The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-10-31
The. Truth.

The. Truth.
We clip the following from the Lou
siona State Register, a staunch aut
fearless Republican Journal. 1t truth
fully says:
eve read q great deal in the North,
ern paper about tho murder Of North
ERIN men in the South, and We fie-
quently hear the remarks that if the
democrats were in office In Louisiana,
= Northern man, and especially {:
Northern republican could not remain
alive in the State. The Coueltatta
murders are referred to as a very az.
gravated instance of Southern hostiii.
ties to Northern men. The flourish.
ing condition Of Coushatta is duly
referred to as evidence of Northern
thrift and enterprise. The other side
of this Coushatta tragedy has never
been told. Red river parish, of which,
this town was the seat of Justice, is
q new parish, created by tho Legis-
lature since the State was reconstruct
ed. There was no object in creating
this new parish, except to increase
offices and give certain republicans a
sort Of patrimony, inhabited chiefly
by colored people, that could be man
aged and taxed in the interest of the
office holders. The people who own
the lands and pay the taxes in Red
river parish, never desired the crca-
ton OF the parish. 1t was done with
out their consent and against their
wishes. OF course a half dozen or so
Of men with q parish, comparatively
wealthy, under their own control,
where they could assess taxes, collect
and expend them as they pleased,
could soon build Court House,
School houses, buy farms, erect mills
and generally do 4 thriving business.
1t has been stated in the papers that
the taxes in tins parish were eight
hundred per cent higher than in the
adjoining parish of Natchitoches.
This statement has never been con-
tradicted to our knowledge. 1t was
also told to the writer by o planter
Of the parish that we believe reliable
and whose name can be had for the
asking. The men who were mana.
ging matters in this way were muir.
dered. Were they killed because
they were Northern meni This crea-
ton of new parishes for corrupt pur-
poses does not work we'll. Grant
parish was created for the same pur-
poses az Red river. The seeds sown
in corruption have in both cases
brought a harvest of murder, in
which several men of Northern birth
were victims, but they did not die for
that reason. We imagine, if the
democrats were to get into power in
this State, that considerable many
Northern men would leave it very
shortly, but We do not believe that
any Northern man, who has been
faithful as an officer, or useful and
reputable rs a citizen, that would he
compelled or expected to leave the
State. This article is not written by
any ex-federal soldier, who has gone
to tho democracy, or who has any
desire to see them in office. but bv
one who has edited q republican pa
per in the State since its reconstruc.
tiou. If lie has ever failed to give
the democracy and its villainies their
just deserts, it must be attributed
rather to q lack Of capacity than in
clination. We live here, and We are
tired Of seeing the people who are
our neigbbors, maligned aud lied
about by set Of newspaper scaven-
gers, whose only object is to make
the republican party Of the North toe
the chalk mark, by reciting the terri.
ble treatment Of men from the North
by the Southern rebels. A Northern
man, who proposes to make an honest
living in Louisiana without Office, can
live here without being disturbed, al
though he is as radical a. Ben Bnt-
lsr. If his ambition is an office, aud
he prostitutes that to his own gain,
he is pretty sure not only to enjoy
tho curses of the rebels, but Of every
decent Northern man in the State.
THE REAL Rich MAN. Ben.
Franklin said: "Many q man is rich
without money. Thousands of men