Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-08-20
. SHAMELESS INDECENCY.

Packard is wriggling himself into
,rotesque- attitudes and ludicrous
positions, with such remarkable
that we are getting appre-
hensive of his suffering from an at
tack of teans,s, premo,aitory of dis
solution. 1t has been suggested to
us that he is dying a suicide.
When it became known that the
late State Central Committee deter
mined on holding their Convention
in the Customhouse, and would IN
woke the aid of United States troops |
for the purpose of intimidating |
delegates to the Convention In the
stern advocacy of what they con-
ceived to be their rights, and OF
soaring off multitudes who did not
desire the least proximity to, or
contact with soldiers" committee
of prominent gentlemen waited on
him and were informed OF the truth
of the report. and were told by
him, that in using the troops he was
acting under "the highest authority"
This representation of what Mr..
Packard said to Hons. H. c. Dibble,
H. j. Campbell, and W. r. Fish,
was published and remains uncon-
tradicted. But it now appears from
Mr.. Packard's letter to the n Y.
Tribune, that he had no idea OF
President Grant, rs the highest au-
thority' for the use of part OF the
Army of the United States. Oh no.
"P'-"Big Insun mel made a
reqdisition on General Reynolds
&C." and this actually seems to be
the highest authority" for the use Of
the soldiers on the memorable Aug.
9, 1871.
Now, in the name of common
decency, does Mr.. Packard possess
the hardihood to endeavor to i'm
pose on popular credulity, to the
extent Of inducing any body to be-
heve, that when he. informed "the
, dissenters from the State Conven-
) ton" as he complacently styles the
/ committee who visited im-that he
was acting under the very highest
authority, he meant and expected
his listeners to believe that he was
, referring to the "highest authority
offs. b. Packard himself? Certainly
not. He took up false position il
!. the first instance, attacked in it, HI
fortifes it by fraud and misrepre
sentation; and now called to &c
count for these, he still descends t.
further Misrepresentation and down
), right falsehood.
There is no pallation nor extern
, uatiOn for the list of offences
/, Mr.. Packard seeks to lessen tn,
enormity of the usurpatiOn b.
. dwindling the number of soldier
. to ''forty men," This excuse is 81
> flimsy and puerile rs not to deserv
further notice than to say, thos
forty men served on that day 70
the purpose that the whole arm
c could not have exceeded. The othe
" ridiculous statement, that they wer
there to protect public property
denied by one little incident. Whe
there appeared some danger of
IL collision between the factions, in
y neighborhood and locality whel
l. the sacred property" of the Unite
he States was in no possible DANCE
y why was there call to arms b
rs those in command of the troops?
rs The whole thing was a pre-a
y ranged and preconcerted plan G
10 the part of Messrs. Packard & G
L. to pack and control the Conventio
a in their interests, and decidedly al
Oh tagonistic to Governor Warmot
~ and the supporters of his admin
y tration; and the means they we
u driven 10 resort to, are such tn
rs "the highest authorities" cannot a
De prove or sustain, and the suborc
al mates are daily getting ashamed {
IS. And this is one of the mark,
o. and essential differences betwe'
II the advocates of the respect
AT wingslof our unfortunate party
VI this State.
ell And now here comes personal
us Gent, James Longstreet with tes
lat mony. against this attempt to supe
cede State authority by the prem
70 ture Intervention of the Fedel
10 arms in q most unauthorized Al
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