The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1879-05-24


Tie fnll"wing s!"'.r''' ~ me '""'
!. Floyd King. Mrm'"r "f Congress
from the 9Th Louisiana District. de
,;ve,ed before the House ut Repre-
.cn,,,iyes. ia laid before our readers
under the belief that i's prrns'' viii
he interesting. from the fact t"'t u
virdicates our people and bellies '''
base aspprsions and foul calnmny
heored "Osss ION Pelion" mon the
Southern people by the Republicans
in Congress.
The House being in Committee Of .he
Whole on the state Of the Union. and
having under consideration the bill II.
r. NJ. q making appropriations for
the Legislative, executive, and judicial
expenses Of the Government for the tisc.l
yea, ending June 30, 1850, and for other
Mr.. King said:
M. CHAIRMAN: The member from
Michig an, mfr. Burrows. in his re>
marks ~ this committee IN April Is,
undertook to sustain his charges
against the democratic party Ivy black
ening the name Of Louisiana. To
effect this he quoted in part from tile
majority report of the "Tellrr CONS
miitce," which he supplemented with
striking pictures Of outrage drawn
from his own vivid imagination.
1t is 4 common experience that it
il easier to hatch "a foul brood If
falsel."ml than it ia I" destroy It
when it has once flown from its nest.
1t is q useless task I" attempt to hunt
down all the winged fct,"ns from
fertile hrains of men bent on decel-
ton and strife. bnt I conceive it to I've
NY duty MT I" permit false charges
against the State Ihavr the honor in
part ~ represent 4" 60 nnrehnked.
When q member attempts I" pass his
spurious small change IA the snbsi.
diary coinage If politics. must beg
leave to enter my protest.
Sir. l AN amazed when | see a
member Of this House undertaking
to base charges against the citizens
Of my State upon the tlimsy testi,no-
ny taken by the majority Of the
"Teller committee especially when
it. must h. within the knowlri &c of
the member from Michigan that forty
ef the very Identical gentlemen in
dictcd upon the ella, scs made before
that. committee With alleged crimes
against the election laws. confronted
by the same Witnesses, have been
recently tried in the city of New Or
leans and acquitted. Their trial was
before u ,jnry to the memhtis Of which,
the "test" or "ir"n clal' oath had
been applied, and presided over by
two United States judges. repeat
that they were promptly and honora.
by acquitted. Another lot Of over
fifty in number, VII" wc,e indicted
and tried, failed Of conviction. and
still another lot of-sixty had their
cases continued until next fall upon
the motion of tie United States dis
trict attorney, made IN open court,
where they were standing ready fol
trial.
| Who we're these gentlemen so in.
ilictel9 We're they the red handed
rnfiians depicted by the member from
Michigan? l answer, no: and it is
scarcely permissible with reference Ia
the dignity Of this House to cl,arac
terize these charges IA they deserve
Sir, who are these gentlemen who
have been are being thus prosecuted
l can fairly claim that they are the
peers Of any on this floor. Many Of
them are graduates Of the first uni
.versities Of Europe, and Of colleges
aud schools Of this country, Iep,escn.
tatives Of all the professions. the
heads and members Of some Of the
most respected families Of this M.
ton property .owners, they are the
tue custodians Of peace. They have
60 far AZ the United States has che.
cen to bring them to trial, been ad
judged guiltless of crimes by tribu
nails whose loyalty and fidelity to the
republican party cannot be question
ed BY gentlemen on the other side Ot
this Chamber, and they are made Il
suffer simply because they are demo
Gratis. . ' i'''.
This. We are told by the member
from Michigan, is q trick. If. then
it be q trick, as has been well said BY
4 my colleague, Mr.. Gibson, it is g.
trick" performed by q Federal jury
"a Federal district attorney, ant
Federal judges, all Of whom, wer,
republicans. A trick, sir! Look a
it. Torn from loving ones at home
from weeping wives aud children
from. sisters and mothers tremblin!
with grief, these gentlemen we,,
dragged huDdreds Of miles away t,
New Orleans, compelled to pay tl,ei,
own expense and the expenses o
their witnesses, to leave theft. bust
ness in ruins and their families i,
distress. They were not tried b,
their peers nor by juries Of the vicin'
age, rights guaranteed hy the IN
common law Of England, but b,
strangers, by men whose political pre-
JUDGES were liable to bias their judy
ment. Why, cir, it is further from
the scenes Of these alleged outrage
to New Orleans than from this city t.
New York or Boston. And yet ever,
one. of them was acquitted! Blu
!, what redress have they against thi
partisan, tyranny, these outrages
None. sir, but the repeal Of tho infa
mous lava ic the name Of which the,
we're perpetrated. United Stats
mafoha1O. with. In anne inxtnhcea