The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-09
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We nave VenUuFeu TO Hollow his example
by quoting from an author, with whose
great production he is doubtless famil
lar. We prevailed on an obliging doe
tor to select and explain it for us, as i
was not to be found in the schoo
dictionary.
Desiring as we do, to discon
tinue the rather amusing than In
Stracting topics so profoundly treated
by him, we shall on this occasion, make
no effort to follow him. We have reaG
his last learned thesis with patience
and perseverance-hoping that some
where in the great range of his
thoughts, and the voraclous maaU of his
learning, he might relate where
and how he had found it democratic to
serve so we'll under the administrations
of Warmoth and Kellogg. How by the
natural evolution of party, he at Fast
imagined himself qualified to act as a
| Mentor of the present Democratic par
ty, and capable, too, of teaching it how
to make right out of wrong. Just al
the point where we vainly hoped he
would tell us something concerning the
matter from which these good natured
tilts started, be DETECTED by saying
something about monIies, as if we had
ever hinteal that we desired to trace his
pedigree. Right here we beg to assure
him that we have long since resolved,
never to lower the dignity of our jour
nalism by using these columns for per-
sonal reflections, having an offensive
purpose. We axe not interested in his
genealogy and care not whether he
descended from loins enthroned and
monarchs of The earth," or from a Chin
panzee, gorilla, gibbon, orangoutang
or japanese Ape.
The only question of evolution that
we would like to be able to solve, is
how one becomes transformed from a
fulgelman of Warmoth and Kellogg,
into Lieuteant general of tho Demo
cratic party? Tell usdhat, and if the
writer can tell it will, such an air of
plausibility as may enable us to believe
it possible, we will henceforth agree
that one who can charge So for announ-
cling tax sale Of immova6le property,
must aud does loue the unfortunate de-
linqueuts: (H for all he can squeeze
out of them?)
We have not the tine to follow the
Clarion's writer through the encyclo-
p9dia; but will leave him to his new
studies for it may be thai in the near
future he may enllghten US as to the
evolutionary means by which one
becomes transformed from supporter
of Warmoth and Kellogg into the as
sumed generalissimo of the Democratic
forces? How from kettle drum per-
former in the radical ranks, one may
become the sol disGat drill master of
Jeffersonian Democrats-how from
fifer of two carpet -baggers' administra-
tions one may become the monitor of
an emancipated constituency.
These are the evolutions he might
dwell upon and would he consent to do
so might give his readers some valu-
able hints on the subject of apostacy
to suit existing political necessities.
But enough Of all this. Kind reader
forgive US, aad we trust the Clarien's
Phenix may do so if in aught we have
uttered he imagines we intended to
offend. If we have afforded the one
amusement and have elected the evo-
luton of the Clarion writer's musty love,
we are satisfied to enjoy the great abii-
tiles his sarcasm has SO lovingly im-
puted to us. For we are half persuad
ed lie is as sincere in his political pro-
fessions as in his Communications Of
our mental and moral worth
We are convinced also if one is to
be valued by the other neither is desir-
able.
Mrs. Hayes Female Institute will
open on Monday. We trust that sue
cess awaits it. We need a first class
female school here, aud, in fact, can
not decently do without it. The girls
are here aud need culture just as other
places. parents love them here as 9th
ers love their children in other places.
There are means here, we mean money,
which cannot he better disposed of
than by paying teachers to aid in de-
yeloping the minds, expanding the in
telleetual faculties, and increasing the
facilities of the gitls, for enjoying the