The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-07-02


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: ~ vAisA hey display undse thebAu
tOes q sdvssss circaaaeancss, end th'
: diAs>sn which seset the whois osgaaisa
tisa q thsir sseiety. Psrvious 10 III
! wss ths South wss peculiar In its cue
. tsaa, uaAgss snd 10 character Of its poI,
slaaiss. On ~ oas siis wss The haught,
Z 81 isdslsat slsvsoeeacy, cia~ Of iorll,
. p)antsss Who wsss doainsesins In bearing
} end sslf:eFiaioaaasa In tho Importance
vhIeh their wealth contributed to their
in1nsscs - . elsaa, yet withal, open.
Asastsd 70 their ftisnda, wosld-rsaownel
~ ssslr sssesusity, spending their easily
earned wealth with . laviah hand; care
~ Il ths future, endowed with an cor.
ssst 'slish and ssst for litss pleasurrs, aud
sseninsly intent oaly on tho needs Of the
peessst. On ths other aide, and dark
sss too, now happily blottsi out far-
ever ltun The lair escutchsou Of Republi.
can America, wsrs the toiling millions II
eoadMssa, who traine<l fiom birth To obey,
b)iadly followed thc commands VI their
naseen, and BY the sweat and toll Of long
and weary years upheld the moneyed aris-
toessey of tho South. This peculiar in
seitatioa kept strangrm and intcrme,lalcn
aieof; in iaet, by system VI STATUTORY
sasctnsuts, slavery wss encircls.l with .
sasdea u Ssh veil connected and indis-
sejubls liuks tkaS there was no chance 10
break down Or over.stsp their barriers.
Ths very chsractsristics Of the Southern
psopl, which had grown up aud been
nstsrsd under the egis Of slavery theirs
psovssbial indolsuee, reckless expenditure
q their sasilyearned wealth, and dillase
gsassodsy, led other people Of moro On.
tesIs,se md activity, to imagine that
they wese N enervated race, unused to
psivstioa and toll, and wanting In those
qualities which 40 tho sure foundations
- eadssaace, bravery and heroic patriot
iD. II was forgotten that they wese the |
desesadAAts Of The Hugusnots; that In
tAsir veins courssd tho blood Of the No.
sioas, Ssnptsss Less Daslingtous, Fitx.
hagAa. end othsrs equally illustrious and
ssaowasd In historic and revolutionary
hns. Above I'll they portrayed In their
very eharaetsn Tho exalted type Of pure
Anseieanin.
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which allowed, snd certainly contains no |
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