The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-08-08
The Only Danger.

The Only Danger.
The earnestneas and enthusiasm O.
the people Of this section of Louisians
in organizing for the rescue of the
State from the hands of tho corrupt
men who have 20 nearly ruined it, haa
tad no parallel since the era of seces'
sion. 1t bears, in fact, much resem'
blance to a great and earnest religious
revival, and We believe that it will
continue to spread, and increase IN
fsrvor, until it eliminates in the
election of q Legislature composed OF
representative men of the State. There
10 but one danger that threatens this
movement, and it is well to warn the
people against it now. Kellogg and
Lis strikers realize the force and pow.
er Of the White Man's movement
they know that unless checked it 10
certain to sweep the radical party
from power, and they will use every
possible means to thwart it; they will
endeavor to procure the Intervention
ofthe Federal government in their
behalf; they will gil the country with
lying stories of ku-klux outrages
New Orleans will be thronged with
bogus fugitives from the parishes, and
the Republican and other radical pa
ters will TEEN with cooked.up stories
Of prosecutions and threats against
their lives, etc. /; and all these expe.
dients failing, Kellogg and his strik-
crs in New Orleans will attempt to
make up false returns of the elections
and count in their own partisans.
But We fear none Of these devices, In
the present spirit of our people we
can fo,ce a fair return Of the election,
and we have no apprehension tina,
the Federal government will again
play the bayonet game. There is,
however, q danger greater than any
of these and which We do fear. Kel-
logg will attempt to soften the hatred
Of our people toward himself and
check their movement against his
party by appointing some good men
to Office, and the party will back this
policy by nominating some accepta-
bic men On their ticket. Under or.
binary circumstances men are apt ia
be deceived by such manifestation Of
virtue on the part of wicked and cor:
rupt rulers, and to conclude they are
not a. bad a. represented. We warn
our people against this delusion, and
advise them to countenance no "good
man" who accepts an appointment
from Kellogg OF q nomination from the
radical party.
There is not one man in ten thou
sand that can hold q remunerative
position under any sort of government
and not become partisan of it, and
there is no man Of any character what
ever but whose acts have some moral
influence upon the community. When,
therefore, q man now accepts Office
from Kellogg or from Kellogg's par
ty, he ceases to be of as F; lie becomes
= compatriot of the enemies of the
State and of civilization !; he becomes
the partisan of the negro, the carpet.
Dagger and the scallawag, and a trait.
or to his own race. Such men NAV
claim, As they have claimed before,
that they are acting for the public
good that If they refuse the Offices
worse men may get them but We lay
It down "a an incontrovertiblo pro-
position, that the public good requires
no man to degrade himself BY becom-
ing the associate of the enemies and
despoilers of the State We hold,
further, that no man has over 60 de.
graded himself believing he was act.
ing for the public good such profes.
si0ns are but q cloak to the real mo-
tive and when man accepts place
and pay from the oppressors of hit
people, aud becomes the pensioned
accomplish Of corrupt and infamou.
combinations, he does y, solely from
selfish motives, and because he car
put money in bis purse.
Let 10 strip the cloak from the rea
motives Of these men, let it he dis
tinctly understood that our object il
not to obtain through the machina
tons Of Kellogg a passably good ma,
ip odics IN this or that parish, bu
that eur ain and purpose il to destro!
tho present corrupt government, roo
and branch, and that We will visi
with public obloquy, every ma,
whose cupidity prompts him to seel
ito favors. We arc striving with ear
nestness Of heart to re.establish il
Louisiana the civilization Of the age
and in this great and holy work v,
ask no man 10 degrade himself Y,
want no relief that comes throug
the prostitution of the manhood q
our fellow-citisens; We want no Ger
vices from our fellowmen that arc no
noble, lofty and pure; We want NO
body to serve 10 by accepting. tn
service and the pay Of tho miscreant
who have ruined our State and i'm
povesished our people, and those VIII
pretend to be serving us in this wis<
We should lash with tho whip Of scorl
and contempt into their true position