The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-11-13
AMERICANS OR NATION
AIS, AND RED WARRIORS. 81

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We will, in all capdor and SINGER.
ity, call the attention of the honest
tax. payers and voters Of Rapides, te
the disclosures and exposures of tbs
secret organizations, Native Ameri
cans or Nationals, and Red War
liors, as published in the New Or
leans Democrat of the Goth, 2lst and
22nd mt. . ,... . ...,, ~.
The secret orders originated and
are headed by Anderson, Wells, Gut
lom and Castellanos, all candidates
for Congress, and organizing the
above orders for the purposes of car
rying the election by force, murder
and rapine; and in fact, by every
crime in the catalogue of infamy.--
The Native Americans or,Nationals,
direct their attention to the foreign
born, or naturalized citizen, reviving
in fact, the bloody memory of Know
nothingism, while the "Red Warri,
ors," fathered by the Native Ameri-
cans or Rationale, have the hand OF
blood and revenge raised against all
who are not with and Of them a fit
order to carry out the Infamous and
bloody designs of such leaders as
Wells, Anderson and Others. Led
and directed by these chieftains,
whose word is law with their follow
ers, bound by terrible and dreadful
oaths to carry out their instructions,
and In case of refusal to obey, they
in turn 10 feel'theys steel Of the bloody
assassin, in their own ranks, yet who
are sworn friends. Can any civil
lied people contemplate such state
of affairs, without feelings of horror
and dread, and not feel that it is nat
ural to take some steps to ward of
the dreadful consequences, resulting
from the carrying out Of the designs
of these tends in ''hnman fornr'
Can any honest man, white or black,
Of Rapides, vote for Wells, or any Of
his followers on the National or Ma
tive American ticket, and we may
add "Red Warriors and lend their
aid to foist men In power, whose de
signs are so base and damnablei
Nationals may cry out that they9do
not advocate; snch doctrines and
measures, but, We tell you that isecre'
organizations do exist in this Town
and Parish, and If they do not al
ready belong, can be mustered at 9
moments notice, in the battalion o.
Red Warriors and lis upon these
secret clubs or organizations, tina,
the Nationals expect to get -theil
chief support, h r iI1nTTT :
These organizations in our midst
are led BY designing white. men and
the leading negroes, and composed
almost entirely of ignorant negroes
fit tools. when bound by the
dreadful tie of secret oaths, to carry
out such dannable work as may be
assigned to them by Wells & Co..
We also know that threats have al
ready been made, and preparations
are on foot, to intimidate the white
voters Of Rapides on the day of cleo
tions that vile ahdtincendiary speech,
es are being made by the leaders ,o1
the Radicals, to foster HATRED and
MALICE, and bring the two races
white and black, into trouble; that
seeds of disaffection have been sown
by the National Organ, ,"We the
People," to divide the whites. And
to all we say, THAT WE ARE DETER
MINED TO PROTECT OUR HOMES ANp
FAMILIES, AND WHILE WE REGRET THE
AfPkoAcHsoy THE ipaEsgFpL xHouR,
We AWAIT n WITH cALM NERVES AND
WARN5You, THATYENG ANcE
WILL COME, AND NOT ALONE
UPON THE IGNORANT FOL.
LOWERS, BUT THE LEADERS
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ELDERD. Fl. W1LL1s-At this late
hour 10 our canvass, it makes us
feel good and more than rejoiced to
know that Elder D. H. Willis, a good
man, an honored citizen and life
long Democrat, has BEEN iaboring
hard and effectively forg our glorious
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ticket, and has done his duty like d
man. We are proud of our old
friend, whom we have known 70,
many long years, and are still proud
er to know that he is yet she same
correct, consistent and undinchins
Democrat, Long may he live to set
Democracy in the ascendancy, ant
we know he will feel the glow Of il
great victory for bis dear old party