The New York herald., 1871-08-22
The Louisiana Republican
Convention.
Reply of MIR. Conway to the Ca
sey-Paokard Messages.
The Actual History of the Whole
Affair.

Affair.
The following letter has been addressed by Mr.
rnomas w. Conway. State Superintendent Of Public
Education in louisiana to President Grant,
To HIS ExoELLENoy ULYSSES S. GRANT, PRESIDENT or
THE UNITED STATES:
sheraton thoughts concerning effort Of the
Of Lons,nS fo to @ Ses Stat. ss
pany gentleman the bearer of messages
s
s. s OF s'
to make their contents volunteered exhibition
s1 % he did SCI that WAS OF Sm
@ took mo ~ IN the C S
he interested with them solely the OF
read aloud the railroad their having
n
contents nor from promptly branding every statement
Of men who know have commsd gross po:
% The Gn ss %Ps
of less original magnitude ~,
them INTO the project Of sransnE the freedom Of the Con
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the republican party OF the country The MESSAGES which
by the Northern bound state that
to h
Custom House chosen for meeting OF the Convention
the sy, .Sss the State conm!is.s esnpsIsd
resort 70 S h c0u room al 20 S Tue
pledged denounce and
sympahy wth ne and that
@ as
soldiers the Custom House and iaing guns placed
by their presence wholesome moral ,nnuence that
Ms had sss"rsS s , nc's the
a House made an nesn
In the of which he denounced the national
raon and that both he and his friends were enemies Of the
Before noticing each of.hose statements separately allow
a fD-faV W IN
has hard work. faced greater number Of dan
% 0ssa to the prscpe
OF s ps of Ars s Ssn
myself Ny apology for this personal alason is that your
the custom Hoae
% % of eae 70 he an
opnou would tend endanger the success of the republican
that the by Mr.
M ca an wa and
injury to the cause Of the republicans. venture to invite
Ers~xs e he ehsrge that friend. of Governor warmOh
yenon will suffice to tina. it not In the power of
KNOW nyn any the w
psss and a;seay tho mo- 1ns W. h, PScinns
year agans, both democrats and the State
Pnchbsck Judge Dbbe and ohersj would likely to resort
70 any %poc and absurd as that predicted BY
charge would wen If against themselves
nae, ss
Mr. Lowell, StOckdaie their friends
particular terms caring they did far for the
condoc. likely the national and
The The h e s s m he
the Custom House wa. hiled with armed me troops and
House officers Ipersonay know and stand ready to make
moth, While fully aware of the Contemplated outrage when
4. CS% to- ns f for
and good name OF the community aud that no time
aught save submission wishes OF the Con
veon alter the same should be fairly and freely expressed
House for the meeting Of the was because the
this All previous Republican State Conventions
Louisiana had assembled n the Hal OF the Mechanic In
Assembly Mr. Casey. Mr.. Packard and their friends
entirely to their jursdcon where they could by The use OF
and deputy be the better enabled to force its
hail. therefore selected the United
preston viii 81 the Convention he rgh to
strange the freedom Of Convention and therefore ass
u. Te e% o the military Ina,
which were previously forged to feer IT, and meet else
There are some hasin New Orleans owned by persons
coadn possibly hired for the meeting Of tie Kepaocsn
Convention and know Of out one OF suitable size which
Had Lafayette street. which place hired aud subse
Who were not ready 10 the slaves Of armed force
OF United States iroops with, 6Ied baycnets and Ga,lng
comm by un,e State. SsrSs scss
Onccr cared his election the
oce of Governor than for either his ocia duty
cess OF the national rary and even more than or
for the Presidency is72.
TrdAs to ke abatement that the jor,y of the dele
and we're IN danger Of personal violence friends
the Governor a;ng under ms leadership have to say II
were as falls, that M the %.oTy a1 o The Ssesa,.s
could sit p''su Justify !ss ieasa ofsansins
of an army and turning the Custom house into
military camp for the purpose of depressing The Governors
fends7 How could the mere apprehens Of violence from
one faction Justify the other in its actual nse
u.h q
the Convention with the disposition endorse boh the
national Stale administration; but the Custsm House
officials determined that no expression of approval OF ine
Governor shcad he made by the Convention and 90 ihsy
themselves resorted to violent measures
Their conduct In this respect has bad the enec OF causing
majority of the members of the Convention TO seriously
question whether the national adm!u,.ra,ion would he
tey TO endorse she outrageous conduct OF s chcs ree
serisves n Louisiana and prove not so deserving OF
their endorsement, in se future they considered to have
FouG The idea that troops Calling runs and armed
deputy mkrshsls only called for the moral effect OF
frivolous for the commission outrage OF
character and magnitude AS 10 no, only shock the Whole
OF republican success 10 the esmpssn. Of mi,
and the coming yesr-oss,see, ca sslcu,si.d ,. to
msu matter our OF seroas DOUBT Tn. autSors of ,h.
excuse overlooked the fact that Louisiana has
cvn government capable Of preserving ihe resse one which
Casey and Mr. Packard in everything else except as 10 tho
sG.g o sns oabsp ante Ia, o proeens "a. ebs
OF citizens and OF restraining OF them
ng act calculated to endsnger se safety OF the pub
TSe charge that Senator West declared that unles the
friends controlled the Convention there would
hoodshed 10 weak Invention 0enernl Wesl, having heard
Of this accusation New Orleans hty depOu1ccd that Ase
hood intended in the absence OF any other usi,hesuon o
deputy marshss by federal 0llceholdes the day Ia
question:
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