The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-09-29
puh|ic Rewards and puni>hments.


Under this caption the New Orleans
Daily Item furnishes its readers with
a strong Al trlc upon the speedy legal
conviction and moral ostraclsm OF
those who have committed crimes
against a community or admlnl>tra-
ton.
The Item echoes in strong language
the article winch appeared III the
! V1<n,c>roE of the Sth inst, in the
same line, and we are more than
n,coSc1 to note that that able daily
jou,ual has "Sonn1ed ont against
IL. .,rscut policy III this state a
policy the end of which, when reach
ed. will leave us nothing hut moral
lcbauchrry and degradation.
We take pleasure in giving the
manly article of the Item in full
some of the >nrcst indrcs of
hcalthiul. moral tone III a community
or administration, is the speedy legal
conviction and moral ostrarl>m WIN
4. winch it follows and marks its crlm-
mails, The moral and political ras-
ca)jty and chine is blighting in its cl-
frcts upon communities as well as ILL.,
diyidua|s and whoever fosters or
. to}cro,cs such associations is an en-
!, envy to the best interests OF society
political and social.
The Nemesis that has ovcrtaken
the r.uhdc,iny sronndrc'S who, du'
ring Radical rule, held sway in South
$ Carolina, has elevated the moral
standard of public opinion in that
State to a point where, in the future
i as in the long past. moral and po!'tl-
G cal |crc,tlcmain will not be consider
q ed first qualities in selecting men to
rcnyrs+nt honest constituencies. Not
J. SO with poor Louisiana On her has
= been brought the disgrace OF select
II inc her agents from the camp follow
q crs of her p|un'c'ing foes, who covert
:, treason and fraud had planned and
- aided to execute the direct villainy
u that ever blasted peoples hopes
t. Men to be the agents Ct the State
d who have defraudcd her : to stand
- between the people and their trusted
W. leaders and between the State ant
y" the general government of her allie
ciance Why is it that the nayc;
to administration should dare to insis
70 upon hvir! represented in Louls1an;
by men whom, after life. long ex
IL prlicncc, onr people believe TO b'
dishonest and INSCRIPTIONS po|ltlca
cs trick >trr< and who to-day stand in
or djrtru or charged, on Information
from the grand jury, with tenonlon
IL crimes which, if proven, will SEN
' them to the pcnitentiarv. and IT no
nv proven will blast them forever anon
~ all honorable people. Why is it tina
Sc insticc steep so long over the past OF
VI lenses Of such men in Louisiana
WHY j, it that their co-labororS, f'
scvrr?, administrations back, stl
/. hold their places un1i>turhcd Nh
~ is it that such trIdrrf footed stc?p''
rs marks the administration Of redeem
or cd Louisiana. while the noble llaml
~. ton. calm, cool and discreet. permit
, and hintlrrs not, the lnrXorablc mes
=" cs of an honest and inarxihlc admit
''h istration of Justice to surround al
is stranglc every SlnirmnS cu|prit owe
my taken by just punishment for h
No crimes:
Why have those who have stru
:" oiled when the gloom WAS deepest al
''. the black future gave no promise
Az reward in the dawn Of another da
be when the prudent and !icld'
,,n cried, "malc tcrms--it is all lost
Wv why have the faithful, the earnest
SIN hore,s, been turned away to ma
to room fol the traitors, the toadlcs, a
,hlc blatant trmmrrs who ever crow In
=, i|y for the victor when the battle
Il" over, and there is nothlng to 6;
'"e from tie vanqui>hcd :
I, it because the Hayes policy, Ii
the Hayes Inauguration. has its ba
in deception and fraud, and bcca,
the ;mitatorS and followers OF Il
Il "f ,.n'r. ~ymrathizc with it, or are
no walk TO oppose it.? We await a
)na luton.
!, on We speak only in the interest
49,, that public virtue which drma
anu consistency in the record ofpnhllc
bers fairs of all citizens. 1t is not pa
NJ, division of spoil we call for, i
,,,o,7 what the public good demands
'''' honest men who have shown a
the lincncss to make sacrifice of PR,
onal welfare and have fought for pu
f his good, should not be placed below
, political tlickster. Reward shc
'''" be given where IT is deserved
tcr.' punishment should follow crime
, for hubble virtue is valuable, and pu
and crime is dangerous to the welfare
:, state.