New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-12-07
SEEING Is RELIEVING.


+ upheld many good man in his day an
generation when the very fates themselve
seemed leagued to destroy him. Slande
: at times seems to fasten itself upon tn
: public ear and to hold it in error agains
: honesty and truth. All that integrity cal
do in such cases is to wait with patienc
and to work with faith, for the hour surel,
cometh when the falsehood must fail Q
testimony and when the deception mus
wear out. 1t is in the nature Of lie t
destroy itself in some of its turns for sup
port, and the smile which deceit must wea
can not always serve its purpose, for ther'
will come day when it will meet botf
its ally and its dupe face to face, and the1
the deception can last no longer. The
trickster who wins by cheating both sides
is sure to fall between them.
For months, yes, for almost two years
that faction in the Republican party OF
the State Of Louisiana, which has cont.
nually hated Governor Warmoth, has con-
stantly asserted that it was justified in its
opposition by the conviction that he in
tended to desert the party that elected
him. The most violent Democrats have
sought to injure the Governor by assert
| ing that he was ready to join them When
ever they would take him. Men pretending
to be Republicans have made it an occupa-
ton to propagate this falsehood, that the
leading Republican in the State was prepar-
ing to desert his friends; and men pretend
ing to be Democrats have asserted this
g1oundless fabrication, whenever. from a
sense Of policy or craftsmanship. Governor
| Warmoth has differed with his own friends
touching some act Of legislation particu-
larly offensive to the prejudices of ma
iority of the white people. To do an act
of justice between the races, as he did
when he vetoed the first civil rights bill
that was passed by the Legislature, both
because it was impolitic and unconstitu-
tional, was but to provoke the rage OF the
tactionists and the ingratitude of the
Democrats. Whenever he has helped the
white people, by appointing reliable
Democrat where he could not find suit
able Republican, that fact has been used
to prove that he was paving the road to
desertion. He could not speak to po-
htical opponent, or eat dinner with
respectable body of his fellow-citizens,
but that the courtesy was tortured into
desire to turn his friends out of doors to
give place to his enemies.
The faction at the CustomLouse has
made this scandal its own, spreading far
and wide the falsehood that Governor
Warmoth had already betrayed the Re
publican party into the hands of the
Democracy. He was to be supported by
his new associates in reward for what
he was to do for them. And the DEM
ocrats even believed that they had the
Governor where they would Use him and
then abuse him.
The people have been imposed upon
and cheated in this respect for months,
and there was no way 10 disprove the
talsehoOd or to give evidence Of good
faith. The time came yesterday, how
ever, when all this treacLery and all these
talsehoods met their fate IN an ignomi-
NOUS discovery and disproyal. The party
that has accused the Governor Of selling
out to the Democracy sold out Itself, and
il not only betrayed the party, but il be-
'rayed the colored people. Governor
Warmoth and all his friends supported a
Republican and colored man for the
Office that had been left vacant by Re
publican and colored man, while the !
supported white man for po-
sitlon that had been assigned by the State |
to the colored people. There |
IS no excuse nor palliation that can save |
the CustomhoUse faction from the blame |
Of having done that very act which it has
so often accused Governor Warmoth of |
intending to do, to wit: atfil;ating with |
the Democracy to obtain control Ct the |
State. Seeing is believing. All the Re
publicans voted for Pinchback. All the
actionists, Democrats included, voted for
Ioupland. For months, therefore, these
men have laid it at the door of another
he treason which they themselves in
ended to commit. And it was only by
he death Of Governor Dunn that the
ruth could be brought to light, to save
he Republican party from being destroyed
~ the disseminating traitors that medi-
ated treason against its integrity all the
ime