The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-05-09
The vexed Question Solved at
Last,

Last.
Pending the deliberation of our Su-
preme Court on the question su omitted
by the Lottery amendment, we have
been far more fortunate than the peo-
pie of the olden time. whose roll of
uOise men $50 distinguished) was limited
to seven in number.
This country is wonderfully and as
'tonishingly prolific in almost every
thing the imagination can conjure up.
We have politicians scattered about
under the fumes of donated cigars,
posed on the goods boxes, and station
ed on the street corners who, literally
endowed by self conceit as infallible
prophets of past events and occurrences
-gratuitously inform passers-b by how
short-sighted Henry Clay was, where
Webster got his foot in 1t, and how Cal
houn fell into the errors of aDtagoniz-
ing some Of the marble ideas of jack
son. And coming down to the present
tlme--they knowingly tell all whom it
may concern-what secret and potent
influences, operate on the minds of iu-
telligent and less moral judges in
rendering their Judgments. The man
ties of Lycurgus, of solon, of Domat,
Hardwick, Mansfield, Marshall, and
Martin have fallen upon them, and
they are the infallible possessors of all
the treasures of legal lore, filtered
through Moses and succeeding law
writers. down to Monday, April 9th
The only learning they do no,
possess 10 that by the light of which the
Supreme Court then epunciated it,
solution of the Lottery amendment.
But we are certain that, III their ip-
domitable wisdom and love of learn.
ing, they will solve the problem within
short time and crown the summit O
their discovery with patriotic and ut.
limited denunciation. They keep
large assortmente on hand. Already
the sapient bell weatllers begin to re.
cover from the shock and are sufficient.
" restored to normal mental condl.
tion, to ejacnlate with feeble articula,
tion and some gesticulation "corfup
ton, Lottery Doodle !"
Astonishment is expressed by some
whilst evident disappointment is shown
that the Anti Lottery leagues had
dictated the law by which the Snpreme
Court should have been guided. This
league law happened not to have been
quoted for the instruction Of the Court,
although it has been advocated with
varying zeal and ability by some of tbs
Press gang with some appearance oI
every necessary mental operation, ex-
cepting only the attribute of manly
candor aud becoming reflection. They
have made every effort 10 have the
voters of Louisiana, denied the right %
amending their OVID constitutions
prevent poor men from saying for them.
selves whether they will accept fluid.
for the education of their children, Il
compel those who live behind levees II
remain in imminent danger of being
annually ruined by descending foods
to oblige owners of alluvial lands sub
iect to overflow, to submit to the con.
fiscation of their landed property by
forced contributions, to decline tht
prefer of adequate means to keep uf
our eleemosynary Institutions, to have
withheld from manned and crippled
Confederate soldiers pensions for theil
relief, aud finally 10 deprive New Or.
leans of additional funds, deemef
necessary for its drainage aud sani'is
tion.
And now these ieaguers and would:
be tlictators to the people. are shocked
to fiud that the Supreme Court wal
daring enough to expoand the wfittes
constitution.