The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-08-04
The End of Civil Law.


the unconstitutional call for, and
use of tive United States army.
Although the strikes were wide
spread along the line of railroads,
they were simply local dlsturban.
ccs which did not call for an OK,
aSpcrating exhibition of armed
State Militia even. The conflict |
to a certain point, was one be-
tween employers and employees
conducted by moral force on eth
or side. The railroad maGnates,
as usual, were beaten in the con-
test, and appealed to the State
authorities for help.
And for what purpose
TO reinforce themselves with
the physical power of the Com.
mOnwealths in order to intimidatc
and over-awc their starving EN-.
pIoyecs into obedience of man
date they claimed would starve
them and their families!
These Governors swiftly answer
cd the call Of their Kings, and
the spectacle was presented OF
the civil Authorities being the TO-
mentors If riot and tumnlt; for
we "ontell, and a study of the
incidents y i'll show that all the
blood shed was caused by the
foolish display of the State sol.
licrs--ar cyc sore and a menace
to any people born of American
patriots.
AS might have been expected,
these regiments Of "ycoman in
fantry' served but to cXaspc@tc
and madden, while simple mag
cstratc would have peacefully
Quoted the disturbance, and pro.
tccted, as we'll as settled, the
rights Of all, lawfully and legally
Even after the failure of the
idiotic "mili,ia policy" of the
Governors, why did they not re-
sort to those peaceful measures
which from the first, would have
saved trouble and blood shed
Then came the demand fol-
United States troops by the Gov
errors of several of these States
and then to prompt furnishing Of
them by the President.
The Constitution provides, that
in case of ''invasion or domestic
violence" the Governors can cal
for United States troops. A mol
is not, nor can it ever be constr,l
cd into 'dOmestic viOlcnce,' an(
this domestic violence must b.
equal to an ''invasi0n." 1t mus
be more than q mob ; it must b
more than an attack on Il "freigll
depot" or a Ground house," or
hundred of them for that matter
for the only "domestic violence
contemplated by thc Constitution
is, an armed and organized al
tack upon the pmrer and author
ty of the State government, with
view to it's orerthror and distru'
ton. Did the rioters at Bait
more, at Pittsburg, at Chicago
contemplate the obstruction of tn
autonomy of the State of ry'lant
Pennsylvania, or lllinoise! &C.
tainly not.
These outbreaks, when the
even rose to the magnitude Of
OTIS, were simply local disturba1
ces which it was the duty, as
certainly was within the power
the State authorities to suppress
The continued called upon Il
Government for troops to polio
States is at variance with rcpul
can ideas, and must stop. The1
has been too much of it of la
years, and We must believe, til;
when riot assumes such propO
tions as that the entire State a
thorities and power cannot su
press, there is something benin
which all the armies of the Uni(
cannot correct, though they me-
dislrrse it.
Either the end of civil COVER
mcnt in the States Of this Uni(
las been reached, or else tn
exhibition. Of the United Stat
army as State police, is an catra!
not TO be submitted to i'm Silcnc
A Mr.. Morris, planter, near st. j
venI TcnSaS Parrish Ia accillen \ |