The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-02-14
NO. 90


rem, the minister whose salvation was
denied by The anti-lottery Baptists of
Blenvil'e parish. Rev. Warren was
member of the last House of Repre-
sentatives of this State and, although
preacher, voted to submit the pro-
/ posed lottery amendment to the peo-
pie at the next general election. This
was enough to call down upon him the
indignant criticism Of his fellow Chris
tians. This he possibly merited, es-
peclaliy IT he meant tn have carried
with that vote the Influence he Welded
as minister of the gospel. For rea-
sons best known to himself Mr.. War
rem dld not at the time look upon his
action in that light. However. after
returning tn his home and communinp
with his friends and brethren. he be-
came repentant and confessed his mis-
take, praying for the forgiveness of his
grievous error. Vainly he sought for
pardon. Contrary to divine promise,
he sought only to be denied both for
glveucss and church fellowship.
Hnmbly he begged the sanity mem
bers of the anti-lottery league to ac-
cept his broken hearted confession:
IN reply they kicked him out into the
Geld and cruel world of sin without
character and without hope. He plead
with them in the tones of dread despair
to aid him, to help him secure forgive
ness, but was told to depart.
The poor man was ruined. His
heart was broken and his conscience
burdened with load of grief and con-
triton. The church door was shut in
his face, and he was literally dumped
IN the depths Of perditiOn. His erst-
While brethren then gloated in glee
over the wreck they had made, and
the anti-lottery press all over the State
pointed the finger of ccorn at the re-
pentant preacher. Look where he
might, the children of that God whom
he had so many times declared as most
merciful and forglving, denied him the
coveted helping hand that had SO
many times been extended to the
wretcled sinner. He begged in vain
for help from the ministers, who, with
him, had been instrumental in saving
so many transgressors, but to his hor-
ror these too refused him counsel, and,
wrapping their sanity cloaks about
their pious bodies, said: "Depart from
us, We lottery boodler."
Ostracised and broken hearted, the
poor man fell sick and shortly died.
His poor shattered and sinblasted soul
has been condemned bv the good Bap-
fists of Bienville, and while he was
pleading with streaming eyes and out
stretched arms, they deliberately push
ed him down into the grave-and per-
haps into perdition.
Now, that the jealous lottery-haters
have disposed of Mr.. Warren for all
eternity, will they turn their attention
to some distinguished members of the
Democratic anti-lottery league7 If
this poor preacher, unused to the du-
ties of public life, has been so summa-
rlly dealt with, what action should he
taken in the case of one who owes poll
tical fortune and financial standing to
the Golfers of this accursed sin-breed-
ing institutions: If Preacher Warren
merited eternal punishment for his ac-
ton, to whence and in what degree
should the prince of lottery beneficial
ries DO consigned If the anti lottery
league were right in their treatment of
Mr.. Warren, they Will then proceed to
at least warn the man who occupies
the gubernatOrial chair of this great
State by virtue Of lottery bood.e, to
prepare for a plunge beneath the fumes
of an awaiting and AL avenging hades.
Coy. Nichols does not deny that by
the aid of $42 900, sinfully and fraudu-
lently used, he was made Governor in
1878. Neither does he deny that when
his campaign funds of 1888 were run
ming low they were strengthened by
lottery donation of $4,000. Compare
his case with the poor repentant
preacher of Bienvile and it stands as
a monument of crime and fraud beside
| the action of Mr.. Warren. When the
| lottery candidate for Congress used
| money to buy his nomination and lot
terry money to purchase his election,
these same sanctiti-d antis, standing
upon platforms built with lottery
Doodle, urged the people of the first
district to vote for the lottery candi-
date, while on the other hand they ap-
plauded their brethren of Bienyills
parish for sending poor Preacher War
rem to the flames that are never
quenched.
Similar as the results might seem to
he, this Is II species of high moral anti
lottsry sentiment, such as the REPUB-
LIcAN does not applaud and which
honorably intentioned opponents
should discOuntenance and denounce.
N. O. Republican.