The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-07-17
SPIRIT or THE COUNTRY PRESS.
lNatclitoches vindicator.l

INatchitoches NtndtcatorI 4 t.=4..
We have looked the field carefully
over: have studied the character and
chances. the availability OF nearly oil
the gentlemen spoken OF for the position
of Governor upon our ticket and
although each aud every one possesses
traits OF character OF the highest order,
ia as honest as heart could wish, and for
ordinary times would be a superb candi-
date; we fail to see that he meet full
measure"Zsave one. and that one the
least spoken of, we consider the man for
the hour. The man is Gen. Frank I.
Nichols, OF Assumption. He is the only
one named ns yet OF full availability
ia pure honest, capable, and can by the
very mention OF his name SO arouse the
enthusiasm Of the masses work them
up to such an effort that victory would
bo overwhelming.
tNatchitoches vindicatorl
Kcllogg's Government is the cold
man Of the mountain seated upon the
shoulders OF Louisiana day and night.
An incubus N terror--an intolerable
burden. Louisiana. gagged and blind,
ed, totters along with this horrible old
man astride her neck goading her to
iesolation. and yet guiding all her
movements.
This has been our condition for four
years, and we are asked to change one
old man for another, and that other in
the person of Packard. A man whose
very name calls up In the heart OF every
true and honorable son OF Louisiana,
the deepest feelings Of indignation--a
brutal, cowardly United States Marshal,
who has. at the beck and call Of his
master at Washington, rode rough shod
over the liberties and persons Of the
whites Of Louisiana. A man who has
sustained the thieves under Warmoth
and Kellogg in every vile act they have
committed; who Is the prince OF carpet
haggers, and represents Grant with all
his attendant horrors to us. M
iDonaldsonvile Chiefl
There can be no doubt that President
Grant has made up his mind that the
Republicans OF the Southern States
shall be protected in the exercise OF
their rights as citizens and voters, II
there is power enough In the National
Government to encompass the object.
The addition of Louisiana and Missis-
sippi to Gen. Sheridan's division is sig:
nificant OF this determination on the
part of the President, and q minor indi-
cation Is found In the removal Of Lieut..
Col. Morrow from the command OF the
] troops stationed at Baton Rouge and
the substitution Of Lieut.. Col. Brooke.
Gen. Augur has issued an order desig.
mating as a militagy 9jydKs, East and
WeeS reiioiana, st. Helena, Tangipahoa,
and Washington, Louisiana, and the
counties Of Wilkinson, Amite and Pike,
Mississippi, with Lieut.. Col. Brooke
military commander. This officer Is
authorized and instructed to move his
forces at any time to such points as may
be necessary to preserve the public
peace.
Union Recordl
White Radicals preach to the negroes
that they gave unto them freedom, and
are sustaining constitutional liberty and
perfecting a republican form OF govern
ment. Freedom indeed A mere shadow
without the substance. The most sacred
right OF American citizens is the free
and untrammeled exercise Of the elect
i've franchise. III the colored people Of
Union parish ever expect to elevate
themselves from ignorance, prejudice
and grovelipg passions, and live in the
full enjoyment of the great blessings of
constitutional liberty under repub-
lican form of government, they must
cut loose from the communicating in1u-
ence of sneaking Republicanism. They
must spurn the approach Of scalawag
and whisky bottle politicians, and stop
their ears to the syren voice OF the or
ganizer Of midnight orgies and incen-
diary meetings. That man, be he white
or black, who endeavors to iniiame tho
passions Of the negro and excite his
prejudice against the white race in the
South is the devil in human form, who
will hug him with both arms with both
hands in his p ocket.
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