The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1879-02-22
C INSTITUTIONAL CONVENT On.
Opposltion to All Candidates who On.
pose q New Organic Law.

AssN~"""N "'sSssS A/0'S oO' " NV"
To the Editor of the Democrat
1pr"test against the election Of any
man a. delegate for the constitutio.
nal convention who was opposed to
the calling Of that convention. It is
notorious everywhere that a great op.
position was waged to having any
new constitution for Louisiana by q
great many politicians, and the poo.
pie had y hard struggle tn defeat
them. Taking it for granted that all
these politicians were honest and ain.
cere iu their cOurse-yet ! will ask
the people everywhere if they can
trust tho judgment aud wisdom of
those men enough to allow them t"
make their new constitution I? hold
that 10 man ia fit to make new con-
stitution for Louisiana who WAS satis-
fled to put up with aud keep the old
Radical outrage, no matter how it
might be patched. And how unjust
aud ungrateful it is to give the 60
by TO the faithful men who had the
brains to understand Louisiana's
great necessity when the crisis was
upon her, aud the courage to contend
for her redemption then, aud to take
up the other men, who fought 40 hard
or keep her under the bayonet con-
stitutiOn. Whoever had 10 little
ability to estimate the merits of a
constitution as to be satisfied with
that old fraud 10 not good enough
Judge Of constitutions to make one for
me. We have plenty of able aud hon.
orable men iu this Twenty. Third
Senatorial District to represent the
people men who stood By "a when
the battle was being fought for our
rights. It 10 unnecessary to mention
tho names of Capt. G. w. Mechanic,
Capt. r. G.. Cobb, Capt. H. F. Wick.
srs, Judge NJ. j. LiddelI, Major P.
H. ToIer, Capt. A. B. Cooper, John
A. Hemlei, ESQ.,, Capt. franklin Gar
rett, Judge A. L. Slack, Thomas A.
Garrett, Esq, A. A. Gunhy, Esq. F.
&. Hudson, ESQ.,, Judge Duncan Buie,
Judge H. W. Campbell, H. N. Potts,
Esq., Judge r. D. Bridger, Capt. E.
E. Kidd and Thomas j. Mangham,
oil Of whom are eminently qualified
for the Office Of delegate to the con-
vention, and struggled manfally to
secure % = new constitution. Yet
Mr.. Nanbam, editor of tho Richland
Beacon, advocated in his last paper
the selection Of Judge K. w. Richard.
son, Of Monroe, % the senatorial del.
egates from this district, when it ID
we'll known that no and State Seua.
TOT F. p. Stubbs, Col. Robert Richard
COP, Capt. w. W. Farmer and Capt
8. D. McEnery, of Ouachita, and
Capt. H. P. Wells, Of this parish,
were tho prominent men 10 North
Louisiana who opposed tho constitu.
tional convention, and actually car
ried Ouachity parish against it. The
wonder on the showing, is, that Mr.
Mangham has not advocated the se.
lection Of Capt. w. w. Farme,
for tho convention, who it will
30 remembered. made himself
particularly conspicuous 10 opposi.
tion to the convention, By publishing
some letters attacking Nj. Morgan
and lis paper; but suppose h(
thinks that would be laying it on too
thick, particularly "a Capt. Farme,
has been confined to his bed, or room
BY cunsumption since last summer
But if MI. Maogham is seeking ar
auti-couventiooist, either If the gen
tlemen above named Was more con.
spicuous than Judge Richardson, and
he ought to take tho most active oil
them. Why not take Senator Stubbs
But away with this plan Of selecting
men to do thing who wero opposed
to the thing being done. Give til,
people such man - Capt. E. E KIDD
Of Jackson parish, Who was defeated
for the nomination for State Senate,
because he was . conventional F.; give
% such man 40 Capt. r. G. Cobb
Of Monroe, Who stood up unfaltering'
" for convention, and bas Away.
been tho unfaltering enemy of al
rings and Radicals, even 10 tho height
Of their rover !; give "a men who
have always symPathized with The
Democracy VI Louisiana, and VIII
will In the convention relieve the
people Of their intolerable burdens.
No DODGlNG.