The People's vindicator., 1876-06-03
Radicals want Blood.

|aV lnSt Oy TIC Ntu'CN'o Va VII" F'"~~' ,
rhc people generally throughout the
,arish, have been, and arc still prone
@ enter the contest thus early, but
when invited by such as assembled
~ the day We name, and with s"ch
as was there uttered, we
ave no doubt the gage of battle will
be accepted.
We w,s|, it borne in mind, that this
contest now to take place is none OF
our seeking; from one end OF our
parish to another we have heard men
say. "wonlA to God this cup might
pass" We have waited for some re-
action in the tone aud policy OF the
Radicals in our midst; we had hoped
some new leader, really bent upon
the good of the country at large,
might spring np and teach the few
negroes who have heretofore been
made to believe nothing save what
was, and is, detrimental to public or
der aud general prosperity, their duty
as citizens. But VIC have been dis
appointed; the wishes and hopes
that all good men cherished have
been blasted and the Radical party
without change in tone, respectable
>, .. rv.'.., e,a",s III al us ""Ne"
deformity confronting the virtue, the
honor, and respectabi|ity of Louisi'
ana. Who but the craven dare re-
fuse to meet the issue and do his
duty, lis whole duty to his home, his
family and civilization! II there be
one, he shonld have attended that
meeting, heard the insulting dcnun-
citation OF his people uttered by such
a thief as Van DuseD, such a sworn
perjurer as Ezernack, such sconndreis
in human form as Raby, Lewis, Bre'
da, Bill Tunnard and Blunt. These,
my countrymen, are still the Radical
leaders of Natchitocl'es; these are
the men who, after robbing You Of
your bread, dispoiling you Of you'
homes, now Aaunt their infamy ir
your faces, denouncing you as "cow-
ardly hounds, afraid to fight" inviting
you to violence and bloodshed, ani
boasting of their o,on po'cer, backed B!
the army Of the United States.
Breda, who by the way is, in Ian
guage and action, the quintessence o
blackguardism, says that if one Com
pany of troops is not sufficient t.
over-awe US, Grant has men and mon
ey enough to eat up the 'chite sconndrel
; Of Louisiana, body, dirt and soul.
Lewis, the pathetic villainous COW
ard, who, even Republicans have toll
, US, is a derp.dye', corardly incendiar
| preaching to his color nothing ex
r cept riot and bloodshed, gave fire
q tongue to bis most violent thoughts
be appealed to the negro "who ha
been laslned as q slave, to stand on
. against the rhites, and die for h
rights" defed the taxpayer to risl
y his wrongs-decriel the virtue {
every man in the white ranks, an
called upon the weak and silly Negro
to arm for the contest, inviting CO.
lision in which lie would act wit
} "liscretion instead Of valor."
|" But, Raby, a man hitherto unnc
g ticcd in the Radical horde on accour
d of his smallness, q negro Of besotte
a ignorance, turns up with bristlin
|. bayonets and drew the lines SO tn;
+ there could be no installing the issu
He said that the fight was to be whit
g man against colored man--the Ssh
% gun campaiyn!" he shouted, "is upo
usw "prepare for battle" "die
your tracks! &C." Murder and bloc
70 was the burden of lis oratolical e
fort.
Now, these expressions mig1
amount to nothing in ordinary time
. but coming as they do from the
men, every one Of whom has violate
every principle Of honor, every fee
'' ing Of decency, every obligation
law, they are utterances that "
. command deep attention-utteranc
= tnll of meaning, and the citizens
~ this parish will prepare to meet Il
= result Of such teachings with spi1
=. and manhood.
e. In this way does the political stru
gle Of 1876 open in this parish, al
l. we desire all to bear witness of the
L, radical atterances, to weigh vel! Il
Of teachings they contain-to look la
n. at the history Of Radical rule in IL
~ parisl'-study the character of Il
=, Boullt's, Blunt, Myers, Van Duse
> the Brela's, Ezernack, Lewis, and
y few other vile, low-fluDg thieves al
villains, who again attempt the ~
|; Of our people.
a. The history of these men, TIN
In acts in violation Of every principle
ct right and justice, are known to