The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-10-09
Louisiana Demands Virtuous
Action.

that calls a thrOb of sympathetic feel
ing in the hearts of the lovers OF
freedom and constitutional liberty
from every State in the Union. That
this is SO, the elections of last fall
and those held this year amply tcsti-
f.. Our cSuse has been cl,ampioncd
in the States of California and Maine,
aud we can congratulate ourselves
upon having at last awakened Il sence
of .jnstice towards the South, in the
hearts of the Northern people.
Robbed of every right at the bayo
nets point -; our people 4 prey to the
most insatiatc set Of thicving scoun-
dleIs on earth, either coming from
alien homes or to the manner born !;
our State, parochial and municipal
debts appalling, with taxation
amounting to almost confiscation, our
commercial and industrial resources
Frustrated, crimes nnpnnishcd-iSno-
rance and corruption in high places,
the condition Of Louisiana, the fair
est State in the Union, is truly Ia
mentable.
Is it not enough to call forth the
energies, the will and mind of every
man, woman and child, to redeem her
from the cursed tlraldom! What a
spectacle of virtuous sclf-dcnial have
we presented for the past eight long
and gloomy years. What great for
titu1c and forbearancc have we not
summoned to our aid, that we might
not rise in our might to vindicate our
rights as people, and assert the
great birth right of resisting the ty.
ranical oppression ofthe vanda's who
have ruled rs with rod Of iron; and
have we not submitted like cravens,
without a show Of resistance. What
has been our reasons for thus submit
ting so long and so tamely ? Some one
more vcrscd with the knowledge of
human character than VIC, must an
swer.
Bnt, my conntrymen, do we do our
whole duty, nnselfsh duty9 Is there
not some hidden spring that prompts
our action? Do We go into the con.
test for the salvation of our homes
and 6rcsidcs, for our wives and little
ones, without some hope of reward'
Far be it from us to doubt the mo,
tiyes that actuate all men-we I'm.
qucstionably conceive that of the ma
jority to be pure; but, I've must say
the acts of many belle their protesta-
tons. OF that we do not speak, let
that "small still voice" within them,
be their chastisemcnt; suspicion will
haunt each guilty mind. What a
grand, a glorious opportunity, is now
presented to repeat the undying his
tory of our NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is the oc-
casion, where arc those men that
philosophers tell us, spring in the
breach when required? Who is the
man to emulate the example of the
thousands of heroes gone before, that
have sacrificed every personal inter-
est, every private ambition, to save
their country and its people Have
we such among the sons Of Louisiana F?
Has she no child born from the womb
of these stirring events sprung rea-
dy armed, like Minerva from the
head of Jove, to do battle and achieve
victory for her? Those grand old
days that gave birth to heroes, have
not certainly past, and we feel happy
in the conviction that some one yet
lives to win his country aud his coun-
try's glory, unstained by paltry per-
sonal ambition. What if we should
lay all this feeling aside for once,
coming up to tho line as patriots
should, meeting and organizing as a
people, throwing aside every tainted
politician, taking hold ourselves =;
what a noble and lasting success, un-
sullied with personal regrets, would
be the next election.
Let us appeal to every impulse of
our nobler Lature, sink the gross feel
ings of mankind, array ourselves with
those Gol-like attributes, with which
the great Creator has endowed the
fairest work of his hand. Let the
people, the real, true people, take the
matter in hand, and reviving the
memories, the feelings, Of those pure
patriots of the revolution, strive by
all means in our power to initiate
their illustrious example.
Select yom o,cn representatives ;
discard the man who attempts to
thrust his merits and virtues into
your favor for hope Of personal pre-.
ferment; conduct the battle for liber-
ty next year, as patriots, not like
scheming politicians send to the rear
your weakened time-servers. Pro-
Oloi,n II IN ryOnr hoof