The People's vindicator., 1874-12-12
A::Fool Answered According to
His Folly,

we U1v0 UcJOte. 10 CUO mempul0
Appeal containing a scurrilDps attack
upon this paper, tho text of which is
the programme We laid down for the
treatment Of defeated candidates
whom the returning boird might
'.count in" aud who, should refuse to
repadiate the illegal and revolution.
ary Of the board. The attack Of the
Appeal is scurrilons and cowatvlly it
ia inspired by tho spirit ofa bringing
sycophapt and cauched in the Ian.
guage Of q black guard. More ttan. this,
the Memphis Appeal in stating, or
pretending to quote our views has
lied ; it has garbled our language and
wilfally misrepressnted what we said.
The proposition We made We stand
by, and further, Dur people endorse It,
stand BY it, and II the occasion arises,
will act upon it. Therefor whom tho
Memphis Appeal says our suggestion
is, "'uttsrly and entirely repudiated
by every democrat 10 the Soath,," it
impertinently' assumes 70 speak fol
tie people Of Louisiana and n,isre'
presents them ia what'it says /; it dis
plays it's impertinence, its Ignorance
and its pitifnl cowardice to tho pub
lie gaze. The Appeal presents d con-
temptible figure in this matter !; It il
simply playing tho part Of Q whipped
cur, crouchiug, cripging, crawling at
tho feet Of the Mortons, the L6gans
and the Conklings, who arc cracking
their whips over ito trembling and
shivegipg back. If Tennessee were
like Louisiana, under tho heel Of rad
ical thieves, with her Governor, 'het
courts and her legislature leagasd iu
an Infamous conspiracy to overthrow
republican government within, her
borders, and she had to depend on
snch cowardly ! and time.serving sheeta
as the Memphis Appeal to lead hot
out of her troubles, iher destiny would
indeed be a hopeless one. II Louis
lana had harkenel to such lilly-liver.
"a patriots as the editors Of the Appeal
il tue last CANVASS, sue would have
been lopelessly crasbed +; and il che
~sre disposed to listen to them, now
Kellogg and Packard, Chief Justice
Ludeiing and his rotten judiciary,
with the returning. board composed,
With one exception, Of gjayhawkers Of
the elste, war, renal politicians and
yipdinctive pegrQes, would deprive
her In the next twenty -four hours Of
any hope Of relief through the victo-
~ her people women tho I'd sfi No
vember. ' .ag, "a e;eo,
The Memphis Appeal will obllge
tho Shreveport TINES and tho people
Of Louisiana BY attending te-its own
business. We are neither murderera
nor barbarians, nor are We slaves,
We are . free, enlightened and Chris
tian people. determined to 'have the
rights ind liberties guaranteed uss BY
tile Federal consultations, the .sAtas
freedom pf action end election % tthe
people Of al tue other States, and -
have also tho resolution and courage
to strike f0f those t1shts 'eveh II vi
khave TO strike through Dldod. a De-
potisnA iuaurpstieps, h, .oombipatiopl
aeainst civil liberty, rotten jddicia'
ries, organized rings 10 plunder the
public, find their StroHgest sappoftl
in papers like tbxaMempais Appeal,
which, thQsgh ipsofssaipg 70 .,be eep.
pssed to them, ,tsemble, before thei!
power, and influence aud, denopnce
Tie movements ~ boidsr men IA
crusa them; as revolution, l~~dsr,
madneas~ Issla lhs ''uJ i inw" hi4,,s,
The Appeal d9noppses us 90 = feol,
murderer, and God knows what els4.
We denodnce tho editor of the 'Mem.
piais Appeal qas q liar and s4so1srd.
TIN, Appeal quotee' tho, .com1Aeats of
the Washington Chronicle on enr ;po.
sitiqn and ssys ''We hope the Tinel
mad il satiS6ed. 'h These fSx' lines
ought TO be enough fbrahy fSdl." l'In
reply; ke wall temarh that ~ hope
sthelappsa| map, i, satisded, Thepe
few line, ve have devoted to him
ought Is 10 'ssnbush' for iany te61ardly
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