The People's vindicator., 1876-06-03
Who are to Blame :?

Moore, Il young man who is charged
,ith the killing of the notorious Il.
). Register, of Graut parish, was ar
ested by Sheriff Barron upon a war t,
ant from the Sheriff of Grant parish {
ast week, and upon being conveyed
q Colfax from this point Mon
Law last, by the officers of that parish,
vas. we understand, forcibly rescued
rom them at some point below town.
The killing of Anderson Douglass
n the Jail, week since, and this res
cue of a prisoner from Sheritf's pos
,c are the first and only two opposl'
lions against the process of the law
shown in tho parish since the war.
It is useless to fly off in denunc'ation
Of the act, for all law abiding citizens
deprecate any and all such conduct
but it becomes US to study the causes
that would lead to the organization OF
armed parties and their acts in dc"
fiance of law and order. Heretofore
our most bitter enemies admit that
the people of Natc!'itoches have sub
mittc1 to the operations Of the Kadl-
cal governments, set up and maintain
ed by force over them, with a degree
~ forbearance which has called forth
the wonder of all conservative peo-
pie at least.
That the Radical party do not de-
sire the vindication of the law, their
every act proves beyond contradiction
At least two hundred criminals have
been before tho Courts since the days
of reconstruction, and Of that number
IS per cent were pvuren guilty, but our
jurics being judycs cflo~, as we'll as
facts, have acquitted all they could,
and such rs have been convicted,
have, ii they possessed sufficient in
fluence, been paraoned by the detacto.
If We mistake not, during the eight
years Of Radical rule here, and the
consequent sixteen. terms Of the erim-
inal Court, but three Mtehes Of con-
yietions have been made that is, but
three terms Of tho sixteen have re-
snltea in SUCCESS for the State, while
thirteen terms, with as many, il not
more indictments pending than Al
either Of the three, have resulted i'll
a clear acquittal Of guilty parties
Such are the facts which cannot bt
disputed, and they are facts known te
Judges and Attorneys, as we'll as te
the entire citizen population.
TO further prove that the success o
Raaicalism depends upon the active
exertions of thieves, that the part!
leaders are thieves or villains, We al
know. No Courts that are certain o
, the successful conviction of crimiIal
will be tolerated. District Attorne!
Cunningham, of this District, wa
, removed simply because he did hi
J duty, and attacked boldly the thie7e
. in his District, from Twitchell, Myers
and Van Duxen, down to the loves
, hog taker. Judge G. Chaplin ha
!, been, and is to day, Tie best abnse'
3 man in the District, by the Radica
I party, ou account Of his zeal in TIL
D enforcement of tho law, and lad b
! not been conf, med in bis appoint
ment by the Senate would have bee
4 as summarily removed as Mr.. Gun
1 ming gl'am.
|, There are in Jail to-day three con
+ victed murlerers awaiting the pleas
. ure of his excellencyN) WIN. Pit
@ No extenuating circumstances SUI
n round their cases-but they arc herr
y and have been for seven months
1 without a move having been made b
the Governor to vindicate outrage
law. People begin to understand th
j. matter-they know full ,rel these mu'
dercrs wM nerer be punished-the
), are too precious as radical voters
be sacrificed, when the Governor hin
- self is q tried aud convicted crimin'
of as deep a dye, aud he feels it i
. his own heart, as these three negroe
, When society fails to be benefited I
. laws that are frap,ed solely for j
benefit-however much it may be d
% precatcd by the submissionists of i
y body, it will ofits own volition avene
!, the outrages committed against
', Here, Courts are a farce, if successful
= the Governor pardons, then what r.
j., course has society save to organi
- itself under whatever name it m;
4 choose, and protect the 'nnoce
:, against the guilty thieves and mu
:. =, derers who control the whole n
o cllineIy Of the law.
= The rescue of Moore is to be d
~ precated as radically wrong-no p
- litics can be attached to it, for Moo
is as much d Radical, so We unde
W. stand, as Register was-the white pc
~ A. L. o~I. - kO.o ook .,n..