The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-01-30
The Red River Garden(?)

The Red River Garden(?)
As an evidence of the extent to which
facts are perverted by the President
and his friends in and out of Con-
gress with regard to Southern mat
tiers, and particularly that of Louisi-
ana, we have to refer only to the
threadbare story Of the "thriving vii.
lage of Coushatta," and tho sad fate
Of the "renlthy young men from the
North who came there to build up the
prosperous place." and were outrage
ously murdered for their palms.
Twitchell, tho surviving nice young
man from the North, with his friend
and fellow looser Devices, must feel
proud of the honest distinction that
their brothers won for the name, when
they yielded up their lives ''for po'
litical opinion sake" for had these
men lived that virtue (Which lives
only in cpitaph at best) which death
earned them, would never have been
acquired. A careful study Of tie
facts of the case will at once dispel
this beautifully wrought vision of the
Radical leaders, and the tears which
seem to flow and tho grief that har.
rows mp their s""ls at the death Of
these worthy young emigrants, will
be found a grief that reminds one of
the lachrymal efforts Of the croco
die.
The formation Of Red River parish
for political purposes and to furnish
a 'home and field" for destitute and
clamorous radical officials, is a mat
ter Of history, and was fought against
by the conservative people Of this
parish to the last. Devices and
Twitchell came to Louisiana with the
same intent Of all the Carpet~bag-
gers, only they hoped to make their
plumber by a different mode, and in a
more genteel ~ and Drawer manner.
The capital ~ brought by these 1.-TWO
enterprising young men from the
North" as our ~ gracious President
terms them, consisted Of a complete
set Of burglars tools, and tue photo
graph Of E. W. Devices proceeded
him to New Orleans, and was dis.
played in the rogues gallery by Gen.
Badger, then Chief Of Police Of that
city. These burglars tools we're stor.
ed by Twitchel aud Devices iu the
warehouse of Lisso & Bros, and there
captured by tho officers of the law
some time after, who being of the
same party as these WORTHLESS, hushed
the matter up. Every dollar orael
by these men, and every restage cfpub-
lie improvement put up by them, 'chich
consists only-cfresidcnces for Themselves
and families, 'ras pail for by plunder-
ing the other achite citizens Of the Par
ISL and State; Devices in the capacity
of Legislator and Tvitchcil as Sena.
tor, have the reputation all over the
State Of being two Of the grandest
and most cheeky villains in The Gene
ral Assembly. They came to our
State to follow their calling, that Of
burglars and thieves, and finding a
better and less dangerous field in the
Republican party for their purpose,
they at once Joined that "noble band"
and have at the expense Of honor and
law, acquired a fortune, and in the
opiouion Of the Munchhausen Prssi-
dent, are heroes aud martyrs to the
holy ~ cause Of republican princi.
pies. j.
We demand, for q sustaining Of
these charges, that the committee Of
Congress now in session in New Or.
leans call upon the leading citizens Of
Red River, to testify to theae facts.
The following gentlemen lave been
summoned to appear in New Orleans,
to testify before tho Congressional
Committee now in the city: Coils.
Levy, Burke and Pierson, Messrs.