The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-11-04

the honest fruits of your toll that had
been speciously, but deluSively held
out to You as q fund, bearing interest,
as resort in the day of need for you,
your children and yonr posterity; all
gone into the pockets of your dccciv-
ers-think of the :sSO,OoO tax money
Of the parish of Natchitoches, for the
enlightenment of which the elder
Boullt was indicted by your Grand
Jury, and whom after patient hear
ing of days, nay weeks, special Jury
was called, not white man on the
roll, condemned in verdict of SlO,-
0OO-where is this vast sum of money
that had been collected to pay your
parish indebtedness and liabilities :?
All gone-where is your School mon.
ey designed by our laws for the edu.
eaton of yonr children Let Myers,
Blunt and Lewis answer-they know.
Come out from among thcEl--t|jey
have long deceived you; 10, these
eight, ten or twelve Yeas they have
deceived you, robbed you us, they
have robbed il common With yon,
but deceived, never. Come then
with us; our interests are yours,
yours are ours If We prosper, you
also prosper; if We 20 down, you al
so 90 down, and that beyond redemp-
ton. BE wise therefore, and beware.
He that is not for us, is against us.
We extend to you the right hand of
fellowship-should you mad1y refuse,
bear in mind that we who have so
manfully borne up under the weight
and malfeasances of = corrupt, heart
less administration so long, have de-
termined as one man, that the pres
ent state of things shall come to an
end. We will have railroads, we will
have thcm-a tide of immigration
will set in, and we shall have an in
dustrious people TO help us till those
fertile fclds-thc richest and most
productive soil on this, our terrestrial
ball ; a land of Citrons and Olives, of
melons and pomcgranates, of corn,
cotton, and of every pro1nct nccsssa-
~, hcalthful and useful to the wants
and the desires of mankind. We Of
fer to share its advantages with you.
The land is ours-thc labor yours as
we'll as ours; the profits and pro-
ducts VIC shall share in just scales
You shall have homes for your fami-
lies -every thing around you to con-
tribute to your comfort and that Of
your families - your sick and distress"
ed shall meet with christian sympa.
thy.
Come t|en-yonr wives, yonr chill
7 dren cry ont to you, if not, their in.
terests properly and wisely consider.
ed call upon you to fraternize will
us. You cannot take to your
selves wings, and fly off to some dis.
tant rcgion-- should you even do so
that country would not be your home
Here you have hecu born, here you
have lived, here you arc bound to die
Next Tuesday will decide your fate
whether for veal or woe. Be wise
therefore, and beware of the 9TH O.
November. Better our fields should
lie waste for year longer than bcal
up a day, an honr longer under the
heavy load of oppression and misrult
that has thus ground US down to al.
most humiliation. No compromise
Victory or death.
We mean what we have said. This
contest will and must be carried on
to its close peacefully under the con.
stitution and the laws enacted for oul
guidance and protection. Courage,
couutrymen-Adieu, an eternal adieu
to Grautism--to Kelloggism and Pack
ardism. Huzza, and cheer for Tlden
aud Hendricks ; for Nichols ant
Wilt. Our country, our people arc
again all one and indivisible. ESQ
pe,petuos. BE it so ; for ever and fol
ever be it 50.
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