The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1873-10-01
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To the Editor qfthr Coao"- Boil:
"Onia udlr ipfumus mgftebjt"r tiSi, HCq"c
mors i%d9cabii,
o~i r,,da b. NE, ctiagu II morfps7 NNr'',
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DEAN sM:-T dropped you " few
lines through the majl, Sept. T. ~
the npocryrhal name OF H"rd~N"rS"''
informing you oftho gigantic movement
which had suddenly and quit" n"c@
rrcfedly for some, taken plnoo in TINS
pnrish. IL spcms that my letter was
srotchcd up in tho latitude or d"pnriur"
from this place to Nermiiionvlli"' or ar
rived too late to be published III the
| Cotton Bolt Of tho 10th mat. This com
munication is Intended to correct SOME"
MEASUREMENTS and exagerntionS which
were consigned to the columns OF the
Coiton- Boil, 40 well as other papers OF
the country and city OF New Orleans
concerning the state Of affairs III TINS
parish. The writer will not make, III
this narration, an exPostuIatory e@oral-
um on the dp(uuet individuals which
have been cast 70 the earth in oontemP-
iiblp dissertation and oblivion, nor Is the
writer disposed to cast any Doistfrou'
~increrations, on this Whole community
as some have already done, In Il VeltI
einous cflux of a rather highty imagina-
ton, or a hasty bcgaieing wrath that
those men were or were not tho only
individuals treading upon the soil ct
this long outraged parish. No. sir 1
am not prepared to venture such an as
s~erIion. The r~ascaIs, if any left, will
he ferretted cut. But let me inform you
Mr.. Editor, and those searching for cor
rect information, that only sir of the
most notorious have gone to their graves
May God forgive them their sins, is the
christian wish and desire Of tho writer,
don't belong, and never did, to any
organization !; l am a law abiding man,
but | must tell the trnth, and tho truth
is this: The punishment inflicted was
justly deserved.
1t is to be highly regretted, sir, that
in q civil ged country, like ouEs, thgt
suob extreme m measures have TO be rb.
sorted toto see the s~On.in.law helpiAg
to hang the father of his wifo-beeauR
every intelligent man knows well that
tbe lives and liberties of the people are
insecure In the hands Of those (though
temporarily taking the laws iuto their
own hands.
This supreme remedy, sir, had to be
applied in this parish, and l verify be-
lieve that it has been, SO far, judiciously
done and e~ffoctually administered for
the benefit Of the whole community.
Honest men cannot live long in contact
with criminals +; one must make room for
the other, and In the mind Of the writer,
and by the result already arrived at in
this parish, the end Of the contest is not
dubious.
The long and highly outraged people
Of this community are not willing any
more, to put up silently with the feec~
ing of their property. They are fully
determined TO WELD the soepter of
Themis, until things are re~established
in their normal condition, and that too
notwithstanding the acrimonious and
~admonitory m of Zealots. The
vigilance committees of our parish are
composed Of about 300 men, of all par
ties-Whigs, Republicans, Democrats
Knownothings, blacks, whites, &c, and
will not be deferred or sway ed in their
course Of action until the perish Is
thoroughly purged and honest people
protected in the full enjoyment of the
fruits OF their lRbors.
The writer differs materially in his
opinions from those of the editor Of the
Cotton Boil, emitted In that paper Sept.
10, and knowing the editor to be a oour-
teous gentleman, we think, if in our
next communication We convince him
| that he Is In error, and his reasonings
on Vigilance Committees
he will treat us With q bottle Of cider.
when we meet. Respectfully,
HARD WORKER.