The sun., 1870-08-18
SUNSHINE IN NEW ORLEANS.

Effect OF The suns Exposure Of the Lou
isiana Thieves-Gov. Wnrmoth Arrested
for Assaulting Negro-Ile Refuses to
Yield TO the Proccss-The Colo rcd People
Combining against the Governor and his
Ring-His Coming Downfall.
To ne Ediior n r. SHH.
Sra; My letter {, you OF July % on The Lou
siana Thieves" th, most conspicuous OF whom IL.
the Hon. II. C. warmo,h, the Governor OF the State,
which was published iu your issue Of the coh having
been copied by some Of the press in this city, has
occasioned
PROFOUND SENSATION
in this community. Gov warmo,h has been partic
uarly and voHeneutY stirred NJ BY the exposure OF
his scandalous conduct lie Governors anathcmas
Of THE sUS were fearful to hear. lie swcre that he
would have the Attorney General OF the United
states proceed agains, the editor OF THE Sun for
scI1 mag under the enactment against treason. II
slut ia-t to Tic Governor 10 state tia; heyAs
drunk
when he made this rrerostcrous threat, and tha; ho
had been unable 10 nnd in this bl.ivicx an whis-
Key or other beverage OF sufficiently plcatrg ql4l.
ities to soothe his perturhol feelings.
The fact IL, THE suns exposure Of Warmoth
and his gang has driven him frantic aud the hearty
coOpera ion Of the respectable newspapers in tris
city in tie exposure has madlenod him beyond cx-
disgrace which has ovcrtlken Lin. ami the icoos.
ton rom power which be secs j. about 20 Oyrr.stc
him, that he has lost his head. aud is acting In =
widest manner. Ills conduct u so absurd that the
boys laugh at him IN the street as he passes ty
them. Instead OF being called his Exec lency DC l.
constantly dubbed his Excrescence and his Acct
iency, even 10 his face. List week ne was so
vuglrly foolish "a TO attend n ward meeting
(le Tenth 10 pack delegates 10 a Conven.
ton which meets tomorro~, and got himself elected
a ward delegate to he Convention. Only think
what A ditniGei piece or WORK that was ior a GOV.
~ fla VRf Nga ltiekr
last Tuesday night august -. the Governors cleo
uon ne delegate was contested, and VIII be con
tested lgsin In the Convention itself The Governor
wa curased NJ the opposition 10 his ieeguteshi9,
that lie attempted 10 draw the blade Of his
swoRD-cANE
on Ernest Gardctte, an untersized colorei man,
who is an eN president OF the Tenth Ward Club
Glrdette is a pluckY little fellow. and frightened
Warmoth into state Of llvid rha.tnoss, where
upon William Blttr and Denis +. Kirby mixed in
20 save the g vernon from merited castigaton
The next daY Gardette entered paint against the
Justice George w. Sadler First Justice OF the Peace
Of Orleans, and warrants wele issued agtinst them.
Warmoth refused to be arrested, thus setting On ex
ample of defiance Of the law which will not be apt
TO be lost on the other rufians who iniest this
CITY.
caused an intense excitement In the city, which l.
rapidly extending through the state. anc will do
much TO accelerate Lis downfall. The Tenth Ward
Club denounces him the colored people denounce
him the respectable portion of the Republican
party denounce him; the people whom he has
IouDeu utnOuuCe AlNl dnu lltIt - none SO poor as
to do him reverence oLtlde OF his ring OF thieves
and plurderers
Warmoth ~ now beginning to coquette with the
Democrats, in the vain hope that they vii take him
up when the Republicans shall lave
UTTERLY DISCARDED
him He Is lured on IN this course by few venal
Democrats who, like the yenal Republicans will
serve ulder any leader who will lead tacm into the
public treasury aud help them to secure cOpous
pluuder. But the honest portion OF the Democrats
will have nothing IN do with him, and he will sue
for their help In vain. The fact s, Warmoth and
his myTmidons are doomed They may escape from
the State with their lives, but IL is doubtfu il they
got OIL with all their plumber METAIRIE.
NEW ORLEANs, Aug. Z 1870.