The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1894-09-14
Democratic Prayer.


| ~ ~O'hpueSA " thS ASASeh ohe'
breadth of the political pie counter
whose word is law and whose
wrath is like unto the lightning
that striketh the Hills and rip
peth up the Vest Of those who
walk not in thy ways whose word
is gone out and it will not return
to thee, we worship thy mighty
name, and bow before thee i'm hum
BILE submission. Oh, almighty
father, thou who causeth it to rain
political mama upon the stalwart
and the mugwump alike; thou who
art not a respectOr of persons but
appointeth a Gresham, or a Nc
Neigh, or negro, as thou seeest
fit; thou who hOldeth i'm the hollow
of thy hand the fattest offices in
the land, and distribute them
whithersoever it pleasetb thee, we
come to thee in deep and humble
contrition that we may not provoke
thy displeasure. Most adorable
master, our enemies encompass us
round about. The mortgage eat
eth up our wheat and cotton; the
railroads take our corn aud pork,
and 10! the sheriff gathereth in the
remainder for taxes. Winter holds
us in its icy grasp and the cold
chills trot gleefully up and down
our spinal column. This seems to
be all that our backbone is fit for.
We voted for $1.00 wheat and 10! 40
cents bushel stares us in the face.
We voted for 10-cent cotton, and
again we are Obliged to drink the
gall of bitterness. Disap point
ment seems to be the badge of de-
mocracy. The sea of democratic
expectation is strewn with the
wreck of disappointment. In vain
do we look for the better times
that do not come. Oh, precious
Cleveland; canst not thou WOO
Dame Fortune back, even as thou
didst WOO Maria Halpin, that she
may smile upon us as thou di,lst
smile on Maria Most adorable
father, our, punishment is greater
than we can bear. We cry for
work and there is no work. Our
children cry for bread and there is
no bread. Help us, oh gracious ia
ther of mugwump democracy, and
save us from the body of this
death. If it pleaseth thee, send us
over to Hawaii to thy friend Queen
Lii, that we may eat of the crumbs
with her dogs. Send out thy ser
wants and put these Populists to
fight, for they cry from every cor
ner: 'sAhal we told you sop Let
thy servants smite them with a
splinter of thy wrath. They sorely
distress us and speak disrespect-
fully of thee. They are a danger
GUS element and will not vote for
thee. We are not like unto them,
most adorable master. We take
things as they come. We "vote
FER straight We love thee, be
cause we love thee. We are demo-
Gratis because we are democrats.
We propose to continue to "vote
Ter straightT if it sinks every pound
of cotton and every bushel of wheat
into the bottomless pit. Our, 10y
atty to thee and the party shall not
be questioned. For thee and de-
mocratic success We will face pow
erty, cold and .hunge. iai .sas1s 1re
For democratic success we win
forsake our wives and our children.
1t is pleasant to have democrat
ic postmaster. For this pleasure
alone we are willing to sell our
wheat at 40 cents and our cotton at
6 cents. 1t is worth it. We are
poor. We don't deserve to be any
thing else. We never. expect to be-
any better of. But we propose to-
keep right on voting the democrat
ic ticket. 1t is born and bred in
us. We can't help it. We know
our leaders lie and make promises
they never fulfill. But it don't
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