The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-02-12

lFrouaA tils New OAeans Bes:1
The Committee of Citizens or officers 81
the late mass Meeting held on Lafagefes
Square no wait upon the General 9Asssrrieiy
al the State with the resolutions adopted
b. tlga meeting, relative to the extravagana
aceisn Of the Legislature aiter visiting tne
senate and House, and being received res
psctivslg in The manner indicated In our
report OF the procerdings OF those bodies,
visited Gov. Warmoth in bis Office, and
we're received BY him, .rs.s. 3D..
oov. WsrmoR made an elaborate adj
dpsss, defending himself from the charges
al corruption which had been MADE
AGAINST him. = The measures which they
hsdp complained of 90, 80 iniauitous, had
bean nasased, he said, over his vetoes. Nor
did. he believe that the Legislature. Cd Q
body. composed largely of the lately en-
franehissd portien Of our population many
Of fhern IGNORANT, was responsible for the
nassaae oil these acts. Give me and others
she assistance you ought to, and We will
b able, he said, to put down the excuses
uflegisAfion, ,. L.3.l-4 ~.J s.,t,y. Z
You eIlars.aths Legislature with corrupss
sion, but lex me tell YOU that the people q
yenr own party are equally gully any
Snsf, TOO regarded as the most respectable
aaen, in the community. Some OF your
bank prenidents, for instance, are the very
unen who come upon the foor Of the, Legs
lasure, whispering brides into the ears
of cur LEGISLATORS 70 secure the passage Of
the proposed Eleven Millions bill, already
twiee Dictated and still pending, the object
OF which In to refund them for losses caused
H. the late Southern Confsdcracy. Your
Carontaeiet street. brokers could be seen
Iohbying throngh the 5000, 600 Bonds bill.
same OF those men came here laying down
q bride Of 100000, upoa my Sccretary's
desk. Mayor. Conway and others Of your
respectable citizens, had intimated to me
that's certain bill should be passed regard
lea of pecuniary consideration. 49,
Look again at this Nicolson Pavement
b:n. Taking two hundred thousand dol
Lara. out ofths. State Treasdry for the bene.
As Of q private company,AsA gentlsman Of
vour city offered me q bfIae OF fifty thou
sand d1ilars,. and one &RAh Of the net
profits 10 sign that bill. ! told him |
coald not sign. the bill. Who are the
hicolsop Pavement Company LIT. L. J.
Hart il. the President, and some of the
most respectable men in the city are among
che directors .,y. 5.,g.. ~.
Col. Marshal J. Smith, Of the committee,
here interrupted the Governor, by telling
him that when he alluded name to
respectable citizens that the committee
regarded the briber as equally guilty with
The corrupted And he would take the &C.
cssisn TO inform the Governor that, there
was being rapidly formed here.a party
which was already q t~power--and would
bsp 0 great, jpower--a party composed OF
l,eaesl men, without regard to politics or
Distinction in color, whose object was to
put down, Official corruption aSd dishon.
esty In every quarteraphigh or low. and
your excellency; has an opportunity Of an
saortalizing yourself by facing with us
this corruption which is 90 rapidly destroy
Ing .hs psace and raining the, credit Of our
iStaAer sd< rtj-}HuH4.H 49,
Cos. warmoth, resuming, said he would
heartily cooperate with them, or with any
party 70 effect this seljestf He was net
without his high ambition, and = high
ambition "a their Chief Executive officer to
discharge his duties. faithfully. He had
come here to live swith u, and was not
uamindfuI Of bis duties to the people. But
the difficulty seems to be not that there
o rgand and honest men in the Legs
lasuee. for there are many of them. but
Syeca.ass leadiag citizens like yourself have,
ON accotint ,f political differences and NO.
tiai prejndices, refused or neglected to CO.
operate with them and tnyNelfi in the effort
70 check the profigate and dishonest in
oafes, IN % ,y.yt .:...aa.
T.. i. haze, doae all | could-h&Ee vetoed
znore bills, i, ves,ture to assert without
tear afr contradiction than any Governor
ysu have ever had ain Louisiana But |
have f,u,sdsit Impossible to get the good
,nen of your city and State ard party to
k.,,ae forward aud consult with rye. "' t"'.
An I'd. the charges Uf corruption made
q AGAINST me hy the Auditor, they are per
tsctly ,gro,urjle,s, and I defy Them. al. |
thesgh ! have tried hard to convict him Of
4ahbing ,rodur state treasury of over .
n,illsono daiisss, / find two papers OF this
oisy a~tysain,r me equaliy with them, alleg'
ine thst II fwaS simply a Rghta sstwecn twe
shicxcs. He assured chem, however, that
was ready snd willing 1t all 'tifnes to
s.tot,, these SPECTATORS at the expense Of
she. untaic and would heartily cooperate
with The committee IN tths work,
Judge Cotton, of the committee, called
chr Eoye,n0's attention to the bills. spe-
sialls chr. sxiosas to the people-the Elec-
sisnt bill chs Militia bill and the Constab-
saIary bill. tlitoiajq h,as f8it 'au 5rs1A'-s'h %
. Ths committee then retired and the in
terminated quite agfeeably..i 10 @.'l
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