The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1893-02-04
Policies, Indigestable,
AND
Protection with Vengeance.
Editor Messenger:

Editor Messenger:
The right men. in the wrong place. /
an eccentricity of nature. which place
1t beyond solution through mathemati
cal discussion. The Representatives O
the States. bordering on the Mississippi
and subject to overflow, obtain and ap.
'propriation from Congress for their pro-
lection. The farther those States receed
ed, south of the Ohio line. the weaker
became the appropriation to meet the
emergency. The impaction Of the wa.
tiers between opposite shores increased
their volume, and redOubled their dis
tructive power million fold before it
reached Louisiana. IL that State had
any national rights never was there an
occasion more Opportune for her Repre-.
sentatlves in Congress to assert them.
The tendency of both Houses was TO pro-
tect the States above mentioned; and de-
pended on the Representatives of those
States for infOrmatian of the particu-
lars, and OF the means required to meet
those particulars. II the luminaries of
Louisiana. ever shed any light on those
particulars, they must have been i'm Eclip.
sc. And In case the right moves i'm the
right direction were not made or were un.
successful the State had mOneyed DOW.
er chartered by her, which had proved
Its devotion to her Charities, and Disa-
bllities, and with a munificence. with
out parallel, on which she could RELY to
ward of threatening or impending de-
luge; with such facts and none other to
sustain the doctrine, his excellency de-
nounced, the institution as corrupt; and
proclaimed "Self Protection" as the or
Ter OF the day. calling in aid all the
powers within his control. A Civil War
n miniature resulted the judges on the
supreme Bench were divided the people
n opinion one side declaring that the
lttack on the State Lottery was very ill
ounded. and that to substitute the DOW
r OF the State for that of the nation
galnst deluge i'm which the nation
vas principal factor as preposteIous
n the extreme.
The Policy is put to the test. The |
Mississippi swept over all within its l
each, leaving thousands of families |
lthout vestige for subsistence. No
ling left but their bare acreage. The v
lyilized World condoIed with the de- t
nded. The English, Spanish and b
rench Press teemed with their Commit
ratlons, such was the expression ont b
1e OF Louisiana" The fertility Of il
g land destroyed by the overflow, the
lserables without a subsistence for C
cir families are served with notices OF P
lxes-due State, Parish. Poll, Criminal H
d to crown all an exorbitaDt Levee NJ
K and Acreage Tax. every acre of the de
fortunates who reside in the district by
is "alOne" subjected to that by
wee Tax. Unable to pay, the very tn
ives OF all they hold dear is confisca. St
to the State of Louisiana. Men. Wo- al
N Children elected from their homes. tn
Protection to the contrary notwith-
ndlng. That the best Of motives the WI
Gals were capable of prompted their
ICY, none can doubt but to their mis-
tune those high strong motives ex.
ded the light of the grave responsible
es and awful account abilities in T,
red. considerations that claim place
IRE Policies of such nature were
pied. had such been entertained, the
tectlonists would have shrank with
nay from the scene which the sheriffs
state auditor could prevent to their Sta
v. and with honor and dismay from
picture OF the jOvials in the mazev
20 rejoicing to the accompaniment raj
'iumphal music the principals and !ne
ssories to the humiliating events mas
constitute the caption of this expo. istl
IL DIR. +. W. Hart. g. I,
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