New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-21

"oOSo uoouluoHIo nave Deen puDllsheu aSaH.
and again in the papers of this State, what
will you think Of the attempts to pros
titute your columns in this re-
newed effort to poison the minds OF
strangers against worthy public offlcer .
Our blood bOils in our veins as we think OF
the cowardly and dastardly business OF thus
attacking gentleman, whose position they
know fOrbids personal answer. AS one
who, from personal acquaintance, knows
that Governor Warmoth, like CAESARS wife,
is above suspicion, we would be ashamed to
let the vipers go unrebuked, who dare thus
attack his character. When you come near
such fellows, be sure that ldtet angnis IN her.
bd SO much for the Indictment Of stealing !!
We next proceed to notice
HOW HE WAS ELECTED TO CONGRESS.
In September, 1865, he was nominated in
the Republican Convention, delegate to
Congress, and elected by twenty five thou
sand votes In obedience to the wishes of
his constituents, he asked Congress to ignore
the constitution and government organized
in 1864, and to establish military prOvis-
ional government, to exist as long as may
be necessary to test the fidelity of the pop
ulation to the general government, and also,
that in the reconstruction of the State, 1T
should be upon the basis of universal
suffrage and equal rights to all men. He
spent the winter of lS65-lS66 in Wash
ington, and while there, published strong
letter, setting forth the views of himself
and the loyal citizens of Louisiana, and for
these services received from the Republican
Executive Committee the enormous sum of
one thousand dollars. We think this item
should have come in under the head of chow
he made his money" By the time he had
paid expenses and printers bills it was
doubtless great speculation. (''Metairie"
SAYS it was four thousand dollars, but then
that is near enough for him. Each of the
Senators and Representatives sent by the
State government received a like sum.
In September, 1866, he was inithe COnven-
ton of Southern Loyalists. in Philadelphia,
and wrote the report which demanded a pro-
visional government and negro suffrage, as
a basis of reconstruction, and which finally
split the convention He next made a tour
Of the North and East, and in the fall
reaped the fruits of his labOrs in seeing a
Congress elected, who subsequently granted
all that he had demanded, as necessary to
Just reconstruction, when he returned to
New Orleans, and was heartily welcomed
by grateful people. and thus endeth the
chapter on his antecedents.
HOW HE WAS MADE GOVERNOR.
Here let me pause to do justice to
"Metairie." / have at last fallen up
on one truth, he has told, in his
letter. He says, "He also thoroughly
organized the negroes, and laid the pro-
gramme for the GubernatOrial election of
1867. and was himself elected" That was a
glorious day for Louisiana! Thank God, he
was elected, and that too. by 26, 900 majOrity
over his opponent, Judge TaliafcrrO, who was
mainly supported by Democrats with only
few hundred disaffected Republicans. And
the allusion to his opponent suggests a
thought respecting
r,r,- npc &c,y.rrpN nE THE ST-ppENE rOJ-pT
One of the Governors first acts was to ap-
point this same judge a justice of the Su-
preme Court, since he knew him to be a
gentleman possessed of legal ability and
personal worth. He appointed four Others
of like character. ''Metairie" says: "From
among his accomplices WarmOth appointed
the Judges OF the entire Supreme bench. y
We think that if any impartial witness
would examine the character, standing and
legal ability of the whole bench, he would
say, if these are the Governors accOmplices
he keeps very excellent company. AS an
other evidence however. of the mendacious
character of "Metairie," we would state.
| that of the five judges, one ran against the
| Governor. and two of the others, certainly
| and | think three, voted against him, and
| only one for him. Sic
Now that we are in the courts, we Will
| look at
THE BOY-JUDGE, DIBBLE,
| who is certainly as old as the Governor
| himself, and any man who has read his
| public decisions must give him credit fol
an amount of legal ability seldom possessed
by man of his age, and when, sir, your
| correspondent talks about his being a cor
| rIlpt tool" have him tell it to the marines,
| for no honest man will believe it in this
| latitude.
| CRESCENT CITY sLAUGHTERHOUsE.
Your readers must be informed that the
slauehtering of animals for this large popu
| Iation was formerly conducted in the upper
part of the city, and the 6ffal was poured
into the river, which, in consequence, reeked
with putridity The stencil was sometimes
intolerable. and even the pipes of the Water
works would be stopped with offal. In fact
twas almost as great physical nuisance az
| such men as Metairie are moral one
| 1t sent forth death and desolatiOn among
our population. The city and State govern
| ments had striven to abate the nuisance,
but the Democratic butchers had votes, and
| nothing could be done. Now, it so happened
that a Yankee General once showed oul
people how much could be done toward the
promotion of health by keeping city clean
and the Republicans had profited by the
experience, and determined to clean ont tho
slaughter pens and send them below the
city. 1t was deemed wise to encourage the
formation of powerful corporation, to pi
| against the butchers and with aview to the
abatement of an extraordinary evil, the
| LEGISLATURE granted extraordinary privileges
to that company. The butchers cared
nothing for the health of the city, but the
Legislature and the people did. The new
company erected buildings, and afforded
every facility forthe slaughterlnS OF animals
without prejudice to the health OF the people
but the butchers and their friends rebelled
and it became necessary to enforce the law
The fight was short. sharp and to the point
! and the butchers got the worst OF IT, ana arr
now peaceably following their avocations
| as the law directs. -,
To say that the masses sympathlzed witt
the butchers is all gammOn. 1hey cellt
have no sympathy with men who imported
cattle from Texas at four cents per pound
| and sold their meat at from fifteen to thirty
Since the nuisance has been abated the prlct
of meat has greatly fallen, and what is still
better. we are having about the mos
! healthy season ever known in this city, a
result, doubtless. greatly owing to tht
granting of the charter to the Crescent City
Slaushterhouse Company. The enc
mics of the Governor, of the 3" Metalrle'
school charge that he was bribed by th'
company. The charge originated with on'
George NJ Wickltfe (of which more anon)
and was most thoroughly investigated b!
the Legislature, and found false from begin
ming to end. | send you a report OF th'
House on the subject.
| THE REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER,
| Yen are told has received "A million of dol
lars during the past two years. False a
the other statements. At the time wheI
the Republican party came into power
State warrants were selling at thirty-tiye t,
fortv cents on the dollar, and before the et
fects of honest legislation could be felt, con
tracts for printing had TO be made. and on