The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-09-21
.m AtiA1IitaM hultrs Oi the South.
n, Y. World.

id\ continue lively ana interesting
ri'r World is still incIiAed to say of
,inl, as A,hcnu> Wa,h said "t the
Kangaroo, hat "he is an amonSin' buI
ntpli'cipled Ii'tI- cnss;' yet we d"
'"t approve Of the i ktc with which
our esteemed Republican c"ntempo-
aries pronounce everything he says
lie. 1t is very plain that he is u
person who understands the valne Of
Iaiselood altogether too we'll to waste
any of it. aud that in this case where
ever tue Truth serves him he would
hardly strain his imagination in the
various devices 10y which the Repnb !
lean party was maintained in Louis
'ana is higl''er than that given by
'thc,s. but mot essentially different.
lie tells the story OF his own Sinc>nre
salaries with ~ frank cynieiAm sih''&
+. VI q: II :. JrukS. ana he describes
Kellogg, Anderson, Packard and the
Retaining B"ard officials With sarcaS
nc but not unt'itudIy clitiSm. Moral
principles aud moral forces he takes
40 note Of, for they entered not into
the Louisiana Contest. 1t was game
played bv Il set Of slarpers fo, the
control of the State, and he tells of
.he mistakes made Ivy his comrades
and details the clever methods 10y
which they cheated. A false census
or he manufacture of 4 series IF false
aiiidavits or the counting of can.
,ida!e who had been fairly elected Is
TO him merely gamblers trick which
IS fair enough if it wins. Occasion.
ally be pau$es in his "reminiscences
with a sigh as he thinks how he him
self failed to make the most of his
opportunities, or how the party miss
TT a chance for Il peculiarly brilliant
Str"ke Of political legeldemain. This
Republicans testimony on this mat
ter only cnrr"borates the testimony
of every other Louisiana Republican
who has appeared to give evidence on
the same general topic. They have
all made it clear that the Republicans
Of Louisiana were set of unprinci.
pled raScalS, aud the selection of An
drrson aud Lttte for particular de-
nunriation is an unfair discrimination
They are fair types of the party leaders
that arose in the South when the igno
rance aud poverty of the community,
under the guidance Of adventures hos
tile to the interests IF the community,
were set to govern It's wealth and in
telligenre. and maintained in author
, i,y 10y Federal power sustained by
The sentiment Of the strongly p'ejn-
diced North. Neither one of these
men was preemihent for rascality,
nor walked, like Auchises, taller than
his companions. If anything they
were less notorious than others, and
y there is no reason to doubt Leete's
. state ncnt on that point when sum-
,n;ns up the .pecuiaii"ns concerning
| his qnonlam triends's departure for
, FrIiclanu Parish "ADderson was
+. "afraid of being killed, and kellogg
|, "said he would make a first class
+ ''martyr, for he had fair record aud
"had never done anything deep in
# ",ascality. He once said the s!.e
d citing Of me said I was the DECEIT.
u test Republican in the State. aud
II 'varital could be made on the North
4 'ern stump by the martyrdom VI
'"such as me-" When the Republican
q newspapers denounce snch men a.
these, " no constituted the leaders 4"
n the patty 1T the South, as liars-ant
d we recall few who have been prom
Is nent in Southern politics whom the!
d have not 40 denounced for one thing
). or another within tw" or three years
E we cannot but remember that thu
a whole sectional policy "f the Repub
II Iican party was hnsed on the sup
u posed good faith and h"nesty Of thes'
=. men that communities at the S"utl
d we're DISTINGUISHED in their bel'a If ant
+ .erdr,ed Infamous by their ISLANDERS
h. aud that communities ut the N"rt
forgot vital questions Of admini*tra
"A ton and decided their local p"litica
h contests through the passions excite'
nj by the stories which these men tot
to of Southern "ntraSes. In the las
~ canvass Lecte's word would hav
20 been as good ~ E liza Pinkst""'s cat
III in bIackening tho people of L"nisians
ID aud Andr,sou's affidavit, with 1t
a. doubtful jurat, was c 'nsidered stro"
T. enough evidence to throw out the vot
y. of hole parish and elect Repuh
he IiCan President. As nob"dy brc"me
lis a scoundrel in IN instant these keput
It. lican politicians must have been III
j. trustworthy when their word was &C
cepted against that OF the best Of tn
he white people of the South and again
+, the ;ery nature Of things. This is
,t:il ! sad ting to think of, and set it
Mt. saddle, to feel that if any one of the
ov were to break out Tomorrow wit
ne revelations of Southern cOuspiraci
.en to re-ensave tho negroes or ent"r
ing the payment of the Southern vi
me claims, our esteemed contemp"rar,
ith The Tribune which has heen especia
ing ~ vigorous in branding them as lia'
Ii: might possibly hail them once ~"
the as martyrs in the cause OF phila
I'd, thropy and truth.
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