The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-03-09
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In these times y; .iu;,:,t AI,, "n""r'a'n~
~. IN, ,pn,.,,,. ha>> K, i,rI ~ those Whom!
they have placed in lsuN an" RESPONSE
hility having confidence N tA''F !''''"
,isu a,l iH,.mrn' to i%Nl them ont OF
one wilderness Of '.nrhlr Nh!'h hA'
been THROWN AROUND them Ivy !on" years
Of radical! BONDAGE. YES. we hay" trust
ed t. ullr L.r-i~t"rS t" 4" something {"
alleviate the deep suffering "h''h ha>
born II, down to desperation. "" nav"
Thought tia, tn" days OF L"'''S';''"
Travail were over; that the time was
near Il! hand wArn she could leap 10:
Joy. and feel that she was clranSrd OF tn"
lrprocy contracted from the Harriet kad-
icai>m.
Bat, alas we are awakened from the
sleep into which our too willing conf
lrnre had lullr'l us, to the fact that our
routiirncr has been misplaced. Hn| IN
the place of the sweet m"rse' hope
which we have been rolling under orr
tongues we tind the bitter ashes of DIS
;ppoiutmcrt. Eve not >crrn the whole
of the prnrrrIinys "f the l.".Gi>l 'tur'. but
if the constitutional amendments can be
taken as a criterion hy which (" judge
the balance Of its work, then | must say
that think the members mi yht rs we'll
have STAYED at home, then W" W"nld
have saved their salaries. at least. &c
fore the war Louisiana paid her Governor
1000 dollars per annnM. and was rnahlfd
TO command the hest talent in the State.
Then she raised her proud head, hugh
among the Cair,S: Of the fair daughters
of Columbia, and claimed her rank
among the richest. And NOW that Der
fair robes have been torn from her. and
in their place she is clad III the sack
cloth of adversely she is called upon to
dGuhlr the salaries "i her constitutional
officers. and WHEN her people turn their
avonizrl faces towards their representa-
tiycS, and appra! to them for rrllet, they
ar, met with IL bland smile and are told
to "lnok at orr committee or amendments
and see what mountain it has removed
from yo,r shonllrrs the salary of the
Governor is reduced from s. $500 to 5000,
a clear reduction of Sl,m'o. and til" bal
anrr of the constitutional officers i'll pro.
,ortion." Don't You call tina, reform ::
"Aul look at the change in tn" judiciary
we have boldly declared that there shall
not be more than thirty judicial Districts
in the State "tan v"u complain at
that ;" "And then we We, a> Il matter ("
of course, fixed it so that tl'r" Slal! not
b, more than 80 district attorneys" "l'ur
r,h for rcform'!' ''you fellows i'll the
country don't know what you want
thourht that convention Was needed
till we got to the city, then the sca'r'
fell from our eyes and we saw clearly |
we called convention that that well
we were in, and didn't want to 80 on
quite so >o"n.
The Honorable Mr.. TeXa'la declare,
when he was nominated that IL Will III
all in my power to drive the thieves iron
powrr.' We'll, what is the use of lrivln!
ont the thieves if honest men who art
ulacrd in their stetA. permit the thieves
ALTHOUGH outside the fence, to malnta'
their hold upon our tFr'at>' and y
means Of villainons constitution st:
c<tort from It's our last cent in Tie vs.
of taxation to pay multiplicity ot Ing
,,larirl officers ! What difference doe
it make with our pockets whether the
are emptirA by a thief or an honest man
What difference does it make whether
thief or an honest man draws ont til
spjrot the elder all escapes in eth'
case. The verdict of the people is. 9TH
present Legislature as a body of reform
rrs is 4 f,ilurr'. Wonder if any Of til"'
ever tried plowiny ! Perhaps they Nigh
s,Urrrd better ut that.
Yours truly,
VERNON.