New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-06
TRUTH VERSUS FICTION.
Lieutenant Governor Dunn's Letter Tried
and Found Wanting.

l.. TRUTH VERSUS ElCTkON..
Lieutenant Governor Dunn's Letter Tried
and Found Wanting.
The chief of the boiling Republicans in
this State has written letter. The flip
pancy and feeble attempts at wit, in which
this production abounds, coming from one
brought to the bar of the country, and de-
Tending himself from charges Of the most
serious character, are as much surprise to
his opponents as a source of regret to the
few who still give to him political allegi-
ance. But it is not with this phase OF
Lieutenant Governor Dunn's epistle to MIR.
Greeley that we now propose to deal. 1t
contains so many misstatements, exaggera.
tions and bold fabrications, relating to mat
ters of public and party welfare, that
space and time will not permit US to point
out its low tricks and mean. shifts, which
are so invariably indicative of a weak
mind or weak case, whenever their en-
ployment is resorted to. We proceed at
once to Mr.. Dunn's allegations and their
refutation:
SHOW THE NOTICE.
Lieutenant Governor Dunn asserts:
The State committee determined that the
door of the courtroom in which the cOnven-
ton was to be held should be opened at
thirty minutes before twelve o'clock for
the admission of delegates, contestants and
members of the press. The committee gave
due notice through the press of the points
herein stated relative to the time, place and
order to be. observed in cOnvening of the
members and organization of the conven-
ton.
No such notice was given, that the dele
gates would not be admitted to. the hall
until half-past eleven o'clock, and we defy
its production; but the Governor and his
friends were told on arriving at the Custom
house by deputy marshal that they would
not be admitted until twelve o'clock.
WHO REsoRTED TO VIOLENCE!
Lieutenant Governor Dunn declares:
For weeks prior to the convention, the
primary meetings of the Clubs in nearly
every ward in the city had been disturbed
and broken up by the supporters OF his eX-
cellency Governor Warmoth, through or
ganized gangs of street and. city employees,
moved from club to club, assisted by hired
ruffans and thugs.
Is this true or false! If it is true, did
not Customhouse employees do the same
thing! Did not Postmaster Lowell blm-
self notify the men at work on the Custom
house to be at the various club meetings to
help as claquers!
Give an instance of club being broken up
by the friends of Governor Warmoth. Was it
II the First Ward, where Isabelle was tri-
umphantly elected president, and that, too,
with the aid of Miller, who, two weeks af-
terward, organized boiling club-under the
direction Of the Customhouse officials, in
whose employ he is Or the Second Ward,
where Mudgett was turned out of the presi-
dency for non-residence, by an overwhelm-
ing majority Or the Third Ward, where
Dunn, as president, would not let
friend of Governor Warmoth
open his mouth, and brought down
such a storm of indignation that the peoI J
held a mass meeting and denounced his
course, but mercifully left him nomiRally at
the head of his club! Was it in the Fourth
Ward, where Fabius Mex. Dunn is presi-
dent and where Pinchback beat him for the
convention two to one, and where he dunn
himself) moved to make the election unani-
| nous! In the Fifth Ward, where each fac
ton claimed to have the mother club; the
sixth, where Internal Revenue Assessor
| Joubert refused to put to vote resolu-
| ton declaring the right of the club to elect
| it's own commissioners of election, and Jou'
bert vowed he would appoint them, and
would hold the person offering the resolu
| ton personally responsible for thus insult
! ing him, and where the club impeached and
turned said Joubert out of office! Was it IL
the Seventh, where Rey beat Boothby foI
| the presidency, and Boothby, still claiming
to be elected, caused a division of the party
| in the ward, and two mother clubs! In the
| Eighth, where Leclere beat Domingon fol
| the seat in the convention; or, in the Ninth
where Coupland refused to put simila1
motion to that objected to by Joubert. ant
was by the club turned out Of the chair theI
and there! Or the Tenth, where Casey, will
1 his Customhouse clique, tried to adjourn thu
| club, and then bolted, and, with the EN-
ployes Of the government, built wigwam
and organized a boiling club! In thu
! Eleventh, where Heron and William:
were elected over Wright and West
Customhouse men; or the Twelfth, where
Mcconnell beat Bruce; or the Thirteenth
where Augustus beat everybody; or the
Fourteenth, where Fish beat the field
Where and when did the police and friend
of Governor Warmoth disturb and breal
up a club meeting! The whole story i
false from beginning to end, and nobod.
knows it better than Governor Dunn. Gov
ernor Warmoth did not attend club meet
ing during the campaign, nor advise an.
disturbance, but on the contrary, alway
exerted his authority and his influence i
favor of order and peace. And we conf
dently assert that there were fewer fight
and noisy meetings daring the election an
before it than at any similar series of gath
erings in this city on any previous occasion
And, considering the abusive and persona
onslaughts madAuppon the Governor indi
vidually, and 4 ensive manner in whic
they were made,it is wonderful that S
much forbearance was displayed. Fror
the beginning of the campaign to the en-
the sole card Of the faetionists was attac
on the Governor. Governor Dunn, Speake
Carter, Colonel Lowell, Marshal Packard
MI Pitkin and the whole crowd-big, itti
aud middlemen of the clique-went fro1
clubroom to clubroom denouncing the Go'