The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-09-05
It's Only for Reform.

the Radical spoilers; the ravenous
wolves in sleeps clothing, which
have been making such . ruinous
havoc smonglthe hitherto shameful.
" timoroas, and 50 easily slaughtered
f1ocks Of Louisiana. But now that
the shepherds are wide awake, have
become more watcl,fnl, and have arm.
ell themselves with the determination
Of driving away the providers from
their rich haunts Of depreciation, the
bowling pack ID frightened, dispersed
aud have eone'eeated on.tl,e higher
grounds Of reform, whence their uln-
lations rend tl,e air. And now come
to swell the numbers IF their canine
brothers, the last litter of hungry
whelps whose teeth have just been
cut, and wllosel nostrils are voluptu.
onsly distentlrd with the rich odor Of
slaughtered prey.
But their appetites must remain
unsatis6ed. The recently auointed
in the Radical church, must. not ex.
pect to gull any one but themselves,
by their loud and sauctimonious pro.
fessions of repentance and reform.
Their intentions are too manifest !;
their objects too plain +; their deser-
ton OF honest citizens too obvious to
the understanding of the most OBJ
fuse, to mis'ead any one. What!
abandon the society Of the upright,
the honorable and the patriotic, to
band with the base, the currupt, and
the vile, and the excuse is reform, and
the professed avowal, the control Of
the party for good! This is TOO bald
to deceive any one. We are to be-
lieve them when they lie; respect
them when they betray admire them
for their god.like influence; and ap'
plaud their sanctiloquent peHoman-
ces. He'll is paved will good inten-
tons, aud the Radical party is made
~ and finished of, with such . set Of
smooth aud presumptious white men.
The imps Of darkness End Of Radi.
calism all act in the sane way. The
only difference is, that the former
never carried out their good inten.
tious, and the latter never intend to.
This is reform with vengeance,
and with animpudent effrontry really
admirable in these times Of wonder
FIJI and cometic appearances. To lis
ten to them, is to hear men ready to
burst with the pu,est motives. ".Tbey'
are all, all honorable men," J ..ti
Who ever heard Of a gang Of high
way robbers choosing for their lead
ecs, the scrapulous, the yirtnous, th+
honest who will suddenly change
their evil ways, and o.~sR submissive
~, the commands Of chiefs utterly
opposed to their avocationsi Such
an undertaking is the greatest feat Of
presumption on the part Of these 20.
litical latter day saints, that Radical
training has hitherto been able to
achieve. What! just graduated in
the medical college Of Radicalism,
with the ink not vet dry on their di,
plomas, and they. confidently pro-
claim themselves to the people Of
Louisiana, as a success, and fully
competent to heal and cure the gan
grenes, cancers, and leprous diseases,
which have completely covered that
p"iitical body, and eaten their way
into its very bones! I'D, ~. .......
That party must, surely, be on its
death he'd, and at ito last gasp, when
it has resort to. and puts it's conf
dsnce and last hope in, such quacks
and montebanks. Reform indse,l!
when the men lately appointed ID of.
flee 10 this parish, by the executive
usurpes, are more objectionable to
the people, and far worse In charac.
ter, than those who have been terned
out! # that is reform, the people
want pone Of It. They have had a
taste of it for several years; and
they know tho public enemy too we'll,
tohave the least expectation Of any
other kind from that quarter. d.
The very fact of throwing them
selves, for salvation, into the arms Of
such bare-facea imposters, is sure
sign Of the distressed circumstances
under Which tho Republican patty Of
this State are lahoring. The moment
that party becomes sincere in its
professions for reform; that moment
its deatll-knell is sounded. Change
the buzzard's favored morsels If