The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-10-06
News from Our Friends.
VERNON.
PARISH OF VERNON, J
September 23rd, 1877. I

September 23rd, 1877. !
Deur Tiadicator
We are taught that government is
instituted among men to secure Life,
Liberty, and the pursuit IF |'appi
nesS,' and that the greatest good to
the greatest number should DC the
basis upon which all laws are found
rd. These maxims were acted upon
by the founders of this great Repuh-
lie in their efforts to establish gov
crnment which they thought w"nld
more nearly approach their ideal
standard than any which then, or
ever had existed. And with the de
trcts of the governments Of the Old
World before tlreir eyes as finger
boards, to guard them against the
desputism that existed in all Of them.
they succeeded in establishing the
prescst, and happicst government that
ever existed among men, and be
oueathcd it to IA to nouriSII and sup.
port, in the fond hope that it ever
would he an asylum for the opprps
sed, down-trodAen, tax-ridlen rrfu
gees from despotism.
The Constitution was adopted and
set up as break water against the
arrogance of what might become an
oppressive majority, and against
which n weak minority might lean in
Secnr'ty.
Have we been faithful to the trust ?
Would those immortal tnillrrs it they
ware permitted to return to earth rec
ognize in the bond issning aristocracy
under which we groan. the "falr fab
rio" which they erected think not
and when in the agony Of their dis
appointment, they Turned in search of
the Constitution which caused them
such anxious thought, we pointed to
the mutilated remains of that irstrn-
ment, all blood stained and 1lsfgn,ed,
I think that | hear them cry ont in
their anguish" Oh! how hare onr
children departed from our prrcrpts!
how have they dared tn lay their
sacrilegeous hands in violence upon
the charter of their libertits' Which,
we beqneat|ed to them in the belief
that the example of our virtues would
inspire them with a determination to
hand the precious heritage down to
generations unborn, that millions
might rise up and call them blessed.
"But lust for power, and the worship
of Mammon haye]el them astray from
the green fields of virtue, into the BY
paths Of vice and immortality" In vain
were the labors of Jefferson when he
overturned primogeniture, that engine
of landed aristocracy, in vain did he
avoid every thing like parade or dis.
play, while he was President, that
there might be no sign boards set up,
by which an Aristocracy may creep
into the destruction of simple Repub
lean government. For to-day there
is an aristocracy more arrogant thar
that against which he exerttA the pc"
tr of his mighty intellect. more ,ot"n'
for the destruction of Republican gov
eminent, and the establishment Of
Capitalization which has taken fast
hold on the reins Of the government.
The mopied aristocracy. 1t has cor
rupted every arm Of Our government.
1t manipulates the law-making power
to its own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, greascs the
palms of the Judiciary, and feathers
the seat of the Executive, aud right
between the thieves in the two halls
of Congress will crncify the Goddess
Of Liberty unless the honest yeomanry
of the land rise in their mi sht and by
united, action dive its minions from
power.
Yours truly,
VERNON.