St. Landry democrat., 1889-09-21
The Regulators.

put to these lawlesa bands uf midnigll
narauders who, under the name q
Regulators, are bringing disgrace upol
our State, and by their atrociaus deed
horrify and astound the good eenee o
al! law abiding people who feel an in
teiesf in the pr"xrtsa Of cur State, an,
the welfare. peace and prosperity of he
people. History has always repeated
itself, aud II may be safely asserted q
an automatic truth that lawlesaness be
gets la" lesAutss, and the preparation
ct one unlnN ful act is the harbingpr o
another sunn TO follow until crowdius
upon each ether it soon forms such :
catalogue Of chine as to excite the fea1
and anxiety Of all people who are de-
sirous Of pre- erving law aud order il
our midst.
Scarcely week passes but that we
| hear of the preparation of s0me out.
rage more atinclOus and inhuman than
the Last, showing that these organisa.
,ions, like some inhuman monster who
has ,aA;cd human blood. with Unsuitable
| thirst il clamnriDg for more.
The outrage recently committed il,
Lafayette parish in which negro girl
WIS bru,ally murdered by body of
armed men caps the climax to those
wild and disorderly movements, aud
calls aloud to the good people Of our
State to join hands in crushing and
destroying a movement which, if not
arrested IN time, will spread Its wither-
ing Influence over the length and
breadth of our State. aud. instead of itH
being Il safe asy Jum within whose pre-
clncts one can dwell in safety and quiet,
Louisiana will beconle q lepruuci, to
her people aud will sink lower and
lower az q sovereign State uf this great
common wealth.
1t caunut be believed that our good
and thoughtful men will couutrnance or
support such unlawful methods. They
know anu reai,zc the fact, that, like an
epidemic of sone iisease, lawlessness
Increases with lightning speed. and, un-
iess put down and ,l,rottIed, it will soun
turn its course upon those who may
have the least cause for fear, and in its
unjust discrimination will invade the
homes and tiresides of tIlose who stand
high in the community and enjoy the
respect Of the people. Iu organizations
of an unlawful character it always hap
pens that they are joined by men of
such lawiess dispositions that whatever
might have been the primal cause of
their baading together, they finally be-
come actuatei by motives of private
vengeance and personal hate. and use
their oppressive power to carry out aud
crafty these vindictive feelings.
We are now living in the nineteenth
Century, with all the advantages of past
experiences to aid, and bright hopes of
the future to encourage and sustain us,
and let it not be said that our march in
the line of progress and civilization
shall he narred by the acts of men who
have arrayed themselves against the
aw, for whose acts the good people of
our country do not wish to be resp0n-
sil,le, and for the ommission of which
swift and condign punishment should
DE- meted out.
In concluding these remarks we will
Iay that We believe there ia still too
much chivalry and manhood in the
State Of Louisiana to suffer these burIf-
ng reproaches to be cast npon her fair
.rcutchren, and to that manhood and
We appeal now in suppressing
his evil. and to eradicate it, once and
oreyer. from the borders of our State. |