The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-11-23

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and especially from q bottle. They
insisted. he touched the bottle to his
lips and handed it back. They all
then shook hands with Blunt and
babe him ''@oor by" Their horses
heads turned and very soon the
sounds of their going became faint
and were lost.
Mr.. Blunt went down the lane where
he was left, very swiftly on his fleet
horse, struck the road and all at once
a preseDtment of evil striking him. he
reigned up his good stced, and list
ening, he heard the sound ola horses
feet. "Qnit the, road" seemed to be
whispered to him. lie wheeled his
horse involuntarily and the animal
went into the woods. Familiar with
the entire country, he made his way
easily through the woods. Later on
he learned that not more than three
hundred yards from where he quilted
the road, II. Wheeler, noted despe
RADIO, bulldozer, from Coushatta, laid
in wait on the road for Blunt's dis
patch, with twenty-five men. Mr..
Blunt rode until four o'clock in the
morning, when coming to a friends
house, his horse was sccrcted, and
the fugitive remained in safely until
night, when his trip was resumed.
Ike rode thus some two hundred
miles until he reached the neighbour
hood Of Alexandria. Here he was
joined by his young friend Lewis, q
school teacher of Natchitoches, to
whom the brave clergyman lad sent
word on the first morning of his es-
cape. During the route and until he
arrived in nei ghborhood to take the
boat for our city, Mr.. Blunt felt for
chilly the providential interference in
his behalf of the Lord. He protect.
ed him in the presence of his enc
mics. Thrice he, by Providence only,
was saved from falling into the hands
of ambushed gangs prepared to STAY
him.
Before leaving the custody of the
Natchitoches White League, Joseph
Cunningham, their leader, told Blunt,
"you are not only controlling the
negroes, but dipping white men," This
was an allusion to the attitude of the
poorer whites towards the Democra-
cy, in that the passage of hog
law, impoundiDg and confscating
swine, and a stock law, obliging
the poor people to keep their an
imals away from pasturage, had
made naturally this class opposed to
the Democratic rule. AS MIR. Blunt
had been the State Senator, and was
besides generally known and respect
ed, it was quite natural for these
people to talk with and endeavor to
receive such advice about their COM
mon grievances as he could give.
Arrived here, Mr.. Blunt in his per-
son shows tho marks of the terrible
ordeal through which he has passed.
In appearance of tall and shapely
presence, with usually clear olive
complexion, be is Drowned by ex-
posure to the sun 10 the swamps of
Natchitoches and Rapides to the cop
perish tinge of wild Indian.
Roughened as he has been by merci-
less treatment, he is not yet alto
gether cast down. A man with q
strous religion bias, having a fer
vent faith in the omuipotepce and
justice of God, he rejoices in his
escape humbly and devoutly as q
God fearing Christian.
We are confident that Christian
men and women everywhere in our
land, apart from their love of coun-
try aud tho free institution of
America, eau not read this state.
ment of the gross lawlessness of
Natchitoches, without feeling that in
the midst of all our boosted civiliza-
ton there is need for earnest work
here in the cause of God and lu-
mauity, such as the most henighted
heather Of Asia or of Africa does
not require.