The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-01-02
Laudaulet, Williams and His So.
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to traverse his right 10 speak Of the
past Or prognosticate what is to come
in the progress of his ancient friends
He has an Inherited authority to ex
press Impressions which natural sym
pathy and, long associations have left
upon his remembrance, The error he
commits is this, if he is not above al
lapses Of Judgment in politics as If
law, that tho Democratic 'iparty now
! ia what it was when he numbered it.
organization and clamOred for it
bread. He forgets that in the genera
purgation which it has undergone il
his apostacy, and the like Of him,
newer life has been revived. Uphap.
PLY for the Republicans, the gain o
the old party was i ruin to them, and
the only impending danger to the pm
riied Democracy is the return of sucl
recreants as he, when the savory vi
ands again smoke on their platter.
He belonged to the lowest Of the
low grade Of Jewellers and agrarians
in his juvenility, standing not on tn.
ground floor, but on,'the mud sill, and
taking its most mental service. NJ
hungry adventuror could tauut a
Wing or an Aholitionist with great!
or JUNCTION of hatred, a. maglign 4
"nigger". with bitterer intensity Of
scorn. BY . fortuitous accident elect.
ed a Judge IN a. judicial district Of
Iowa, then just out Of her swaddling
clothes of territorial wardship, he
carried after the expiration of his
term his limited stock. of law to tho
wilderness of Oregon, where he dis
pensed such legal lore as has never
been known out Of the moot courts
of law schools or tho jurisdiction Of
Judge Lynch. oa - ..en@3
In the mean time the war of the
rebe elton brought with its sad. por-
tents for tho fortunes of the party.
The Democratic glebe was arid and
the green pasturage scant and sllrunk-
en-. After cursing the AbolitiDuists
for a year, with prospect Of very
irregular visitations Of the pay mast
ter, he became patriotic and intensely
anxious for the Union and it's integrity
the colQrel brethren, and incidental
" for q seat in the Senate soon to he
vacant. With the keen nostrils Of the
slouth hound, seeming disaster, bank
ruptcy, and liquidation of the old
party, hs packed his slender stock of
principles, and not embarrassed by
the ownership of any such a senti
mentality as conscience, moved into
the Republican party and the United
States Senate. Since then, he has be-.
come national, and is not likely to
90 out Of our history in his ignominy.
Unfortunately, perhaps, for public
morals; tile old penalties for malfea-
sanco in Office are not now in enforce.
mept. Hemp treatment is not Of oul
modern school of practice, unless in
the cainnabis indicus Of pharmacy,
while flle tough fibre of Missouri Of
Kentucky growth is in . regretted
disuse. IT; 40 ~ .@e4s@si4a;i
His next divulgence to the haplesa
reporter is that the third term Of Gen.
eneral Grants all "n,oonshine." Pos
ably the easy and facils Attorney
General believes THE. u The man who
can give credepce to the ferQcious ia
bles Of tile mendacious Hays, must
have an impressible and coa6ding
faith. That the President has made
no disclosures of his purpose to- him
is certain. His phlegmatic egotism
does not open out it's confidence to
such as he. We should rs soon ex-
pect the muleteer to hold converse or
take counsel OF the donkey that
groans under HE panniers. .sg,o9 .s.ti.
Of one thing We may assure him.
whatever blunders may be committed
BY the coming party, they will avoid
the pitfalls into which ihs and bis
adopted allies have fallen. They
will be shy Of embarking, in tho 'bu-
siness of manufacturing State govern.
ments in tho granite Office at Wash.
ington, established By the columns Of
tho Secretary ofWar,, and: supports:
ed by the fotillas Of the Minister, Of
the Marine, Secor Robsson. The
judiciary Of Judge Dureh will not be
the order Of q new Administrations.
nor will tho baton of Marshal be,
borne by tho coadjator. Packard. 1t
is quite possible that the incumbent
Of the portfolio Of, Justice will not be
an utterer and publisher of libels
upon the citizens Of Alabama, or send
to the State 40 conservatofo of. the
peace tho lacourings: Of tho 'alums Of
New York, OF, the sweepings Of State
peaitentisries, or ihfset South Caro-,
lima with an official bahditti clothed
with authority Of law TO grind out the
remainder ofifresdom that
military sQbjugation has spared. Nor
will the interpolated. practices of tho
present administration be continued,
The Attorney General will fotbesr
10 take ssigniorage Of cotton claims
and royalties in land subsidies, Tariffs
Of iratesiiu appeal eases may not de-
pend upon tho largess Of the party ini
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