The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-09-01
The R0urb0a< Of Louisiana.

There is Il certain c'ISS IN LOU |
i>iana. and they have added no
little to the power OF those who
oppressed her in the past. who
furnish world OF capital for our
outside enemies to work upon.
The chief Misrepresentation used
wv this class is. q bitter dcnunrla.
tion Of the aggressive force OF the
,eoplc, and a malignant SANDER
ing Of their standing and pur-
pose, by calling them the "Hour
bon clement
The world has long since .iud@.
cd those who are real "}'0urboDS,"
and to class a L0ui>ianian as
such is, to conSign him to the
Judgment already passed upon
those implacablc idiots who have
"learncd nor forgotten nothing.'
Nothing can be more criminal than
to dcnouncc leading gentlemen IN
this State as such, and it is not
done save by those who have a
purpose to serve.
{iIcndy Burke, 4 few weeks
since. rushed off to Washington,
filing the air at every step with
q fierce dcnunciation Of those who
would punish criminals, such as
Wells and Anderson, as the law
directs, and insulting the com
mon sense of the country by i'm
puuing the motive for such prose.
rution to the "hatrcd Of the BOur-
bons' Of law and "ordcr,' and to
a desire on the part Of the Lou
isiana Bourbon ITO violate the
agreement Mr.. Glendy Burke
had a purpose. Office was What
G. i. wantcd, and to get it be
was prepared, although Il LouiSi-
anian himself, to miScouStruc and
distort the motives of every lie
cent man in the State; in fact, lie
about and dcnouncc them for
what they were not.
Glcndy Burke got his office.
Joe Bradley's President made him
4th Auditor, if it is of the odds
and ends department, 'Glendy B.
and his office are an exact fit.
But this we cite as an example of
the men. and Burke is no better
nor is he worse than any Of those
who traIurc us, who make this
hue and cry against the ''Louisi.
ania Bourbon,' and as an instance
of the motives which actuate them
all.
WHO are The Louisiana Dour-
b0ns! When Louisiana, chained
to the galley seat of Radicalism,
cried aloud to her children for
help, who was it, like Clan Alpine
warriors bold and true, peopled
every bush with brand aud bow
the BOURBON ELEMENT! When
despair sat on every heart, and
the temple of our liberty was desc
Grated by aliens and blacks, who
was it cheered the dropping, and
encouraged the weak-the BorR.
BON ELEMENT. Whose voice rang
aloud, PIE sTONG! amid the din
and cry of submission and sur
rcndcr-the BoURBoN'S Whose
blood crimsoncd the banks of Red
River and the streets Of New Or
leans, where towards skulked and
brave men died-the BOURBON'S
In all these dark hours that
tried mems souls, where was
Glendy Burke and his class, who
now denouncc as enemies to prog
rcss those who battlcd for the
very civilization lie enjoys? Feed
ing, no doubt, on the crumbs
thrown from the tables Of those
who stocked their larders by plum.
dering his people. And Burke is
no worse than eng Of them who IN.
dulqe IN this Wholesdle abuse Of bet.
ter men than they are-aye, men
whose names will be recorded in
brightpages, when theirs will have
neither script nor stone to mark
their ignoble dust.
Would to God Louisiana's hills
and valleys resounded only to the
human tramp of the Bourbon
We are proud Of them as the race
OF hcroes-heroes, with spear tol
an enemy and palm for a friend
heroes, with applause for honor
and virtue. and denunciatiOn and