The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1891-07-04


come the victor III the strife, the entire
campaign should be carried on in
Christian spirit and in keeping with the
age in which We live. Let there be
peace, let US recoii from war, let her
dark clouds never hover over our po-
litical horizon; but if it must be SO, if
the advice Of DR.. Palmer and others
drive our people to such dire and un-
fortunate consequences, the blame will
lie where it belongs and not at the door
of those who, an defense of their liber
ties, will doubtless wage better and a
truer warfare than they who, without
reflection, heedlessly rush into con-
test, from which they would gladly ex-
tricate themselves when, alas! it may
be too late. While we venerate as We
ought the lessons we have learnt from
the good book, that ought to be the
ruling guide of DR.. Palmer's life, we
cannot reconcile his recent speech with
its teachings
DR.. Palmer has overstepped the work
and the sooner it is trumpeted to our
people, in clarion tones, the better for
her happiness, her peace and welfare.
The great Napoleon. not satisfied with
the tremendous success vouchsafed to
him, permitted himselfin his inordlnate
ambition to 60 too far, until he tottered
and fell and descended from the high
est pinnacle of earthly grandeur to be-
come the captive occupant of a desert
isle All meh are peculiarly adopted
to certain pursuit and should try to
succeed in the calling wherein they are
placed DR.. Palmer is eminently ad-
apted to preach the gospel in the pull
pit of his own church, but he is a fail
ure when at his age IN life he Suddenly
transforms himself into an imprisoned
political orator, declaring in thunder
tones in favor of revolution among our
people To what end will this vehe
mence carry itself, and why is it that
so many are crying so Justify just now
against lotteries and games of chanceg
Could the pure tsplrits of Washington
and Jefferson Ibve been so lost to all
sense of morality when they espoused,
supported and maintained lotteries?
Could the different churches and col
leges of our country have forgotten
themselves when they accepted large
sums from lottery sonrcesf Can our
church fairs and other entertainments
be SO much in error, when they indulge
in rafting this thing and that thing in
order to obtain money for their neces-
sities9 Was the Rev. Samuel Seabury
ofHemstead injuring the country, when
he wrote to the editor of the Trinity
Record that he wished TO record to his
posterity his thanks and praise to AL
mighty God, the Giver of God for
having by the blessing of all good won
five hundred pounds in the light horse
and public lottery of New York, and if
the principle objection to the lottery is
that the taking of lottery ticket bears
some resemblance to gambling what
/ has DR. Palmer to say in regard to the
great Episcopal convoeation, recently
held at Canterbury in which the ques-
tion of beittlnnig and gambling was ex-
4 haustively discussed, when the sentl-
ment of that great body was expressed
/ by the Lord Bishop of London, who
declared that he did not consider there
was anything sinful in a small wager OF
! in the playing of any games for Small
sums OF money. Apply this expression
of opinion to the taking of fractional
part of lottery ticket, say for one dol
lar aud then tell Us whether it is wrong
commenting on the foregoing expires
sion of the Lord Bishop of London, the
Church Times. the leader of Episcopal
thought in Fpgland, says: IF his
Lordship is right then betting and gam
bling are not sinful in themselves. bus
i'll their abuse the practice stands upon
precisely the same footing as drinkinG
to excess OF iuordinate indulgence o.
any other naturally harmless pleasure
i There is no doubt that morafists have
always found a difficulty of bringing
gnized principle Indeed it is impos-
sible to condemn betting and gambling
per Sc except on the farreaching assump
tion that man las no right to take anG
profit by what he has not earned
There has been a good deal of confused
talking about this matter and the re
marks of their Lordships will help te
clear the way aud make plain the mora
basis of the question III debate. Il'
Catholic Champion published III New
York, and one of the lost prominen
organs of the EpiscopaY church in Am
erica, quotes the fofagoing extracts
from the Lord Bishop of London ant
from the editorial of the Times, andde
livers It's Judgment IN the following
terse and explicit paragraph, we are o
the opinion that the view of the Bis
hop Of London is the true one. Th
sin ia betting aud gambling is exactl,
akin to that in drunkenness, excess il
]. that which is lawful in the one case il
drinking wine and in the other case il
taking chances
In 1914 the subject of lotteries wa
fully and exhaustively discussed by DR.
Mott, Christian minister, and presid
eut of Union College on behalf of that
and other state institutions of learning
This eminent divine supported tn
measure of having a.lottery before th
New York legislature and succeeded il
achieving triumphant success. Al
most every state in the Union at som
time or another as necessity require
have resorted TO lotteries for churc
and educational purposes, among Whic
can be mentioned the states of Net
York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Nes
Hampshire, Delaware, Massachusetts
Illinois, Michigan and New jersey
The following are the states who's
, public school systems arc founded i
whole or in part in lottery grants, vi
/ Delaware, literary fund; Georgia, litel
, ! ary fund; Indiana, Kentucky, Iouisi
ana, Maine. Maryland, literary fund
Massachusetts. Michigan, Mississippi