The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-01-06
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NOW. an accession to sneer ut the truth
that is supposed to be in frall human
jty or to become diSgt,sted at "man's
inhnmanity TO man"
We Sly, that it'll now we have
never seen AliS-hut alas we are
paincd to say that the cynic and the
miSant|ropc have some cause at least
to be at war with the world and all
humanity.
We heard men with whom W" were
born and reared and WHO, from boy
hood until the devious ways Of Lon.
isiana radcalism parted orr paths
and closed our sociability, would rx~
prcss horror at the coward and the
liar. stand face to face with Il hun,
1rel men that knew all they knew.
and more. and lie with the ease of Il
native of the celestial cmpire-and
that too under solemn oath. Man
hood blushcd when they uttered some
untrnths, which, must have blistcrcd
decent tnasne, and it gives us pleas
u,e to say that the crimson flushed
heir checks when, with keen scent and
never ending pursuits, ConSr' s<man
House unwonnd their pretty yarns
and exposed them in all the naked
ness of living liars.
Simmons, tie rcca|citrant Mayor,
he who, as renter Of town balls, u
collector of circus licenses, bnrirr
of dead panpers anda drawer of his
salary, stands umivallcd, and who,
rs It "Stick' and a failure IN prrsesv-
ing the peace, has no equal, entered
the arena of Congressional invest ga
ton as the "biy ingun' in war paint,
unsolicited and with a vlloop. 1t
strikes rs that a'pnctic ~ juggling of
Mrtamora must have been his thought:
"You'vr sent for mc-l'vr c"m,
If you cont want ne I'm back to my
wiy~um.'
Stern and awful ir look this mighty
chief proclaimed that he was the
champion tying BUSTER and from his
belt dansled the bloody scalp Of DR..
Boullt and Col. Levy. (Boullt smiled
at this to our knowlci.e) 'but they,
(the people) went back on me and I
i went over to the ring-or words
to that effect. Under the placid ex-
animation of Mr.. Danford-lies, which
would have taken the premium among
a thousand kelloggS, rolled in IN
broken strain from his lips-whcn,
however, Mr.. Meade with meek look
and quiet voice laid bare the "bot.
tom facts' Simmons sqnirmed (me-
thinks rs Bou1lt and Levy did Hnder
his scalping knifc) he stammere1, he
lied ont Of it, swallowed his story,
finally broke down and refused to
answer.
While a firing buster" Simmons
hid no equal as a killcr-on paper,
and no more violent man in langna &C
ever stall;eh The boards. All this
was wormed out of him beautifully
and Simmons left the stand amid the
icers and laughter of the crowd an
humblcd, crestfallen scalped "injun"
who
event in like a lion, came ont like 4 lamb.
Put on his hat and wasn't worth a.lamn.',
Than, after a respite, came Breda,
book in hand. to show to the world
what large number ofpolitical mur
ders had been committed here 10y the
bloody bulldozers. Brcda is a Cor
oner, holds inquests on dead people,
and lis BOOK was the records of his
office. Breda is a radical, and at
tempted to show that every man kill
ed was murdered for political opinion
sake. He miserably failed, however,
to shoe eren one in fact in all the
cases he read lie could not name q
single political murder and with all
his lies he acknowledged that fact.
Bretla bad been pro.lled by the Vim
dicntor evidently and that right sharp
" from the way he would squirt out
about it and the anxiety he evinced
to have the committee read ''t|te
slect.' 1t wants rs "dnnhiIated"
ut does," says Mr.. House. Yes, sir !
Well what's that annhilate -? 1T
wants al the republicans put ont of
office" Well said Mr.. House, "don't
You Republicans all want to stay in.'
ooh, yes ~ Well Mr.. Breda.did You
ever hear of fun political party ; a
political party that did not want to
"put ont' the "in' party No, sir !!
"Wel| don't yon think the Ymdica-
tor is right IN talking up its side. Oh,
no. All { said Mr.. House.
But the lies of B9eda came when
he told of the White CanIelia ard OF
the Pierson difficulty in 1875. He
could remember all about details in
the White League of the busy BIS