New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-28
a LEVEE SPECULATION.

IL Is dAptCtcU LudC we must KNOW
everything, and what We do not know to-
day it is confidently anticipated that We
must encompass tomorrow. As the
Christian Association did not send US an
invitation to attend its tea party at Har-
veys cam ii, last week, nor even furnish
US with a bill Of fare after the cloth was
shaken of and the table removed, We
fell somewhat behind in publishing the
details Of that fascinating little dge,mer;
but not to be entirely obscUred by the
obvious Oversight Of the managers of the
feast, We have gathered the fragments
that fell from the venerable and reverend
collation.. There was too big parade Of
preachers reported at that convocation for
Us to pass its sanctimonious proceedings
by without report thereof; and, in order
to arrive at the exact details of what did
transpire, We have investigated and inter-
viewed tn e scene shutters who were sup
posed to have moved the machinery of
the occaE zion. Several attempts in this
line failed miserably, because the actors
advertised as taking part therein have
denied the fact, and declared that they
never saw nor tasted the hash of that am
brosial repast. Others have reported that
Harveys canal never saw any such con-
vention. Others, again, have solemnly
asseveratsd that the meeting could not
have been held, as reported, for the guests
whose names are recorded as being pres
ent were at other and distant places. If
then, the men themselves, nor yet the su-
pernumer aries, could give US what it was
so necessary to have in order to make up
correct history of the Christian Associa-
ton Cow ention, how could it be expected
that our activity, or even our inventive
ness, was to supply the details of an affair
which se4 med to be Of such an apochy-
phal natui re?
At last, however, and after delivering
the subject over to be as great mystery
as that of Edwin brood, penitential imp
advanced out of the shade of the dilapi-
dated Di3-pens at the foot of Louisiana
avenue, and confessed that he had a
secret, W hich was too appalling to be
kept undo Or the bosom Of his dirty shirt.
He had $ cen and heard conspiracy which
was peril5us to society. He honestly de-
clared his hostility to radicalism, but he
could not see even that much abused
sect betrayed by its own cast-off and re-
jected partisans, without making some
sign. He confessed that he saw three
men gather on the levee near the old
Stock La hiding, last Friday night, and as
they were suspicious looking set, he
cautiously advanced close enough to hear
them arr nge their tricks to divide the
Offices of Jefferson parish between them
selves. Two Of them were white and
one was tolored. One of the white men
was about five feet high, and the other
was over six feet in his stockings, and big
in proportion. He thinks the colored
man was named Martin. They conspired
to publish their meeting as that of the
Christian Association; and after each one
of the parties had selected and nominated
himself fbr the Office he was least qualified
to fill, they fell to and delivered over
the other offices to such men as they hoped |
would accept and strengthen their own
midnight nominations. 1t was agreed
Al. 4. l. I. l.
equal proportions of Democrats and scaly
with the understanding that
the Democrats were to support the entire
layout All the minutia of the votes |
was then and there made up, and it was
res olved that the proceedings should be
published in the Times, just as if fifty |
delegates had met and acted in a duly |
body. To obviate the chance
of detecting the fraud, it was to be set
out that each church sent so many dele
gates, without giving the names of the
delegate IN. But it was fully understood
that the ticket was to get it's biggest vote
from the Democratic party. The main
point was to get into the Legislature, as
from that body it was hoped they might
so direct matters that all their enemies
could be legislated out of position and
all their friends legislated into fat situa-
tons.
This is the whole story, and the con-