The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-01-09
Intimidation in Natchiyoches.


White Leaguers in those wards. 1t
will hc aeen that the residents Of
those wards, known Of no snch per.
Sons AZ James Brown, Geo. T. Boy
dea N. Y. Green, Robert Clark. A.
len Hall and Eli Williams, residing
in the Parish Of Natchitoches or In
Ward. 5 md 6, and fnr,hcr, TINT per-
feet peace and quiet, and the absence
Of al intimidation marked the regis-
tra,:on aud election of la74, in Match.
itocl,es, save on the part OF Packard
and his u. S. Deputy Marsha|s and
u. s. troops, who ovrrawcd aud over
RAW rs from o,E end Of the parish {"
another, arrested citi2eDs without
warrant or law, upon charges &nown
to be .fa|se, simply for tho purpose Of
driving away from the polls the
white and colorel members Of the
Peoples party. In truth Of this >t9tc-
ment We have forwarded the at;idavits
of fifty three white citizens who were
driven from voting at wards II and
10, BY 4. Philip Breda, and J. Ernest
Bre0a, the one a candidate for Coro
ner, and the other for Parish Judge,
upon TIE Radical ticket, and acting
as y. s. Deputy Marslals with possee
Of U. S. Cavalry at the polling places
upon the day Of election, these sworn
statements will he submitted to the
Congressional! Committee for their
consideration and are duplicate oriyi.
mails Of those abst'ucted by the Return
ing Board.
We venture to say that tho election
Of 1874, was conducted on the part Of
our people, with all moderation and
fairness, we had command of the
power to establish polling places, and
coa!A have placed them 3" rs to de-
ter in \ great measure the co|ored
people from having an opportunity to
| vote, a. has been done by all tho
Radicals since reconstruction, for
| there has nerer been a polling precinct
in any white m0rd since 1863, on the
contrary, all voting places were upon
the rivers, aud in shick settled negro
neishborhoods. The people's Police
Jury Of 1874, established the voting
precincts IL erery ~ard in the parish,
with two boxes ia Natchitoclles, ma
king thirteen places where citizens
could vote, and We defy tho Radicals
Of Natchitoches to point to a single
election in which they had over six
boxes, and they all on Red Rirer-not
one in the hills, where reside the mass
of the 1900 white men Of Natchito-
ches parish. All the Radicals here
know this to be 80, and what the
honest people Of tchitoches de-
mana, and intend to enforce, is a hear
ing of their statement Of the case.
For six long years have We been rob-
bed and plundered by just such men
as get up these afd'lavits. Kellogg,
Clinton, and tho entire radical ring in
New Orleans, are we'll aware of the
condition tho property owners of
Natchitoches have been subjected to
by such men as Myers, Boullt, Blunt,
Raby, Piersou, Dreda and others, and
in the fulness Of his lice, the Gov
ernor ~ held up his hands in holy
horror at the tale of our grievances,
and promised Us speedy relief. which
as usual he never fulfilled-on the
contrary. he proceeds to saddle upon
us the same men who are responsible
for the evils under which We suffer,
and Of which we demand relief. 1t
is useless to ask us as men to con
tinually submit to these outrages; to
continue to allow ourselves plumber
ed, insulted and murdered. 1t is de-
manding an impossibility, contrary
to nature, and We cannot consent to
it. Let us of Natchitoches, ask the
independent press Of America, what
are we Of Louisiana to 4" in the
event Congress fails to afford rs re-
lief' Which Congress ,ciu fail to do,
as sure as the sun sets. Are VIC to set
ca,nly and ace our homes taken from
US, ourselves and families driven beg
gers Into exilef Or shall We show
tue world that although matched
against villaiuy and might, We have
still virtue enough to defend our lib
erty and our firesides to the last gasp
This may he all sentiment and patri-
otto enough, some will say, but poll