The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-10-08

4 w tnl tl,af UiiT 'ssJttUu =iliy >nuill-a
sh,'l IL aInyT,l agaiu,i tn balance III
The 1,"u. Sd.h !, uur I-,liii's at to-day.
That "uT 'si>.'>i and Is.i' furnishing
''a,drl. pa-'n" f"r u ''n-r-s.i,N' IT y salr,'
i,i'''l .rttiou" "" ,lo uo, deny: and that H..
a#sai AMI g.od people have iaiihin ,lirS
| ''Tea>"us' j. al. iruc, Lut u j. u",vrti,c.
lcs' lat that n"n pariisan. ~ ilr North
au,l elsewhere will always ,lould. aud lrr.
h'ls with g,--l pra>"i also. III" l.SalIy 81,
sI~ellc. against g",sTum,ut. lniri
aiet a constitution. that ,u,..i ~ .nlilih.
Jli,"u rs u political nr,,'s,il.
llr tginn aud the constellation hgyr
hu'U, H. the south, uansht bat unmiX.d
blessings. W. have made thu unly war
als'u them that has -y"T l-rcu ms.lr. Iu
Tia, NafSr have hcrn, happily ,or luan.
sind, unsuccessful, aud IL !, hnt natural
iur ihssc who maintained that I'nion and
tl.at constitution during n .lara and hlor,Iv
~. I" look upon IL ~ di,loyal thereto.
While We addsirng,h To- their suspicion
when W. plant ourselves upon solid
south" VIZ arr n"t uuawaw u! the iaci
that the 'pasons' now mo>i pot,ni for
c"utiuuins the evil Ut . solid south a,c
the ''icars ut hostile legislation on the
pant of the National government" AMI the
Changer "f = return &, negro rulc"-,l,
ngrpa-, however had hest no, l,c mention.
ed. That the "ras"ns" arr iallarious
none will deny. save those directly inter.
rSlrd In the feast of the leave. and fishes.
We mighi IN truth Ssy tia, what .'li,>,ilr
legislation We have ALREADY n.,, from IN,
National government spin,c. from our.
selves. aud, although negro rul. cann.,
n"w n"f never can b" defended, still il
could have been a,rrt.,l by ourselves.
We will he told that ia unler 10 escape
"h"s'iIc legislation Ne would hay. been
compelled :" ''eo hack on all ", held
drar. We eannoi now see the force ~. IA,
nply. An VT "hrld dear" was aakcd
oii ab iss'Ie nj arms aud in that We had
ia'l"d. The ronpucror did no, impose any
terms upon as, >',e snrh ns were the ont
growth IT the 1aesti.sa decided by the
ARMED contest. Nay, IL We, ~ i-G5, GG.
an'l IL. had con,,nied Ourselves with nj.
lowing events Ia shape themselves all
would lave bcca we'll. IIut We did not
We >ei To work. ~ soon N authorized 10
esiablisl, governments. to resist by al.
verse Zeal legislation the operation Of
those very questions which both had de-
e'ded, and We very n,ilh question which
condition would have been b. 1t for IN.
negro. In slavery or under the ''appren.
i,ce" "iee"se.' aud contract" laws, of
the Estates lately in rebellion" in the
years mentioned. And We NIGH, add that
all this ''hostile legislation"-or all that
had any Significance IN it-has since been
and Is now acqniesed in by the South. III
by refusing to accept the tights Of the NJ.
X" as a Witness. q Juror ora voter in
istd, we were "going back on all We held
DEAR" what is the logic deducible from
IN ncquicscence in aud an acceptance of
lin good faith" Of these same laws in ISL.
No sane southern man will deny that the
Imperative duty Of the government after
the war was 10 protect the lately enamel
patel negro slave, and this duty was made
more imperative from the fact that we
were engaged IN legislating that same ne.
-" into state of scrvitude worse if any,
thing than The first. Reconstructio
with all its horrors, sss the effect of our
efforts ut that time, and much as We NAV
regret its evils. can'lor compels us to Weld
to Che fact that we could have avertcd it. |
II, instead OF following the impulse Of pas.
sion and revenge. We had allowed our rea.
son to dictate course 20 pursue.
And yet in all these years we have learn. |
ell absolutely nothing. We yet allow the |
pratIng den'agogue to play on our pas-
sions and wis'ism goes to the winds. We
cling tothc cause We last, not as n cher. |
isIed memory Of gallant deeds and heroic
suffering, but in the correctness o the
principles Cor which We contended. and in
The same breath We exclaim-still We arc
MI loyal tothe Union!
How can a principle cemented in the
right to destroy Union he just and vet
loyal to u Unios The paradox is entire.
y to" painful to discsA.. Iyeare not asked
10 surrender single cherished ,Yep,ory Of
'ar glory, our heroiSm, our dead or our
bravery, bet the loyal Union man does ask
is to yield TO reason by admitting the or.
"r "f our premises, We kSew that to ac.
ones error Is tie hardest of
asks, yet VIII" is more arplauded than
hose who have the virtue to do vol
No. We cannot escape mistrust by
Keeping over dead President, it is hypo.
racy. we cannot hut be aliens to the
ome Of our MTiA-America--; to its flag,
ID Union, and its constitution if VIC con.
niue to insist that We gave ~ Goyoca.
ion for the war; that we lave never
nneA, and that We are true and have al
'ays hccn ~ them, while those who fought
maintain them ensircly are the disloy.
l. We may satisfy o1rSeivss, like the
strick with head buried in ssnd, vet tic
orid has l,sady pssxl Judgment and
e must yield to the logic ofevents. It