The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-21
From Louisiana.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2O-General Mower has
been assigned to the command of the District OF
Louisiana, General Movers regiment, the 39th
infantry, has been transferred to this city.
General Buchanan has addressed the following
letter to Senator Kellogg, in reply to the state
ments contained in Governor Warmouth's letter to
HENDoUARTERs OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA,
NEW ORLEANs.-HOn. w. p. Kellogg, United States
Senate, Washington, ID. c.. Dear SiT-In a printed
letter of the date of December TO- 1868, addressed
to you by Governor Yarmouth two passages re-
lating to myself occur, which cannot allow to go
unnoticed without having my motives and conduct
during the November elections entirely miscon-
strued.
The Governor says: "At an interview between
General Rousseau, General Buchanan General
Hatch and myself, became satisfied that the State
had no friend in General buchanan, and but little
reliance was to be put in his active cooperation.
lie severe in his criticisms, and seemed to sym
pathize with the hostility entertained by the enc
mics to the metropolitan police department and
suggested as a necessity, that the old rebel force
be restored Our interview terminated without
any satisfactory understanding"
The assertion that was not a friend of the State
would be cruel if it were not well known to your
self, sir, to be absurd. No one is more fully aware
prompt measures taken by me on the day after the
assembling of the Legislature, at its session, was
due on that and several days following the pre-
servatiOn of the lives of himself and all the pro-
minent members of the Republican party in the
Legislature and of the new State government.
Does he call this hostility to the State As to the
criticisms referred to- he has forgotten to state that
they were made by me as soldier, and not as q
politician: A few days before the Presidential
police board, with the view to the appointment of
police force to supersede the old force, under the
control of the mayor of the city and chief of police
This appointment of the members of the new force
created intense excitement throughout the city,
and at the time referred to very seriously threat
ened its peace.
The constitutionality of the law questioned,
and hence resistance to it was openly advocated
The members of the metropolitan force became ut
tery dcmOraized, the Governor became alarmed,
and when at that interview | was consulted to
my views, expressed the opinion, as a military
man, that the change of the force at that iunCture
was unwse and iniudiCOus, as it was similar in its
effects to changing the forces of general at mo-
used that force to keep the peace during the April
elections, and the peace had been preserved. Its
chief had been appointed by General Sheridan and
its members generally by Mayor Heath, himself an
appOntee of the same general.
After further defending his action concerning
the Presidential election, he continues as follows
The next passage in the Governors letter to which
| refer is as follows at was small that General
Buchanan stated in General ROusseaus presence
that he General Rousseau) would be justified in
retiring with his troops as he would before an
enemy of superior force" This passage relates to
the number of troops at the generals disposal in
the city during the election excitement
The inference from it plainly is that General
Rousseau told the Governor of this alleged state
ment of mine. Unfortunately for the cause of
truth, the lamented General has passed from among
u.s. but l know what he would have said, and l
therefore unhesitatingy deny that he ever made
such a statement to Governor Yarmouth, for the
reason that it would not have been truo
Very respectfully, your Obedient servant,
ROBERT O. BUCHANAN,