The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-11-03
Reaction Among Rebels.

Walsh entered the washington h'S''
Artillery. and was a brave soldier IN the
Confederate service. At the close OF the
war he went into business, and o''nS
offered some official poSition-C'ty Al
lernan, think-hy the new State a"'
thoritics. was instantly lighted upon,
his record. and treated
50 coarsely hy the nml>ciplin'd press Oh
the city and State that he has never ~
entered the rebel lines. He held II" P",,
,ition of any profit or advantage, anu
became wealthy by operations WIN n'S
own money in suy gar, staples, bon"s' &c
He said to me: "lIayrs p"liey, ",'!cn
now looks rose colored enough to h'm'
will evcntuatc in a second rrV"lnt'"n;
7 nnpr,hpnd that the next outbreak VIII
he among the bia ks. In almost every
Instance where the whites have recover
cd power in the South since the war
thry have slowly tiyhtcDed the screw on
their former slaves, so as t" secure
practical revival of Sertlom L?hor laws,
contract laws, &c., mark the course OF
the Confederate element toward th''r
labor. In Louisiana, particular y, we
have race Of negroes not greatly l"-
frrut from those OF San Domingo, often
white mems SOILS, and well r1''ra'''.
Happily the white leaders of THIS PACK
vote have been prudent men. II MI
Packard had issued a call for the negro
urople to come to his standard ~ Ne"
Orleans, they would have come from
cvrry uuartrr of the State. No doubt
they would have been beaten and hang
ed, but still they could have destroyed
large amount of property, and affected
general security That is why Go III"
choose the South to be my home tor AL
future time. 1t is not based upon th'
sense of rcciprosity and ta'r"eSS when
prevails in the North. For few years
I'll, tendency of events is to push the
black man to the wall, and, after that,
another trrmrnt Of race character Will
bruin in the South. of which God knows
tho rcsult."-Gaths Letter, Cincinnati
Enquirer.
1t is strange what manner OF men
Northern newspaper correspondents
pick up. This John A. Walsh is one
of the average beats who take in
creduIous people open to the easiest
conviction, such as "Gath." Whc
Walsh is, VIC of Louisiana, know full
we'll, and from his character as know
f here, We can unlesitating|y pro
> nouuce all of his story the most stu
j., pid bosh.
. In fact, Walsh is an unmitiSatet
e ass, and lis story is as tlimsey a
y himself.
five understand Gath, Walsh, tn
i dear sensitive soul, took Office unde
a the Radical City government, am
Il because the decent Press dcnounce'
him, and very properly, as an apos
= tate his gentle soul could not stan
h it, and lie left the "rebel lines,
j. wherever that may be. Walsh how
l. ever, made his money, as lie seem
Q, to have money, "by operating i
N sugar, staples, bonds, &C." Now,
to Gath had not told this of the simpl
re Walsh, people in this State woul
g have supposed he had stolen h
ID wealth, as many of his ilk did; an
We have no doubt the suppositio
IT would have not been violent on
y The talk of Hayes policy resultin
IS in another war ; of securing pract
10 cal serfdom to the negro, &C., a
N though lies of whole cloth, STAN
9 Walsh at once as an absconding Rad
NJ cal thief from SOME Southern State
he Happily for the decent poop
H. South, this gentle Walsh, whom Il
ut winds of Heaven we pray may n
Fir visit too roughly, proposes to rema
e. In the North; our society is not ba
IT'S ed on "a sense Of fairness" for viii
lie he yearns, and of which he will new
to be fully surfeited until a grim pris
of wall throws around his bland a
of child.like self, its ngis of protect
- from the rude world"
air Walsh, poor fellow, we "fe indie
rs, sorry for you. Much as We shall NJ
ur your simple society, We pray God
hasten the hour you may join I
angel band for which you are so Ell
ms nently tilted. Walsh-give us a re
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