The People's vindicator., 1875-11-27
The Courts.

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Much stress is laid upon claw and
law-ahidlng," by many people who
claim to he conservative which term
hy-the-by. is now a mere fgnre Of
speech, fall Of fine sound, signifying
nothing. And when gross injustice
and outrage is done the citizen, by
the partizan clap-traps now ruling as
statesmen, npon their rights and liber.
ties, they are asked in accents mild
to resort to the courts, to appeal to
the majesty Of tie law"
This talk is not only confined to
the enemies Of good government, but
is indulged in to some extent by 9th
ers, whose position and understand
ing would lead us to believe better Of
them. They mate of lawyers and
judges, and courts and juries, as if we
of Louisiana, were enjoying a sys
tenn Of government, honorable and
honest, as if under the Kellogg usur-
patton there were three sorts of pow
er; the legislative, the executive, in
respect to things dependent on the
law of nations, and tho executive, in
regard to things that depend on the
civil law, when these same persons
we'll know that with Us, that point is
reached, which Montisqnicu said,
"wllen the one legislative, and two exc
cntive," being united in the same hodr-
''there can be no liberty"
We have edifices here, dedicated to
justice, but justice being blind, has
not as yet found an entrance therein +;
our courts in fact, are, generally
speaking, farce Of the first water.
The invitation extended to attend
these exhibitions Of puppets, set up
imitation of courts, is insulting to
reason, degrading to patriotism, aud
we'll nigh rninous to litigants. The
Supreme Court of the United States,
the highest judicial tribunal in the
land, has pronounced upon the stand
ing of the individual who disgraces
the ermiDe of the Chief Judiciary Of
Louisiana, Lulling.
He is said, by that tribunal, to be a
trickster and a thief; that he colluded
with rascals to defraud the State be.
fore his own court. In all matters
political, these fellows sit upon the
bench looking as wise as sleepy owls,
and then, decide for party. No law,
no justice, is looked for, and yet We
are asked to appeal to courts. We
are led to these reflections by the re-
cent acts of our() Parisl, Judge, who
has put lawyers and clients in a per.
feet stew by his recent outrageous
decisions, and had We not an honest
and upright District Judge, 1--WE say
this in no spirit Of compliment) our
citizens would be in a nice condition.
This Parish Jack. snipe, was elect.
ed to the bench and assumed the er-
mine upon the ground of his riding a
one-horse Cavalry raid upon Cloutier-
vile, during the day Of election in
1874, and running off from the polls
poor white men from the hills, by
threats of arrest. For this gallant
act(?) he was thus rewarded, and to-
day he exhibits the same capabilities
as Judge that he did upon that day
as patriot; he has the same regard
for law and its forms as he then did
for the rights Of American citizens.
His decisions with regard to the
rights of property are unique, and
where facts are wanting, he is ready
to supply them BY inference. HIS land
decisions are hearty, and if q friend
is up to prove his title, which calls
for 50 much which isn't there, he has
not the least compuuction to giving
him slice Of some one else's to make
it up, and last ofall, bis constitution
al exuberance caps the climax, for
when he finds a hiatus therein, upon
the question of his jurisdiction in q
claim Of $500 or more, principal and
interest, he pops in clause to suit
the times. Thus we have a Judge
that eau not only decide laws, but he
can make them; and not only that,
but constitutions are not too heavy
for him to tackle. To sum up, this
warrior.statesmau Judge is equal to
any emergency.
1felections are to be carried, give
him Cavalry in blue +; if law points are
to he decided, he does not want any
thing, as he has a way of his own,
quite new and refreshing, to those
who have made tia point to read long,
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