The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-02-23
Cur Special N. 0. Correspondence.
The Gallant Kidd in Armor.
A North Louisiana Senator Talks.
New ORLEANS, Feb. 18th 1873.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 18th 1873.
En-. ElNplrsT"E:
The past week Was one Of nnusnal OK
ritemrnt The Constitutional Amend
mrNtS were upon the "pis i'll the House
Of Representative and were debated at
grrath length. There was but one char
actcriStic Sprrch however, and that WI"
the great speech of Kidd, Of Jackson.
That clarion voice which both you a1Nt !,
thought three week., ago, had been 81
lrnrrA by the m1lky atmosphere OF
New Orleans, rang out i'll all It's glory
and patriotic grandeur. N"twlths'an!.
my. he was the last speaker, and all
seemed worn out, yet for an hour ne
was listened t. with wrapped attention,
! and when he closed his mastery effort
iu favor Of Convention, the whole
mass of human beings in that drnSrly
packed room app'audrd. tue Republic
| cans Joining in the applause.
The flowers Of rhetoric woven INTO
his unanswcrahlc arguments for Il Con-
( ytntion. ver, beautiful and delicate, and
a,lorning as they did, the great effort III
defense OF the gifts Of the people. VIII
be immortnlizrl. His prroration being
an appeal to the Crtolc Members OF the
LEGISLATURE to stand up for their native
hearth, was one Of the most beautiful
and touching specimens Of true ora
tory I have listened to for many long
years. But all of Mr.. Kidd's reasoning
and powerful arguments cnnll not avert
the sword of Damoclrs, for II few MIL
utrs afterwards the vote was taken: and
he enemy, by majority Of only three.
entered the irccmanS citasi"l t" destro.
the altar where the people worship. -,
You will see hy the papers that ten of
the Constitutional Amendments have
been passrd-hu will the people pass
them. The Radicals say here, that they
voted for their passage to defeat Con-
vrntion, and they intend to vote against
them when they are placed before the
people for adoption. and the twenty
seven gallant spirits WHO dared to de
frnd the imprrrllcd rights of the people,
will go before that people and make it
an i,suc-and still proclaim heir prefer
cnce for Constitutional Convention,
and vote down the Amendments to the
present infamous and rotten concrrh-
though every Radical IN the State should
vote the same way.
The ruling political topic here, how
ever, is the recent developments of a
North Louisiana Senator, in regard to
the Nichols and Hayes compromise. He
SAYS that last winter, a Telegram WAS
sent to the Senate to be considered in
secret session, by Gov. Nichols, 81 gned
by Congressman Gibson and Ellis con-
tanning The basis ot d conIpr",'i>c.
That this Telegram was discussed t"E
many hours about s,y-aNI 1t was final
~ agreed to telegraph back to WASH
ingtnn. that the compromise was ac-
ceptrh. This cXonrratr> Nichols. and |
an, glad of it. for it has been the belief
of majority of the people, that it was
III who ha! made the contract with
Hayes and no one else. Bat few men
have doubted for a moment, but that
such a couI,iolitisc was made.
Now. in this compromise, which the
Senate. or q majority thereof, agreed to
make with ''ayes & Co.. it is sad by
the Senator TO contain q clause to the
effect, that the Returning Board, It's one
of the conditions Of compromise were
not to be prc5rcNtcd-not prosecuted, as
has been said. will not stop her" to
discuss the proryirty Of such a step, Int
will simply remark, en- pdssd"t that it
seems to me, that all human reasoning is
fa]liblc, and often Mislcads, that, liz
Tilden been allowed to take his SEAT,
Nichols would have been Governor,
from tie Very force of circumstances
then why such compromise
Irha above statement which ! believe to
he substantially correct lifts the veil
whick has hidden, heretofore, trom the
peoples view. how "Nicholls went in
Parkarl's Hall and lail that old Boss
low may have more to say on this
subject at another time.
Gov. Wells is out Of prison on a bond
of S2O,O0O, and is as taciturn as a mud
tnr; e. He really looks sad. Tom An
derson is still in limbo, anSously be
lic,ing that he will obtain new trial,
and then 1.-THE clouds which now lower
upon his house, will in the dead ocean be
burned Judge Whitaker may grant
him a new trial-a new jury may acquit
Eim-Nicholls may pardon, but all this
will not wipe out The stain which he
himself has stamped upon his conscience,
for that will be like the shirt of Nessns
and H;rnesis, with whole rotine of
hauutory demons will howl along his
pathway in this world, and paint him
when he reaches the other side Of the
fiidgid and bitter waters of Lethe, the
high way, that leads to the deep, dark,
burning caverns Of the damned.
OLD LINE WING.