The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-12-28
: HUGE JOKE.
The Lafayette Regulators, i'm
Assembly. DenOunee TheEn-
selves and Their OntIaWry I'm
Unmeasared Terms.


in the town &c Lafayette, on Satur-
day. the 2lst inst. They seized
upon the opportunity presented by
a~pceiGc call for a mass meeting of
the hw-abiding people ofsthe parish,
for tic purpose of expressing their
uuqua lied condemnation of regula.
torism N. lis every form. and to dis
cuss an devise measures BY which
law, order and confidence might be
restored.
The slnreWd q leaders of the
regulator organization sought 10
take advantage of lhiseircnmstance,
and planned the capturing Of the
call meeting by force Of their great
number mustered out for the coca
sion, and 10 that way defeat the
proposed actisn of the true and
sincere Law abiding citizens; and, at
the same time that they WouiI be
making a record for themselves.
Fromsu bseqnent-aceounts we learn
that tuey did capture-nothing; for
the law abiding element of the as
semblage, seeing clear through the
cut and dried" scheme of their
misguided aid unmindful brethren,
quietly and unobservedIy withdrew
and repairing to the city hail, held
a most impressive and praise-worthy
meeting, afuil account of whist is
given elsewhere il this issue.
Following are the resolutions Of
regulators, the subject of this article:
Resolved. That IN answer to a can
published IN the Lafayette Advertiser of
December Il and q. ISS9, We. the white |
people Of the parish 0f LAFAYETTE. are
unaiterabiy opposed 10 Iawfessness. VIC
anu regulator TU3S.zTna That We are d
In favor Of maintaining and preserving
quiet and good order in this parish.
Resolved, That we deprecate all at
at thwarting the ends of Justice.
and that perjury. snboTnafion of periury
and the compromising of fel0uies should
pat down, a. they strike-at the very !
fabric of our government.
Resolved, That we rejoice thatsroserty
has enhanced in value, and that good and
Substantial InIui grants are Locating with
and hat good faith and full cent?
dence exist among nefghbors. and that
the white peopleef this parish are law
ABIDING cltFzeus. and IN proof of tIis we
boldly assert that 90 per. q of the
crimes committed in this parish are per-
PetTated by negroes
Resolved, That we, the white people Of
parish of Lafayette, first Of all as
white men and secondly as Democrats.
uphoIding in Our midst the Svfpreraacv 0f
he white man and recognizing the bless
lngs of a good government, ana being
tully aware that under the great princi- Il
pies Of equity and justice underlying our
fundamental laws 40 government can
exist where lawlessness prevails, do bind
pledge ourselves to maintain the
purity and supremacy of the law Iii onr
nidstso that every one shall be secure
n his person and property.
signed by Il, q. VOrhies. @. Eade. c.
Douoet..H- p. GuidrY and A.. Olivier.
On motion. duly seconded, the meeeing
adjourned. Z. G. Lioti0lias. President; 3
Jliouton andP. L. DeClouet, seere-
5aries. 4
Very lofty sentiments most bean
fully expressed; but alasf how !
meaningless! Aggrandizing to I
regulators, perhaps, put to all others I
he most palpable imposition and /
nsineerAy possible. A grand and /
theory, without the slightest :
Dundation. Consistency, thoa art |
jewell /,
Gentlemen of the regulators !
friends1 Yon have }
can mMvellously blinded and mis- r
BY the leaders OF your dis. 1
racefnl organization, who bind r
nd cement you together, only ethat !
on may serve as q tool in their !
ands whenever time or cfrcam >
.ance may require it. You have
cen warped together under enc Z
retext or another twilite suprana 4
7, etc. into one monstrous pOlHi- 3
machine, to be used at will B b
sconplish the ends and designs of
our masters. Now that The mask a
Is been torn away, and ihe true d
laracter and hideousness Of the y
.onster. exposed, your best friends c,