The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1895-05-30
THURSDAY, May 30, 1895.
The Burning OF Secretary Car
Isle, and Some Reflections
on the Subject.

on the SUBJECT.
One night last week four or five Of Our
most Jealous pOpuli>t friends burned-in
eaigy-Secretary of the Treasury, the
Hon. John Griffin Carlisle, 81 Kentucky
The event had been industTidusly ad-
vertisGd dhring the day; and It's projrc-
tors doubtless Thought and hoped that
the usual large ard respectable audi
: ence would assernbltto witness the aus
. PicIOus opening Of the poDulist,- cam
! psign in the parish OF NatchitoChes,
. which, we will remIr7k en- paAdat; hay
1Sng begun in flee win end in smoke.
Bat cue audience was very small. and
4 the eEthEsiasm was Il good deal smaller,
and we Rre quite sur e'that If the gentle
: ssep ShO engineered the demonstration
'hadsit to do oyer again, they Would'pt
do ii.
While there are 4 great many good
men Ia this locality, democrats and po-
pHllsts. Who dc not agree with Mr.. Car
Isle il bis views on the fiaa.1cial ques-
tIoa, they DO net approve Of such red
hot methods Of expressing til sr senti-
ments on thesubieeL ."
There can be 10 sort OF doubt about
the proposition taIt y sIst nai01ty Of
the. people ct this community, winch +
the home OF the gr5st Normal Sch oo1
and justly noted as center of refiL'e-
lnent, ,eapcAtioH and culture, do not apr
prove Of sueIiithing.!
They Rre'entighIy .out,oz jOlnt with the
,pipeteepth century eiviiika1ion; and the
American sCtealelOf free government.
and far too sdggeseiYeFof t4S time when
it was cousileted' proper TO brJii man
who was foolish et5Igh TO make an ar
gulnent which WAS hard ~ answer. Il
Is bit Just To the geutIelu,u whs mlna-
ge1 the aforementioned pyr0tethnieai
display, to say'that they diJ nat burd
the Secretary Of the Uaitel Treasury
because be was g0ldbIg. bat because,
as they alleys, he his changed his Elews
on the question:. 'i%t'
Even admitting thIt th3 charge they
make ii true, We protest that the peaaltt
ty wllsa th,y hive ilaittel Is lar toe
severe. II all the men IN tbs United
States who have changed their opinions
about public questions within the last
10 years were Buried, the competition
between this COUNTRY ami that presided
ever by his satanic majesty, would be
very brisk indeed, AMI the ratio between
the tempatllres of the two places would
be maintained at q parity with but little
difficulty. Nay, upless we are much mis-
taken, tAs'yery pArHeS who burned Mr.
Carlisle the other nigGt, would want to
move to some place where fire is cold.
But seriously, the event, In itself. is in
Significant, and scarcely merits 30 ext
tended notice as we have given 1t. II
does however indicate spirit Of intol-
ierance which VIII render just and cor
rect solution Of the great problem now
confronting the american people, ex-
trenlely iitllcult il not impossible.
The primary purpose Of this article
Is to cali attention 10 that problem, and
to inv5ke Tor Is solution, the calm
Judgment aaa bread patriotism Of the
people. All tho outset we desire 20 state
That there are three classes of'pedpIs
Tor whom tlias article Is not Intended. /:
First. The man who secs, ofthink{
he sees an opportunity to ride fnto' oIficd
on the wave of popular sentiment, and
without reflection or preparation, espou-
ses the side which be thinks the strong
est, utterly careless Of the consequences
to his people and his country, aud MUD
ful only OF his selfish aims and PURPOSES.
This man has our supreme contempt.
Second. Tho fellow who thinks thai
when he. has read ''C6sn's Financial
sSchoof,'' 81 the answer to It. he has
fully mastered the subject--we have noth
ing 10 do with him at present. When
we start our masedm, our freak collec-
tor will call on him.
: I'bird. The man who believes that
every body VINO does not agree with him
on this question Is either, n gold6ag, In
the pay OF the Shylocks u Wall Street,
or a silver crank without brains or homes
", as the case MAJ be--we have 40 time
to reason with hlm-we cant 40 IT, He
hasn't got anY reasoning machine.
But to the american citizen who feels
thai be is a part and parcel Of great
people and q great goEernmeuf. With &
sense OF individual responsibility
resting upon him; who strives earnestly
and honestly, as God gives him the wis
dom to do il, to maintain the honor aud