The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-30

that throbbed through his heart when be
found himself again in the presence OF
Rapides audience. The dark days OF
the war with its horrors and devastat'ons'
like panorama, unrolls before my VS.
ioc. see your beautiful all inhamed
YOUR women and children anguished with
fear; your old men insulted, and ! shud-
der when I think to what degree OF
cruelty, hatred and animosity can be
carried, and yet when / look at this aud
icnce so full of manly intelligence and OF
womanly beauty, and see in your sur
rounding country chose evidences OF
peace and prosperity, say to myself, a
people blessed with such determination
of character as you have shown, cannot
and will not allow themselves to be
blinded by prejudice or misled by false
sentiment.
am, therefore, encouraged to express
to you my views on the momentous ques-
ton that now agitates and ruffies the
public mind, and whilst l would not vii,
lingly give pain or rouse anger in the
bosom of men with whom have hitherto
walked in friendly companionship, yet as
an American citizen, as son of the SOW
ereign State of Louisiana, shall express
my opinions freely, and without fear, but
| thank God have none of the bigOted
intolerance of the round head or the in
quisitor who lashed at the pillory or
burnt at the stake any one who dared
differ in his opinion.
Mr.. Ogden then said that the friends of
the amendment only wanted fair and
calm discussion of the same, believing
that no one, unless blinded by unreasona-
BILE prejudice, could fail to recognize its
multiform advantages. He compared the
attitude of the anti-lotteryites with that
of the pros, and showed how the ants
: had preached and even counseled viO-
: lence, whilst the pros had advocated
: peace. He sharply and effectively con-
: trasted the temperate utterances Of Gro
yer Cleveland with the infammatory re-
marks of DR.. Palmer, and deprecated the
: unwise and unchristian doctrine formula
ted by the antis. He said that the
: friends of the amendment recognized the
great principles of American republican,
ism, the cornerstone and foundation OF
American liberty and strength, and that
is the sovereignty of the people. He
showed how the anti-lottery men had
dene all they could to prevent the people
: from ever coming face to face with thus
proposition, forgetting that the people
1 alone should and must decide this ques
t tion. He recounted the history Of the
amendment in the last Legislature, anf
followed it up until it reached the Su
preme Court, and by their decree comes
n to the people in spite of all the antis die
s to prevent it. He drew strong and elo
g quent pictnre showing what the lotter!
. had done towards saving the State from
c Republican rule there could be no doub
in the mind of any man that next to th'
Q White League the pottery had done mor
}, for the true interests of the State than al
y the anti-lottery men put together. HI
II showed how war under the postal Law
s was made on the Louisiana Lottery Co.
} and no other, by admitting foreign let
Il ters by the payment of 25 per cent. tax
whea our own lottery was debarred fror
g this privilege, although it formed a par
IL of the constitution of this State. H
IL drew a graphic picture OF the overflow
u and showed what the lottery compan
10 had done for these helpless people whe
J. the Governor or the State could not asss
e them. He showed the danger of thir
s party, (no matter under what name
q appeared,) the necessity of unity an
N harmony in tho Democratic ranks, paid
IL high tribute to the old Confederate vete
l. rams, showed what the lottery none
u would do for them as we'll as for ihe Il
'e wees and the schools, showed how muc
oi money would come to the State ever
NJ month, day and hour, aud wound up wit
; a stirring appeal to the people to rally
l. the old Democratic party, the party wit
m the wisdom of Nestor and the fortitud
8. of Hector.