The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-02-16
News from Our Friends.
VERNON.
PARISH OF VERNON,
February 3, 1873.

have nothing in the way Of local
news to w:itc thi: week, nothing out
side the dull routine of country life, in
an inland parish. Everybody at
home attending to their own business.
But little <looe in the way Of prepaid"
ton for planting, Weather bad, with
no prospect OF improvement; cattle
standing the winter tolerably we'll,
though some are dying FROM disease.
Still some sickness, though tho parish
is in a general sense, healthy. | &C:
cidently, a few days since got hold Of
a copy of the Louisiana Democrat,
and under its healing of the 'news
boiled down" find the following, ave
have seen and read the reports of the
Auditor aud Treasurer, and 70 a mat
ter of finance news, we will give few
items, which will 'selve to post our
readers. TO begin with home, "swret
h"lne,' old Rapidcs has paid int" the
State Treasury, that is her Collector
has for her, for the full fiscal year Of
1877 the sum Of Sl7, 1904, which il
petty fair, whilst her fair daughter,
Vernon, has paid in the full and round
sum Of one hundred and sixty four
dollars and sixty-four cents,' writing
tho amount in capitals, instead of tig'
u1es. In this the Democrat not only
does Vernon an Injustice, bnt filings a
sheer at her, by his manner of express
sing the amount paid by her. have
10 doubt that $IG4,G4 was the total
amount for which Vernon had credit
} III the Treasurer's report, bnt that re-
port was made out before the ColIec-
tor of Vernon had made his final
settlement, and yet, the Democrat, by
using the term ''fu|l fiscal year" would
lead its readers to- bclivc, that Il final
settlement had becn!made by Vcrnons'
Collector, and that $lG4,64, was all
that she would pay into the Treasury
of the State. Aud after making the
e statement of the amount paid in by
. Vernon, the Democrat proceeds t.
). compare lin way peculiar to itself
u that amount with the amount paid il
: by "Wiun, Democratic Winn," and
!; "Graut whose shareholders heretofore
. went it alone on the grab game" a
q much as to say that Democratic Yer
non and Democratic VIM, couldn'
Is with all their boosted Democracy, d
l. as much towards the support of a De
rs mocratic administration as radica
e ridden Grant. have seen and con
'1 suited our collector; and he assure
&c mo that he has the receipts for Sl5,u
y. which he paid into the State Treasu
" nv, which is about two thirds of til
81 State Tax of Vernon for the year Isl
III and this based upon an assessment
~ $lGi 900 worth of property, and wIe
re the fact is taken into considerable
" that our collector was one of the la
Sc in the State in getting to work, l thin
&c. his work will compare favorab'y vi!
OF that of our fair mother, Rapides. III
H. collectors of those parishes situate
D. IN Red river and other navigab
&C. streams have better facilities for con
u municating with New Orleans thu
On those of the inland parishes, and e
Ere pecially Vernon; and hence are en-
me bled to get in their reports N"
ION promptly, and their parishes are e
Of iibited in a better light on the face
the the Auditors, and Treasu'e r's repo'
is which are often made out before t
'rs, collectors OF those parishes less fave
TIL ably situated have made their iii
the settlement, aud this was the case
uc' this instance; and think the Dem
it crat ought at least, to have given
t is the benefit of the doubt, witht
OIL sneering at our poverty. We kn
'es- that We are poor, but do not like
US have the fact thrown into our tee
he We Vernonites are dcvilish fine I
the lows Just before all election in W.T.
we'd Rapides is interested; candidates Fl
y. our mother parish come among
Ills, hob. mob with us in the little ro
], is side grocery, eat our hog and 'omi
not dapdle our little dirty faced urc'I
'sed on their knees, and we are "hail
ions lows we'll metz We are appealed tt
has "stand by our race" by the news
He pers ETC.. and after the struggle
rom over (all the Offices having been
stra' bled by our mothcr) We are tit 6
( to iects to he sneered at. Really,
the Editor, the poorest man ia he,
his can sheer at the poverty OF his ne
resi- Dor. In your issue Of Jan.
for (which | did not get until yesterd
Of / uotice the reason of the Hon. Ut
=. Texada for opposing constitute
'isia- conveutiou, in giving which he is
n on resented as making the following
ecnre claration, "he thought the peopl
rman the country were much opposed
Lefty convention" l have taken
}oard pains to inform myself as to thew
IS of Is of tho people Of this parish o"
Wells, subject; and have spoken to 40 Q
pun men in different portions Of the
cape. ish, and l have found only one
that who declared himself opposed
[assa- convention, and that man is our
esslty ish Judge. So that | do not
Dlitics Mr.. Texada is posted in regard
beth wishes of his constituents in this
or af- ish. Aud l must say, that amo
n as the reasons given by the dit
asetts gentlemen spoken Of for their
swith sition to d convention, there
ON. one that is worthy of serious co'
ration. Isn't it strange how the
ions of men change with their Ct
tute . stances? The iniquities of the
ent constitution were plocaime'
stubbs,. every stump in the State, dnrin
J: Dn' last canvas by the Democratic
= H. L. dates, but now the ."outs are IL
. strange the metamorphose; tn
|. Voor" Of the constitution" must be