The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-04-20
By What Authority.
rrom the Donaldsonville Chief.

1
While a majority Of tho State news
reners have accepted the Supreme
Cfnnrt's decision AZ the conscientious ral-
mo Of honorable aud able Judges, q lew
If the ultra Bourbon journals receive IL
with uncouth revilings, and indulge IN
reflections upon the occupants OF me
surname Bench which are simply DIS,
oracefi,l. This abuse of tho editorial
f;cenae must react upon the perpetrators
1T viii certainly fail to prejudice tar
minded and thoughtful citizens agalns'
the distinguished gentlemen VINO c .e.
pose our Supreme Court, ana whose Ret.
sonal characters alone, without regard 70
their sworn obligation. are ample guar
antee that no finding of theirs could 10
influenced by anght but the purest me-
tiyes and the highest conception OF Of
fetal duty. e.. .,,.+ AL
derson and bis colleagues OF the iate No.
tnrninr Board have escaped pun'snmeht
nnon leaal technicalities alone; but they
are az clearly entitled to this common
method of escape as persons charged w''n
other crimes would be. Tnc ouPceuc
Court can not consider questions OF 1act
N cases brought before it its sole prov
inca ia to expound the principles OF law
involved, and this was the course proper
" and unavoidably pursued in the An,
,, ierson case. If the prisoners gull, naa
,, heen much more clearly proven ana MS
{ offence the blacklist in the criminal ca
|, endar these facts conld exercise no lnnu-
= ence upon the finding Of the supreme
Court in the premises. :, ,o
It is plain to our NINA tnat tno ~"
= tive of these assaults upon the eoplel!:e
a Court is political. The bouroon's1.e
!, element of the Democratic party is pre-
= narinu for an onslaught upon the Memo II
~ adm;n;.tration, with o view to success
"a in the fall election, and this Anderson
:, decision is counted upon to furnish
n considerable amount OF campaign thu"
in der.
y It is plain the Chief is attempting
,. tn assume the functions Of critic .
/. the Democratic Press in Louisiana
sr when neither its character nor pre-
ke vious history in the State eutltle
to such distinguished honor. That
ny should defend Anderson through I'll
m, Supreme Court, We are not surprised
a because it was Of those who wei
fos born in the sty with Radicali'm an
he tlourished upon its ''pap," ana o'
IN; IN. ring the days when Anderson had I
"a Supreme Court "technicallt'es"
at shield his great crime, the Chief VII
hi. all its power, which was but '''t'
i'm m.nfally bat.led for the Return''
g. 49, Board, because it lived BY IT,
led As for ourselves, We propose
ted criticise the action Of tho Supret
one Court and repel the right OF n
the Beutly or any Of his GLASS; to ass
'rce "a therefor--for We consider it
me- me- impudeut presumption on bis part.
the Mr.. Nichols, the Supreme Cou
'''e' and the entire administration Q
n. what they are to the "Bourboni'
element" Louisiana was Rad
not province, subject to be preyed 81
are bv the class Of which the Chief
}" in remains, until the "Bourbon'
tant clement" wrested it from them. l
and element proposes no "ons'aueht q
your the Nichols administration but
they propose-and a. they number 80
fight cent Of tho Democratic party,
|ever nroposition must be accepted
iuaugurate = Democratic State