The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-12-26
The Members 4 the Returning
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| These gentlemen, all Of whom bear
high characters For integrity and up
rightness, and tyo Of whom have re-
pestelly held positions Of trust and
honor conferredby the choice of their
fellow citizens, dnrlng the last twenty
Eve years, qye bean, zfrge TIE very
moment Of Asshh hhing their present i'm
portant and RESPONSIBLE. position, the
object of consttht and unjust stacks
On the part Of he sDemocratic, party
and the Democatic press of the city
and State. AMI not merely idle at
tacks, meant imply to annoy, but
absolute threat, meant to intimidate
them into making their returns, not
according te tie tfaets and the. law,
but as the Den ocratic party and press
predetermined. There is, however,
! limit to the Iower of bullying, even
when backed b. that Df mdb violence
and though mn may shudder with
horror Atthes remembrance Of Cot,s-
hatta massacre, and recognize that
the words "pul ullic indignation, z as used
threatenipgly, by Democrats, mean in
reality vio1ene and homicide, yet the
fact still remains that New Orleans is
hot a wild country parish, and that
here there an means Of protection
easily obtainaDle.
The memters of the Returning
Board, therefre, propose to do their
sworn dnty, Hgardless Of thscats and
insinuations to do it thoroughly and
deliberately ncording to, their own
nnderstandin, Of The law and when
It is done, b resume their private
ayocations in peece and safety. The
spies WHO ardon The watch to entrap
them il the act of secret departure
for parts unknown are therefore on a
very cold dtral, for NO such departure
is contemplated; and if their wages
are conditioned on success they had
better take b some other business.
Az al instare Of the unfairness dis
played towad these gentlemen by the
pWaa, Ne void call attsntion to the
misrepresentation of certain words
to Governor Wells, COM
mitted by the Bulletin in it's leading
ARTICLE y4,teeday mOrning. Tho words
are =" We intnd to beat you," and are
properly explained By the context;
viz: "We ee through yonr plans,
:. We az SWIM 1ilssrs of the law war are
entrusted wIth the busine.s of making
true returns Of the votes cast in the
recent elect0p, and we intend to do
70 in spite # any trickery. whatsoever
by wlHmsOever attempted" Yet the
eDdeavors most disingenously
to pervert these simple wOrds into an
on the part Of the chairman
Df the boa1l that g he and his col
leagues have co1luded and conspired
together To defraud the people Of
Louisiana of what is theirs by everys
human rigltp Could misrsprssuta-
ion 60 farther than this Could partt
By lie incest ingenuity more
grossly distort language from its true
meaning : Such distortion is, how
,ver, a necessary means to keep uu
~ ioScl ucAb tHe uueaSlncSS WlLn re-
gard to the intentions Of these Of1icial9
which has been so systematically
maintained rom the first. Taken IN
with the homicidal sug-
,estiODs of certain Of the country pa
,ers, the cmrse of the city press looks
ike predeterminatiOn to 6Dd these
.entlegnen guilty of an offence 50
treat as to justify. any violence that
nay hereafter be attempted upcnl
hem. This method, however of re-
considering lsesal~action by mob vio-s
ence has atDat run its course and
he Democratic party here, if wise,
will listen totle advice of their North !
rn brethren and keep quiet.
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