Year: 1873

I A MESSENGER OF HOPE AND PROMISE.
The short simple and highly interesting
| account which Senator Stamps furnished
a reporter Of the REPUBLICAN, Of his fe-
| cent visit 20 the capital Of Iowa, attracted


a great deal Of favorable comment yestef-


day. The hopeful and az the same time
correct view which the Senator takes OF


the present condition and future pros
poets of this State shine out in brilliant
colors when contrasted with the mutter.
ings of our jtinerant masculine Cassandras
of the Fusion persuasion. Senator Stamps
is colored man and Republican. He


has witnessed with feelings Of gratitude


the steady elevation Of his race from serfs
} and chattels into thinking. fespon'


sible men and women. Such JOY


and prosperity have come 20 one'
| half the population OF this State
az can not be obscured or checked
by The unnecessary lamentations OF those


who have nothing to blame but their own
! inertness for their helpless position.
While Louisiana has the misfortune to be
represented in most Of the Northern capi-
tails snd watering places by wandering


political paupers, who howl out their


lamentations against tyranny, bastiles,


despotism and bayonets because they


have been disappointed in their political


aspirations and failed to draw some hoped


for salaries, Mr.. Stamps modestly informs


the people of one Of the greatest Of the


Western commonwealths that all the
natural laws are in full operation in his
State. That here. as elsewhere. for.
tune smiles on those who work and
pe.severe: that i'll luck overtakes the lazy.
while the prudent prosper. just as they do
in Iowa. Europe or anywhere. But there
is none of the fabled milk and honey run.
ming down in generous rills. which only
require TO be dipped up to be enjoyed.


The primeval curse. that man should eat


his bread by the sweat Of his brow. is in


full force here as it is everywhere; but


our hardships are not greater than those


Of other peoples, though our capacity and
energy may be less. As the grasshopper
makes more noise than the OK, and offends
the ear with his piercing. monotonous
piping, so does one improvident. shiftless
mendicant, whether he appears in speech
at watering place. at the but end Of an
interview with the reporter Of a sensational
newspaper, or as defaulting taxpayer
who has spent the money he owes the
State in riotous living, vex the public
ear more than . hundred honest men
who earn their income and spend part
Of it judiciously, OF save what they can
for the future. A brawler in the streets
attracts more attention than the thousands
Of quiet people who silently pursue their
way. and it would not require more than
one or two on each square TO give
stranger an impression that the whole
population was in q tumult. The fortunes
Of some ten thousand people have prob
ably been seriously affected by the war.
Those of three hundred and sixty-fve
thousand have been made by it, yet the
groans Of the one are sufficient to hush
the songs Of rejoicing of the other. and
the sounds of lameptation which go out
from this State to the shores OF foreign
lands, or the marts of rival cities are
echoed back, to our constant prejudice
and damage. The people Of Des Moines,
who have never seen the late political
circular of Mr.. McEnery, nor chance
0py Of the Picuyauae with "E.
Booth, Senator's" msledictory cor
respondence, were too far from the
watering place in Virginia TO hear the
ex-taker OF life risks relate to the Southern
Historical Society the "cheat" that was
put upon Lee at Appomattox when he lost
his sword, and himself at lrvinville.
where he lost his domino, can know very
little of the ''sufferings Of the South"
They were, therefore, prepared TO hear
without much wonderment, and certainly.
without credulity, Senator Stamps simple,
straightforward, truthful statement that
the Louisiana Hercules is very kind to
those who help themselves. He might
have added that, like him of old, he had
no favors for those who shirk the duties of
manhood or waste their time in lamenting
the loss Of other folks labor. And they
treated him with that courtesy and hos
pitality which is due from one community
Of American citizens to visitor from
another community.


One such delegate as Senator Stamps
will do more good for Louisiana with his
words of hope 'and good cheer than all
the partisan appeals to Congress
that can be devised by the com.
bineo talent Of the Committee of Sew
enty. Mr.. McEnery can see nothing
but few hundred bayonets. while Sem
ator Stamps relates TO his Iowa auditors
the glorious achievements of one hundred
thousand hoes. The one is patriot and
friend of his people and his State, and the
other is victim Of disappointment be-
cause he was not preferred by his fellow
citizens 10 the highest Office in their gift.


THE SAGE OF SILVER SPRING.


The profession has Observed how COM