The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-26

size auditor of public accounts of the State oil
Louisiana for the time being. desire you to &C
company Mr.. Delassize and place him In posses
sion Of the Office.
"In case resistance is made yen viii arrest the
persons resisting, and inform me of the fact.
c'sigued) II. G. WoRMcTH,
"Governor Of Louisiana
Office Captain Cain formally asked Mr.. Wick
life 10 leave the office.
Capt. Cain repeated his request "Mr. Wick
life will you not leave the Officer"
Mr.: wicklfe replied: 81 have already told
you would see you id first"
Capt. Csin-'No sir. yon never told me So"
Mr.. Wicklife-"Well, sir, tell you so now.
do not recognize your authority, nor that OF that
- Governor Warmoth, to eject or to appoint
anybody in my stead. Under what authority do
Captain Cain here produced the order copied
above and said 81 am the superintendent Of
police"
Mr.. wicklife-"show me that you are the chief
Of police"
Capt. Cain being unable to produce his commits.
sion called DR.. Southworth and Mr.. F. G. Remick,
secretary Of the governor, to whom he addressed
respectively the following question
..'Do you identify me as the superintendent Of
Both persons appealed to replied in the sflrms-
tive. About fifteen minutes longer were spent In
warm discussion as to what Mr.. Wicklife wanted
done, what he would do, what Capt. Cain would,
ehould and was going to do, until. finally, Capt.
Cain, laying his hands upon the shoulder OF Mr..
wickliffe. told him be wanted him to leave the
Office.
Mr.. wicklife replied that he could not resist
against q whole regiment.
Capt. Cain then walked into the public Office,
and, after gathering some Of his private papers,
Mr.. Wicklife left the Office and repaired to the
Office Of Messrs. Semmes Il Mott, on Carondelet
sEss III bessssn GraEisr and camnn 10 ".'-
The writer accompanied Mr.. wIckliffe on this
occasion. On the way, Mr.. Wicklife stated he
denied all the allegations Of theEgovernor aud his
associates In the matter. That Mr.. Dubuclet.
the state treasurer, (vhom he treated
quite cavalieriy), was as much involved
in the matter as he. The attempt by Wsrmoth
was only a spiteful one, such as his carpet bag
propensities always prompted him against South
ern born men such as he, Wickliffe, and Attorney
General Beden, (both elected on the same ticket
as warmoth) and because he, wickliie, would not
pander to the nefarious designs of the governor.
as DR.. Southworth and others had done, notwith-
standing the bitter receptions they had been sub.
mitted to by Warmoth, whose pockets he would
to be lightened OF his ill.gotten greenbacks.
That the charge made against him, 4 true, was
known to Warmoth and Senator Lynch, as APP
pears by the indictment itself, last December,
and while the Legislature was In session. and il
would seem to have been their duty to
have communicated the matter to the
General Assembly in order that he might
have been elected from Office. That they did not
do so. That the cause is nothing more than the
endeavor Of q political ring to Gust him from
Office. In regard to the violent ejectment, he
said il was the most high-handed and illegal eject
ment that could have been perpetrated, because
there are only two modes known In law by which
the auditor can be remoyed-one is by judgment
on his impeachment by the Legislature, the other
by conviction or indictment. That TO undertake
TO remove him before judgment In either case lie
to enforce the penalty before 1t is incurred, and
to take for granted that be is guilty before con-
viction.
Arriving at the Office of Messrs. Semmes 4
Mott, Mr.. Wickfe with his counsel proceeded to
take the necessary steps towards bringing the
matter before the courts of the State, claiming
heavy damages in his petition.
j. B. Richardson, Jr., In whose favor the war
rants are alleged to have been drawn, Is said to
be q young man between fifteen and sixteen years
old and son of ]. B. Richardson, clerk of the COM
mittee on elections Of the Legislature, who WAS
accused of issuing fraudulent certificates to wit
nesses who were summoned before the committee.
Mr.. Delassize yesterday expressed his desire
of obtaining the services Of Mr.. II. Peralta, ex-
auditor Of the State to assist him 10 conducting the
business of his office.
Mr.. Wicklife elsewhere publishes an interest
ing card which we advise our readers to peruse,
warning ell persons not to transact any business
with Mr.. Delsssize.