The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-10-02
A Question Of Importance,

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When speaking Of railroads and
the attendant taxation, to pay in part
for their construction, the Natchito-
chcs Republican grows suddenly vir-
tuous, and decants against this wan
ton outlay Of the ''peop!c's money!"
and bcgs most pitcously, that they
will not he asked to increase their
"a|ready Cumbersome taxation"
Our readers will pardon our calling
their attention to the fact, that the
"hurlens," so feelingly complained
of, are part and parcel of the remains
Of the legislation Of such Police Ju-
ries, as the Republican party, in its
wisdom (?), saw fit to aiflict this poor
parish with; snch bodies as were
presided over by Blackstone, the de
parted, that "bundcned' the taxpayer
with debts at the rate of 1900, for
paupcrs alone, for each month, or
fifty seven thousand six hundred dol
lars per year; paying twenty dollars
per month to the INDECENT poor, to
the number Of 24O, when honest rep
resentativc Jurics fail to find sirtrn !;
besides, every swindling operation
that could be started, met the ready
consideration Of those bodies, and the
"usual" appropriation was voted to
such as immigration bureaus, Grand
Ecore toll roads, Bridge contracts,
&C., &c.
Did the Natchitoches Republican
put up virtuous clip when the tax.
payers in their might struggled under
the eight per cent taxes? When they
met and forced off the incubus that
was grinding them to the dust, did
the Republican raise its voice in favor
Of the people? No! tlousahd times,
No! We defy perusL of its col.
umns to prove what we say. While
the very vita1s of the people were
being eat ont BY that "buulensome
taxation" it stood by and openly de-.
Tended the rAxER; not one word of
sympathy for the TAXED; not one
word Of protest against acts they kne,r
to he criminal, but it spent its hours
in talking ''peace,' and .chopping
logic.
We can assure the Republican and
its editor, whoever he is, that the
people of Natclitocles 'cho pay tares,
have not yet forgotten the course Of
that Journal, and they well know
whom it represents. Besides, the
smack of communism that has been
INDUCED in by tho Organ its cry Of
down with tie "aristocrat," and tho
miserable trucking to what it calls
the "p.o.o,r m an" will hardly find
favor with the intelligent masses,
however much it may serve the pur-
pose for which 1t is undoubtedly in
tended, Of arraying the negro against
the white man.
Let this diabolical doctrine; a doc
trine in direct antipathy to civiliza-
ton, and in direct conflict with the
spirit Of the age ; Int once be incul.
Gated in the negro, and with his teach
ibgs of hate already learned too we'll
from the Republicans class, we must
lid farewell to peace and prosperity.
The issue will then be unmistakable,
and God protect the weaker. These
uttemnces INDUCED in to an alarming
extent by the Republican, are diaboli.
cal in the extreme, and require to he
frowned down by every man of hon
est intelligence.
But we deg,iess. After declaring
that the railroad tax question is not a
political Que, the Republican wbines
out that, it is gross injustice to "dis-
franchise u large portion of tie popa-
lation to determine the matter" 1t
no doubt is-from the standpoint of
the Republican. The party which is
represented here by that sheet, has
been so much in the habit, for the
past years, of voting taxes upon
other peoples property, that it seems
strange they should not he allowed
to continue to do so. The "gross in
justice" has always been the other
way-nay, it has been the crime of
the Republican party.
The land owners expect, or have
to pay this railroad tax, if voted, and
the "grcat injustice" comes in when
Tom, Dick or Harry, without cent
of property or a thought Of interest
in the material advancement of the
country, COMES up aud, judges, by bal
lot, for OF against what they consider
to be a burden to them, and in coDse.
queDce, to the whole community.
The voting population of the Re-