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The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-05-15

Tile late ''lndependeus' dinner i
New York seem not to have disturb
cd the smooth and swift flowing SUI
face Of the mighty Democratic stress;
and our northern contemporaries COZ.
slider the matter as not amounting b
much, while they give tho ':new pa,.
ty" men to distinctly understand that
the Democracy is never again to h
taken in with the Liberal bubble.
This is what the Philadelphia Con.
monuealh, the leading Democrats
paper of Philadelphia, and sound b
the core, has to say Of the true pelg
Of our party: ..,r
We are unalterably opposed to any
combinations Of compromises With
any body or set Of men who, 10 this
jnncture Of public affairs, in this time
Ut peril to constitutional government,
arc asking recognition by the Demo.
cratic party, rs not Of it, Or 10 It, Of
willing to be part Of it's hest withsss
q reward. : t.-f.tl
To give to any party Of men, hsr
or small in numbers, - subsidy b
come in aud help the Democrats n
deem and restore tho Federal Gu.
eminent, is q sublime aud audseiess
folly.
The Democratic party will rsbeivs
no accession Or aid from any quartz
except rs a tribute to the wisdsn 4
its theory.
The Democratic party can trlunpa
on its principles, and it ought not y
triumph by bargain in which h
principles are to b spborliaats y
success. =,
We welcome all who are ready ~
willing to aid in the great work bei''e
US as = party. There is rosm eaose
and to spare inside the party lns
for all true, honest, sincere men W.
desire the utter defeat Of Grantisn ~
the negro Radical party. But To
Democratic party is not eithse =
weak, Or SO dead, or 80 forsakss ~
offer rewards for recruits, or to e'e
bouaties for eplistel men. fT
Any efforts to dictate to The Deoe'
cracy by Liberal Republicans OF otoa
timid, frightened, homsless po'itl.:
clans, under threats Of The loss Z
their support and their aid, neita~a
which have any appreciable valae q
the polls 30 far as work or nuebe@
are important, will end IN an upris'..g
Of the bone and sinew, the old-tae..
toned Democracy, and the winds Z
autumn will cover these arrogan
heralds of evil with the dead leese
Of their pretensiOns. ~ 100
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Tho New Orleans Bulletin H.,

Tho New Orleans Bulletin thus, ~.
sents Chahoun, the convicted f.,.
as a shining ard ave,age cha,se.., =,
the men WHO Lave heen ,le H.
makers Of Louisiana for the past yea,
since reconstruction. The rjc,n,.
| SO stIiklngly true that it will oo,.
mend itself to the mind of tic ints,r
gent reader at once:
1t was exclusively by the Unto. :.
these negroes, nine tenths ofvL.N"
had been his or his fathers s,.r.
that Calhoun was elected a memIs'
"f the House of Representatives. No.,
lie was conspicuous in every kcbe%s
OF corruption.
The debased character and yi,s;,
Gus conduct of Calhoun were tbo.
oughly known to many of his n,,t.
friends; coworkers in political r.:
callity aud sharers in official pecnis
ton and p!under. lie was a prcm;.
ncnt member of every ring or assoc;
alton of representatives and Senato,,
who pursued the vocation of,feeisl.'
tors notorisusly and almost onenlr
for the purpose Of selling their yot:,
and influence. He was one af Il.
heaviest sharers in the profits Of th; hi
nefarious practice, by which pan, '
fortunes were made and the St.t.
damaged to the extent Of maoy mil
lion vi dollars.
The schemes of plumber wer ~,
ried on successfully, because the rms,
controlled or constituted large major.
tiles in both branches, asl with In.
punity because eacl. individual mem.
Der had it in his power to expose al
the rest, SO that they pursued Tie Ri.
ical law Of "division and silence,
with as much regularity a. . corno.
rate company follows any lawful basi.
ness. .'-s'E
We, therefore, present Hon. VIII
liam $. Calhoun, bag a political chief
in the parish Of Grant, long q mem
Der of a corrupt Radical Legislature,
long q prominent Radical manager,
long the cherished favorits counselsr
and agent Of q large and wicked ne.
gro constituency, long the political
dictator and dispenser of oficesia
Grant parish, the active and knowing
producer of the Colfax tragedy, and
now a tried, proven aud convicted
felon, rs a sample Radical pelitieiaa
and Office holder of Louisiasa !; yet,
if it is any comfort to his friends, ~
will add that he is no worse than the
average Of the men in Office BY whom
our State is and has long been aiflict.
