The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-06-01
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tui contradiction.
The effort at reconciliation vi he Raii
Gals was the >illirrt policy, as conducted.
Imaginable: HIT, worst still. it N;Ia ST
plain an insult to the intelligence and
! virtue of those VIII" have 50 long, 80 an
sclhshly and so brave!y carried on the
war against wrong that it excited the
deepest possible disgust. Pinrhback, The
low, corrupt and most odi"ns so-rA!lrd
representative of the negro race, was
made q director OF the public schools
Howe, ex-judyr of Warmouth's Supreme
Court, and who had violated the Com
! stitution and his oath OF office by draw
ing pay he was not entitled 10, was ap-
| pointed administrator of the Charity
| Hospital; James LonSstrcct, ex-Conted'
crate Lieutenant General, who had long
| ,iisgraccd his people by embracing Radi-
! calism for living, and who crowned his
infamous career by commanding kellogS's
ianisSarieS on tho llth September, and
shooting down our people for daring to
revolt against dcspotiSm, was appointed
Administrator of the University Of Lou
isiana. These were prominent examples
of policy that. while futile to effect the
good claimed for it. shocked the pride
and intelligence of the faithful and pure.
l recollect well that at the time these
things were being done one day met a
so.called "Conservative' on the street,
and asked him what it all meant. "Well,''
said he, you know it is only charitable
to give these men chance to get back
into the confidence and association OF
good people, "Then," said !, ''thc
Nichols government is to DO a reforma-
tory school for thieves and traitors.'-
He passed on. l have often since said
to myself, when | have read of mnr-
derer swinging on the gallows by order
of Governor Nichols, Il believe no less
that ten have now, in the parlance of
the day, been 'gobblel to glory.')-
Howe and Longstrcet arc far worse, have
done worse than any of these victims;
yet the Executive has actually extended
them the right hand of FELLOWSHIP p-aye
forced them into association with the
good and true. | certainly do not mean
even to Indirectly censnre the Governor
for having the mur,lervrs hung; ho has
my warmcst approval for so doing: but
| must ever condemn him for having PIT
men in office whose conduct has left
Il far worse impression on society
than any murderer of ten men can
ever have. The estinable ladies'
who conduct the blouse Of Good
Shepherds" of this city, are engag-
ed in a legitimate work where they devote
their hours to the reformation of the uD-
fortunate prostitute, and we private citi
zens may legitimately contribute our Pc
cunary mite in aid Of the undertaking :;
but tho Gubernatorial Office Is not ref
uge for the abandoned and protiligatc of
our own sex, and only ccnsure is to be
mctcd out to him who attempts, even on
tire plea of ''policy,' to make ii such.
So far as the appointment of the ont
cast, Pinchback, \antl other colored mem,
to the public School Board is concerned,
if we look at it solely in the coolest po-
litical light, it was grand mistake-a
political hlunder amounting to crime.
For years the negro race had been, in
connection with the white Radicals, con-
Quoting the public schools, and they had
wrecked them. 1t was now the 0ppor-
tunity, as We'll as the privilege, Of the
white race, to take entire charge of this
branch Of the public service, to admins
ter it on civilized principles, and at the
close of the four years service to be able
30 point to results as illustrative Of hon.
esty and superior ability. No sensible
man could object to this, and favorable
results would simply add to political
strength.
The policy of utterly ignoring the
White League in all that pertains to pc
litics has been from the beginning so
clearly manifested that no man could
mistake it. The common street talk CT
the conservatives" has been that the
League might be trusted to 10 the fight
ing, but the leaders were too hot-headed
for politics. Moreover, there must be
political accord between Hayes and our
administration, and that would be i'm.
possible if tho League was represented
therein. All of this sounds very pretty
to the ordinary political ear, and unthink.
ing men might endorse it.; but it is not
common sense, and the wire-workers will
yet find it out. I have clearly shown
that the political condition of Louisiana
was utterly despotic, that "Conserva-
tive" wiles and wire working had utter
ly "played out" when, on the l4th Sep
TENDER, tho White League the 'extrem-
ists'-camc to the front and rescued the
State in "a day. Again, have shown
that in the early days of January, 1877,
Conservatism" had come to q dead halt,
that "the game was up" when, on the
of the 9th January, the League
again stepped forth and saved things.
Now, the Conservatives" AYE, and even
some of the dyed-in-the-wool Democratic
leaders claim that this League is not
political body, and that their leaders are
not politicians; indeed, these men them
selves do not claim to be such, but, be-
yond all cavil, their appeal to arms was
at least political act, and simply supe-
rior political sagacity prompted the act
On l4th September. Like the new bel
igerent class, they were organized for
The deliverance Of Louisiana, and they
lid with the musket what fawning and
boot-licking never would have accom-
plished.
Now, contend that as Governor Mich
Ills was the candidate of the whole white
people, and insomuch not bound to any |
faction or ring, he made an egregious !
mistake when he snubbed the League. |
History will clearly show that this act, |
f no other, has justly dimmed the lus-
re of his administration. The heroic |
of that class of our people, !
coupled with the fact that he found |
hem Indispensable to the establishment |
If his administration, should have SO.
cured for them representative iu the
nnermost circle of his confidential 20.
itical friends and advisors. Instead of
hat, the highest men of the order have
'ver been as far from the atmosphere of
his circle, and as profoundly ignorant
If his theories of action as the humbIest
aborer on the leyee. Shall we wonder
hat but few weeks had passed subse.
luent to the complete revolution of his
,lan of administration, when he was the
'eciDient of the uuiet bnt formal r.s;cno.