The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-04-12
A CARD.
To the Toters Of Grant Parish /:

To the Voters of Grant Parish:
Through the treachery and deception
of certain persons who had-pledged them
selves to the support of the ticket gener-
ally agreed upon between the members of
the executive committee of the Republi-
can party of this parish, to whom were
committed the duty of selecting suita-
BILE ticket for the coming election to be
held on the Odd inst, and especially owing
to the outrageous conduct of that infa-
nous scoundrel, G. III. Thomas, who pre-
sided at the meeting held on Saturday
last, the will of the masses was stifled and
the object for which that meeting was
called was perverted. It was fully and
Enthusiastically understood, (Outside of
whatever concealment there might have
been in this arrangement that Judges
Blackman and Barbin. B. F. Bran, W. p
Guynes and Dan Fletcher should be sup
ported for the respective Offices to which
they aspire, and had it not been for the
arbitrary and unjust ruling of that sable
parlimentarian and the fraudulent prac-
tees of portion of the committee in re-
peating or stufiing the ballot the result
would have been as anticipated. Fletcher
was fairly endorsed on the first ballot, but
was ruled out by the chair, whose knowl-
edge of Rapides politics made him equal
to the occasion.
But greater than all has arisen the
iatchet of whose shoes we are unworthy
to unloose, the immortal w. f. Blackman.
Abandoning his seat, four years ago, I'M
der the false plea of sickness, when it was
indispensably necessary that the court in
Rapides should be in session, he came to
this parish to order the preparation of an
election fraud. Not content, however,
now this whilom candidate for judicial
honors seeks to obtain, though intrigue
with the worst element of the Republican
party, that solace which his troubled soul
so greatly covets but cannot receive. It has
been asserted by some of Blackman's
friends, doubtless at his instance, that
Barbin is incapable to fill the position of
judge. l am willing to compare the re-
cords of both judges before the supreme
court, and If Judge Barbin's decisions
have not met with more general approval
than his opponents, then / am greatly
mistaken and will acknowledge the error.
The mulatt0 element of Raven Camp,
and the other Judases, both white and
black, especially the man with the tin
ear-trumpet, who can only hear on special
occasions who have betrayed their friends
and obtained the price OF their perfdy,
will exult over the change OF circumstan-
ces and console themselves with the de-
lusive hope of future rewards. To them
L say, vice cannot triumph over virtue,
and, notwithstanding the Major General
of their salvation declares to the world
that he has bottled your correspondent,
he must recollect that the wine is new
and the bottles may burst. The "old
pitcher" that he says has gone to the
well so often, is not broken, but, like the
old ship that has been misguided by a
false light and got too near the breakers,
has only had the barnacles scraped from
her bottom and emerged from the danger
all the better from such an experience.
am not DESTROYS Of giving particulars
in this connection, but If any person feels
aggrieved, or cannot understand my re-
marks, they have only to apply to me to
be enlightened.
1 cannot understand how believers in
Christianity can support GooDE Inf
del In conclusion, say to the Republic
can voters of Grant parish, being one N.Y.
self, and having authority to speak both
in EGYPT and at JERUSALEM, do not de-
ceive yourselves. The men who deceived
you at the last general election and sold
out, though KRAFTY, are not as wise as
SOLOMON of old, but wise as serpents, and
BENJAMIN can take heed upon what he
enters. Finally, / say, vote according to
the dictates of your conscience, but do
not be misled to your shame and sorrow.
III MCKNIGHT