Ell: BY Calhoun as a sample, IT,
Radical chiefs Of Louisiana may b
judged. ".
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All is quiet in political affairs at the
present moment, but We do not know
how long they will continue So. The
issue upon tho Police Jury question
aud our city matter, has not been de-
veiopctl to any further extent; and
Ne hope at least, that some regard
will be paid to the demands Of eur
people, although, hope in the case Of
Kellogg is q slender thread upon
which to hang We have been so
often deceived By this individual,
and he knows our situation 80 we'll
besides, that it will be a matter Of
profound astonishment to us when
any coed is done our people by him.
u It seems to. us that these appoint
ments are made with view, simply
to test the sincerity and patisnea Of
our suffering parish, to see just how
far they will stand such nonsensica1
appoistne.ts. Here We have . Pc.
neg Jafy Not up to the clsacattona
standatd tof,ths 6acs13 hat ,cns made
to resign last gear, and Kellogg asks
ths white taxpayers to tryit. Well,
now, this is asking entirely too much
Our whistle has already cost Us dear
", and No do not desire any moro
of that kind.
When the time comes for action, v,
opine that Mr.. Kellogg will DO aston
ished if he found q people assdeter-
mined to resist being; robbed, as h
is to rob them, at least such is til,
present feeling amsng those Of ou
people witaTwhom We have conversed
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r. a., 4. P'ers6n, ST., one Of the
seklsst and most eminent members Of
stileD Of Louisiana, died on Thurday
afternoon It 81 o'clock. We shall
hereafter refer to the loss which our
society has sustained in the death Of
Ahis good, pnse and able men. This
uuseuncehsnt of his aemised will
s;'psn the fountains Of grief in the
heart. Il his numerous friends in North
Louisiana. sstsa Il rs.
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until tho assembling of tho Legisla-
ture in january, the reforms we re-
quire, in the same spirit and with
the same unanimity, that we demand
ed the election Of l,onest, capable and
representative men in the. last cleo
ton. Let as give the country to un.
derstand that the white people OF
Louisiana are weary Of lawlessness,
of political thievery, of partisan mis-
government, and of taxation without
representation that they are deter
mined the government set over them
BY the President and finally acquies.
ced in by them for the sake Of peace,
shall give them justice, aud cease tn
be an instrument of robbery and op-
preston. Let Kellogg, Packard, West,
and the smaller lights of tho gang be
made, by tho combined and deter
mined expressions of our press aud
people, to understand that Louisiana
is no longer a conquered province.
placed in their power to desp"il and
oppress, and that their days Of ras-
cality are over. Our policy, then, is
to reunite our ranks on the situation
established by the adjustment, and
move forward steadily with view
Of carrying out the policy Of the
campaign Of 1874 to its legitimate
results, developing and organizing az
We advance, vigorous public opin-
ion that will coerce the radical execu-
tive and Senate into cooperating
with the conservative House III health
full legislation for the State in Janua-
airy next. ~ tt '.'
We shall be glad to see our Louisi-
ana contemporaries respond favora-
bly, to these suggestions. We can
very we'll, afford, it seems to us, to
defer, for a time, our discussions of
the campaign Of 1876, the character
Of Which no man is now wise enough
to foretell. What most concerns
Louisiana is the preservation, yet
a while, Of the unity and morale Of
her white people, that they may pro.
tett themselves from ruin, and their
State from ultimate Authorization.
The Shreveport TINES will fight it out
on this line at least. ''''' }"
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One 81 the most cenbummate
,schsnes IL bAcial robbery ii this
,State;is tho 1Istem q asseslaaepts
'aD1 NJ collections. Pie hSolition
of this intanous IN sm is fiital inn
EportapcQ;to tho jSople but. q We
time sincst 3usscalling
attention 70 the Importance Of reform
in this matter by the extra session,
the radical leaders throughout the
State either have q personal interest
in the offices Of tax collectors, OF have
retainers or pet relatives in them,
and are united Ia opposition to any
change or reform. Indeed. this. tax
collecting business is, outside Of. the
State officers, the latest thing the
radical politicians have, and they. will
fight to tho death to hold on to 1t.
