The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-08-15
The New Orleans PM


| The New Orleans W
| We give up, this week, cur entire
space to accounts and documents
sp1inging from this much regretted
affair. In the frst place will be
found a plain, candid, unvarnished
statement from three officials, whose
standing in this State, among all
classes, is proverbial for honesty,
sincerity and fair dealing. These
gentlemen are the Mayor Of New
Orleans, the Lieutenant Governor
of the State and the Attorney Gen.
eral. AS an evidence Of the truth
fitness of these assertions OF ours
in regard to them. we have only to
mention the noted fact, that Presi-
dent johnson in the numerous dis
patches he has sent to New Orleans
asking or seeking information about
the riot, has invariably directed
them to these gentlemen, entirely
ignoring the fact that such thing
as the Governor of Louisiana was
in existence. Consequently we can
but recommend this document to
the attentive perusal Of our numer-
GUS readers, who wish to be posted
truthfully and without prejudice.
In the second place comes the
most extraordinary and infamous
document or "Address to the Loyal
People of Louisiana" as his "Ex-
cellency" himself terms it, that ev-
er was issued, printed or read by
mortal man. Let our people care.
fully read 1t, ponder on IT and we
are sure that all we have written Of
the agner Of that document Is now
proven as strong as Holy Writ,
and no one, not even what fem
friends who remained feebly faith
full to him, can but eandidly admit
that we knew our man and wrote
by the card. TO hear him now
write so glibely Of "Rebels, Slave
Aristocrats'' ETC., is truly refreshing
this hot weather--Him, whom we
have seen as chief elaqaer and gar
CON de ceremoaie Of the Rapides In
vincibles and the Stafford Guards,
among the first companies Of ERE
bels," who "unfurled the flag OF
treason" and marched to Virginia;
then the company Of Captain
Williams that was specially feted
by him, particularly as he was
moving himself to get some office
in it for his first-bOrn! And then,
since the surrender, time and again
has he told and advised our people
to take the amnesty oath, that it
was nothing, but on the contrary it
was just the thing to place us all in
a position to oultvote the d-n Yam
KEGS and drive them from the coun-
try. That Governor Sharkie, Of
Mississippi, had acted wrong in
signing the act Of the Legislature
adopting the amendment abolishing
slavery, that he never would sign it
if fifty Legislatures of Louisiana
passed it, no he would veto "until
hi froze over" And, though last
not least, had he the power, he
would appoint none to Office but
officers of the late Confederate ar
my! These and many more such
expressions favoring and counting
"Rebel" aid and support has he
been heard to express and we only
mention them now to show how low
in the depths of duplicity and
treachery, "a bad man. can fall.
As we remarked at the COM
mencement of this article, we have
written and published so much of
this man that the simple reading Of
his Address, will more than suf-
flee to prove our position and its
sincerity and our excuse for not in
diting leader on it, for the present
at least. When the weather cools
off and other facts, yet hidden,
come to light, we may have word
to say about it. For the present
we can but exclaim Oh, shame |!
where is thy blush9 Oh; Buzzard !
where is thy hutter?
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