The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-06-08

Havana Lottery llcketS u lis ne"'''
content. o., ,..
All this is a very simple RECITAL nut
the subject is as grave all one AZ c'A".
possibly be presented t" a people, az
if the people of Louisiana do not no"
rise in their mig ht and wipe TINS l'ot'er!
from the face of the earth, then they
will fully deserve to be- what they are
sure to be-tlle slaves OF the worst any
lncanest Of masters.
Let US analize the position.
lst, The Louisiana State Lottery exists
by virtue of an act purchased from the
most venal oflegisatnres.
2nd, 1t is an absolute monopoly.
81, When it was being organized Its
protector. Charlie Howard, said t"a gen
LEHMAN of the highest standing here:
"Give me the monopoly of wheel III
Louisiana, and I'll rule the State.
4th. Act No. 8, passed for the benefit.
of the Lottery, makes it penal offence
to sell other than Louisiana State Lot
tery tickets in Louisiana; 1t makes the
Police of New Orleans detectives for the
Lottery; it deprives persons charged
with selling such tickets of the privilege
of trial by jury; aud it deprives them,
when sent to prison, of the benefit OF
the habeas corpas.
And now look further.
LIST Since his establishment in office,
the Governor of the State has never ut
tered one syllable officially against any
monopoly in the State-nOt even against
the Louisiana State Lottery, in relation
to which the above exhibition is made.
I'd. The Legislature of the State voted
down every proposition to disturb the
status of the Lottery, and the common
and fragrant language OF the street and
the lobby was, that the Lottery had pur
chased a quorum for the Legislature,
and that consequently the latter could
not $50 back on" the Lottery.
Sd. Even a Captain of Police has been
found the active and superserviceable
tool of the Lottery-even going 80 tar
~ to be the active instrument in effect
inc the arrest of one of the Magistrates
of the city for doing his duty.
4th. Another Magistrate, Recorder OF
the First District, has prostituted his
office to the point of re- arresting man
charged with selling Havana Lottery
tickets, but legally and formally dis,
charged by the Recorder of the Second
District.
5th, The Judge of the Superior Crimi-
nal Court has actually denied and tried
to override the writ of habeas corpus is
sued at the hands of Civil Court Of
competent jurisdiction-thus outraging
law and endangering the peace Of so
ciety. -,
Now, can it be that in all this the
people of Louisiana see no cause OF
:, alarm '-Is not the danger of that thing
called 'Monopoly" now plain to all ! Is
it, indeed necessary that a monopoly
shall 90 to the extreme lengths impru'
IDENTIFY attempted by this man Howard
before people can comprehend the I'M
told evils to the community at large, that
attend everything that savors of the
uame'-Can any sane and patriotic maj
: shut his eyes to the fact that monopoFe'
are based on violation of natr al law
. that they obtain existence by purchase O
:, the violation of organic law; that they
.. can only continue to exist by corruption
of government; that, engaged in a com
mon cause, of tlourishing ouly through
oppression Of a people, they gravitat'
= towards and eventually sustain eacl
!, other against tho efforts of people t.
= overthrow them, and that they grow
= more powerful with every year Of thei
, permitted existence:
q If the people of Louisiana had II
= other cause for the assembling Of Con
:, stitutional Convention, do they not Sc
~. even more than sufficient cause in tn
a monopolies that weigh upon society:
II But, in this recent struggle wit
~ Towards Lottery, one Of TIE most NJ
\. table, and at the same time deplorablt
ri revelations has been the proof of Il
!. utter prostitution of the daily press
"a his cause. OF course, it has long bee
known that the Pcayune and Times a
~ peared wholly in his clutches, as we'll
" that the political convictions of the
# papers (if they have any were wor
hs not rs much to tho people of the Sta
~ as tho paper that would be required
at state them; but ] confess that even l
So "extremist' that anl-was not preps
m ell for the disgraceful exhibition made
IT them in the past few days. never G
nj pected to see newspaper that claim
of to live by patronage of an Americ
community, ridicule the effort to defe
,r. the great writ of habeas corpus. OF cour
"a have no regrets as bearing on tn
nf miserable sheets themselves, for tn
id have long since forfeited the respect
10. all thinkingmen; but can't help blu
III; ing when l think that outside our Sta
hal their disgusting twaddle may be tax
he az reflex of our public sentiment.
ost But this shameful and unmanly c.
as. duct of these papers is largely neutr;
ct zed by the stern and patriotic stand
,nt ken and adhered to by the New Orle;
10 Democrat. 1t is the pioneer of attack
sti the Lottery. 1t was born for such wol
low it has done it nobly; it has brou
'sty about this recent crisis, and am SUR
IN will never relax until it has carried
nm end or perished in the attempt. 1t Is
ot only outspoken and unmistakeable De
NO. ocratic Daily paper in the English
lar e' guage here, and it has nailed its CO.
nm to the mast.
dna Ihad written thus far when tho ne
g6t boy came along crying the evening T
S ynne. bought one, and I have be
i'm. hearty laugh over it's evening editor
%v You know the Pic has for many "
IN. always except when in the hand
tsn- Democratic owners q few years ago)
and habit of utterly refraining fsOm
~ expression of opinion until the pc
th;s have expressed theirs. Then, It ver
ngs. as sweetly as any other Gagged bird.
The This evening the Pic. is "down
If Act No. 9. Never heretofore has it de-
,9;t;. ed this monstrous Act worthy Of pas
This notice, OF, if it did so, not until l
oon. when an indignant people have,
the one voice, pronounced condemnation
ic;al it condescended to burthen its colu
"a tn with notice. The Pic. believes
Of. the duty of the people and the Cour
the fight oppressive laws. On such moi
on. tous subjects the Press should be 8
had until the people and the Courts Il
;son. to "holler hooraww
fall Such was the course Of the Pic.
the the Times last winter, when lneeti
and orderly and respectable citizens wa
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