The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-06-10

- fAe Laaayssse Ca.,sse.
u lafayette Parish, La. May ~, 1909.
Take physic. pomp:
espo~e myself to feet VIVA. wre,ches feel.
nag tno" naycst shake the xuperaux to them
And show the Heavens more lust,
The political outlook is more encouray;no
sos the people since few weeks, than il has
f"r many years. Even the great
metropolitan press is growing eloquent with
s"e scnunc'at'on of the underlying principles,
op"" which our republican government has
ocen erected by the Fathers. Truth ard
Jrsuce are abstract ideas, but they are
eternal forces, which called forth from
riato the sublime, definition: .sTruth is
zoo, and the Sun is His shadow Justice
IS the old testament Of humanity and the
snot at Lexington and Concord. that
sounded round the world. has re-echoed
from the heights of San Juan and Manila
Bay with the new revelation of equal rights
Tor the nations of the earth. In vain will
the power of MammOn, which has entrench-
ed itself behind the thrones of State tn, eat
en- the liberties of the people with the reign
OF imperialism upon the shores Of America.
Eastward the course of empire has been
hurled back upon old moribund Spain. and
not even ''mortgaged President backed
up by the millions of the Hanna syndicate.
and the mailed hand of the war secre,,rv
Will serve this corrupt administration from,
the wrath of the people. Never before in
American history did the States of this
great Union stand in more direful need IF
the restoration of all the powers of the
government to the hands of the people. orr
only soveregEs.
Il 4. corr
one given holiday upon a handsome salary.
and the other about being W hitewashed from
the infamous conviction of court martial.
are only symptoms of the deadly disease.
that pervades the body polite. The
Augean stables must be cleaned out before
the country is hurried into a foreign war TO
o'"er' the attention OF the people, until the
election of Cesar
Already the United States mail has been
nniawfully stopped tor Carrying an official
document OF a Legislative branch OF the
government; and the sender, an eminent
private citizen, menaced with prosecution
tor treason. We must return TO the great
principles OF government by the people.
and tor the pecpIe'', that have been hal
lowed and sanctihed by the struggles of our
English ancestry against the kings and
nlonopoiies OF Old England; as well as bv
the blood of the heroes OF our revolution
tor independence against the TYRANNY oft
the English kings lords.
Washington III his farewell address to the.
American people, lett the richest legacy in
ms Wise counsel mot to enter into entan-
ghng alliances with any OF the nations Ut
Europe Jefferson who had been the
United States minister to France was re-
ported by Tradition as frequently saying in
private conversation, ''that there ought to
he wall of fire between America and
Europe. And yet we have seen, during
our present administration, upon the pre-
fence OF reaching a solution in an issue OF
the most vital Importance to the people of
the United States, that tary commits
sion was sent, at great expense, to seek the |
advice and cooperation OF European mon |
arches and their iinanciers, where all the |
women and children of The land are bur
dened with armed soldiers on their |
backs.
We have read that in the discussion of |
the great policy of bimetallisnl, the ate
greatest of English statesmen,
declared in his argument in favor of gold
recommendations, ''that craftsmanship had
nothing 20 do with the questions Of philan-
,hrophy and humanity OF course, he ap-
proved of the English financial system. that
( nhanced the value of gold by legislation,
SO as TO dePreciate the products of all
countries where they purchase. and raise
the market prices of all their manufactures
England is the largest creditor nation of
the world, and controls the bulk of manu-
factories and commerce; and like Wander
- l.
gotten gains, could afford to say: damn
he peopIe.' We have watched the an
nual migration of the American millionaire
20 Europe, and his return to this boosted
-land of the free to ape the manners and
customs of a deCadent civilization with his
coat of arms and lvsried lackeys. They
,aye bestowed their daughters upon the
titled impecunious sons of degenerate no
olity, with allowance of millions, coined
rom the life-blood of American labor and
genius, to be squandered in the debauch-
cries of high life in European cities Jesse
a mes and his band of bandtti robbed some
banks, and held up few trains, but the
nonopolists in trade and transpor tation have.
held up the business and commerce of forty
i've States, robbing the toiling masses of
heir hard earned wages. The statute OF
he United States against monopoly. in re-
straint of interstate commerce is not en-
forced by the national administrations. ire
IS.