The most powerful combinations will
be organized to maintain it. In the
parish of Caddo there are, as nearly
as we can get at the truth, our blood
suckers interested In tho tax collec
tors Office Hamilton, the Ostensible
tax collector, gets ono hundred dol
lars per-, month for the use Of his
name, while Lieut.. Governor, Autoine,
Senator WIN. Harper and Congress!
man George s,Smith, divide the
profits equally "a among MseHPsesllye' 2:
We think, if our Contemporaries will
in.eetigats thei uatteee thei2vil find
that similar combinations exist in
nearly every parish, to feed onstAs
substance Of the people. nsOf course
theses follows will deny tho truth .o1
! the statement, hut 80 will a thief ttle.
Fly hls guilt. Tie people shopld o.
: :'sss :ae gl|E|9s i st I'll. = e'sass'
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IA mule belonging e NJ, n n, TAM 1Flat'
IN Was brataily. bnrnsd Nv sope
sssad; ID hasAan shape, ssa Monday
iaSss II seems the 'ienzing Of sone
Ipiasss ii Nj: r.a.iiA,i'.'a sishto1'Aloo ' I
isbad, and tho mule must have jump
s4i6tt 6us II these Aslds, waas caught,
issSsii I'll poured over him, odd With q
'Siss1ea bapdl ~ fdddes tied stohis
,sil, thep aa!!ahs Bfsts Va burned
IN ! most hstribls nanner, Tho
NAN Who would. DO IN act Of this
Lind + ! brute, and should !. - pan
ished in the seYerest manner. IL
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awe had the pleasure a few even
|'ihgs Since IF visiting the Gem store
Of this city" that Of Messrs. Caspari
e. Dietrich, and We were highly graf
flied Herewith. The stock lately
purchased by this firm, is one Of the
largest and most complete ever
brought$te this market, and compri-
ses every known want Of tho pur-
chaser. TIE display is really mag
piAaccssnt, and with sach a genial gen
tlsman as Mr.. Caspari and his atten-
tive clerks, We feel assured tho pub.
l,c will bs we'll satisfied. To the Ia.
dies, special Inducements are offered,
and during the heated Summer months
the store will be kept open in the
evening, that they may attend shop.
|,piAga after the heat Of: the day, and
with the splendid gas-ligl.t it will be
pleasure to make your purchase,
when not annoyed BY crowds. Dc
not fail to give them a. call if you
want cheap goods. G! L. ta
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p. w. B.-Your note has been
received. YOU are correct, the
newspaper business, much as is
ssaa about it,. pays better than
any thing else; people will ,growl,
;you;know, but that must be over
look; Now we get $4,000 a week
for editing this paper, and we are
only sorry we did not ask a cool
hundred thousand; could have
,got itas well as $4,000. ~ =.
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Grant has made some changes
in his Cabinet that are likely to
give satisfaction. Attorney Gen.
Wilt ams, the Bind brute parti-
Fan, whose malignant hatred to
the Southern people Vas excited
by his inability to:afpreciate any
character save that of the low,
cringing time server, has been SUI
perseded by Judge Edward Pierre
pmt, of New York, an able, edu-
Gated and honest mah> I'VE Of
tb South will feel more security
against wrong and outrage now,
that 1.andaulet Williams has step
ped down and out -
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We see some parties, among whom

We see some parties, among whom
we note the great Independent Editor
Halstead, of the CINCINNATI CONNER
eio', arc hopeful of revGjng the old
Independent party. We have never
yetknown ola people about to emerge
from bad and ruinous state Of gov
eminent by a broad and sound road,
but what some Jackass wanted ts
lead off by q linear cut" into a maze
Of doubt, perpIexity and defeat; and
this talk Of Halstead's about Demo
Gratis, Southern soldiers and Roman
Catholics, is the weakest bosh we
have ever read.
Halsteail fought for tho Union with
a pen, as correspondent Of some loyal
journal, during our Iate unpleasant.
ness, and imbibed his hatred for our
people, for independent as no claims
to b., he cannot hide it, from the smell
of the ink bottle and in writing apos-
trophies worthy the brain Of savage
Indian, upon the death of some brave
enemy, Zollikoffer for instance. whom
lie saw (when dead) and whose soul,
after consignins his memory and body
to eternal execration, he specially in
vited to a warm corner in the halls
of Halsteati's family--hell.
We can humbly assure Mr(l) Hal
stead, that the SOLDIERS Of the Union
armies do not mistrust the loyalty
and ea.nestness Of the late C0nfeds-
rate soldiers, aud when they do, it
will be full time for him to blow, as
that is about all the innocent harm
he will ever do. The third party
Ha,stead gets up, will be composed
Of three jackasses, himself and two
other independents.
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-s.wSistata thanks'io ths'etsr rottai.
