in its acceptance under the strict
reservation of his unaiterable hostiI.
ity to the lottery and the distinct
Reputation by Mr.. Morris Of any
intantinn To seak tho rnnnwal n -