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Since everyone is now interested in Huey Long, this is an excerpt from one of his most famous speeches from when he ran for governor in 1928. There are striking similarities between Louisiana in the 1920s in the wake of the demagogue Gov. John Parker and the later rise of Huey Long.

The Evangeline Speech

“Long’s platform was summarized in a famous 1928 campaign speech delivered in St. Martinville, La., under the Evangeline Oak, the subject of a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

“…It is here under this oak where Evangeline waited for her lover, Gabriel, who never came. This oak is an immortal spot, made so by Longfellow’s poem, but Evangeline is not the only one who has waited here in disappointment.

Where are the schools that you have waited for your children to have, that have never come?

Where are the roads and the highways that you send your money to build, that are no nearer now than ever before?

Where are the institutions to care for the sick and disabled?

Evangeline wept bitter tears in her disappointment, but it lasted only through one lifetime. Your tears in this country, around this oak, have lasted for generations. Give me the chance to dry the eyes of those who still weep here.”

Here’s a relevant excerpt from Huey’s Long autobiography:.......read and watch more......