The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1893-08-12
Up and at US Again.

1Ho OlaIlOU q writer is endowed with
vitality at least
de comes at us this time with the
battle AK of satire in one hanl and
sprigs of ancient history in the other.
Routed from his first position he seeks
refuge in antiquity and endeayors to hurl
occult learning at us in the vain hope
of dazzling the perceptions of his read
ers so that they may lose sight of the
real issue. We are not concerned be
yond slight amusement how inge-
nlousIy soever he may endeavor to
play the cutie fish He may succeed
in coDcealiDg the Molusk but we can
track him by the inl1-like trail which
follows him.
He give Us two scraps of history
which serve to show the scope of his
reading-tlle retentiveness of his MEM
ory and the force of his rhetoric He
takes ms back 1884 years when he says,
Jehovah sought among the Israelites
and could not find u person among them
who possessed the qualities necessary
to leaslhrship from Egypt through the
wilderness to the promised land !"
This is news to MS and we call upon
the. writer for his proof. We believe
Jehovah knew every man in all Israel
and that his omniscience enabled him
to choose IL man apithoW looking for
him. 1t was unfortunate for the Israel,
ties anbpossibly so for the democratic
party of o-day, that the Clarion's
writer was not on hand when he says
Jehovah sought and could not find a
suitable leader. We can imagine had
he been there when Jehovah spake
unto Moses and the bush was in a
fame of fire, tho Clarions writer sit
ting at squat under an outrageous
palm tree clad in the skin of billy
goat aud looking as wise as mummy
wrapt in prophetic vision, magnani-
mously but modestly announcing to
the perplexed and powerless Jehovah,
his ability to lead the Israelites from
Egypt to land of milk and honey,
solitary and alone.
The writer skips an interval of $3.50
years for the selection of another his
torical event serving to illustrate the
ponderous thought, which by some un-
accountable concatenation of environ
ments had become LOGGED in his era
mum. He tells us about Washington
aud Hamilton. their unity in govern
mental purposes and of the necessity
oft. Why didnlf he tell US of Achi-
lies and Patrocales, of Damon and
Pythias, of Romulus and Remus, of
King James and Buckingham, Don
Quixote and Sancho Panza, and OF
Warmoth and Kellogg and their mon
ey making vice gerents Now we
would be perfectly satisfied did we
embody the wisdom and administra-
tive abilities of Moses, or the greatness
of Washington. The Clarion's writer
says we do, and we suppose it possi-
ble he would be satisfied to be our
Aaron or Hamilton.
We thank You for your distinguished
consideration but feel constrained to
say we do not propose to lead the
Democratic party through the wilder
, ness but to heep it out of it.
We do not desire to formulate ii
nancial system for the party, but rather
means of preventing governors from
nsurping more of the powers of govern
ment than is consistent with the safety
of the peoples rights and liberty In
short we would like to deprive him OF
the guillotine, and thereby restore to
the people the exclusive right to Sc
lect those who make laws for and levy
taxes upon them.