The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-03-02

eminent, although lie has denounced
The female teachers of the public
schools as prostitutes.
William r. Smart, the custodian Of
the Vernon records, would omit ro
Gle" that he could utter that would
be likely to convict me. During the
rebellion he stole my stock, killed o.
hogs and poultry, and put the vote ,
HE company il they should kill r )
and burn my dwelling over the hea. \
Of my family.
E. A. Blk, another rromint t
witness, absconded from the lit !
town of Xenia, Clay country, in I; I.
State of Illinois, and changed !. /,
name from A. E. Burk to E. A. Burf :.
Debts have followed him here I :
liquidation over the signature of l.
E. Buck, aud some of them have be- !
paid by HIM, thus affirming the ia +
of his abscondiDg aud changing b )
name.
The names of the jurors that wer'
impaneled for the trial of Anderso
and myself were furnished by til :
Democratic committee. Their pc.
litical status, as we'll as their views
"a to the proper punishment, was
eanvassed by the judge, Attorney
General and Democratic committee
before being placed on the pbnal.
One of the jury commissioners ties.
tilted before the court that the llst OF
jurors placed in the jury box from
which talesmen were drawn after
exhausting the panel was furnished
by the Democratic Executive Com
mittee, and this fact was known to
"Deacon' Ogden, tho "assassin' Ea-
gan and the "pettifogger" Finncy.
The returns from Vernon parish
were made up in the town of Alex
apdria, in the parish Of kapides, full
" eighty miles from where tho cleo
ton was held. And yet the Return
lug Board are charged with and made
responsible for all tue changes which
it is alleged have been made in these
returns since the votes were counted
by tile commissioners Of election,
every one of whom was u Democrat.
The Judge, Attorney General, the
Assistant Attorney General aud the
Distric Attorney have thrown every
obstacle 10 the way, and used every
exertion to prevent us from produ.
cling or having our witnesses, by ur-
cling q speedy trial, and have denied
every legal right claimed by our at
tOrneys.
These are samples of the principal
tools and the means employed to Sc
cure the conviction of the members of
the Returning Board in the case I'M
properly called tho State of Louisiana
vs.. J. Madison Wells ct al, but re-
ally and truly is and should be called
the case of "Samuel J. Tilden vs..
Rutherford B. Hayes"
1t is a contest for the Office Of Pre-
eidert Of the United States aud the
patronage of tho executive depart
ments Of the Federal government.
It is chiefly managed by David
Dudley Field, with the advice and
pecuniary assistance Of the National
Democratic Committee.
A verdict of a packed jury of Lou
isiana Democrats, procured III the
manner above pointed out, will, it is
expected, be accepted by the people
of the United States as a judicial set
Element of Mr.. Tilden's title tc the
Presidency. 1t is a bold and desper
ate game for a great strike; myself
and colleagues on the Returning
Board are merely tho outposts or
picket guard which they hope to cap
ture, and then they will surprise the
garrison, if possible, and claim the
patronage of the government as the
spoils Of war.
In confederation Of this view ]
refer you to the movements all along
the line Of the enemy's camp. To the
we'll grounded reports that a large
sum Of money has been sent here
from New York to be used IN the
trial to the fact that the National
Democratic Committee has been
hastily called together. though nc
| national election is pending; to the
fact that several officers Of the court
including tho judge, Attorney Gene
raj. the Assistant Attorney General,
the sheriff, the principal witnesses
several of the jurors, aud many Of
the aiders and sbettors Of the pro-
ceedings are stained with crimes Of
ono soft or another, including treason
murder, larceny, perjury, sub"rdiua-
ton of perjury, libel, attempting tt
defraud voters at the polls, and Other
serious oAenses. Few engaged in the
prosecution have clean hands. Ant
vet the Democratic National Com
mittee, inspired by the Mephistophil
ian David Dudley Field, hope. b!
the employment of such tools in
place, and in a case where the othe
side has no possible chance of a fai
trial, or scarcely any to be heard, t.
mako up such case a. shall enabI
them to wrentch the sceptre from tn
hands of President Hayes aud give
to the henchman Of the Democracy
The eyes of tho leaders Of the re
bellion are already fixed upon til
high places Of the government, whic
they feel assured are a. good as
their possession already, a. nothin
stands in tho way by Wells and Al
derson, whose conviction they Ia,
contracted for, aud the contractor
arc hurrying on the work.
This is a national, rot :: persons
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