The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1893-06-17
TWits and Chestnuts,

occasion to twit us ;" &c, &e.-Baton Rouge
Advocate.
We said in our article we were
satisfied to have the lottery discon-
timed and it says we said it to twit
it. We said it never did, us any good,
and the Advocate says this twits it.
We said we had thought that $3.50, 900
added to the munificence of the
Federal Government might have been
of some benefit to the overflowed suf-
ferers, and the Advocate says we
twitted it.
We said the State had been called
on to aid the sufferers, and that we
hoped the 100000 so vociferously
paraded during the last campaign
would go to the relief of them, and
the Advocate says We twitted it. We
said the money was surely there, that
there could be no doubt of it, and the
Advocate says we thus twit it. We said
all we desired was that the 5000, 900
might go to relieve the suffers, and the
Advocate says We twitted it. We ask
ed if the Advocate would see that they
get it, and that if it would, it would
make us thrice happy, and the Advo-
cate says, we twitted it. We said our
good aud brave people did not need a
dollar of it, and that the brave and
chivalrous" people of the Advocate
could take it all, and the Advocate
says we twitted it. Well neighbor, we
can hardly be held responsible for any
chronic sensibilities, Others may suffer
from. We had no idea that by vent
ing our friendly desire for the relief of
our suffering fellow citizens, we could
possibly offend the self complacency of
the Advocate. We request that in en-
larging the scope of its political human
ity, it will assign US little nook
where the expression of our solicitnde,
when at all objectionable, may secure
us protection against assaults from the
good and the wise.
Referring to the Willy crevasse, the
Advocate must confess, if it ever goes
to the Confessional, that we never in
tImated that any amount of money
could have prevented it, not even the
5000, 900. All that we desired to inti-
mate was that as it had occurred, and
had done so much damage, the sufferers
might get some,-a, sufficiency of the
5000, 900 which all hehonest and purely
moral men of the State had persistantly
assured the less fortunate people of
Louisiana, wassin the State Treasury
We have every reason to believe the
Willy levee was one of the strongest
levecs of the State, because the Gov
had passed up and probably down the
river, taking good look at it
We supposed the State ii. Q. the Gov
ernor) would respond to the call for re-
lief. for he, like his advocates, had
said the money was there, for public
purposes. What right had he to with
hold it? Yea: more, it was noble in
him to try so borrow $4,000 for that
purpose. Of course we supposed he
had expended the 100000, before
rations were asked for. We trust the
good people of East Baton Rouge and
of the tributary country circumjacent
thereto, may never need any portion of
the 100000, and in expressing this
sincere hope, we beg that the Advocate
may not again charge MS with twitting
it.
In our article, we said something
about the rights of the people of state
to form their local constitution, free
from Federal dictation. We also SAID
something about the duty of the Gen
eral Government to provide for the
general welfare, but the Advocate says
these axioms are moldy. We have never
thought SO onrself, but as the Advocate
speaks for itself, and others of its
school, it doubtless believes they are
Everyone is entitled to have his own
belief. We know of nothing better
conseerated, in politics here, than the
principle that, the States are free to
make constitutions to please them
selves. provided they be Republican
in form. But the Advocate says this
idea is moldy.
Finally it says, " May be the Courier
can tell US why distress in 1893, does
not touch the stony hearts of the men
whose bowels melted with love, ip
1902"
We can come as near telling this as
the Advocate can to telling Why the
Governor has to borrow money for the
oyerflowed sufferers, when it is univers-
ally known. lie told the people there
was 5000, 600 in the State Treasury,
and that the Lottery money was not,
and never wonld be needed for such
purpose. In 1890, no one had voucled
for it, that mouey was not needed. In
1890, the lottery saw it was needed,
and it generously supplied it. In 1890,
the honest aud only moral people had
not pledged their honor for it, that the
people did not need what the Company
rendered, but in 1893 the reverse is the
case, and those whose bowels melted
with love- would be charged with tell
ing the Governor and all the honest men
in the State, they had falsifed, and had
wilfuly misrepresented the actual state
Of affairs. They no,U know that, the suf-
fering people don't need their assist
ancr. Not needing, why should they
thrust it upon them2 Now neighbor
don't expect them to bnsy themselves,
when yon know. as well as you know
that candidates, and partizan news pa
pers never tell lies, that there now is
5000 900, in the Treasury with millions
more coming, all of which is at the
service of the sufferers. You see that
the pittance of $3.50, 900 pales it's inef-
fectual light, ID the splendor of your
assurances.
The following is clipped from late
issue of the Dallas News:
Thomas Goggan g. Bro hand The News
copy of their latest publication, "Star of
Nv Heart" a song for soprano or tenor, COM
posed by MIR. j, III. Cochran of Dallas