The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-01-09
United STATES OF AMERICA, }
Dist. Of La, Parish of Orleans, :
Now Orleans, Nov. 9, 1874. J

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, J
Dist. Of La, Parish Of Orleans, :
Now Orleans, Nov. 9, 1874. }
BEFORE me D. J. NJ. A. Jevett,
commissioner Of the United States IL
.nd for the Dist. of Louisiana. daily
commissioned and qualified, this day
,srforally came and appeared James
',rcwn. Geo. 7. Boyder, N. T. Green,
pnh. Clark. Allen Hall and Eli VIII
Gsms who being duly. and severa||y
.yn,, dsposed aud said. that they
~. ,c,idents of the parish Of Natch,-
.,rs-s in said District and State CT
L.risiaua; that they were pusent in
s,;d parish from tire month of March.
3D., 1874, TO the day Of the general
election, 10 wit the second day Of
November; that it was Il matter Of
general notsriety. that there existed
IN said parish of Natchitoches and in
all parts thereof, from and after the
first day Of May last past, or there
about. al organization commonly and
publicly known az the White League,
composed exclusively Of white Demo
cratic residents of said parish; and
having for its object the intimidation
ofcolored and white Republican vot-
err of said parish by any and every
means practicable ; the expulsion
from Office Of the legally elected and
appointed officers of said parish the
expulsion of the Lawful Judge Of the
18th judicial district the seizure ca
the seals, records, cm"lum-nt-, now
er and duties Of said officers by force
of arms and the deprivation to hold
Office and exercise the privilege of
suffrage guaranteed to members Of
the Republican party as citizens Of
the United States by the constitution
Of the United States and the amend
r,ents thereto, especial y by tho 4th.
9Th and 9th sections Of an act of Con-
gress entitled "an act to enforce tie
right Of citizens of the United States
to vote in the several States of this
Union, and for other purposes, ap-
proved May 81, A. D., 1897; that
said organization commenced in Or
about the I'd week in the month of
Nay last past, to intimidate colorel
members Of tie Republican party by |
threats to each and every such member
severally made by David Pierson and
others, his associates in said srgaui- !
zatisn, that every such colared man
who should vote the Republican tick
ct in the (then) coming election,
would be by said Pierson and others
expelled from his farm or rented land,
deprived Of rations, supplies, labor
AM; wages, and forever prevented
wholly and utterly from obtaining
employment in said parish of Natchi.
toches /; that the said Pierson and
Others, his associates, visited the
houses, churches and casual meetings
Of colored men for the sole and spe-
cial purpose Of making the threats
aforesaid and persistantly and gen.
orally sought opportunities for 80 do
ing that from and after the lst day of
Juno, A. D., 1874, OF thereabouts,
leading cslored men of the Repub-
lican party in said parish, to wit
Raford Blunt, Henry Raby, Leon Van"
nier, and others were persistently
pursued by said Person and his as
sociates, with threats Of assassination,
il they, the said Blunt. RabY, Van
nier, and Others should attempt 10
organize the colored voters Of the
Republican party, III the manner aud
form which had been usual III said
parish, or in any other form and matt
ner that Oh the 2Sth day Of July.
1874, said Person, together with his
said associates to the pnmher of seven
hundred (70O) or thereabouts, the
same being then aud there visibly
armed with reyolvsrs, shotguns Win
ceester rifles and other deadly weap-
ems, did appear in the iowa Of Nat
chitochss and did, then and there,
COMPEL the resignation Of d. Ell
Bou!lt, tax collector of said parish
and of the State therein Of the par
18Th judge, ono D. H. Boullt, jr., and
lid, by force of arms, as aforesaid, e1-
pell from said parish, Raford Blunt,
Senator Of the 22d Senatorial Dist,
h. C. Myers, judge Gsshe 18th Judi
c'al District Of the STAT spf Louisiana,
and other persons, members Of the
Republican party, of the number Of
thirty (30) or thereabouts that from
md after said date, the entire paris
Vas in tho sole charge and at the
mercy of said Pierson and his asso-
hates as aforesaid, aud that the same
lid dominate and control said parish
Without let or hindrance in inter def
snce Of the civil law of the authority
# the State Of Louisiana. or. the U.
). Of America, III the premises that
Turing the lega! days Of registration,
% wit from the Goth day of August
% tho 223d day of Oct, both inclusive, +,
'aid Pierson and his. said associates
lid, by force Of arms, obstrnct and
prevent from registration many Re-
'ublicans voters, to wit: in ward
lumber FIVE Isl, by estimation, the
lumber Of forty-tive AS and in ward .
lumber six [6l, by estimation, the !
lumber Of thirty 1901 AVID this persis-
ently, constantly, publicly and with .
no avowsd purpose Of preventing q