The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-10-23
Modern Judases.

ICVlV, Nuu l'dlVll uH''y N"A'o'""
people, have never yet ceased t" as
sociate the name Of this iudivil-
ual with that Of everything desp;.
cable to the human understanding.
The chosen companion and intimate
follower Of the son of God, who had
but few to love him when upon earth,
no betrayed him, to bis enemies in
the hour Of his darkest need. In do
ing so, perhaps he might be excused
upon the ground Of fulfilling the pro-
phetic expressions of the learned
lovers and servers Of God who had
gone ages before the appearance Of
Christ; perhaps some little Of his
gricvous sin might be overlooked,
from the fact that he but worked ont
a part Of the plan If mans salvation.
But Judas can never be forgiven for
having introduced into the world the
danning crime Of treachery.
His name will be linked to that
crime MS long as time shall last. He
betrayed, it ia true, but a single per-
son, that person was, however, a God
"a God who had given Himself as a
willing sacrifice to Propitiate the an
ger Of the Father against his erring
children.
Have any of our friends looked
around them to discover how many
Julases are among ia to- day-to see
how many have followed the example
and initiated the crime Of the recre-
ant Apostle. We doubt that they
have.
1t God 40 loved the people of this
world, that he gave his only son for
them, and lie WAS betrayed, and that
betrayal was SO great sin--what
must DE the enormity of the offence
when con..nitted upon the objects Of
that salvation. And still they pass
US every day, smiling like the publ
can, and thanking God, no doubt,
they are not AS other men.
Look at your Longstreet's, your At.
kins"n's, your M"seby's Judasts all,
and still they olive long and prosper"
Come to our own State and see Wells,
Anderson, aud a host of lesser lights,
creeping like Shiny worms across
Louisiana's fair fame, poluting with
death, moral and physical, everything
they touch.
Never yet was there people, strug-
Cling for liberty, but that had be.
trayers; never yet was cause 40 just
but that amid its fungas growth some
Arnold was to I've found, but no cause
has had so many Jndases, ready to
betray with a kiss, their home, coun-
try and kindred, as the South aud
Southern people.
Like toad-stoo's, they have been
called into being by the magic wand
Of tile n'oney-power. Men there are,
who have sold body and soul to the
enemies Of every principle Of their
existance, to every tradition of their
manhood, and that too, for a mere
mess Of pottage. You wonder how
Judas looked and acted; look around
you and see his counterpart ID your
midst, and you have the picture.
Dead to every feeling Of honor;
their black souls scared to the scorn
of all true noblemen, they sneak
through your communities we'll con-
tent to finger the few pieces of silver,
the pricc-money for their betrayal.
Is it not singular that God, with a
thundcrholt, does not cleave tn earth
the vile creatures, who carry their
lIypocracy even to the affairs foot.
Well might We exclaim,
Is there not some chosen curse,
Some hidden thunder in the stores of
heaven,
Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the
man,
Who owes his greatness to his country's
ruin?
And alas! We find many-how many
We care not to say, that every day are
the silent apologists or open defenders
of these miscreants. Are they less
criminal than the JudQSes? Were the
employees of the Savior's betrayer
less guilty than he'
They may say they condemn these
men! "Thcse fellows are pretty good
fellows, and We may get something
out Of them" All! are you not then
compromising felony-what! you at
tempt TO reprove the robber by ap-
proving the robbery.
This conduct is unwise, is sinful ;
it is no good line to persue, and hon.
est men will condemn it.
Let their sins he their own. Let
them live if they can, in any honest
community where known, when the
people ''cOme by their rights" which