The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-04-12
THE pLAsTERDRAws WE'LL.

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parish. called CnKONIcLE, had an ar
iicle in il, aud we believe it was the
leading editorial. headed IA Monkey
Meeting" The article referred to
WAS so absurd, aud of SO little re-
spect to its truc friends, the pe.ple
OF Grant. that we thouyht it would
he advisable to copy the article and
let it 90 out, So the people could
have II chance of peruslng it; tor it
will he remembered that We The
People ciIculateS(D ilr tire country
where the non de-pium article origi-
mated at, and the people had u
chance to STE it; otherwise the tail
eud Of the Returning Boards article
Or paper would never have been
heard of. The article was copied 10y
us, and the people in the Fourth Con-
gressionai district had IN oplortu-
nifty of seeing the ignorilnce and
stupidity that controls the intelli-
gence of the Grant Democracy.
The little musiard-plaster size
CHR 'NlCLE came Dat on the 29th
ult., and, being short of matter, it
took us To task because we had cir
culated its ignorance in and about
the city where blllOt-bOx stuIfing is
a profession and the stealing of poll-
books "a trade. We The People.
The paper that ndul3es III the
above blfalntin STRAIN, 1t will be
remembered, Is edited by the crazy
man We spoke Ut Last week. Tue
r,,iic,,lo,,sness of his style rs most
apparent b, taking into account
tue TACT that he mails t,oo papers to
tine Colfax po,t-ofhce, one OF which
comes To th+. CHRONICLE Office as an
exchange. We are not much given
t. boa>ting in this line. 'bnt are
firmly impressed with the idea ihat
We send about twenty papers into
Rapldes parish where the People
man sends one into Grant. II
As to the balance of the para
graph, there is nothing in 1t worth
replying to, for the people Of the
Fourth Congressional District we'll
understand the malIgnity that
prompts this brazen slanderer to
d.fame any aud everybody who
opposes his battle for spoil.
But the statement that the exc
dus of negroes to Kahsas '-can be
attributed to the bal..iozllg IN the
last election by the Democrats. ;"
and the comments on our state
nent that we unprecedented no
harm, but rather benefit therefroni,
has little more Importance, II,
that the first proposition Is most
suprem-lv no,lsensical and u gra-
tuitou> fabrication the very trans
Verse OF truth tthis ia as maid AZ
We can possibly draw NJ, while n.
the second Instance We must enter
a. solemn protest against our con
frere's unfair manner Of constituting
our Language, aud also hls Singing
back our own shot at us. The idea
Of II padded cell is good. and lnlr ut
be very appropriate quarters fvr
Us, but don I, please don I seIve Us
with secoud hand dishes. We pre- {
fer your tnon de- plans.
Seriously, tbuagn, Isn't It rather
cheeky Tor you to pull up thai
Kansas railroad schcnie aud It the
same time try to make political
capital ont Of 1t? Why don't you,
tell u straight story and let your
Hunted number of readers know
the truth? rell them how one oi
the Kansas railroads received u
grant on lis proposed line, provided
that within certain time u given
number of settlers would take up
their residence there; how, acting
on this, the company SENT agents
INTO Louisiana and Mississippi with
promises If forty acres to each set
tier and al abundant supply of i'm
plemerts with which they NIGH;
make fortune ia Il short time !;
tell them how the piansibiliiy OF
the agents won the couiden,e OF
the negroes aud Wholesale emlgra-
ton followed; aud how ont of two