The People's vindicator., 1875-06-26
One of General Sherman's Blum.
derS.
From the Boston Daily Advertiser.

one OF General Sherman 8 Blum
ders.
From the Boston Daily Advertiser.
He takes strange liberties wit
American history, early aud recent
wllicl, can only be explained by tn
fact that he has lived 90 long a6roa,
that he has forgotten It. For in.
stance, speaking in the first ten page
of the contrast between the cavalier
who settled Virginia and the Puritan!
who took refuge in New England, b,
says Of the latter, that, "havinl
hearts of rock and granite also, they
had to struggle against the riisor o1
the elements, after having suffered SC
much from the rigor of their fellow.
creatures. Prosecuted, they found
there a society of prosecutors. The
exile Of Roger Williams, and the
hundreds Of poor sorcerers who were
burnt there, are sad proofs of this
The story Of course, is utterly ground.
less. No human being was ever
burned in New England for witch
craft Or sorcery.
Does the Aatvrtiser calmly and
without tho intention to joke, mean
to say that witches were not persecu-
ted and executed in New England 10
the early days of the Puritan fathers,
if they were not, then Cotton Mather
has been q hoary-l,eaded deceiver,
and all history lies most agregiously.
They may net have been burned, but
they were hang, which amounted to
about tho same thing to the witches,
although the Boston Adrertiser finds
some consolation in the fact. Read
up the solemn history and then you
will find out all about it; why the
affair is set down in Walter Scott's
Demonology and History of Witch.
craft, a. one of tho most dlabolical
of diabolical prosecutions, and we
are utterly astonished At the utter de-
pravity Of tl'e Adrertiser iu ATTEMPT.
ing to deny . fact 20 plainly suseep.
table of truth.
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From the Ouacl'ita Telegraph we
extract the following:
What ia up nows A number of |
leading Republicans Of this aid the !
fourth congressional districts held A.
meeting in New Orleans about q !
month ago (the proceedings Of which !
have just appeared), at which it
was declared that ''the important |
interests Of the State and Federal |
government, render it elAinently prop.
er that the Republicans of tho said
districts should cali a convention du.
ring the present year," to be held
within the limits Of the two districts |
and at q time to be determined on. |
Several parishes, it is claimed, were
represented at tho meeting. Col.
John Ray presided.
Coley Pierson and Others, will be |
delegates to the meeting. |
Our opinion of the matter referred
to in the above, docs not differ mate
rally from what tho Telegraph says.
ln the two districts where the White
Mans campaign had its origination, |
and that organization was attended
with such happy results in 1874; !
that something must be done to d. !
vide the white vote, is no new thing !
to us-we we'll understand it ; that is |
heir only hope. They have moro |
Than once expressed tho opinion that
they could not carry Louisiana against !
The combined white element; a fatal
admission it ia true, in the face of a
claimed negro majority. That they
will fail to accomplish the desired OBJ
ect, atleast in this section, they have,
10 doubt, already learned; what new
Jane they may elect to put in mo-
ion, remains to be developed by
lime. AT all events, that solid ,chite
organization stands in tho way Of all
arther advances !; that remaining un-
'roken, the Louisiana radical party is
whipped to its downfall. =
Letter from Montgomery.
MONTGOMERY, GRANT PARISH, }
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