St. Landry democrat., 1891-10-17
Breaking Down the Lottery.

The Clarion, in q long article, tells
exactly how the anti-l0ttery leagues
are going to break down the Lottery
Company, after the people vote to H.
ceDse it next April. We tell the people
that when the enormous advantages re-
suting from the payment Of the license
money are actually seen aud felt, no in,
nucntinl body of men in Louisiana will
ever attempt to kill the goose that
lays the golden tgs.' The Ciarions s
dependence upon the great dailics Of
| New York, the Sun, Times, Mail and
Express, and other Journals Of national
| Influence" may be better founded but
| the people OF Louisiana are not prepared
| to admit that these newspapers and the
communities that they represent are en-
! titled to any voice what"ver in the set
! tltmeut OF our internal affairs. The
| 81 ,250, 900 per annum are for the exclu-
siSe bent fit Of Louisiana; and we pro-
pose to lun things down here to suit the
people of LpuslaDa, nutW outstanding
tic neddesomo and hypocritical pro-
, tests of the Sun, Times, Mail and Ex-
press,' ct id Omne genus. The fact that
very large proportion OF this sum will
he drawn from the constituencies of
these newspapers, while it may in some
degree explain and account for their op
pnSltlnn, ought to commend The meas
ure still mere ntr0ngi Y to our own peO-
p!e for, inasnuch as Wc are hy com
pu!sion heavily taxed 20 pay pensions,
not only to the soldiers but to tie suit
ltrs and camp-fOllUwers of the armies
of the North, there would he sort of
poetic justice in paying with Northern
money, even though freely and wiling
ly rendered, few modest pensions to
our own MANNED and ucceSsitOuS and
truly deserving veterans.
Last March tie Clarion stated that
New York bad many more paupers than
Louisiana, and wanted to know why
Mr.. Morris did bot go there and fuu a
lottery" We answered its question,
and as what VIC said then seems quite
q pr0p0s now, we lepubIisIl our answer
here:
He don't go there aud ruin lottery"
because the people of New York do not
noe need the revenue which lottery
would bring. New York is very
wealthy State which provides dccently
for its '.paupers," educates its people
and makes adequate provision tor all
Oyer-taXiug its citizens, and without |
needing the aid of IL lottery. But New |
York and many other Northern States
were not always rich, and when they |
were poor they did not dsdain the aid |
which lotteries could give, and they
each chartered not one but several. !
Now that they have grown rich and
- virtuous," they tell It's through their
representatives In Congress that there
shall be no more cakes and ale,' par
ticularly if any share Of those refresll-
sients is to be served to the heroic vet
srans who wore themselves out
whipping them,' as Bob Toombs once
'aid; and more particularly, perhaps,
t the means thus secured are to be en-
,loyed in educating our people up to
heir standard; for they know by ex-
)erience that knowledge is power"
.aying profited immensely by both for
many years-ride national legislation,
,ast and present-aud they are 10th to
hare these advantages with their less
OrtHnate brethren of Louisiana.
Neither is this the first time in the his
ory of the country when these highly
'irtuOus communities were seized with
great moral spasm, and under analo-
.ous circumstances, too. After import
nd enslaving them, and enjoying the
ruits of their labor for years, they
ound it more profitable to sell them to
he people of the South. No sooner had
hey done so than they discovered the
of slavery and then be-
an the agitation which finally cumi-
ated in the most gigantic war of mod
rn times. These facts may not only
xplain Why" he don't go there and run
lottery" but also in a measure ac-
cunt for the surprising unanimity with
'hich the anti-lottery bill passed Con-
TeSs.