The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-10-10
COMPROMISE orr What?

"advlsOry b0ard," which by the way
is constituted outside of the law, was
appointed, and two members of the
Returning Board, as now constituted,
were:;to resign and their presence to
be replaced by two from tho Peoples
Party, within twenty days, meets
with Int little favor, and the non
fulfillment Of the agreement on the
part of the Kelloggites, is limited at
pretty strongly by the N. o. Repmbli.
can. This is no more than we had
expected from tho first, and We are
now as much at a loss to know what
real good this conference on the part
of the unauthorized Committee of the
Peoples Party with Kellogg, will
bring about. We hope that there is
not one man among'us who supposes
''we are to hare a fair count" If so
he must be of a remarkablelsoft mind.
We have gained nothing by this com.
promise aud We have lost dignity
have descendellfrom our high position
Of redeeming down trodden Louisi.
ana, to a miserable scramble for Of
tice-if that ia not the loss of dignity
we do not know what is. thur staunch
friend, the Bulletin of New Orleans,
does not like it, nor does any IF US,
but our respect for the gentlemen
composing tho committee on confer
ence, led us to believe that they were
only honestly mistaken in the whole
matter.
1t is useless for the PicayMnc to ap.
ply to us of North Louisiana, the
Terrebonne compromise as a sequence
to the acts of the New Orleans con-
ference committee, for We proclaim
that we will do no such foolish, suici-
dial thing. Are the people Of Terre-
bonnie and the Picayune, aware of the
fact that We have been "all-aloug
there"-that We have tried that very
| same game-tried it in 1867, at the
first election under the present Con.
stitution-tried it in 1870 in organi
cation, with colored men for the Leg
islature, for Coroner, for Police Ju-
rors and for Sheriff, launched our
ticket freighted with success, as we
thought, and as Terrebonne no doubt
noW thinks, had our ratification meet
ings, our speeches, our barbecues and
come out of tile canvass ,rorse beaten
than ever before. And then sum up
the results of such a canvass, results
serious to the welfare Of our people.
When tho party took the liberty of
nominating and voting for color;ed
Republicans, why all the weak .kueed
aud tinctured whites went over to
the Radicals, not on question of
principle, but for spoils, our party was
disorganized and even now We feel
the effects of that baueful and use.
less subtifuge, o mixed ticket, a CON-
promise at the sacrifice Of principle
Bah it makes our gorge rise to think
of it. ....
From what We see now, this is
what is intended to be done. The
country Parishes will make these
sacrifices, It is not required Of Ne,o
Orleans, and that city is safe !; zoe
must look out for ourselves. AND
THIS is CALLED A COMPROMISE TO
BENEFIT THE PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA
Shame! shame upon you for attempt
ing even to 60 deceive us. We now
propose to "take care of ourselves"
to do 80 independently of any action
of q committee. The local interest of
New Orleans may be too great to admit
of further resistance, as intimated BY
the city press; We of the country
parishes, will show that no interest il
too great to stand in the way of men
bent upon patriotic intents. We
must be understood when We speak
of New Orleans, that We are not al.
luding to the mass Of its people, but
to the men who seem 90 bent upon
chokeing out all further resistance
to the Kellogg usurpation, and as We
are being continually misunderstood
BY the Radical press, our articles gar
bled and our meaning clouded, we
desire to cay to them that we.are not
chasing armed collisions under the
head Of future resistance. It is the
total abandonment on the part of the