St. Landry democrat., 1891-07-25
The Clarion's Reasons for Opposing
the Lottery.


live by the sweat of his brow, and tn
State must be sustained by the SAM
law.
Sd. Because the farmers propose tt
bring about some much needed REFORM
in the laws of the State.
4th. Because the farmers propose t.
down the lottery, because it is a mo
nOpoly.
We do not propose to enter upon al
extended reply to those asserted rea.
sons, as it will suffice to show how
much their length on paper owes te
mere vaporiDg.
1t opposes the lottery, 1st, because il
is an immoral institution" How
much has the author of that article
been affected by its immorality9 None.
of course. 1t is only others that are
contaminated, not him. The morals
OF Others are the peculiar object of his
tender solicitude. Who is the particu-
lar individual that it has demoralized
Let him tell his readers who he is. Of
course, we do not expect him to declare
that he is within the reach of its omni-
pOtence. Others are not as pure as he.
He knows they may be ruined, and it is,
all for them that he utters his warn
ings. 1t has been % years in existence
and yet mojority have not been cor
rupted. How fortunate it is for them
that they have mentor now to signal
ize tile danger ahead, and snatch them
as it were as brand from the burning !!
1t is immoral. Coffee houses, beer
saloons, trusts, and futures are all pow
erless to arouse the moral sense of the
Clarion. We might mention other IL
censed and practiced callings, were it
necessary, which we, in common with
many, believe are doing far more to
corrupt the morals of the Clarion's
wards than the lottery ever did, or can
do !; but not word is said about them.
Oh, no. There is too much electioneer-
ing, political campaign material in
them to make it prudent to denounce
them. With such papers as the Cla-
rioE, the good voters may all 90 the
devil through the doors of drinking sa-
looms, because their votes may be Sc
cured in transitu; but it is terrible to
see them buy lottery ticket and go to
an imaginary hell that way, and give
them not vote. These dear lovers of
the morals of others could get no votes
that way.
I'd. "The agricultural classes above
all others realize the wisdom of the di-
vine injunction that man must live by
The sweat of his brow, and the State
must be sustained by the same law"
Our neighbor calls that wisdom which
he divine law denominated a penalty
! curse-put upon the human family
or disobedience. We are at some loss
% understand how the State can sus-
ain itself by the sweat of it's brow.
We have heard of the foot of a noun
ain, but never OF the sweating brow of
State. But to be serious, we do not
the value of the analogy
between agricultural means of subsis-
ence-that is labor-and the sources
# revenue of State. In looking over
he latter we find licenses almost in
Vulnerable, and taxes to the fullest ex-
ent of constitutional power, imposed
pom ard exacted of the people. We
an readily see how laborers sweat, but
lst how tie State sweats we fail to un-
erstand. We do see that by its ex-
ctions it makes the farmers sweat, and
7e see also how the Clarion proposes to
lake them sweat still more, by refusing
be proposed relief.
Sd. Because the farmers propose to
ring about some much needed reforms
] the laws of the State.
The farmers do propose such reforms
nd we are heart and hand with them.
or instance, instead of harping con-
nually on the corruption of the good
eople-instead Of repeating to them
lat Morris can bribe all of them, and
lat they are open to and will accept
ribes, unless they take shelter under
le wings of the Clarion's aspirants, {
ho will give them Whisky instead of
0ney-we wish to see them strike at ,
10 tariff, the trusts, and gambling in t
ltures op the products of their hard 6
bor. We think such things are the c
,tent causes of their hardships. We a
,lieve they are satisfied of the fact, g
I'd that if they ever can apply legis- t
tion in the right shape to them, the S
rmers need not give themselves mo-
ent's concern about game, not one t
a thousand of them ever takes S
md in. L
4th. Because the farmers propose to =
,wn the lottery, because it Is monop- =
r."
The first reason given is because it is d
'moral the 4th is, not because the
rmers view it as immoral, but because .
is monopoly. The first is che reason a
ven by the writer Of the Clarion, and o
9 latter the reason given by the farm .
s. They are separate and distinct Il
ON each other. Ii the reason assigned .
the writer for the Clarion be that of q
Q farmers, as he says, it follows that. II
it were not a monopoly, they would j.
t down it. One lottery is wrong, be- u
use only one but il there were two
a dozen, it would be right, because c
. mononolv fsafnra wouId disannear.