The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-02-20
How Long Must Louisiana
Wait?

""iNN viz s'SAtSGo tooo'nAc """tp'"NSH
to all it's citizens. That the Union, as
whole, is prosperous, no person can
reasonably deny; but that its pros
perity, since the war, is as thorough
and complete, as good government
can make it, and not only partially
so, mono but partisan and prsjudl-
ced pet of Executive patronage,
will have the holiness to assert.
The pilot at the helm is certainly not
responsible for the rapidity and force
of currents, and the violence of con-
trary winds but lie must be held ac-
countable for the bad and reckless
management Of the ship, which en-
dangers her safety, and brings des-
truction to all on board. General
Grant is that needless and reprehen-
sible steersman.
The influence of military fame and
the power to bestow, always find adj
mircrs. The support of the present
administration is not the result Of 4
patriotic spontaneity, but springs
from an interested, pecuniary mo-
tive--Hence the approval of the cru
el policy stuhbornly and steadily
pursued by the President by those
who prefer Capitalization to consti-
tutional liberty; by officc-seekers
and bond-holders at home, and by
those abroad, who have invested in
United States securities.
C1sarism has its votaries, even
here in this repntcl "asylum of the
oppressed the land Of the "brave
and the Free Threatening ard ON
inous signs were seen in the political
sky of tho North, East and West,
last fall, forehoding evil and disaster
to such a dangerous experiment.
State after State went conservative,
by overwhelming and eondemning
majorities; yet, the despotic mad
man heeds them not. He must
eight it out on that line, if it takes
all summer"
Behold Louisiana overt'lrown, torn,
bleeding at the despot's fcet-strick-
en-, dishonorea and ruined; with the
Declaration of independence in one
hand, and tho Constitution of the
United States in the other; looking
regretfu'ly at her happy past; anx
iously at the future, and implolinsly
appealing on all sides; she wai|ingly
recites her misfsl tunes and piteously
cries for help-Her credit is gone ;
her substance wasted her very bow
els torn her house divided against
itself; one-half of her children frow-
ard, wicked, depraved and SANDER
ing, rohbing and expressing the other
half, and making way with their in
heritance; her star erased from the
Union of free States, ard her present
helpless, What the future
will DO for her, it is beyond our pro-
phetic ken to foretell. Were the
breasts of Americans still animated
with the spirit of freedom, there
would yet be some hope left.
Are we the same nation who re-
belled on account of the Stamp Act,
and the tax on tea; and fought
against the impressment Of our sea-
men into British service? Can it be
possible that people who condoled
with unhappy Greece ; denounced the
enslavement of Poland condemned
the condition Of Ireland; and eman-
cipated the slaves within their own
borders, can be so completely chang
ed in sentiments, and willing to riy.
ct tho chains of despotism upon their
own limbs7 If the acts of the pres
emit Congress is an indication of the
nations will, then the question has
been fully answered by the passage
of the Civil Rights bill. The rights
Of four millions Of negroes are scru-
pulously cared for; the claims Of
thi,ty-six millions of whites, who
have created and built up this Re-
public, have been 'ehamcfully dis
and rnthlessly trannpled up
on.
Louisiana is ono of tho victims of
that policy, steadily and unre!ent-
ingly pursued. Promethean-like, she
is bound to the pillar of centralism,
and the hungry vultures of tyranny
are preying upon her vitals. Is she
to endure the torture forever? or
can she hope to be freed of her suf.
ferings, by the northern Hercules7
Her condition is known; her groans
are heard; her agony witnessed-Ex-
pressions of sympathy is all the re-
lief she obtains-she still waits ma
Iient'y for that action alone, which is
to bring deliverance with it; the ac-
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