The Opelousas courier., 1893-05-13
Sugar Bounty.

Out sugar planters are aG great loss
to conceive what Congress will do
with the sugar bounty. If the Demo
cratic party adheres to its declared
policy, the bounty must go, and all
protection to sugar cease. If it omit to
carry ont its pledge, the Free traders
everywhere in the States, will murmur
and berate the leaders
All this is we'll understood, and
therefore it is that the cane grower is
in serious dilemma. The largest
sugar planter in st. Landry was
heard to say that it had been his
purpose to largely increase the capaci-
ty of his mill, but finding himself un-
able to fathom the muddle of the
Bounty question, he would make no
venture.
No doubt there are comparatively
very many others who are perplexed.
Is it sound policy, in a party to dis
turb prosperous business pursuits sud
denly, and offer no assurance of speedi-
ly doing something to inspire Efforts in
it's prosecutions
We are Democratic to the core, but
it strikes rs that Democracy has more
to do with the form of government,
than with abstract questions of policy.
On these we have yet to see any
party entirely harmonious. Hence we
witness Democrats and Republicans
widely divided on the silver coinage
question, and on the details of the
Tariff question. Each and every large
industrial pursuit should be, by the
Government, permitted to realize an
abiding sense of security.
Under feeling, or, apprehension of
insecurity, nothing is so difident, so
sensitive as money. Politicians are
never SO wise in handling it, as the
average, or. thorough going business
man He may know how to get and
how to spend it, but he has much to
learn before he knows how to keep ii in
good producing, business shape, This
is the growing advantage of the stand
ard business man. IF the politician
would be more observant of the effects.
which his political gyrations have on
the money market, he might often es-
cape errors of policy.
| The Politicians of neither party, can
or will try to distqrb the constitutional
form of the Government but the unin'
formed aud heedless leaders of both
dare to manipulate what they have
never studisd to thoroughly under
stand. Then money shrinks and shud:
ders.
Our fellow toWnsman, Mr.. Thomat
Bowden, has placed in our hands {
copy of the Maryland Journal, No. ]
printed in Baltimore, on the goth o
August, A. D., 1873. The width il
10} and the length, IL inches. It ii
well preserved and is very legible. I
was published by w. Goddard. Ths
letter 8, is in the old style and look
like the f, of the present day. W.
notice an advertisement on the 4tI
page, of runaway Irish man-servan
from Baltimore County, named Over
McCarty. It concludes thus who
ever takes up the said servant ant
brings him to Alexander Cowen, o
John Clayton, Merchants in Joppa, 0
to the subscriber, if he is taken in th
County, shall receive FIVE POUNDS ant
il out of the County, of the above men
toned TEN POUNDS, as Il reward an
consideration for his trouble aHd ex
pense. BARNARD REILLY"
Also the following:
Ran away from the subscriber
some time in December l772, Negr,
PRINCE, a tall slim fellow has severa
hacks in his forehead he was taken u
at SusQuehanna lower ferry but mad
his escape, and is often seen in th
neighborhood whoever takes the SAT-
negro, and secures him in goal. so tina
the owner may get him again, shaI
have FIVE POUNDS reward, or,
f brought home TEN POUNDS reward
and reasonable charges paid by Richar
Bennett Hall"
There is also a letter written b
f George Washington, concerning 2O
600 acres of land, but it is dated Jul
Is, 1873. The paper contains list
"letters at Mr.. William Adams i
, Baltimore by the Fredrick town Post.
It contains also the proceedings of tl
; Euglish House of Commons, from Jun
! / i3 to the 10Th inclusive The Editor
ais are dignified and elucidatiye of tt
t Editors views of matters of materia
Importance to the Colony.
We see no mention made of bas
9 ball, billiards, and prize fights. Dow
t to that time, the Colonies had made 4
3 notable progress in such matter
8 Taken altogether, the paper is wort
: looking over carefully, and it woul
g not surprise us, if, in the course of tim
!. it may be desirable to the antiquaria
. in such matters and worth somethin
/ to Mr.. Bowden.
e 1t may be one of the best measur'
. our Legislature can adopt at its ne,
!. session-would be the abolition of OF
= entire State Jurisprudence, that ne
I one may be begun or, the adoption of
\ Constitutional Amendment abolishir
the Legislature department of I'll
State, The Text books of the law, al
9 no longer of any importance as autho
n ity in our Courts. as reference
g had only to what the Courts have hel
!, Legislative acts are nugatory after Il
: Supreme Court has interpreted ther
0 and all the purpose they ever serve
9 to disturb the pre-existipg opinions
Q that august tribunal or to elicit ne
: ones This being the case we fail
# see why tha5two departments of Go
' verpment should be kept up at We
enormous expense to the State. v
9 have enough statutes already approv'
q to enable the Supreme Court to supp
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