The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-03-06

nigh brought us to the gates of death.
We must battle for our rights and
never cease to battle until they are
granted and secured. We must make
life, liberty and property, secure
among US. We must drive plundcr-
ers and dishonest Adventures from
our borders. If the law cannot reach
them, hang them. If tho govern
ment is an nsurpation and a tyranny,
overture it. If it is restored again,
overturn it again-make it too hot
for infamous scalawags and carpet.
baggers to bctray and rob us with
impunity. Teach the laboring class
white or black, that man is condemn
ed to earn lis living at the sweat Of
his brow, and that the divine law
prescribes but ono Sabbath in the
week. If they will not hearken, dis
charge them. Teach them also by a
hempen argument, that that which is
not theirs, belongs to some one else.
Suffer no vagabonds, no traitors, no
slandcrers in our midst. Let us be
economical, industrious, terribly in
earnest for our rights, and go-ahead
people, and there will DO confidence
in our State government; capital will
not lie afraid to venture here; bust
ness will revive; q better feeling will
exist between the races ]; every one
will be contented, and our State will
again lift up her head in joy and pride,
and in prosperity. ~
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The Telegraph meeting was
held at Temperance Hall, on Mon
day last, pursuant to notice pub.
lished in Our last issue. Numbers
OF our citizens were there, but not
so numerous that they could not
he counted in less than a minute.
A few persons Of means were pres
ent and subscribed literally; one
or two, without means made a
bold appearance, for they had
nothing to fear, being unfortu
nately incased in poverty. A
very large number, however, o.
our substantial citizens of this
city and vicinity, kept aloof, pre-
ferring, through modesty, we pre-
sume,. to leave the success Of thu
undertaking to others. Some wae
remarked: that had the meeting
been called to decide upon thu
qualities Of superior Boarbo,
whiskey, the hall would have beer
too small, and that even the mem
bers Of the Temperance Society
would have been on hand to sex
the effects of spirits on man.
The object was to consider tin
propriety of connecting by Tcle
graph, Natchitoches with Shreve
port, via Coushatta and Mindcn
1t is proposed that the share tt
be contributed by the citizens Q
Natchitoches and vicinity, il
$4,000; by Coushatta $500; to b.
raised subject to the order of til,
| Agent of the Western Uniol
Telegraph Line, payable as fol
lows: So much thereof as vii
pay for the costs and freight of tn
wire necessary to connect thi!
city with Minden, with q privileg
thereon, for reimbursement in cas-
of failure; and the balance whel
the line is completed. IN
A committee to take up sub
scriptions was appointed. Whetll
er they will be successful in thei
efforts remains to be seen-w,
hope so. IT,. ..
It is our duty to inform GU
people, that a bill is now pending
in the bogus Legislature for tn
incorporation of The Louisian;
Telegraph Company, giving then
the privilege, for twenty-five years
Of constructing and operating
line or lines of Telegraph, connect
ing New Orleans with Shreveport
through way stations Of whic]
Natchitoches is one. But, as tn
Company has six years to com
plete its work in, the probabilit,
is, that the passage Of, that bill
may prevent our present endea1
ors, and never give us a TELEGRAPH
line, especially, if the acts of tn
present Rump, are hereafter pre-