The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-16
The Country Press.

lacking sadly III " good solid lntcl'''
gent country Press, for upon v'gor'
Gus intelligent county Journals our
future political welfare in great
measure depends. We see every
week some new candidate for public
iavorS in the Journalistic field, and SO
far. all but one or two of them had
better not been born for the real
good they will do the respective com
uunities in which they are pnbI'>l'cd'
The ]'up|nM, for instance, of Don
aldsonville, comes ont as Il "'lnc art
and literature conccrn,' with but
passablc Typographical appearances
and anything but commcndablc ahIIi-
IT, in its Satisfactory. 1t ignores en-
tircly local politics or local news, an"
simply proposes to give its readers a
little wcuhly selected trash III return
for their patronage.
The past political! condition OF Lott
iSiaua is warning enough to the peo'
p]e to convince them Of the efficacy
of u vigorous press, and when an
"indcpcndcut" thing is established III
IA parish, it should hc the first duty OF
the taxpayer to crush it to death al
once.
"InhcpcnlcHt' country newspaper
indeed What sickeniny insult tt
journalism that would be. Demand
of tho people support and confidence
and when that people are robbed by
political balnarlcs and plnnderers
refuse to assist in hunting them tt
punishment, because ''you arc inde
pcndent!'
The people of Louisiana dcman'
vigorous independent po(iticoS jour
! mails. Journals that will cry on
arfinst abuses, and demand change
of officers when they no longer serve
the Interests of those who elrctc!
them.
The people Ito not want and nrvc
Will support the rukci>h ili,'rpcnd
cnt trash that make raScality success
full By their silent neutrality. lie
our people beware of a neutral paper
That paper simply means to max
money, and to make it by being 81
lent when it should speak.
Distribution of Federal Offices
In view of the Presidents iutcn
ton to have the Federal offices, rrin
ciral aud subm dinatc, of LonlSlan;
divided among the three elements o
the party, native Republicans, car
pet -baystrS and colored people, TIT
colorod delegation now hrle are sal'
to have been advised by friends "
the President to name their candI
dates for their third and to abstajl
from any interference in t|" selection
of the other two-,hirIs. They have
been advised if they insist upon con
trolling tie State they will fail entire
|y in the object for which they arr
hne. -Washington Dispatch
So we see that the President in
tends to stick to his party thos'
who voted for and elected him to Of
fee, for his material from which t,
make his appointments. Where, oh
where is the sold limo Nhigers," ant
the "new line Conservators" ;-gon'
to meet "Wa,d's Ducks"
What a commentary on some ap
pointmcnts made in this State b!
State authorities selecting men steep
ed in villany and vileness for oficia
preferment over the heads of the vir
tuous and pure who fought for th'
election of our present executive.
| Hayes sets Nichols an example
he will surely follow in future
Hayes appoints the bummers Of Lou
isiana, the plunderers of her people
and the insu|ters of her yiltue ant
intelligence, to Federal offices ; lie
Nichols appoint the gent|eme" 0
Louisiana to State offices.
There has been some appointments
made that reflect anything but credi
upon Governor Nichols. Mr.. Hayes
sets him an example he surely shoult
follow at once. Hayes sticks to BIZ
party, let Nichols stick to his. 1t i:
sickeuing to argue that a conserva
tive course should result iu tue ap'
pointment of Pinchback or such fel
lows. If that be Conservatism, nc
wonder decent people repuaiate it.