New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-07

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disposed to be a little tight" on our
Mock Duke, in the matter of his itching
desire for the supposed thorny guberna-
torial chair.
DUNN VS.. WARMOTH.
1t Is evident that his exec lleney the Gov
ernor and his vice excellency the Lieu
tenant Governos OF Louisiana do not CO.
operate il the most Guloet manner, or
dwell together in that spirit of unity which
ought to characterize two public function
aries OF their high grade. The circum-
stances which inspire a suspicion of this
sort are these: Warmoth is Governor;
Dunn, Lieutenant Governor. Being Lieu
tenant Governor Mr.. Dunn is, OF course,
only waiting and watching for his superior
| officer to vacate his shoes, either by death,
resignation, or promotion to the Senator
ship. The spoils of the Louisiana Cover
norship being very great, however, under
| the operations of the laws OF carpeabag
! Legislature, the Governor refuses 10 see
| the beauty of resignation. Dunn, there
fore, despairDg of getting the Governor
out of the way ''for good" has been yearn-
ing for an opportunity to get him out Of
the way for a little while, if only for q
brief day or two. III order that he might
make little hay by the help of the mo
dicum Of sunshine thus afforded. This OPP
portunity came the other day.
The Governor absented himself tempo
rariy from the capital whether for an hour
or week the accounts have not vet in
formed u.s.. and Dunn seized the oppor-
tunity to dress himself up in a little brief
authority. For one thing, he took oc-
casion to pardon out of the State prison
felon there confined. The exercise of exec
utive clemency is one of those sweet actions
which bring SO much satisfaction land
sometimes 50 much money! to the doer, that
the only wonder is that Dunn didn't 90 to
work and pardon out the whole prison full
while his hand was in. Probably, however
the friends of the others, not learning of the
golden Opportunity-the tide in the affairs
of the executive Office, which, taken at its
food, might have led out of the jug-did
not appear before Dunn with their "argu-
ments." AT all events, Dunn had bestowed
bis gubernatorial benefaction upon only one
rascal of the lot when the real Governor
came back and caught him at it.
The result was a very spicy and highly
personal correspondence between the real
Governor and the would-be Governor. The
former informed the latter that his inter
position in this matter was "otficious and
wholly uncalled for" that it was IAN in
trusion calling for immediate revocation
and rebuke;" and that when he (Warmoth)
wanted him Dunn to do any of the Gov
ernOrs business, he would let him know.
To this Dunn replies, in terms of unaffected
disgust, that Warmoth is no gentleman, or
he would have given his lieutenant a
chance before now TO try his hand at the
Governorship; that he might go on and re-
arrest the pardoned prisoners, but that it
wouldn't be healthy for him to do anything
Of the kind: and finally, that eff yocr Elk
cellency will not consider it officious for me
to express an opinion, would respectfully
suggest that you are acting outside of the
constitution and the laws" and, lin con-
clusion, permit me respectfully to decline
accepting your eXcellency as my exemplar
in either modesty, courtesy prOprietv, or
official duty
SO much for the details Of the affair. The
feud Of which it is the climax is long one.
growing in nowise, that we can hear of. out
Of the difference in color Of the two bel
ligerents (WarmOth being white, and Dunn
somewhat darker than his name implies)
1t ls one Of the endemic embrOglos pertain
ing to the carpet-bag zone, and breaking
out usually between the Governor and the
Lieutenant Governor of State. Florida
led OFF with the fight between Reed and
Gleason, and North Carolina and Arkansas
followed, an impeachment of the Governor
resulting in each Of these three cases. |
Though there has undoubtedly been great
deal of executive iniquity existing in con-
nection with these cases, it is found that |
the ambition of a Lieutenant Governor has |
always been at the bottom Of the prosecu- |
ton. 1t seems to be the rule in these States |
which are managed by carpetbaggers and !
ignorant negroes that the moment q Lieu /
tenant Governor gets sworn in, he sets at |
work to get the first word of his official |
title Topped off, either by killing, promoting
or removing the obstacle to his ambition:
and it seems to matter but little to Mr..
Lieutenant Governor which of these three
methods is employed, so it be speedy aud
sure The system reminds one of the old
feudal and barbarous times in Europe, when
no heir apparent or heir possible to the
crown was happy until he had killed off lis
father, brother or other wearer of that bau-
bic. The main difference is, that then there
was no way but the sword or the secret
dungeon to rid the throne of its incumbent,
whereas now there have been found i'm
proved methods for securing this result.
The cause of the practice is the same now
as then, showsver-a low moral standard
among the controllers of political power.
AS far as the merits of this particular case
are concerned, it looks altogether as if the