The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-10-17
What is Thought i l;hl 81 81 Us. .

{ 10 ss,died u telbslag tie di.loyaA
y 81 he dlh, aql That oil dar ctiss
tt htlp fon OF sonpressers -
pressors licenced by them and their
laws, to come among us, spoilate and
take wings with our riches, to enjoy
them in more congenial climes; that
our demands for succor from these
men should be received with 90 little
heed, and that our fellow:cltisens Of
tho Union should be 50 slow il Be:
lieving the real distress which We are
laboripg under, that they have not
ere this, found great canses" for the
effect they geo in our waste fields,
our deserted cities and our silent
manufactures. A little thought may
remove in a measure : ! feeling on our
part, that the people Of the North
"fiddles while Rome burns.", +" $
+, We must know in the first instance
that the Northern man is schooled to
believe tL~s We are to be hated in the
abstract; not to be trusted with pow.
er at all, for if 90 the Ceres Of rebel.
lion are only latept and. will spring
up again." Educated IL the standard
that although in looks W. are mild
hammered, and quiet in bearing, We
are Of that class which "cuts threats"
and ''scuttles ships,7 and 10 proof Of
this assertion, broad as it seems, We
have but to refer to the fact, Of their
fair minded people in any avocatiou,
save that of ':spoil hunters,'' who
come among m, and the expression
Of their astoDishmeDt at tie real con-
dition Of the people Of Louisiana, in
contrast 70 that which they we're led
to believe was tho situation. These
men say to us, that although they
will leave the North believing al the
vile slsndees which sss heaped upon
%, and come here toland the contra
~ tho truth, still should they write
.1aets a. thy are, 10 one H. tie North
would believe tkeu.. IS our readers
can At once Geo that w q are il truly: q
lamentable condition, prejudsed al
it were, and to convince tie sckole
Nortae1a people to whom, for some
reason best known to themselves ];
seeing and sesi*g Only. il believing
each individual Of them must needs
migrate here, only to possess kuowl.
edge of our true situation from &C.
cular demonstration Of tho fact. 4.
This impression Of as though On.
tirely wrong, having been inbibed in
childhood, ID not % coon shaken of,
and to those people, W ask in oil
candor, is not very little required Ia
mako them continue 10 the beliei
that the pictures they see In Harper's,
are not correct sentations II the
Southern gentlemen engaged In biz
usual pasti~s, 70 them, Of hanging
Northern men, and drowning negroes,
The Northern political demsgogue Il
we'll aware Of tho nature Of both see.
tions--that the Southron 10 quick, tom.
pered and hot to resent insult and
wrong-that the people Of The NORTH
win believe, from education, anything
tint 10 told them Il % J; this dsUa'
gogae 10 not slow 70 take Advsntag.
Of d xSn defined 4 breach, and 4
secure for himself . toot-hold which
Win rebound to bio own good.
/ "A collision at : cross road grocer.
|betwesu = drunken Wits man and .
drunken negro, . difficulty that would
mot merit 1t tho Nestt, = ,passing no
tice, is auadAir that has shape enough
for this estats statesman Il moult
into tho horrors Of : war Of races
TAe poor negro - usual, coming II
fbt The massaerea part u tho picture
| Naat and lib cartoons ldr Ha,psrl, ast
cara. III b. pen .ketebe, for tn
later ssan, and tho whole affair 1
made up, the Narthesa mind is fllei
With apprehension tor the esfety .
thS country generally, and his blacl
friend South, y particular, and in tn
great fnas caused BY tho display o
The. Federal armies On The seene, wh,
dnd In III cases tho carpet-bsgger'
story Of armed blnda Of White. Leag
~. na0niflad lika EallakafP'a man I,