The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-08-08
Resolutions Of a Mass Meeting
-ar,e held in Vim Parish.


! ap,e held in VIM Parish.
Pursuant to d previous call the citi
zcns Of Ward Six of Vim Parish ant
vicinity, met at Wheeling on satur
day July 18th, for tue purpose Of per
mauently organizing q White Man
party, Wiley J. Wilson, was chose,
President, and Messrs. Andrew" j
Rabe,s and Daniel II. Shumate, Vice
President, Jos. w. Dyson, Sect'y.
! The Committee composed of Hon
Will II. Strong, Messrs. Callam ant
+. F.. Slumate appointed to draft re
solutions, reported tho following pre-
emble. and resolutions. ..a.'r.
Whereas, The state Of affairs pro
vailiny in Louisiana for the past 81,
years having convinced ill unpreju
diced men, that this State has beer
given up to spoliation aud plumber
to horde Of barbarous negroes, in
cited and led on by the worst whit,
men that ever imposed themselves
upon any civilized country, and -f'r.
Whereas, That 10y their wholesale
and rapacious robbery, our peopl.
have been reduced to wretchednes'
and despair. and the State brought t.
shame and
Whereas, Already many of ,ou1
people male and female, have beer
atrociopsly murdered and outraged
by them and that there is now M
longer security for lite or property
that masses OF negroes arc: animated
by an implicable and deadly hatre(
of the whole white race, and are nov
organizing with hostile attitude ant
design to perpet"ate their wicked
pOwer,in this State, aud ,.. -, ~
! Whereas, All things point unmis
takably to tile appalling fact that ef
| forts are being made to Africanize til,
beautiful and once magnificent State
of Louisiana, tn contiscate the proper
ty and COMPEL the civilized ant
christian white people to abandon thu
State, or live Under the rule Of the
black and inferior race. Therefore
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Resolved, That it is the solemn ant
stern duty ofall white men in thi.
State to unite into one firm compac,
organization, to protect the lives, tn.
honor and the property Of our people
Resolved, That we accept without
further hesitation, the issue of race
forced upon us by the insolent ani
barbarons Africans, and that We he
lievs Il perlHtuation Of his power
would utterly destroy this State, AZ
it has every other country in which
he has held sway.
Resolved, That the issue Of RACK
being forced upon us, we believe thai
alone will successfully unite all TIN
white people, high and low, ric', and
poor, throughout tie State. "
Resolved, That it was the intention
If the founders Of this government
that this should be u White MANS
government aad as far as our effort.
go, It shall be,
Resolved, That we deeply sympa.
thiZe with the oppressed people al
Natchitoches parish, in. their efforts
to relieve themselves, from the appal'
ling taxes illegallyimposed upon then
and the official corruption that hal
gone so long mpunished in .tllei1
midst, and We assure Dur friends thai
we are potidle spectators Of the noble
struggle. -
felt thanks'to the three able and dis
tinguished members Of the Bar 81
New Orleans, Messrs. r.. H, Mari, E.
J.. Ellis and W. X. Whitaker, for the
distinguished services rendered III
tile defence of our friends and fellUw.
citizens, tho Grant Parish prisoners
at Z sacrifice Of almost their entire
private business, without PROMISE
hope or desire Of pecuniary compen'
sati0n. 'a'a3!"s :. a,}'in}.le, ~ 10
Resolved, That we receguize il
Justice Brady true man, an abb
Ijurist and an nncorruptible Judge.
Resolved, That We regard tn,
Shreveport Times, Natchitoches Vim
d!eator Alexandria CaAcasiani ,aui
New Orleans Bulletin, as able expo
nents Of our principles, contepdlpI
for the White peoples rights and W.
CORDIALLY con,n,end them to the Whit
people for isqpport,s aud We, he,gb,
tdesire to express our indignation a
recent outrage perpetrated upon
free press. by the ring Of desperate
politicians shosoaBht the suppression
and ruin Of the New Orleans Bulle
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T.: Resolved, That q co copy y Of these re
solutions bS sent to the Shrevep1r
Times, Natchitoci,es Vin1icator, Alex
andria CauCasian and New Orlean
\, On motion the meeting adjoured Il
meet again On Saturday tie lst 'da!
Of August, 1874, at B p. N. at Noon
! Zios Church, on thb Montgomery an,
' ''''at'1 A 1SfSi y::'BApiEKB:ss,
" 80 Vice President.
1'dJSo W.?D1soS, Secretary a
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