The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1892-03-05
Just AS It Is.

From the time that the proposition
of Mr.. j. A. Morris was made, and we
may say before, the anti politicians.
Orators and Press, have been erupting,
vomiting and loading the air with ac-
cusations of bribery and corruption on
the part of all those who were in favor
OF submitting it to a vote of the people.
They have gone so far as to charge
every one with corruption and lack of
moral excellence, who boldly maintain
ed that the people had the right to say
for themselves whether they would ac
cept the proposition. They exhausted
the vocabulary Of abusive epithets, and
exhibited strong symptoms Of hysteria
as often as mention was made of it.
They oiatorically thundered against it !.
religiously opened a he'll for all who
did not denonnce it, whilst their daily
Press, like mitrailleuse scattered its
missils all over and through society.
The champions stood ont before the
incorruptible hosts, like Aaron before
the children of Israel, and like him held
up their rods, the emblems of purified
authority. Like him too, they made
their golden calf and besought the
worship of the Bosses. But the rod,
though it budded and blossomed, failed
to frnctify and their pots of mama con-
tained nothing appetizing, and John
stood up and proclaimed it unto the
people. The hosts of Purists were as
founded, and murmured saying these
things are marvellous and unworthy of
belief. And the busy scribes of the
heralds of the political Zion, came unto
the elders, Krutchnltt, Rogers and
Stubs, and said unto them, tell us, we
pray thee, how these things that have
been revealed, causing such murmur
among the Purified tell how they
come to pass. And like Balaam's ass,
they opened their mouths and spake
saying: alas we hnDgered for the
loaves and fishes, and had a longing for
the flesh pots and we had vision in
which it was made manifest that we
could never reach the summit of our
ambition, but must perish in the slough
of Despond, If we did nothing to quell
the murmurs Of the children in the
wilderness. Like Aaron, We had
partly ascended Sinai-we caught a
glimpse of the promised land and knew
not how we might reach its delightful
abodes, as an army of the Demos was
encamped around about us. So we
hethonght us, and offered a golden calf
to be made up of heavy ingots found
in the tax Districts and other places,
ard we said unto the ambassador of
the army of the Demos, here while we
are encamped under the shadows of
Sinai, although onr Fostering Moses is
about to be surrounded by the halo of
the burning bush, and while we feel
assured that we are jourDeying by Di
vine direction, we will nevertheless
commit this abomination to qnell the
murmurs Of the people. But alas the
ambassadors of the Demos heard onr
proffer, and that it might not be forgot
ten, we wrote on tablet Of enduring
marble, He went his way and soon
thereafter returned, saying unto Us,
thus saith my people, the bottom has
dropped ont, and we don't need your
calf neither indeed will we be bribed
by you. Alas! alas! We are caught in
our own mesches, we have been preach
ing purity. and claiming to be the ex
emplars of all that is worthy in morals
and elevated 10 patriotism; all that We
have denounced the Demos for in our
suspicion, we are now guilty of, and
NE see no alternative. hnt to 60 by ex
press to the devil
.
While Mr.. Andre Halphen was ,iriv .
| ing in a buggy last Sunday evening
with Miss Mary Littell. The horse be-
came frightened at something when
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