Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-08-31

IRON rHr CINCINNATI COMMERCIAL.
We had an interview, Yesterday af
ternoon, with Mr.. P B. s. Pinchback, |
Manager of the LorIs1AN1AN-a color |
ed peoples organ-State Senator from
the Second District Of Louisiana, and
President of the Turner Hall Conven-
ton in New Orleans. Mr.. Pinchback
is an intelligent, well informed gentle
man, whose position in Louisiana az
fords him peculiar opportunities for
getting at the bottom OF most Of the
political movements in the State 1t
was in regard to the recent Custom
house Convention at New Orleans that
We interviewed him, and on that SUBJ
ject he PANIED out about as follows:
'h Interviewer-Are you native Of
Louisiana, Mr. Pinchback "'
Mr.. Pinchback- sir; I was bonn
in Georgia, but have passed most Of
my life in Louisiana. Most Of my ed
ucation was received here at Gilmore's
school.
Interviewer--The question that is
most interesting here just now is as to
the justification of the United States
officials in using those troops at the
recent Convention at New Orleans.
Was there any necessity for bringing
them into the fight9
Mr.. Pinchback-No, sir.
interviewer - Were there any
threats, or violence of any kind
Mr.. Pinchback-None at all, sir.
Interviewer-Mr. Close, in his letter
to the Commercial, says he thinks there
were threats made by the friends Of
Warmoth, against the Marshal?
Mr.. Pinchback- That is not tue.
That story was trumped up by those
gentlemen rs an excuse for the out
RACES they perpetrated upon the PEG.
pie of Louisiana. I have with me a
copy Of their organ, a paper published
} by the Customhouse and sustained by
the Customhouse employees. which
makes q charge Of this. kind, but it is
unfounded. at. ..L ti'if
INSTRUMENTATION long has this feud
between the State and United States
been going on?
i Mr.. Pinchback- Just year ago this
month, when the party headed by Lo-
well called primary meetings for the
E election OF delegates to State Con
E vention, at which Lowell proposed to
get control of the party. The adlIer-
A ents of Lowell (the Cdstomhouse gen
] tlemen) exerted themselves at that time
to destroy Governor Warmoth's inii.,-
d ence by telling the people that the
Governor had broken faith with them
and that if his administration was sils-
tanned, there would not be colored
man in Office in the State in another
year. They made good deal of CAPT
tai ont of such statements as these:
continually trying to convince the PEG
e pie that it was fight made by Cover
!, nor Warmoth against Lieutenant Gov
e ernor Dunn. because Dunn was black
: man. On that issue they succeeded
[. beating the Governor for the Presi,len.
: CIV of the Convention. 1t was thar
left to the Chairman Of the Convention
: to appoint five members of the State
Central Executive Committee. Lieu
tenant Governor Dunn refused to ap
!, point any one who was favorable t.
the State Government. He even re
fused to appoint John Lynch, who hst
given him the highest exhibition O
!. respect and friendship ever made b,
any white man in the South to col
ored man, because Mr.. Lynch was 1
friend of Governor wYmoth, ia-.
lnterviewer-What was the caus,
\ Of the quarrel between the Stat'
Government and the Customhous'
= people,. .laaa .a .t.4
e Mr.. Pinchback-The quarrel orr
e ginally was not between the Gus
r tomhouse and State Government
= but between Lowell and Governo
: Warmoth. Lowell being on thu
State Central Committee. soon al
rayed it against the Governor, ant
under his influence the committee
= made desperate efforts to defeat tn
: amendment to our Constitution alb
> rogation Article so, which made tn
Governor ineligible to reelection
The committee also tried to get Mr.
Casey removed, and I think would
have succeeded had it not been TO-
! Governor Warmoth. i thought h
q ought to be removed, but I did no
think it at all probable that tn
; President, would remove his owl
- brother-in- law, even If We all asket
S it, 80 / took no part in the attemp
4, to get him out. .hae
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