The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-01-02
Are we Ready q?

Louisiana expects every man to do
bis duty in this her dark and trying
hour, and We would be recreant to
tho trust imposed In Us by our fore
fathers, false to our name and race,
and traitors TO our wives and chill
dren, should We not accord to our be-
loved State q full measure Of as
sistance.
The horde of vandals have inva.
ded the sacred sanctuary Of the in
ner temple Of our liberty, aud duty
demands they should be expelled;
that they should no longer be allow
ed to po1uts that sacred editice with
foul communicating touch. Villainy
and crime are in league against hon.
esty and virtue, and all our nobler
instincts cry out to resist their inva.
sion. To Us tho courts are closed,
the ermine Of the Judiciary 10 drag
cd in the filth Of political thievery F.;
the ballot box is no longer tenable,
it's purity has been destroyed and the
voice Of tho people, expressed at the
polls, is hushed by the rude hand Of a
partisan Returning Board.
Wehave appealed to the people Of
the Union and they, on the Sd Of No
vember last, answered our CRY il
thunder tones, from Main to Califor.
nia-from the Lakes to the Gulf. Still
We are not free-a partisan brutal
President stands between the express
ed will Of our brethren Of the North
and ourselves, and with his mailed
hand proceeds to fasteu upon US those
chains our countrymen have torn
asunder. Appeals, petitions, remon-
strances, are to him alike unheeded,
they fall but on the cold dull ear Of
a drunken apestate, who turns the
crank Of oppression at each fresh cry
Of our agony. With courts and bal
lot boxes denied ds; the expressed
will Of our fellow country men nu-
tralized aud thwarted by U. S. Grant,
what in Gods name is left for US ia
dot We mast resists i! for If We yield
further, We are gone beyond hope
Upon the action Of tho citizens Of
Louisiana depend the solution Of the
problem Of FREQ government in Amer
lea, for should tho President be al.
lowed to set this precedent of over
throwing the expressed will of a PEG.
ple by force alone, then farewell lib
erty. The coming month is pregnant
with mighty events, events upoa
which hang momentous issues. The
waters of public feeling are dashed
to fury and We can discern no dove
returning to the ark of liberty with
it, olive branch Of peace-the future
looks dark and gloomy and clouds
Of war overspread our political hori.
IAN !; in this hour, the hour that try
mems souls and bring up to the sur.
face all that is good, pure and noble
in mans nature; We, the people Of
Louisiana, must be as one man iu our
condemnation Of tho partisan and
villsinous acts Of tho usurper and his
backers; must be prompt and und y
ing in eur resistance to further en-.
croachments upon our rigths-must
be quick and stern in den,andinq and
en- orc;ng an accordance to US of those
liberties to which, we asa free people
are entitled.
In this we must be cool, calm and
deliberate; move on, this 10 no time
to falter, let tho weak and timid get
them to places Of security, for in the
storm that ie about to burst upon us
none but the SONS OF MEN with the
blood Of heroes in their veins arc
wanted.
Fellow.couutry.men of tho land Of
the Myrtle and the Orange, yoar Nber-
ties demand gov should do yo.r duty,
ARE ron PREPARED.
The statement made BY tho return
ing board on the completion Of their
labors Is document In strict keeping
with their acts. Il has never been
our fortune to peruss = more villain.
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