The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-09-21
Sheriff $ Sales.
THE -LEGITIMATE RESULT OF RUPUB-
LICAN RULE.

L.
From the Bellefonte pa, Watchman.]
On last Saturday, Monday and
Tuesday the Court house yard
and the steps in front of the
building were filled with a crowd
of persons who were listening to
the tones of crier who was
reading from a paper and seem
ing to be offering something for
sale. On approaching the crowd,
the grave countenance of the
sheriff could be seen and the
voice the erier recognized as that
of Steel Parsons, who was pro-
claiming in loud tones that such
and such property was offered
for sale. The scene, as it may
be supposed, was sheriff. sale
OF real estate, and that officer
was in the actof discharging the
duty imposed on him by law
He was selling the property of
men unable to pay their debts,
and around him stood the men
with money ready to buy at
great sacrifice to the seller. Men
ready to grab up the little prop
erty Of some poor man because
it could be had fora small price,
although it might leave that poor
man destitute and in want. But
this was not the faultof the sher-
if or Of the purchaser. The one
was simply doing his duty as an
officer of the law, the other just
what he had a perfect right to
do. The sale was one Of the una
voidable results brought about
by the financial policy of the
Republican party, which has
overburdened the poor man with
taxation and made money so
scarce and high that he cannot
get the wherewithal to buy
enough to eat, let alone to pay
his debts. 1t was one Of the re-
suits, foretold long ago by the
Waterman and the Democratic
papers generally, as sure. to.
come if the people should persist
in electing Republicans to office
and continuing the Republican
party in power in the nation. 1t
Twas one Of the results of the
reckless and enormous waste
and extravaganza of that party
/ and a literal fulfilment of
the predictions made before
and ever since it assumed
4 the reigns of government.
The Republican party has robbed
1.-THE people of their money aud labor
lin the shape of taxation. It has
taken from them their means in
order to enable it to carry Oh the
most reckless, outrageous, shame
fu1 and extravagant system OF gov.
eminent ever devised by man. It
has compelled them to mortgage
their houses and lands; to sell their
horses and cattle; to deprive tbeir
families of the comforts and even
the necessaries of life; to paEn their
furniture and in some cases even .te
go without sufficient food and cloth
ing, in order that they may have
sufficient funds wherewith to pay
the tax collectors and the landlords
and live! Hence the ruin OF so many
poor men iii Centre county and the
distress and trouble of SO many
others, not so poor. The policy O.
the Republican party, aggravated
by the frauds, pecnlations, rObberies
} and scoundrelisms of the thieves
] and rascals, in and out of Office who
: surround the administration, is ths
cause Of all the wretchedness anC
woe and despair that prevail il
! every county in every state in this
Union to-day. Centre county is no,
the only county the property O.
! whose people is under the hammer
of the sheriff. In fact, she is moi
half as bad off as some other coun
: ties, but the Lord knows, her people
: have trouble enough, under this
cursed Radical rule. But when hel
people know that their case is much
7 better than many of their sistel
! counties in this and other states
E they will be enabled to form som.
> adequate idea Of the vast amount o
distress that prevails everywhere
: throughout the country and to lay
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