The Opelousas courier., 1893-08-26
The clarion's Writer Again.

1t Is gratifying to see what varied in
formation We are causing the Clation's
writer to display. He is as full of good
humor as bass drum of emptiness,
and suffers nothing by comparison
when tapped for a report. He quotes
Latin like parrot and handles the
scriptures like the devil. We are de-
lighted with the progress he has made.
He began by ridiculing the school of
truth, and was determined to have his
readers understand that he had never
matriculated therein. He now quotes
the scriptures and as we have brought
him thus far, we don't know but what
it were advisable to leave him in his
newly chosen field of study, trusting
that in the conrse of time he may learn
that in that school he may possibly be
| able to imbibe something worth set
ting before his readers and something
they may be induced to believe.
1t is commonly said that with one
thoroughly conversant with the Bible
it is possible to find authority for Any
dogma ofmorality.
The vesaatile gymnast of the Clarion
finds authority for maintaing that Je-
hovah don't know everything netwith-
standing it is commonly conceded that
he is all wise. We are not disposed
to argue the question. We think how
ever He does know whether the cleo
-tions in Louisiana since the war have
been held HI strict accordance with our
laws. As the writer is apt in quota
tions he may possibly find something
in the writings of the prophets going
to show what the Almighty knows
about it.
ID If the writer will not impute our
suggestion to IL desire to hatter him
we would suggest that his interpreta-
tion of the Holy scriptures added
to the commentaries of Matthew
Henry, Adam Clarke and. Westley's
notes, would pour flood of light on
Biblical history would enable every
reader of that sacred volame to learn
and understand all that is literal. and
what symbolical in its language.
Melancthou, ZwinglR Luther, Cal
ylD, Loyola, Elampadias and the ar
mics of other great scholars might have
had their doubts cleared away concern
ing the actual presence of the body
and blood of our Savior qn the sacra-
ment of the eucharist, had this Giovanni
Pico d Mirandola the Phenix of the
Clarion. but been a contempary of
the reformation.
He says that Patrocules is Just a
leetye behind his learning and tells us
he had heard of Patroclns. Well the
devil got hold of our Patroclus and
| made patrocules, and we shrewdly sus-
pect he did it just to see whether the
classical astnteness Of the Clarion's
Phoenix would enable him to make
the discovery In his eagerncss to do
SO he has doubtless stumbled over the
skeleton of young David's Goliath to
find Goliah for the Clarion. Gentle
reader, we will not assert it as a fact
hut would diffidently suggest that this
Goliah is the veritable gnyastieutas of
the Clarion who is displaying such IA
miliarity with the dicta of Holy writ.
Our readers are doubtless snrfeited
with the editorial tilts between the
ClarioD's writer and the editor of this
paper and we propose to leave him
to the full enjoyment of any consola-
tion he can draw from his asserted be-
lief in the entire fairness of Louisiana
elections since the war. IF he can re-
fer us to Que and show us that it was
held, counted and returned in strict
obedience to the laws regulating our
elections we will cheerfully recant and
! confess that it is possible for writer
who has never been student in the
School of Truth, to tell it once, notwith-
standing. We are not obstinate when
confronted by Truth, and shall be de-
lighted to see him don the very weigh
ty armour of David-sIing in hand,
and with the. pebble of truth aid us
and the Press of Louisiana generally,
in overcoming the unscrupnious and
ruinons monster of political eorrup-
ton. The State Government is under
white domination aud as sure as mind
governs matter it must remain so If We
i will uniformly vitalize our Constitution
and Statutory laws. If we fail in this
| the columns of the ediice must decay
crumble and fall. There is no sense
or prudence in tolerating laWiessness.
Aud if we cannot afford to enforce our
!! election laws we should change them
and if they should be changed the
sooner it is done the better for us.
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