The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-04-22

'hS' NJ 'A''oS OF THE RErrss,vo
BOARD AND a RALLY TO THE prn '
AT a mass meeting of the ei,;,,.
OF jackson parish, Hon. F.. F. XIV
the eloquent Representative Of ths,
parish, made an exhaustive sns..,
reviewing the action of the late H.
islatnre, and concluded with the 81
lowing strong appeal to the Dom.
cracy to rally for the approaeh;,,
fight:
He said that there was no do,,
that the failure of the General A.
srmbly 20 abolish the Return;n
Board had caused much desponlenss
throughout the State. When hc hsI
told the people that this was wron,
ard that the Returning Board Womb
not be in the way, he had been An.
swcrcd with the old provcrt. "Whs,
has been 'ioUc may be done a.ains
But this saying, he sand, referred n
virtuous action, and not 20 deeds n,
tyrants, 1t was by continual acts n
wrong and oppression that tyrant.
laid the foundation tor their own d.,
truction.
The last Returning Board went n,
far; its moral support, based unon
loud declarations Of an unfair and IN.
timilatins election on the part Of thx
Conservatives, was Knocked hiehe,
than u bite by til. Wheeler commit.
tee. The terrible satire pronounced
upon it Ivy tic reversing decision II
that committee had sealed its d.,om,
Capt. Kidd said with emphasis: "Lef
no Dem"c'"t accept Il position on that
board; let the intamy die with the in.
famous" All we have to do is to 90
to work and honestly carry the elee.
ton, as We can do, and there willk
no fears for the ultimate results
Above everything, We must avoid
luke wa:mncss and dependency; DO
man ever yet accomplished any thing
| who began with a Responding heart,
Only weak minds look upon the fu.
turc through Il dark veil. When the
sun goes down, still let us gaze upon
the heavens where God writes liei
and hope in characters of blazinp.
diamonds !; and if clouds obscure
these, remember that clouds do pass
away. He said: Fellow citizens, /
have seen 1t somewhere stated that
far towards the Northern pole there
is spot so elevated that upon it,
lofty summit the sun never sits, while
all else is wrapped in gloom, eternal
sunshine plays around its TOWERING
height. Whether or not this be 1
physical fact, yet how grand and aug.
gestive is the thought 70 those
who dwell in the low plains Of DEE.
pair the sun of LouisiIna's prosperity
J has already ceased to shine, hut for
those who occupy hopes sublime and
elevated, that sun still brightly glows
and by the help of the blessed God It
shall never go down. We must not
despair. Home, family, friends, the
children who cling around US asking,
may be, for bread, everything, relig.
ion itself, demands that in the CON-
ing campaign We shall make one
grand, one last and desperate strug
gle to regain the liberty we have los!
tive Hl,crty that enables freemeu
elsewhere in the land Of Washington
to- FIVE under the government Of their
choice. From this day forth, let eve.
ry one Of us, old and Young, swear BY
the memories Of the past, by the
blood Of the farthers, that We, top,
will I've free. When we behold this
high determination Throughout tho
State; when We know our brethren
are thus fired for the fight; then eap
we gladly shout
Cease Louisiana, cease to sigh.
For thy redemption ,lrawcth nigh.
And when the battle is over; skep
it has been bravely fought and hon.
estly won, as it will be; then no Re.
turning Board, though backed by hell
itself, can alter The result.-N. O. D.
mOcrdt.