The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-08-29
It Must be so; Plato, &c.

ell tho truth and showed foresight,
wisdom and patriotism, when they
declared in Convention assembled :
"That in the opinion of this Conven-
ton, representing the people of the
parish of Natchitoches, opposed to
Radicalism and its ascendancy in Lou.
isiana, apo" the ~hite men Of the State
alone, derolres the SALVATION Of the
State and that this can be accom-
plished BY the harmonious union and
concert of the conservative elements
Of the people Of Louisiana That
resolution has the ring of tho true
metal in it. No dross, no alloy, no
base substance to be used in our 20.
|itical weapons, for "the redemption
Of Louisiana from the corrupt usur-
patton which Expresses the State"
And why? Because the Radical
party have forced it upon us-be-
cause for the Inst eight years we have
talked, reasoned, argued with the
colored race; We have warned them
against" the Vaccinations Of vicious
and designing men, whose only pur-
pose it was to use them as easy dupes
and willing tools, for their own az.
grandizement, and the ruin Of the
people of this State, both white and
colered. And what has been tho re-.
suit . They have turned a deaf ear
to our appeals; they have laughed
our arguments tn scorn; they have
spit upon our patriotic endeavors;
they have formed their loyal and their
black leagues ; they have ahnsed their
right Of suffrage; they have taken ad-
vantage Of their numerical strength
to pnt in power, all over the State,
bad men with bad hearts F.; in ,,omi-
mating, electing and maintaining in
Office, ignorant, wicked and dishonest
men, knowing them to be such; and
haze TINS ruined the State, and made
it what it actually is. IAN almmina.
ton of deso'ation." Have they, "A a
class. been benefited BY it! No. 1t
is evident that they have reaped no
good from such conduct. They are
in a worse condition now, chan they
were in 1863. They have forfeited
the white mans confidence, and that
is a great loss. They are worse of
in substantial means, for they have
caused the impoverishment Of the
State and have become poorer with it.
Worse off in character, for they have
shown to the people Of the North, as
we'll as to the people Of the South,
that if they have caused these thisss
through igsoraace, then they wese
not yet IT to enjoy this inSstimable
right Of suffrage; or if they have
acted knowingly, and therefore,
through 'cicledness, then they are still
more to be blamed, and still more
unworthy Of that sacred right. Which
ever it may be, the effects upon tue
entire people Of this State, have been
the same: degradation, poverty and
oppression.
In a few years, with the help of the
colored race, the Radical party have
run US into q debt exceeding fifty
millions of dollars, with nothing ia
show for it, and have made this once
glorious fabric Of a State, a den Of
wretchedness, iniquity and woe.-
Their watcbwords have been, down
With tho southerner; down with the
white race; down with the damned
rebel. We will make him hte the
dust; We will take everything he has j;
We will make his home q wilderness,
and himself . wanderer, = stranger
and . pauper, in bis own land and
among his own people; and the in.
edable Joy and delight to be felt in
our hearts, will be more than ample
satisfaction for whatever may befal1
US hereafter. The whites want JUS,
tice and rights Let AZ give them mi.
putty and wrong. They wish for or.
der and ID prosperity Lot Us give
them anarchy and ruiui They ast
friendship and brotherhood Of In
terests' Let us give them deadly
hate aud the black leagse. .se Fl
! Those have been tho sentiment,
'and acts of the Radical party !: 'thos,
the causes which have given rise t
the White Mans party; They organ;
lied for oppression and waste. W,