St. Landry democrat., 1890-04-19
r communicated
The Louisiana Lottery.

| Ed. DEMocRAT.:-Ast the question oi
extending the lottery charter is, GU fol
discussion Iproposesto say few words
4 There is bnt one way to destroy the lot
/ terry company, and that is not to buy
| tickets. As long as there are enough
| people buying tickets to make it enor-
mously profitable to conduct lottery,
the company will continue to do busi-
ness in our midst. AS.long as there is a
| demand for liquor it viii be sold. Pro-
hlbition has been tried for years in
! Maine and has failed. fnsthe little city
OF Lewiston there are three hundred
bought. Every now aud again the Off
ciala make aSFaid upon them. Then
beer goes out and whisky comes III.
Whisky can be more readily smuggled
and concealed than beer can. Hence
the effect OF enforcing the law is to IN
crease the demand for the stronger H.
quor.
Between man and that final mystery
of the universe, that we call God, there
is rlesintermediary Every statute law
weakens and finally destroys the moral
forces by which alone society can be
held together aud mankind elevated to
ahIgher morality. We pretend to en-.
force the payment of debts by law. The
result is that sharpers get hold of hon
est pe0ple's property and avoid pay,
ment. The sharper gets a passport into
good society and the honest man is rele-
gated to poverty and oblivion. II force
in the colleetion OF debts were abolished
none but men OF known integrity weuld
be trusted, and public opinion would
drive the man who failed to pay from
civilized communities. The standard Of
moraity would be vastly elevated.
81 We pretend to- punish theft and we
do check theaeoarser and lower forms of
stealing, bat we. develop race of for
gers and embeZzlers, Men come &c be-
lieve that nothing is dishonest that is
legal. BESIDES, we deYel0p class of
men whose business, is to teach men
how to commit cri,.le and evade the
rigors OF the law d class Of sub0rners
and bribers, and still another class to,
meet the vieWs0f tho last class. Then
comes another class who aim to legaiize
crime that it may be committed with
impanity. We pretend to punish muir
der, bnt tits no longer difficult to evade
punishment. and We look upon cessoic-
ton, bat not the commission of crime, as
dishonorable. s a
a single isolated man Is the most inn
perfectly equipped animal that exists.
prompts him to extend assistance. Gov
erUment tiBtervenes to weaken and de-
str0y this interdependence between man
and man, and thus the natural enhesion
of society is destroyed as laws and sta
tutes multiply. Aseivilizatio advances
there ought to- hR less government,
fewer laws, and the expense attendant
ought to diminish toward the !
vanishing point. The real state OF the
case is, however, quite otherwise.
In whatever stage Of development. 1
men may be-whatever maybe the in
moral status of the indi-
viduals composing community y--star
tHte laws cann0traise them abeve that
level. The remedy lies IN the abolition
Of laws and beckoning onr fellow crea-s
lures to q higher pIane-- point ting them
to a higher ideal. Let us look into the
universe and observe the true relations
Of things. Let us point ont tcsour fell
low creatures that things are thus and
thus and bring them into our higher
thought SO that at,percepti0n will become
law unto them and even 10 us. As forl
other ways of elevating mankind there
are none MlateT TeE. IN ss Il. CO .ss& s
Mr.. Goes delivered an address TO an
association of bankers lately IN the
course of which be said: Baking ia q
necessity of civilized society. The busl-
ness would exist without goVernnentI
and prosper more without the inter
ference Of government This deeiara
tiop Eas greeted with rapturoIs APP
plause. That is jfsst the way feel an |
nv hunt for food and clothing. And
how do Won feel ahDnt it? And how do |
you think the Astorbilts aud Vander-
goulds would get 90 without; the inter-