E u y Di ST., silgghe.t' 9qgR|papdst ,oi }ie
Bart Able, ia9d bis pAlitA edRprs. ,fer
MISUNDERSTANDING. f.s,; gani. ysa'i
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I'VE desire to say to tue New Or.
leans Republican, that the Viadicator
.''riu Ire, as it has lived since Its birth,
.hyg the generous support Of a tax
ridden people, who. pay 1t to abuse
and vi'lify them, and will be in at
tlle,death oflall such ,pap,fed monop-
soiy.lived sheets rs the New Orleans
aRepublican. a5t" '''a onip
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/ We were pleased to meet Col. E.
ca. Davidson; the old Democratic
warrior from Sabine, in our city du-
ing the week, looking as genial, hale
and hearty as in days Of yore. The
eolsnel expresses himself AZ able
and'williog as ever, to do battle for
By Pseple, and will do 50 in the
xMaa struggle Of 1876. i. .a'i 4,t.
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The question Of guaranteeing New
Otlsans, ii being discussed by the
Board Of Health Of that city, as well
" sbs lea.nag physsehns VIM q pre-
iieadslf'aac'Ss|ot opinion y !. hv0t Of the
,lidaa1f setting process of Or. Perry.
Nhs matter has not yet ireanhesloa
.lshuite dlasscn, tibat will, 'shofsls
re- .llttiih ilessfa hrs 9fis ot33 atos
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= John J. Herbert, is our duly authori
zc,l travelling agent, . .,
Notice to Contributors.

M communications viii he published
unless accompanied by the authors real
n.une. But one side of the sheet to he
written upon when sent to rs for inser~
ton.
a Articles to he short and to the point,
70 have attention. > ".''
5 These are our rnles and they must be
strictly adhered to.
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When the Hahn House was in ses-
sion, eeisg in swimming style, pas
sing laws, drawing. pay, aud kicking
up the old Nick generally, all fair
minded men admitted the illegality
Of the concern. The letter Of Mr..
Wheeler to then. 0. Times, in rela-
ton to the seating Of four members
that we're duly returned elected by
the Returning Board but whom the
Hahn House declared not elected and
gave Is thviF opponents, radicals,
their seats, settles beyond question,
both, the business Of the action Of the
Democrats and the illegality Of the
Hahn House. He says in the letter
referred to:
On the 4th January and some time
during the winter session the repub-
aicans unseated four democratic mem.
bers, who held certificates of Return
ing Board, aud whose names were
on the list of members used BY the
republican clerk at the attempted or
ganization in January. No one OF
these four democrats, who were re-
seated ats the extra session Of which
Fcomplaint Is made, was a party Il
the articles Of adjustment, no one
can be found in Louisiana to assert
that, at, the time these four democrats
were nhseated. there was q quorum
present, so these four had never been
legally deprived Of their seats Il nt il
is replied by those; who impute bad
faith to democrats, that the agree
ment contains this provision, the
Hanss- Of Representatives rs to ,itt
members as constituted under the
award shall remain without change
except by resignation or death Of
members, until = new general cleo.
ton and this condition has been VIC.
lated. The democrats never ones.
tened the action, OF tho Returning
Board, except IN cases referred to, the
committee, they were willing with
these sxceptions,te abide by it.s N '
understanding Of the.above provision
is that the House of Representatives
was to bb AZ returned ~ the Return.
ing Board. Later errors Of thai
Besrd tad. bses sc0rfectsd lin eases
specified in the agreement by thu
award. Of tho committee and its adop.
ton by the House of Representatives,
tho parties to the agreement having
made; no stipulation in thesc cases
cannot be fairly asked to deprive
these four. membsrs Of seats to which
they had been declared elected by the
Returning Board, and Of which less
than q msjoritys of members II the
House attempted b deprive them /;
those fsur men being entitled TO seats
and having, done nsthing To- forfeit
them, their rtihstat ement. WAS an act
Of simple justice which all must ap.
prove. ----
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,sl VETO OF THE TAXPAYERS RELIEF
BILL.-Governor Kellogg, in his mes
sage vetoing an act to relieve tax
payers and to reduce tho outstanding
indebtedness of the State and to pro-
vide for the remission Of penalties
on unpaid taxes, gives as bis reason
for Isatli dstion the fact that it would
make all warrants drawn receivable
for taxes ptiot to 1875, in opposition
tn the RDaucial policy Of tho State,
which would be an act of had faith
to crotlitors.ss Al fhrther.resson il it
would, seemingly; All lehst; give sbs
tax.resister "a unfair advantage. IN.
