St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-09-09
Straight from the Shoulder.


STRAIGHT from the shoulder.
Extracts from tho speech OF Hon: Wi III ~ =:
n1s sni AU U 1s. 1853
~ w. o,,o,, from, q, anostla Of tho
Dan o. ro 90. fa;th whose Sistjnpujshed
,,;oes - hohaif nf lis nartv and his
conntrv have won for him tie esteem of
III AZ, Torl;sIn ,han a member of the
Hnnsa of Ranresentntives said, Febru-
airy 81, 1878:
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KNOW w. W. wa 'tTt 200 VI nm raasn,' tn
lae 10 nuuo ~ ~ Iii IL avnr no So Mnni.;nI
apRrenttnut VA iu H. Il tbe onni,aI nronc
WI pe d iinr COIN sha;, Lnnn nacn viii,
tiol VI So' $3.50; n, Sc ~ nnnnIa, io,, a,iI industry
Inc anna III '~ iei 81 the sI:hinct The "o
49, ~ aoor,s m have been tr,.upd here
splfaCS w., t dnstr :" l. gisIation and OH
nn from rce.scvenths TO one half the me
g. It; ~ ,oUnv Of Tho worI ia tho most ,rirantic
orin'n of this or anyothcr are. The consunlma-
tian Of rnnh q scheme wonld Intimately entail
mo-" Misery unon the human race than ali the
Tars nestiIenccs and fnmnes that ever Oc-
cm''rnd in The history of the world.
rhc ahsolite and instantaneous destruction
Of half the entire movable property Of the
narid incindnr houscs. Sims railroads and
nther annIjanres for CARVING on comlnerce.
willie If would he felt more sensibly at the
moment. would not produce ANYTHING like the
nroIoneed distress and disorcani,atiOn of So
nniotv tSot mist inevitIblv resI,It from the nrr.
Inanent annihilati0n of one-half the metallic
moneu ~ tho world
Va
The iuniOr Senator from Texas Mr.
,1;lls1 n.rar diI ,l,a marty oreatar ser.
4t'i's nc 'oi u'" w E;.
vice than Wnel, Oh tie od VI Ieoiualy,
1886, Oh this floor he denounced, IN Ian
guace the force and earnestness of
which can DOT oe surpassed Ghe az
tempted chine against SILVER. Let MS
words be an Inspiration now:
But in all inc wild, reckless and remorseless
brutalihes tnat nave marked the footprints of
resistless power lere Is some eAtennat1ns CIR,
ne The crine some nave u bean
the product OF tiic fierce passions of war, some
have come from the an.ipathy that separates
alien races. some from the supefstltlons OF op-
posi- rell sS,,s .,o ;s ,o, so,,nt + ,,o
netrated on more than div millions Of people
comes neither from the camp of the con1ueror,
the hand Of the foreigner, nor the altar Of an
u2or 9Ht II e5 n io I"eo ia wpse
who ' Wee born under the same skies, speak the
same language, reared III the same institutions,
and nnrtured IN the princloes OF the same re-
,a1c Soart ~ aVniceU o ,hs
seeks to paralyzc labor incl ease the burden of
debt, and I'LL the land with destitution aud suf-
ferlnS 70 Sratlly Inc iust t4f soLamaya.lce sur
save that which refuses to be satisfied VII nout
the suffocation and stfanSula ZION OF all the la
Dor OF the land: with forehead mat refuses
tIat will parayze ali the forces o. production,
SHUT ont labor from al employment, increase
sne ~ uor und ai tS Gnu seio oss
poor.
Gan language oe stronger or cobc!u-
sion more copciusiVe W nat expression
can oe more 1ofc,ole tilah Tue most gi-
2antic crime VI thls Ut any o'het age
what picture more FlV'a imam that
painted ID the "o'os, ne cohsumma-
tlon OIL such schene "oulo ultimately
etitall ,nolo misty upot' 'iIe nuhah lace
IMAM an inc wars pestiiehces' ana 1am-
ihes l'aI ese' VTIu,ieu III 'ne nie.o'y vi
,ie "or'a Nhat more scatnlns re-
ouke couIu oe auminlsterea 10 aVarice
wan sm si'a' coh.a'reu III t'e "oius ol DAT.
M1iie En-, =, =,
~ 10 lfoul the aM iui hoitors 'loeo
oy tneso uIstIpaulsned me9, ulherlns ID
pontlcs, out onlted ID sentiment, that l
oeg you, s s TO save your leIio" men.
on Tue uaso OF tne monument erecteG
10y sIa1eluI peoHiG1 W lue u'euoIy vi
tne Ia,e senator III Oh Oeoreia' are III
scI'oeo 'hese "oios:
WHO saves his country saves himself, and al
things saved do bless him Who lets his counl
Try dH es an lures ale, o1 h nlse 'shopF
''''N "'' '''' 80 ~ "7' wa %
If, srs. in saving your country you
save yourselves and earn the benedic-
tloDs OF all things saved, how much
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