The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-06-08
NEW ORLEANS, June ], 1919.
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NEW ORLEANS, June !, 1873.
EDITOR OF VlNplCATOH:
These are stirring times in New Or-
leans, and events of the greatest import
transpire faster than we can write ABOUT
them. The most recent of these events
is of such extraordinary Importance 'la'
beg to be allowed to break OF tl's
week from the regular context OF my
letters and make letter No. 5, deScl1P'
tive of the political fruit that has rlPeno,
ed in the past few days. Letter NO;
closed with remarks in regard 10 tIe
Louisiana State Lottery, pointed to the
interesting and significant fact, that
notwithstanding Governor Nichols was
elected on the platform of reformation {, OF
the great evils established by the Radl-
calls IN our midst, and notwithstanding
this Lottery is perhaps the most gigan,,lc
and most dangerous Of all these eV'ls
since his advent into office he has been
officially mum in relation thereto.
Well, things are fast coming TO a heao.
Grant is credited with having SAID that
the way to disgust people with a bad
law, is to thoroughly administer the law:
Evidently Charlie Howard does not
aurcc with Grant, for he has been hay,
inc his bad law thoroughly administered
hv his minions, and while matters are
evidently working well for the people,
they certainly do not appear to be dong
90 for the Lottery. There is something
Of wisdom in the saying ofGrant,, though
it is pretty rough on those on whom the
bad law expends it's force.
Last winter, when the New orleans
Democrat was urging the Legislature to
attack the Louisiana State Lottery, IT
made thoroughly public for the flrst
t;mp the infamous "Act No. 81 in favor
of this monopoly. That such an act OK
listed. was certainly known to compata-
lively few-that is, the act in all IT'S
enormity.-and when Howard showea
his determination to push it to the 1ull-
est extremity, the Democrat' 1nlly appre~
ciat,ng the political danger t" the PEG.
pie, opened batteries which nave never
since been silent.
: What is Act No.
WHY, in plain English, it is an act
which not only deprives you and me OF
the privilege ofselling other lottery t'ck-
ETY. than Charlie Towards in this State
q but in case we do so, and are detected,
subjects US to fine, or in case we are uL-
able or refuse to pay the hne, theh u
. Imprisonment ,rithout the be"ett % "0oe@
corpus 1T goes further even it makes
our offence come specially under the !'''
I risdiction of specified Courts, and 1t Tor
bids our being tried before Jury OF ou
peers, even though it provides fol- deprl
Walton of personal liberty-lt goes 1ur
q ther. It makes it the special duty o
y the police paid by this city to be spe'
q and informers for this Lottery Company
>. Even while the Legislature was II
y session, poor fellow, struggling to sup
q port his family, was arrested and throw wv
8 into prison under this Infamous act In
q D,moc, at denounced the outrage IN I'M
:. measured terms. and urged the Legls'a
- ture to tn. performance of the planes
u duty that ever laid before civilized men
). They paid no more heed to all that wa
~ said than they would have done to tn
y bowling of the wind. The truth is, the.
n we're bound hand and foot to the totter
|. in permitting it to organize the leg'sla
ture with its money, and they were mum
h In the common parlance Of the lobby
-. .sThey are in honor bound not to dlstur
,e the Lottery .,
n, 10 "Honor," indeed! Not bound in homo
ia to the people who elected them, ana
"a whom they solemnly pledged themscivt
II to wipe from the Statute BOOK la
"a which even deprives them OF persons
A. liberty and the benefit OF the hobeas co
" pus. bnt in honor bound to rlvet IL
chains upon their wrists tor the 1at
price of few legislators bought oV'
with money when ordinary polltlcal s
a pacity and dnty would have command
~ their obedience to law, under just pena
&, ty of being superseded by subst't"t
=. under new election!
-, Well, the car of Juggernaat has 9e'
y moving onward, crushing other necks
We ave. and other hearts-untll at last
II. has met with successful resistance. L
- hattie CIV of defiance to unconstltutlo
YER al law, raised by the Democrat, mas =,
,er last been echoed by the people, l
A victims of the Lottery have thro,
'"' themselves on the sober second tho9g'
his the innate common sense and the leg
49, yirtne of the Courts, and the clond
;, despotism is rent asunder.
Inc Recently the spies of the Lottery
o. rested OTHER parties for selling Hava
lottery tickets. Fortunately one
''o these cases-that of AQOsti-was carr
will before Recorder Miltenberger a gem
man OF education, refinement, mte
gence, the strictest probity, and wit
ION patriotic as all real men are won't 10
i've He had evidently lent his mind to NJ
careful consideration Of the great q'
a"" ton before him, he concluded that
the No. 8, was not only unconstitutional,
,,,a that it was neutralized by Act No.
~" and he ordered the discharge of Ago
nee. The Counsel of the Lottery asked de
1ily for consideration. Determined to be j!
Recorder Miltenberger held Agostl
prison until Monday morning. Even
owe to llsor IL O'Clock of that day the
o If terry Counsel we're lodging and delay
oV and at the last moments the Recol
Sir, was served with a writ of certiorar. Il
wa the Superior Criminal Court, IN
Whitaker. Thus was just and upr'
or9S Judge, man bound to refuse to exec
Su- that which he considered an unconst
tional law, virtually put under arres
another JudsD claiming paramount
not risdiction. However, Recorder MIL
ems berger discharged Agosti from prison
held himself ready to respond to the
cans nnands of Judge Whitaker. But at
pie. moment new phase comes over tn
had We have in this city Recorder OF
"' First District, one s. j. N, Smith
ad q whom more anon. OF course, ne lie
has mately had nothing more to DO with
a..o controversy than the man in the m
'a's' but he was not made Recorder fol
The purpose of simply minding his of
miss business; he has made himself odlo'
': the people ever since he warmed h,'
give fetal charlse odious that at last
ere Grand Jury have prosecuted MN 10
, NM preston in Office. Well, this worthy
. "o Agosti rearrested and returned to p,
rent, When, of course, Agosti's Counsel 81
sno. back upon the reserved right OF
sP Amor;oan fraamau-the hdbeQS corpus