The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-07-18
a Recent Colloquy.

Why how are you Up, it has been
long time since saw You where have
you been7
Up. Yes, it has; oh, I've been at
tending to my own business affairs, and
have not been in town further than nv
residence.
d. 7. | want to get you to join my
Anti League. | believe all right think
ing men shonld join it, and take You
to be one.
UP. Well, is it necessary for me to
join the Ants to be able to vote against
the Revenue amendment?
ID. L. We think you can do more by
joining than by staying out.
Up. don't understand how that can
be. If ] join will have more than one
cote, and If do not, won't I have one ~
DIT. Oh. no; it is not that, but we
want to cooperate and cannot do so
efficiently If not thoroughly organized.
Up. Then your object in getting per-
sons to join is to have some control
over them?
ID. Z. Not exactly that, but we want
to know who and how many we can
count on before and at the election.
Up. Yes; think understand that,
but it appears to me that your power
to count on a voter, implies some au-
thority to require him to vote your way,
aud that is my objection to binding my
self. I wish to be free TO vote just as /
please, without having to answer for it
TO any man, OF act of men
ID. Z. Well, you of course know that
IF NO hoa ,~F
you will be expected TO vote with it,
otherwise there would be nothing gain
ed by organization.
Up. Precisely so--and just for that
reason consider membership equiva-
lent to consenting to be dictated to, and
that, | will never be guilty OF Take
me as am, can't vote against the
Lottery just as we'll as if bipl myself
to you to do SO Can't | vote for it if
want toq and that is what you want
to prevent me from doing. You also
want me 10 vote for such candidates as
| you may see proper TO put on your
ticket, and you will be unwilling to see
me vote for such as | may wish to sup
port who may not be on it. Oh, no
do not say how / will vote on the
Revenue Amendment, because, first of
all, that is my own business-in the
second place intend to remain at per-
feet liberty to vote as I please; and in
the third place, if | make up my mind
to vote against it, have friends and
persons who may be candidates, who
support the amendment and who | will
vote for if they do run. am not going
to vote for Anti-lottery men simply be-
! cause may vote against it. In other
words, | will vote for whom please
regardless of their position Oh that
question. You want me to join yonr
| League, so that I can have no choice
/ but to vote the ticket you give me.
No sir, am free to vote either way
and any way, and will remain SO. /
see through it all, at least to my salts
faction. ! am opposed to your leagues,
because | prize my freedom. | am
Iopposed to them because those who get
them up Intend them for traps to decoy
voters in. am opposed to them be.
cause, there are those managing them,
who have lost their popularity as
/ democrats, and who think they are
shrewd enough to catch voters on theil
hooks by batting them with show ol
Anti-lotteryism IF these same mer
succeed in getting into Office themselves
| the dell the bit they will concern them
selves about the Revenue Amendment
There is not one OF you that wouldn't
feel perfectly satisfied to see tho amend
ment accepted, if goa be accepted sOia
1 1T.
i ID. T. You are mistaken and carry
L things too far. 1t Is useless to argue
such a point. There is another very
+ important result however TO grow ou
of the adoption of the amendment
4 which you ought to take into consider
alton. Did yon ever think what al
i influence that Lottery will have ii Til
Il politics of Lonisiana, il that amend
ment is adopted? Why, sir, vel
! never be able to elect another Govern
or, Or any other officer which IT ma,
see proper to oppose.
u. T. Why? Do you mean to sa.
all the people are open 70 bribes ca
I be bribed- will be bribed, unless the,
!, place themselves under your protection
Il This il insult and presumption. VII,
.. are you not MS susceptible to bribery d
Il. or any other citizena You 60 on th
} theory that you aud those who hav
Joined yonr Anti-Leagnes, are pure
aland better than others. deny i
!, most emphaticaily deny il. Yon ar
! made of the same stuff TINT others ars
! and von are not whit better. Nov
. Won tell me by implication at least, tha
I because i will not join you, am ope
: to bribes, and that If will, 1 am no
: How do you change a mans nature :
rapidlyf Itappears to me that Joinin
YOU cannot alter my susceptibilities, NJ
d moral worth. TIL be the same man /
i last. / do not believe you are an
d better for it
8 ID. r.. But you seem not to Aade
!. stand that, being associated with me
Z who are pledged to certain cours
! will give you strength cs moral pagpos
d The churches act on this piincipl
J, and hence all christians are expected
q Join some one of them aud to gath,
serength by association.
II. r. Then you must think you a
q Dfvineiy commissioned. Who cor
Z missioned you7 The churches clai
Is divine origin, and they work on Il
IL conceded idea that their author VI
d himself immaculate. Whilst we /
Ii know thlls the author and protector
!. yonr Leagues, is the first Governor
d accent the Lotterg's aid. Did th
i corrupt him7 I cannot admit the
s visaitv Of yonr origin, nor the exem
) lA.- .se @vs,..,. S7ara frnnl the ftIRk asI]