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

IL dnrpn tie past week regarding
,A,. 3r,juu of the Police Jury in ma
king the parish licenses the same III
ano,,nl \, wat paid to the State.
We " oppose tn discuss '''> ~""le';
without arrimnnv rr the charge q
..,nrnu,inu," &c.. Which some per
sor- have thonnhtlr>s|y indulTrd IN
v;,I,,nt reason or foundation. II the
o,liuarcr complained of ny some i'ad
foundation in corruption, there must
have been a mn;ivc->iniS'cr and for
cain. No sane man would for a mo-
mcut suppose. much less CHARGE that
the gentlemen Of the present Police
Jury Wrlr capable Of such. They
nnn,an beings and do not claim IN
tn|jElIi;y bat they justly nrge that
t],tir r,rurS. if any, are those of judg.
n,,ut and not of purpose. The at
fairs of the parish, aud particularly
those relating to it's finances, chal-
lcrwc comparison.
The reports of those who handle
the monies are published, and if any
thing in them can he even "Shadow-
cd" that Smacks Of jobbcry or gain
to any. favorca class or to any per-
son, it must be indeed sinister MIND
that would charge it,
Now to the license matter. 1t must
;c understood that real estate de-
uan.,s rest from tho burdens OF taA'
alton which has we'll nigh exhausted
our agricultural wealth and that is
ourall. The police jury has respond
ed to tbs in a maunrr which must be
! cratit\ ing to the most eXacting. They
have reduced local taxation to seven
) and ore half mills on the dollar. The
/ lowest poiut reached since ten years
! AGO. ara nearly one hundred per
cert less than last year, and seren
Enndrd per- cent less than Boullfs ring
: A>us.
This seem to be lost sight Of en-
tirclv hv those who are clamorons
about licenses. 1t is true the licenses
have been increased to that paid to
the Stntc-whatevcr that may be.
The Legislature, it is hoped at least,
! will reduce all licenses upon Iegiti-
mate business to a nominal fgurc-it
they Do, and the very genius of the
commonwealth demands it, then
there vii! be no parish license to pay
at ALL
Pablic SERVANTS are subject in all
their acts to public criticism, but to
unjust'y charge patriotic gentlemen
with motives whpr" none exist and
none can exist is very unreasonable
to say the least of it.
The NITDlCATOR has endeavored
from its liNh to- express the public
sentiment If the MAS Of the citizens
in the a,"a IF it's circulation. We
took grn;,rd last Summer in a series
of articles against the principle OF
| licenses and our opinions are matters
of record.
! We heard no response, even in con-
vc!>ation, 70 our views as then ex-
| pressed, aud we judged our sentiments
were perhaps IN advance of our read
ers. We spoke then from principle
we had no personal interest in the
matter other than the destruction OF
what VIC considered then and consider
now relic Of Spanish discrimination
against the colony of Louisiana TO,
her rebellion against the ty,ants OF
the mother country. No sooner, how
ever, is there an application of the
system which we then denounced as
pcrncions and which denunciation
fell unheeded on the public ear than
those who are interested immediately
see the evil. Had our efforts then
met public support (as they should
have on more than one occasion and
upon more than one subject we could
nancy this system, now denounced
because it is found to effect the pocket
when the evil is in the principle Of
the thing, would have been uprooted
and destroyed.
There must be a little more public
spirit shown by our people-they
have in the past borne many trials
and been subjected to many affections
but we hope they have not descended
as low as to clamor for relief only
when they are individually effected
by some public measure.
A cherished friend in Caddo uarisl