Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-03-02
lanier's Contest.

W. published in la.t weeks issue the
document drawn up and sigLed by the
Commissioners Of Election Of thi. parish.
These gentlemen have spoken for them
.elvc-. and in language Of no uncertain
meaning. Their opportunities Of knowing
the mnnurr in which the election Was
conducted Ncrc certainly as good, il not
better. than that of any other number Of
persons in or ont Of the parish: certainly
better than Lani"rs, or any evidence upon
which that Gentleman may rely To e-tab-
} lish his assertions. The motive in calling
this meeting Of the Commissioners was
that the world might know tho f,lsity of
: the slanderon- charges made by Lsnicr
! against the citizens Of this parish. and
we here take occasion to say that these
! Commissioners Of the last election are rs
! highmindcd and honorable a body of gen
/ tlemcn ~ Claiborne. or ANY parish, affords
/ and that their statements can be i'm
| plicitly relied upon as disclosing the facts
! in connection with the election Of which
they were the legal officials.
/ Those Of our people who have read La
ui"r's notice of contest To Gen. King are
doubtless greatly asionishcd At the reck
/ lc-s audacity with which he states a. facts
! a stat" If affairs, which, TO the certain
knowledge of all our citizens, never had
: m existence in the history ofpoltical cam
paigns Of this parish. For At no time has
violence or intimidation been u.rd To in
hucucr the result Of ait clrCtio ia this
parish. Claiborne has been a Drmocratic
parish ever since the war, aud that too
without fraud or violence.
/ Even in the days Of Warmo:h aud krl.
logg. when the count of the vote passed
through the hands Of the most corrupt
and Infamous institution ever known tn
the laws Of Louisiana. the vote Of Clai-
is, in this parish the white clement il
lag"ly in the majority. Til" property and
intelligence Of the parish i, almost cN-
cln,ivcly in the lo~-.--iun at this class.
and here We takr the liberty Ia state -
fact. which, apparently. has never found
its way into the mind Of the average Re-
publican. 1t is this: The Intelligent will
generally, il not always, control the ig
norant, aud without fraud ar violcncc.
Bat the Republicans will persist in acting
upon the hypothesis that every colorrd
voter is Republican and would. if per
mittcl, always vote with that party. This
il not the case. The colorcd people have
NJ last learned, by sad experience. who
arr their best friends. They have learned
that their interests are identified with the
interest Of the white people among whom,
they live, who are almost all Democrats.
due influence being brought to lrar upon
. them.
W. confess that v" arr AT u loss Ia know
how I" deal with n man who has such a
total disregard for truth. and who can set
up as facts assertions Of his own which he
we'll knows have not the shadow OF a
'''''''''''' ~ 800 hp'H' ~ '.Ah ''i'f
Iinirr. We all know that his sta t-nicntS
ia regard to Clail1rnr and other parishes.
art fal>rhoo'i> and W. brlirvc that they
arr willful aud maliclnns fL-4.lood.. We
further believe that the testimony "f every
honest man III the parish, whatever be
his politics, ran hr had if necessary, to
show that his statements are totally and
utterly false.
In conclusion there j. no doubt but
villa; Gen. King was fairly ELECTED to Con
grr-> from This District l.auicr himself
l. we'll aware of the fact that hr Was de-
icatril 10y u large majority. aud has no
Claims whatever To the scat II Gen
k,ns Is not permitted Ia tahr his seat in
the forty-Scvcnth Congress. rs the duly
elected Representative Of this District,
never again should all election liz held.
The ballot box j. u farce and fraud, \
mere mockrry, the result of which is
neither to I've needed nor respected.
The Fifth District.