The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-07-11

had been, of the hidden snares abld
pitfalls that ''thc enemy" was pla.
cling in the way ; imagine, howevt pr,
our great surprise and relief on read
ing further, to find from the disjointe ed
structure, that it was not the work [oi
one of the "Old masters" but of a lily
ing parsonage and that parsonage 10
other, in his corporeal entity, thu IN
our former redoubtable and truly H.
reprcssible Fusion supervisor ofregib-
tration ! We could but exclailb b,
Saul! SAUL! why persecutest THOU
me! overt thou not with us but a
short time ago, a Democrat after the
strictest sect of the Warmothites |"
Did'st thou not, among others, hold
Pinchback's political "robe, viii e
they were stoning him to death =
When! oil ! when, overt thou anoint-
ed, 9 King" We were wholly Iovef-
powered in contemplating the inl-
mense distance over which You hJd
travelled in 50 short a time-the fast
est political time on record.
Next in the order of this article, vie
find some indefinite question aboh ut
some kind Of petition, the Democrat It's
were trying to have signed, requed IT,
ing Democrat to resign, because he
had voted for IN honest Republican, ;
FIVE understand you Alright, we ,e-
collect OIL one occasion, that an iI'
diri.'uul applied to us to draw up suth
a petition, which we promptly rcfust d
az did another Democrat then prose ht
since which time we have heard
nothing more of it. As to certain
legal gentlemen being denounced by
an "Oligarchy" for something, IL Fat
you do not explain, we must confess
our ignorance of the fact, as we'll las
the meaning of your allusiQp.--Did!nt
your gun go off accidentally along
here? Let US now come to the gist
Of the thing (f pcradventure, there
be any and see if we can not under-
stand each other g. little better. Why
do you object so bitterly to the doc
trinc, that you so lately advocated ?
Is it simply because we announce it ?
or have you concluded that the tel ts'
are too severe in either case, let Jus
assure yop that it was intended sin Up
ly as rule to apply to our own patty
and III no sense affects you. Again,
you take occasion to inform us, that
there is no danger in "the cloud rls-
ing in the horizon, no larger than a
mans hand but ever growing by day
and by night, until it shall sweep thc
whole length and breadth Of the lal md
tile white mans league"
SO said the antet'iluvians, one Ito
another, when Noah warned them Of
the black proved elements of del
nge, that were gathering III horrid Isl
lence around them: So said the Sodo-
mites to Lot, even when the mcssd n-
ger was with them, that brought tue
tidings of the destroying fires of Hed w.
en-. Yea in later times, q sensual
and selfish Sardinapalus commanded
his dupes to con with the dance"
when the exterminating Legions WIRE
already within his gates. We do not
say however, that you are not wiser
than they of the past or even present
generations-it may he, and we |tre
led to suppose, that your super ior
foresight, has enabled you to pierce
the dark mantle Of the Future and to
say "tllat all is we'll" But be 1t re-
membe,ed and let it 0o'p bcplaced uPon
the record, that VIC, in view Of the ILL.,
omened appearances, have decla FED
aloud, in the voice Of solemn and tar-
est warning to all, that Il convulsion
was coming which would shake this
Land from centre to circumference,
unless the councils of the good, 1.-THE
wise and the true, should avert it, hnd
that you Mr.. Person, cried out 81 Iced
him not-this is all partizan clap
trap"
We will do you the charity, how
ever, to suppose that these rash words
addressed to people, were rather an
expression Of your belief as to your
own personal safety than as to theirs,
and from this point Of view, your
prognostication of the "cloud" would
probably be correct. We arc not Ger
tain Of the fact, but we have inferred
from circumstances that it was the
settled policy Of both parties to con-
tinue you in q state ofarmed neutrali-
ty during the present contest. If
there has been any change in your
seeming relation to both parties, it
has been quite recent and we have
not been advised of it. At all events,
it is a position that you have occupied
for some time to the great satisfac-:
ton Of both belligerents, and it is to
be sincerely hoped that you will con-
tinue to hold ''the balance of powe1''
to the end.
One more word at parting. Do not
suffer yourself to become "weary in
we'll doing' but occasionally during
this contest, let us hear the report Of
your we'll known pop-gun. We think
it necessary for two reasons: LIST, it
will keep US from forgetting you; and
2dly, it will prevent the soldiers of
both sides from going in your direc-
ton. 1t doesn't matter which line you
fire on.