St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1890-11-01

of, to-days causes me to comment IN
plain language, on the wide difference,
a few years has brought to the citizens,
Of this truly grand old parish.
| In those days, in tile ffties a mans s
word was just as good as his bond; to
keep it inyiolate was the nearly uni
versal rule, to permit it to be broken,
the rare exception.
/ His honor was dearer, more valued
than life itself.
To-day, corruption is all over our
| land it seems to be scattered broad
cast, with most liberal hand every
where, north, east, south and west.
Our chivalry which we once prized so
much is gone.
Our trusted men in high places, are
suspected of having been bribed to
betray the confidence of their fellow
men their friends; those whose
suffrages placed them in power.
Hsuspicion prosesl to be truth, in
the coming time, then their names
will be handed down to future genera
tions, with all the infamy, that is at
tached to such deeds.
Their names will be in the list with
Benedict Arnold and others, headed
by him who Betrayed his Master with
kiss, for thirty pieces of silver"
God forbid that any Louisianians
son shall ever be disgraeed by having
to accept such a heritage from his
father.
Will money hide or wipe out the
foul blot of traitor? No, never. As
long as time lasts, it will remain in
the minds Of the people, in all of its
original hideous responsiveness.
Judging the future by the past, we
cannot believe that money received
for the price of wrong win ever prove
to be beneficial to the receiver or to
his faniasss
To prove tlisssto be true, we need
not to see what became of Judas,
|ssAnnanias, or saphira OF Bible notoriety
and the money, the price of their sins !;
we need go no further back than the
time of our sQwn returning, board,
whose acts areso viyidly fresh in our
minds and learn what became OF them,
and their gains that so many OF US
believed was the price of their dishonor.
The dead, died in poverty. The
living, live on charity.
The lottery questionis SO promi-
nently before us is of such vital inn
portance to the true interests of our
State; that it seems to be the duty of
all anti-lottery men, to express their
opinions in language SO plain that
none can possibly make mistake, in
regard to their views on this subject ;
which is fraught with so much veal or
woe to our State.
The Farmers Alliance movement is
as it should be, solid against the lot
terry company.
# forcib1y illustrates if soyn motto
iii unity there Is strength. 2
The farmers movement though less
than a dozen years old, is now the
strongest secret organization ever
formed by man.
/ It's cardinal principles are SO equit-
able, fair and just, that they ought to
be as extensively diffused, as are the
homes of men, in our States and
Territories. They ought to be as last
ing, as time itself.
Equal and exact justice to all, and
special favors to none" are SO truly
desirable for all classes and conditions
of men, that / would like to know, il
there be any in our midst who wants
more; or any who are SO cowardly as
to be willing to accept ofanything less.
The time has come in the history OF
the order, when farmers ought to step
into the front ranks OF Hfes busy
scenes, and show to the world they
have brains as we'll rs muscle. Show
they are proud Of their order; proud
/ of the many benefits it has already
obtained for the human race; proud
to know that many of the hest and
| most refined ladies Of our land; are
members working zealously for the
general improvement of man.
Am proud to acknowledge / first saw
the light on farm, am farmers son.
| whose brow is ftlrrowed and hair
silyered, with over thirty years of the
daily toll, and usualr outline OF a farm
ers life.
Brothers, let us remember oul
pledges, so willingly given for the pur-
pose of doing good to our race.
Let us determine to work more
zealously in the future, for the ad-
vancement of our aims, than we have
ever done in the past, ever remember.
ing we are working for others, as well
as ourselves, for all future generations
Let us realize that whoever lives
entirely for self, and self alone, has
widely missed large part OF lifes most
important duties and knows nothing
of the pleasures that comes to him
who lives better, nobler, higher life
The man who lives life Of useful
ness, aiding and assisting his fellow
man as he is able, may not be rich ir
this worlds goods, but he is rich il
something which is far better.
Rich in the knowledge that The
/ world has been benefited, by his hav
ing lived in it.
Rich in the fact that life is made
up of little upon little, until the ent
comes nothing is lost, each and every
act, receiving its just and proper re
ward from him, who created tht
heavens and the earth, and to whom
the fuIness thereof, and all thing,
therein, and thereon belong, and whe
will surely pay for all work faithful,
| performed.
| May the CLARIoN's tones always b.
loud clear and emphatic, when used il
defending the rights and honor, o
/ 4bie ,,arich or If o,1r State Nav i