The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-09
Do We Mean to Purify.

The New Orleans Democrat SOM
time since sounded a note that me
responsive echo throughout the Stat
which was the vigorous prosecutio,
of those radical officials who have fo
the past eight years nnb|ushingl!
violated law and the rights of thu
people.
The Democrat very wisely select
ell the heads of the Judiciary of on
State, the late members of the Su
prcme Court, as fit subjects npol
whom to begin the work OF politica
puritication and we have anxiouSl,
looked over our city tI'es in hopr'
that our Attorney General had "p|ant
cd one foot bctorc' upon a ma'c|
that would not end till these male
factors had disgorgrd the sums o
their robbcrics or that they were
safely secured in the pcnitentiary as
a warning to future official plumber
crs. We arc puiued to say that ouI
research has not been rewarded Will
q word or line which would Justify
our applause.
And the Democrat has become sud
denly and ominously silent
What does this mean
We would DC panied to say that
the soothing effect Of the usual Siren
that sings on the flags of our "busi.
ness ecntel' had bad its influence
upon t|plt clarion voice that awoke
to life the manhood of North Louis.
lana. 1t will be a fitting time to die
when we are convinced that lIeatsey,
he ''v hose words were bonds,
his oatl,s orac!es,' to MI If this sec
ton, had been bull'lze,l by the trim
mers into q disSraceful silence.
But this sudden dropping of Il sub
ject which is so vital TO society and
our cause In the State, is certainly
strange to the people.
Has the filthy fingers of the trader
smirched the SNOW white cscutcheon
of our victory with "lirty soap?'
Does 0isgracefnl traffic nnderlic
the sheen of the bayonet that gained
our independence
Forbid it Heaven
Tire constitution nf TIL c+'~4~ Jaws
- ~..''.-y vi the Supreme Judges but
these judges, by a statute lobbied
through the corrupt legislature of Feb
ruary, 1871, have drawn an increased
amount, contrary to that constitution,
of s., 500 yearly for six years, or s45,.
900 in all.
Where are tire promises made the
people ofthis State by the Democrat
ic officials to discharge their duties
fearlcssly and without favor? Are
they the pie crust of the hastings,
made to be broken We demand
in the name of the people an enforce
'nent of the lac! We insist upon the
publication Of political society and
political morals by promptly punish.
ing political malcfactors. No man
las right to engage in REGULATING
md robbing the public treasury and
escape punishment.
If any trades or bargains have been
made Ivy which thieves and maIefact
'rs were to have gone unwhipped of
ustice, the people demand that the
should be punished as well
IS the criminal. No official has Il
light to compound It felony, and be
le high or low, Ire should be promptly
punished.
Let the Attorney General Go his
|uty, no matter whose toes are tread
'pon anA,if any Of these rascally rad
cal thieves present the plea of a
Promise not TO prosecute, from any
democratic official or citizen, pros
cute that official or citizen to the full
xtent Of the law. He has compound,
d a felony and deserves the utmost
igor Of tho law.
We await with painful, anxious pa-
Iencc the Attorney Generals action,
nd we are listening for the Democrat
pom the subject.