Or Rass la3 sgi 5sdy q ~ 2
Thus like the tdead sea fruit;'
does y the opqly ''feforn, bill," which
was passed during the adjusted
extra session, turn to "ashes upon
F6ar,, lips. Well! well! We have
the satiafaetionl Of paying sl17,-
900 f0ra' veto ;gpodr consolation,
MT being '; al We have, We advise t|'
the taxpayers to make the. most
|'df it. 1T seems strange that more
[.SQhsSitdis e| ~ should be paid "
ONE l0Yelyo Governor to .'90ur creili.
tors' than to the tax,payipg citi-
z ye'pp!s,b pt, that 4ay,be .a'e.'eo,iated
for in'tlle! fact "of Kellogg's party
having contracted the debt tbr
|l thu exclusive benefit their needy,
and without consulting the tax,
Fpayege Hence his desire to .skeer
1aith1 With THEM. .e.9t at'ai re,
eN{,t$4 ga 1NLtMs :. i. t.isrf-+ ~, al
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- Blnnnlt the saddle. co'ored apos.
tate, came to his home last Tues.
day; and failed to find q deadly
White Lacquer III wait for him. {
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Our thanks are due Mayor y
Vargas, for full files Of city r
pers. Mayor De Vargas is noxh
New Orleans upon private bak
ness, out will return during nszt
week. J
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Up to this time perfect quiet, peace
and contentment have reigned in this
parish; the understanding between
tie laborer and his employer has
been for the mutual good Of each +;
and never since reconstruction, or
rather since tile war, has tho negro
worked rs we'll, and been al well con-
tented than since June last. We hear
this is the condition Of affairs from
one end Of this parish to another,
aud it eai.1e accounted for only from
the fact If the absence 81 tho aggita-
! ting element; tho bad colored politi-
clans such as Blunt and others, and
the worse white. element who were
leading them. Bat they have now
returned, or are about TO-; and the
result will be remarked midnight
meetingsyclu work neglected and
general dissatisfaction dwill certainly
occur; all the evils will follow in
III H. @i:f p
tyaiu, rrrim.. M:,44tt !; !
Many, tho great majority in fact,
of our people; fully believe this man
Blunt, as we'll as Myers, Boa'lt and
others, arc public enemies, and az
such, detrimental to the good Of all,
lfey'nothiug xili'snit them s,t's til.
MOL and strife, and their teachings
are Of the most vicipps character to
1.-THE colored man. We shall see what
time will develop. "t B."
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-oR.'A.i Simaaaas has been aPpoistsd
illayopsf Nstsiitoches, vitj'D On.
Plti1, fssisped. -. ..'.... =. 81. ? s 81
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!, Hon. J. B. Nee reary, formerly sena-
tor from, Kentucky, has been nomina-
led BY the Democrats Of that State,
for Governor. y. ~ aG,3 &.
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the occurrence of these events a diligent
search was made for the missing brute,
whose escape had Dol become known
when the keeper commenced his daily
rounds. They had not to search far.
They found the animal disporting in an
adjoining wood and enjoying to the full
est extent his regained liberty. It was
quite evident that he would not resign
that liberty without Il hard struggle for
it. While the method of his capture was
being debated the news of the house
keepers death and the events connected
herewith became known, end that was
sufficient TO sign the death warrant OF
the unwitting cause Of her d~ectFse. 1t
Was a hard fate, and so he quietly Obeyed
the summons conveyed to him through
the medium of three minnie bul
lets, and expired after a checkered
enjoyment OF twenty-four hours free
dom.
The carcass of this hinge brute may
now he seen in the William Brown Mu-
scum in Liverpool, most successfully
stuffed and picturesquely posed upon a
miniature cliff, with q stout staff III one
hand and the other hanging listlessly at
his side.
No one who views this magnificent
specimen OF the cynocephalus will ever
wish that he had formed any other or
closer acquaintanceship with the formid-
able animal when alive !; yet at the same
time the creatures dog-like head sug-
gests a canine intelligence and honesty
inviting some degree of human trust.
Amongst the ancient Egyptians the
cynocephalus (meaning the dog-faced
haboon) was held in great veneration as
the supposed posscssor OF s%uperhuman
powers, and was even selected by them
as the symbol Of intellect and to repre-
sent their god Of letters, Thokl. Whether
the above true story indicates the greater
intelligence for the brute, or the human
beings whom he 50 terrified, is for the
reader to decide,