New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-10-31
kch0es Of Democracy.


The editor of the Natchitoches Tndieator,
who is now under arrest upon charge OF
which he will have an opportunity q show
ing himself innocent. ii so, is endeavoring
to make little cheap reputation and ad-
vertising his paper. by asserting that his
arrest is an attempt to gag the press. AT
the same time be takes occasion to collect
bis subscriptions. and modestly says: LET
all who owe come up and pay to support the
peoples champion" THIS appeal is pub
lished over the name of the editor in his
issue Of the twenty fourth instant, al
though the same paper says Mr..
Co.grove is Q prisoner; that a soldier, uus-
ket in hand stands guard over him, and
that he is not permitted to communicate
with his friends. A howl for sympathy
the cry of press gagging Is fsilure. The
White League papers of Louisiana are con-
stan.ly filled with tn. vilest slandeSs, per-
sonal, libelous and reasonable; no attempt
has ever been made to suppress such papers,
or to punish their editors. While the man
is suffering for his own acts, the paper goes
on, and the Vindieator hurls the following
defiance in it's last number:
We desire to impress upon our white
citizens, upon those honorable and patri-
otto men, who have 80 nobly done their
duty in ridding our parish Of the vile mis-
creants who have plundered our people
and debased their official and their private
positions, that oil tho virtue Of man.s lite
lies in his display of character and fortitude
under extreme difficulties, and never
during the darkest hours Of our tRibula-
tions in the past thirteen years has An o.
easion arisen iur display OF those heroic
virtues, % that now upon rs. White men
of Na,cbitoches, men Of manhood, from
every pore Of your suffering State comes
the cali for your assistance. Do nos be
cast down Mt the arrest of your people.
God in His wisdom has 90 or
dsined that gres5 bodies ST pstri-
otto people give forth leaders rs
they ore struck down. Let them arrest;
let them incsrcerate US in dungeons; let
them murder us. but do yonH duty, that Of
carrying the parish against all cOmbina-
tions. This display Of armed forces shall
only serve TO nerve the freeman, the patriot,
to = sublimer confidence in their ability to
wrest our beloved State from the hands
Of the plundering e;ew Who have, like
the fostering gangrene, eaten up the sub
stance of our people. Do not be intimi
dated; you have the largest white registra-
ton ever before enrolled in old Natchi-
tochee. Her citizens, regardless of party
! ties, forgetting private interest and sscri,
ficing all their ferlings upon the altar OF
the country, have sprung to her call BE
NOT then alarmed; this movement Of troops
| is only intended ~ frighten you; shall it be
| said that the noble sons OF louisiana,
heroes Of q hundred battles, cringed like
| timid children ut the disnlay OF few SOL
I diers-forbid it Heaven We have our work
to dO-Our lines arc fOrmtd-0ur banner to
the breeze, the foe is before us, then in
| G"d's name forward to the rescue.
| What fury, oh citizens, what dreadful
| ravag-s of the sword ehall stop the onward
| mareh Of determined whites in the redemp-
| ton Of a State. Let our sctiOn be- dOubiy y
renew for to the faithful, the deter
mined, and the virtuous, there can hs
| nOmght but success.
The Franklin Sun has arrived NJ the
Coushstts affair. The argument advanced
is one entirely new. 1t admits the outrage
but thinks any attempt to punish the mur
derers will create i'll fe. lin.s! The Heather
/ Chinee was never more innocent. than ;
man who can advance such an idea at th'
present time. The arrest Of az Isaiial
brigand might create some dissatisfaction
among his followers, but their murmurs d.
not blind with sympathetic tears the eye
of the officers of the law. The cry Of thos
who have been made orphans and wido "
by Coushatta sutians, is heard above tn
protesting voices Of the Hector Timids VIII
fear to hang murderer because the NAL
might not like it. Tne Sun says OF th
bloody Coushatta business:
The whole affair from beginning to end
was no doubt in violation Of law, yet VI
do not see that any thing is to be gained b,
stirring it up any further 1t was one o
those unfortunate affairs that will occur il
the course of human events. that afford al
example. but for which there is no remedy
We regret to see that the m stter has beer
brought before the United States tribunals
the main object being, doubtless, to fee tn
officials. Thirteen persons have been ~
rested on the charge OF being concerned II
th. killing of De- wees and his five compan
ions. and warrants are gu, for many Otherf
IL il simply political trick. designed t
harss> inc ividuals ~ the expense OF til
government.