St. Landry democrat., 1892-02-06
The Fruits of Perfdy.


&. r. Advocate.
The foul blot on the Murphy FOsteI
ticket, which cannot be washed away
is that it was born of broken faith it il
the hideous child of pertidy, the mis-
begotton offspring of the betrayal O.
plghted honor. This is the damnins
sin that gave it birth, and all the hypo
critical pretenses of its sponsors canno
conceal the crime of its origin.
The democracy of the State, accord
ing to custom, went into primary cleo
| tions to submit certain matters to the
| decision of O majority OF the party
! There was no cOnstraint and no decep
ton both factions entered ntO the con
test voluntarily, and both knew pre-
| csely what was at stake, as to issue!
| and candidates. There was a mutua
pledge of good faith implied, and ii
vile parishes, this pledge was given ll
maries resulted in decisive victory fol
the McEnery faction, by over hundred
majority in the State convention. Ii
the other faction had won, the victory
would have been claimed by them and
conceded by the vaDquished party, as il
was in 1888.
By all the rules of honor recognized
among men, the verdict of the democra-
cy at the primaries ought to have been
accepted in good faith. But it was not.
A consiracy was planned, the banner OF
revolt was raised, the plighted faith OF
the primary campaign was broken, ana
the Murphy Foster ticket sprang armed
from defeat to confront those whom Its
perfidy had betrayed.
The story is told of an Arab who, rid
ing through desert, came upon one OF
his countrymen, famished and fever
stricken, lying helpless and alone,
where he had been fOrsaken 10y cara
van, in the midst OF desolatlon.. Tie
Arabs compassion was touched he
ministered to his forlorn brother with
tender care, with food and drink, and
when the sufferer had sufficiently re-
vived he was placed on his benefactor's
horse to be carried where he cou Id re-
join his companions. One day, before
they had emerged from the sands OF the
desert, the Arab dismounted and LETT
his companion on the horse. The latter,
watching his opportunity, vaulted INTO
the saddle, and putting whip to the
horse was seen galloping away at tull
speed. When he had got at a safe dis
lance he checked his rein and told his
ulo laSU lS1OSot
would be conveyed to his family, for he
had been left to die in the desert. |
have no message for frienus or family"
said the Arab, "for thy pelfdy has
made me forget all else. can only
charge thee, in the name of humanity,
not to tell any creature what thou hast
done, for il the baseness of thy act was
made known there would no longer be
any faith among men,"
This is the fruit Of perfdy. 1t des
troys confidence it breaks friendship;
it makes honor mockery; it prosti
tutes virtue; in short, the bond which
holds society together is gone whenever
there can no longer be any faith among
men.
This is the mark which treachery
upon the front of the Murphy
Foster ticket at its very birth it is the
disgrace of its origin which
10 palliation or pretence can conceal or
'emove. The foul blot on its existence
5 that it was born of broken faith it is
he hideous child of perfdy, the misbe-
cotton offspring of the betrayal of
)lighted honor.
Let the democracy Of Louisiana con-
ider this monstrous iniquity in its true
light, and they will shrink from contact
With the base born betrayer of faith and
lonor with shudder of horror.