St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-08-09
HOW the Governor, Reaping the Bene-
fits of Lottery Money, Makes its
Appropriation Right; How sus-
pecting Others May Get Some
Makes It Curse and Disgrace.

says Nichols unto his friends who wi,.ld 1he
| y'reign power >
AMI tl'ut the flag Of psrty at this portcutous
hour.
l'ecal to mind the troubles, perplcxing and
! prolix,
by which we were surrounded in eighteen
seyenty-siX.
| When Packard ran against me- yr0 even in
the van. "
AS many thought he did run, atioch ReDn1ii-
| Iou doubtless all remember the STRUGGLE and
the work,
Through which We pass'd, what was done. how
much We OW'i to Burke,
And we'll must all remember the happv, tll1clv
rllsc, 50 ''
Our party gladly fell upon, (the public will cx,
cusc,)
By which we ROlvd the problem with ryampt
ness and with ease,
EAtabllsh'd rhte dominion with sweet cnaur.
ing peace.
Forty thousand dollars came as uannn down
from heaven,
Which |, your leader, utilized, it being kindly
giccn
It CAME my friend as al must know, Inst io tho
To maine OF me q Governor. AMI save p1u all
from rr:ulc.
For gallant men stood tl.ickly round deter.
mind to be free '
And We 1clt 4 debt of gr.ttitn,,e unto the Lot
terry.
We to< L tlc welcome SEckr1s ann n,aIc.s ~
relate.
became the Governor of the liberated State. |
Oh! then We tlunk'd the Lottery, fDr well the
people knew,
That whether th0uk'd or, NOT thanl,d our
thanks were justly due.
Honesty impcls us now the llst1rg truth 70
own. ~
What bloody scenes avertcd were, can ncvar
now be known,
How opportnnc the 4tt vas made on that !
eVcltful DAY,
How Kind it was the Lottery ne'cr gsk'd the
We galnd dominion by it. and now the sccDtre
wave,
By using of the gambling funds that Howard
to US gave.
oh; We'll ko remember the n,7,sic OF his Voice |
t flfd our hearts with gratitude and we did
all rejoice,
Erom deep humiliation the State arose and
=, 11u!tant III the grandeur OF her heroic p11o1
nat though we paid some Senator'S to i0in lIs
at the time, '''' no
'orFnptjoa had no part in it, t,rav ,,ot j., no
lFiAte. ' - "
int if thr ruscfrad been reversed, and ours moi
Packards sold io'
heir Senatorial membership fnr uowo,d,
filthy gold ''A"'
were bribery of the bIackcst cast thai Ger
our race helcll,
red hy the Dell himscif-conGair.6 and hor
III n-il. ~ Il
on sec, dear friends, how different when ire e
the money share. 6
sanctifies Whate'Sr are do and Inoro. +1,,
conscience clear '1|
ut wherefore this discussion, this vrangie
and debate! | il
is known the money taken did reconstruct
tile State
lat is to say it first placed me high above NV =
peers,
here l sat exalted for more than two long
years,
,cyeld in my dignity TIL, hos SAD it is to tell,
lid not I'll! the party biIl-like Luc.ter fell. 4
Ie people lost their high esteem. and then be- "A
came esiranS'd,
e caiFd State convention. near ey'rything
Was chang'G,
e pillars torter'd under Inc and down the
temple came,
d went back TO private life the son of fate is
not Fame. re
: brightest hopes were hlighted, 1 wept the 10
Sudden fall Ia
held the sun OF Louis Wltz ascending over s.
all I'd
cit kind of Goncness fast creeping through 81
my heart, K;
handed down the sceptro, With which I pr
had to part Ia
tile thought the time would come of which Gu
next will speak, Oh
ZEN Morris being ask'd again, restored me, pr
faint and weak. Iii