The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-03-10
The QuestlOn---Its Settlement

! 1t is painful to- contemplate how
Thoroughly saturated the public mind
has become with the pcrnicions teach
INC. that upon TiIden's success rested
he only hope for local self govern,
won't in Lori>inna. The doctrine at
its best WAS hnt the cant Of the dem
agncuc North, cnunciatcd with the
>o|" purpose Of hrncfitting him at
home and tie decisions has cast a
spell around many good aud true men,
time can only eradicate.
Even now. when Grant has reccc-
ni2"h and admitted all we aSk-thr
r;.ht to regulate local affairs without
Federal jntrrfrranrr, there are many
who look still for some unknown
power to confirm that which rests en-
'ircIy miN McmSe1rea. Grant says.
rs our dispatches show, that the
I.oui>iana ease" is returned to TIE
PEOPLE Of the State for settlement,
and Hayes confirms that return
therefore all citizens who desire to
sec Nichols and lis government
fat accompH must look to themselves
and their acts for that accomplish
ment Hayes is utterly roverlrss to
snccOr Packard; his own Tenure is so
weak, so covered with foul frauds
that the nation stands ach3St at the
presumption of the man aud his par
| ty- the whole Democratic masses Of
the North, arc, as heap of ,ich tin.
der, waiting only the spark to ignite
it into a cont'a grafton that won)n DIES
troy, not only Hayes. but his back
prs to a man. lie must remain Gnict
aud Submissive, not TO his party, but
to ours; and we venture the asser.
tion. he is more anxious that Nichols
should recognize him than he to re.
cognizc Nichols.
We have the power to dctl,rone
Hayes. and he knows we will use it
unless our ri.htful demands are cx-
credcd to.
The question, now reverted from
unlawful power to proper and just
channels; is, which ever government
THE PEOPLE of Louisiana sustain,
federal authority will recognize. To
sustain the government of our choice
we must nom and henceforM back our
patriotic assertions wih deeds. Yield |
ing obedience to it's lawfully consti.
tutea authority, paying it taxes, |
planting firm and lasting confidence
by our acts in its stability, there is no
more possibility for the failure of the
tiShtfu} government of Nichols in
this State, than there is for Packard
to dam the Mississippi.
Go on and donbt; question the
right of this man or that mans an.
thority who holds poser from
Nichols, refuse the material to carry
on the government, and you will
plant Packard on throne it will be
impossible to overthrow, and this
State will he left to fate no more
horrible than deserving.
Every man who has contributed to
bring about the present hopeful con-
dition of affairs, will turn his back in
disgust on Il people too cowar,lly to
show by physical exhibition their
love ofife or liberty, and SO wrapped
up in the veneration of Midas as to
withhold that touch which transforms
dead communities into living, civil
societies.
Are 30" prepared to sustain the
Nichols government at all hazards,
and make it by your deeds Nring
byeothi"g reality, Or, are you intend
ing to 90 about whining like sick
girl for Hayes to recognize that which
you have not the pluck or manhood
to defend by word, act or deed9
That is the question to answer.
Don't look to Hayes or any one else.
Throw off the charm of the Siren. |
Northern Democratic intervention
and move right along cheerful|y, con.
tidently, determined it shall be as
you will it or not at all.
In that event we spnrn any mans
recognition ofus. We will force that
to which we are entitled by right
from Hayes, no matter how unwilling
he ma, be to accord it.