The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1859-10-07
TO THE yOrERs
or BD&sEER PARVau,


luefant have her tofore felt, and .t,lI
fee st 10 addressing you or appearing
through the medium of the newspanar :
still ! feel constrained from 4 sep.s 80
du'y to notice in this way, some cb,.,
ges find circulating over the pn,.h
Fist, that ! am not citizen Of Boa.,ar
that any man of trath and hoa0.
would thus iupeach my losepritv :,
question my sincerity. rknosinr TIA
facts Of the case, ! am slow 10 boa;eya.
| have been honored time snd arsfr ~
the voters Of BOssier, aud can Eo-dss
say OF . truth and with Giles, couao;.
sncs, have never deceived ron, 40,
knowingly nisrepresented your Inter.
es's' With an uufaltering purpose +
90 right. and heart filed with graft.
'ude for the confidence reposed, ! -.
gone forward in the strict and faishAas
olScnarge OF my duty. Under all thaaa
circumstances / have soma cause "a
teei mortified, and to complain, thu,
publicity, at the ready zeal and indua.
try with which these charges are being
circulated that there may be no room
4 n
tor doubt or cavil about nay citizenship.
| make the following staAment -
Some thirteen years ago. I moved to
this parish with w. c. Naples (wbo
married my only daughter.) We
bought land. and worked our negroes
together. from that time up TO this dav
About ten years ago, Mr.. Naples moved
over to Minden, for the temporary pur.
pose Of educating his children (,hera
being no good schools in our neiphbor
ood.) recorded nv residence Il.
tins Parish, where my property was and
still is, and have voted in no Other psr.
ISL, for State or parish officers, since /
have been in the State. Ihave no farni.
ly,and ii is natural should do "a fhaye
done-spend much of my leisure time
With those SO nearly and dearly con
nected to nae. am also charged with
being opposed TO the improvements on
Bayou Dorchete. This charge i also
false. for did vote for the bill an
propriating five thousand dollars out Of
the swamp land funds. for the purpose
OF draining and reclaimins awamp and
oYcrfowed lands on the Dorcheie. II
elected, | will uae my best efforts to get
an appropriation adequate to complete
the work out Of the same FUNDS, and %
the swamp land commissioner has re-.
ported ir favor of the work, think Il
can be obtained. lam further charged
with being IN favor OF. retaining
swamp lands on Willow Chute TO the
injury Of other lands below, and for
measures that would injurs the nayig. /:
tioa Of Lake Bisteneau. These charges
are also untrue. feel conscious that
would not injare any one to the benefit
of anoiher-not even myself. This
subject is committed by Law to board
of public works, whose daty It is to 20
upon the ground and make exsmina-
tons, and, by surveys and estimates 10
decide what ought and what ought not
to be done. Buff the board Of public
works should apply TO the Legislature
for authority to do, what is moi already
allowed, then would act and vote for
what believed to be for the general
good ofmy constituents. Ihope the above
will plainly define my position, and
that generous public will not let me
suffer by false charges, and lni- repre-.
-entstions of my true position. No
man can attack my political integrity
and | hope none viii impeach my hon
or. Il am to be beaten, let it be done
on account of the political principles
profess, and not upon supposition
that am claiming the rights Of citi.
zen where | have no such right. I may
be allowed under such unwarranted at.
tacks upon me to say, were capable
ofsueh deceit upon you az these charges
imply; it would seem that ! had forgot
ten the earliest acts Of my manhood,
when / stood IN for vouv r;obss rvor