The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-05-25
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liberalization and corruption OF the Bench.
Az long as tho ermine of justice Is I'M
st,;nri' argue that civilized society is
s,t;.: Int wien it becomes draggled in (
the mire of politics, judges beng the
willing tools Of despots, ana lawyers
yirinu with each other in tawnng and
criuu1ur before these judges, then, we'll
NAV the heart of man sink within nm
We had reached this revolving c"nd'-
tion whcp the hitherto nnhrokrn success
of Kellogg imlmllrd him t" the most
DANGEROUS of strps-the selZn" ut our
nriyate arms. This was the last straw
Those whom he had come to regard as
his cowar,lly srrfs, rose in their n"'Sht
and strang!cd his s0-callrd government
to death in an hour.
Federal bayunetS then overpo~cred
our people and replaced the form OF the
drspot but its soul was annihllated, ana
from that day must be dated Louisiana
redemption Without the act OF that
day, we should have continued IN slavery
Previous to the fourteenth of Septem-
her. then, there had been two divisions OF
orr people. lst, the peace party, the law
aiding party, (when there was no law y
the conservative element" 2nd, the
White League, the party OF resistance
| the "extremi>ts.'
Previous to the fourteenth, the first
| named element managed to control, and
had steadily run on to worse, without
even an occasional ripple of good. On
the fourteenth, the Star of "Conserva-
t;smn- so.ca)led nailed, and resistance
triumphed. But federal bayonets glls-
tened DER the field, andl so-called "conser-
vatism" again reared its head, and it
batantly asserted itself up TO- and IN
GLIDING the Baton Rouge Convention,
where it ev II demanded recognition OF
its name in the ensuing campaign
Hence, the cognomcn-"Democratlc Con-
servative party-the heavy tail to our
kite.
Well. under this name the people went
into tho struggle at the ballot box, and
thew won. TO my mind, name was OF
little consequence; the struggle was one
of freedom against despotism, OF virtue
against corruption. of property against
thieves, of civilization against baroarism'
) Such W ere really the issues, and When
men tell me the white people OF this
State would not have succeeded without
the word "ConservatisrE attached to the
, word Democratic, telfthcm it is worse
than poor compliment to the race 1t Is
? idocy.
n No. the fourteenth of September had
l. done two great things; it had secured a
e Democratic majority in the House OF
u REPRESENTATIVES, at Washington, and it
, had consolidated the white people OF TINS
8 State. and our success at the polls was
l. a foreeone conclusion. But there were
:. Observation-Disclosures and selfish
$ schemers-who had their axes to grind
4. and they kept up snch noise about
y "Conservatis,n' as to frighten our Demo
- cratic managers from their propr1ety
n hence, the long and Ridiculous title un
d der which our banner was raised.
III We won the fight, but Wells. Anderson
," g. Co.. would not admit it, and the earl!
or DAYS of January, 1877, found Nichols am
e. Packard, with their respective legisla
IN tnres, each claiming to govern the State
h. Where now were the "Conservatlves
ry and the EXTREMISTS p What relation
had thew to each other, and to the exist
rs inc statuss mean the leaders, or NOR
ty nroperly the managers. The fight at tn
ii. no)is had been won, but who was goln
pi to do the work of winning the more in
!" portant fight before us ? :,
r. The situation was plain. Packard ma
es. barrica,led himself inside the Statehous'
les filed with armed men, and he had tn
troops of the United States to back hin
An the wiles and arts, the "peacetu
and "lecal" ways of so-called "Conserv'
tism." could avail nothing against hin
He had even filled the room of the 81
preme Co, TT, (his right arm, under tt
I'D Constitution) with armed men. "
could easily inaugurate Nichols, but '
must lop off Packarl's right arm at j., q
same time Could we do it "peace1nily
"legally~ Not bit of it: Cou!d,
would so-called "Conservatism" 90 il
No. it was not in their line. How thel
This was work for EXTREMISTS" for t.
ma "White League" and on the 9Th day
vo- January, 1871, they did the work wei
is thew established the Nichols govel
~" ment at the point of the bayonet. /
ngg;; tablished it, did say' Yes, but not
you thoroughly, not beyond all cav'l or cal y,
ers as they could and would have done III
po, day. if so-ca)Ied "Conservatism' had
OF interfered again just as the Suprer
and Court was taken. The military men
we control knew that all they had to do v
lew to omen one embrasure on the Pack:
zon fortress and demand instant surrend
tile and surrender it would be; and they
the advised the civil authorities under VIII
ical thew were acting; but the "Conser
o to tiyes.' so-called, were at work again, q
pla- the half loaf was advised and accept
hem The idea was that Grant would %
if we troubled Packard, and then "all
it is fat would be in the fire." so they cal
pee off the troops and inaugurated c;
'erb paign of so-called diplomacy. We
sat cut off Packard's rightarm-the Suprt
ELI Court = and Grant had not lifted a I'm
eing had not even growled; but terrible
the suits at Grants hands might follow II
ly- nlied IN some cotton bales in .
etter change Alley, and pointed gun at r.
-, ards belly
that Wonderful faulty! Fatal lack OF
our jill litical sagacity!- i'm Grants utter
u.s. lence on the subject of Selling the
,g IN preme Court through force of arms,
is III s'extremists" argued Grants entire
i, IN lingness that Packard should :, fall ia l..
* * Oh ne had never said more than that his tr
III OF should ,nterpose to stop actual con
~ 70 and to the military mind there wa
, al more danger of conflict in taking
aes- State House than in taking the SUPP
''gn' Court. This was logical conclu
ev's. - Has it ever been supported by subseq
rs VI revelations? Yes; a gentleman OF
y fel- 9 p"al,ar5,o ch;ef Legislators Louis
that '.' ""n tho+ fnr +hree davs snbseoue
., anu the seizure of tho Supreme Court,
LUSH hourly expected the demand tor SD
lolce, der. and that they would surely
= ea'eu surrendered at any time in fifteen
IL ny utes. After that, as they found I
st ~. -. bargain, instead Of fight, OF course,
1!ls determined to hold On.