New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-11
LOUISIANA.
Republican State ConventiOn-Custom
house Crowd Condemned by the Tri-
bune,-Opinions of the New York Press

NEW YORK. August 10.-The Tribune
says: Louisiana Republicans are in de-
plorable state of confusion and anarchy.
| Two parties-one under the leadership of
federal appointees, and another led by State
oticers-are wrangling over the political
machinery of the party. Two conventions
were organized yesterday, the Warmoth or
State party leaving the other after being re-
PEELED at the Customhouse convention by
the presence of United States troops What
ever may be the real merits of the quarrel,
it must be confessed that the conduct of the
Casey wing in bringing political conyen-
tion into so unsuitable place as the Gus
tomhouse. for the sake of getting a plausi-
BILE plea for engaging United States troops
to protect it, is not to be justified on any
possible pretext. This action of the anti
Warmoth party is defended in a Washing
ton dispatch, but we should be sorry to be-
ieve that any influential officials at the
capital sanctioned the proceeding.
The Herald says: Radical politics in
Louisiana have assumed an exceedingly
complicated and quarrelsome shape. War
moth, the Governor, and the oficeholders
throughout the State are in fierce opposi-
ton to Dunn, the colored Lieutenant Gov
ernor, and the federal officeholders At the
convention in New Orleans, yesterday, the
first named and his followers bolted and
formed convention of their own This
fight is altogether one for spoils, and it is
not likely to make much difference which
one wins, though the Republican split offers
a fair opportunity for the Democracy, if
they have brains enough to run away with
spoils themselves.
The World and Tines are silent.
The San says: "For the first time in the
history of the nation federal bayonets have
been used to control the action of political
convention, under the leadership of the
RnC tnrN-f Nl,z. L.
troops yesterday took possees on of the hail
in which the Louisiana Republican State
Convention was being held and forced out
the delegates opposed to the denomination
of General Grant. The office olders and
those looking for Office remained, and will
undoubtedly carry out the wishes of
Grant and his relations. The men
who have made the Republican party
OF Louisiana We're virtually driven out of
the convention. Under the leadership of
Governor Warmoth, they proceeded in
a body to another hall and organized a con-
yention. When the Ku-Klux bill was be- |
fore Congress the San repeatedly warned |
the people that it was bill expressly pre-
pared to enable Grant to force the election |
of delegates favorable to his denomination |
from the Southern States to the next. ma
IN New Orleans yesterday proves that that |
should have been needed. But |
even under the Ku-Klux law the |
President has no power to use United States |
troops as they were being used in New Or |
leans yesterday. He has usnrped the power. |
He has no more right to interfere with |
Republican Convention in Louisiana. than |
he has to Interfere with Republican |
Convention in the State of New York. |
He has no more right to point a bay 1
onet at the breast of a Warmoth I
delegate to the Louisiana Convention
han he has to point bayonet at the /
9reast OF Greeley, delegate to the New York
republican State Convention. If he may
10 one, he may do the ether. Grants ac-
ion yesterday was glaring usurpation of
he rights OF the people. 1t gives strong
olor to the prediction of General Frank |
5lair that Grant would use the army, if
necessary, to retain his hold of the White |
io'se. Let the people be prepared; their
lberties are threatened.