The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-08-24
The Republican Quarrel in New Or
. Il leans.


:. The Republican quarrel in New
Orleans illustrates as we'll tho inten-
siey of. the hatred which is excited
between, rival factions of the same
party in their squabbles over the
spoils, as their unscrunulousness IN
the use of means TO effect their sever
al ends. These factions exist in the
party everywhere, and lead to the
same unseemly outbreaks North and
South. In New York We have n
Conkliug-Murphy faction, waglng
war to retain Office against q Fenton-
Greeley faction-in South Carolina,
the Bowen and DcLargc factions
equally embittercd-- whilst in Louis
lana, the war between tho adhorcnts
of Governor Warmoth on the one
hand, and the Government officials,
Casey, Packard, and other Custom
House confederates on the other, is
wagcd with even fcrccr intensity, and
more high-handcd unscrupulodsness.
There is indeed nothing in the
character of Governor Warmoth, or
of his administration 10 commend
them to the countenance of honest
men, Elected to Office in 1868, by all
those corrupt arts which secure pow
er to designing men, he has conduc-
ted tho Government in tho same
reckless disregard of law and of CON-
mon honesty with which he attained
Office. Usurping the. .prerogativcs Of
other coordinate departments of the
State Government, he has mado bar
gain and sale of his own giving or
Withholding his signature to bills &C
cordipg to the measure of eompensa-
tiou offered and with majority Of
tho Legislature at his back, introdu-
cling wasteful and. corrupt expendi-
ture in every department of the Gov.
eminent. Tho rate Of taxation has
increased from fifty-two and one-half
cents per ono hundred dollars in 1868
whom Warmoth took his present
ofice-to ono dollar and forty-fve
cents in 1870, and bids fair to be over
two dollars this year: The debt
meanwhile has grown from fourteen
hundred thousand dollars in 1868, to
nearly iorty-niao millions of dollars
in 1871, and the State Auditor informs
the public that the deficiency for this
year will exceed eight and three
quarters millions of dollars.
-, But the. conduct Of the Collector
Casey, the Presidents brothcr-in-law,
and Marshall Packard, and their. ad-'
horcnts is equally lawless and rcvo-
lutionary. Finding themselves in
the minority of the proposed Repub-
Fcan Convention, they appoint place
OF meeting in the United States Gus
tom House, surround it with troops,
and constituting themselves u Com
mittee. on credentials, then wit thold
tickets from such as they SEQ proper,
and exclude tho adhercnts Of War
moth atthe.point of-ths bayonet from
the hall of meeting. Such highland
cd violence has aroused tho indigna-
ton of the party organs, and they
call upon the President to disavow all
connection with his officials; Says
ono of thoir organs: aTheir action in
pretondingst TO hold Convention in
which they bitterly denounced the
administration Of Gov. Warmoth
can bo looked upon in no other light
than that of enragsd factionists and
ef excessive zeal in the service of
their master at Washington. Ambi-
tious of power they have determined
to rule or ruin tho patty 10 which
thcy have profsssed to belong. 1t is
Stto be hoped that the President did
mot authorize the use Of these extra
ordinary means to soverawe {. Repub-
lican State Convention, but if it should
prove that these things were done by
his authority, it is equally to be hoped
that, his conduct will be denounced
by the entire American people" !.
n This lawlessness in high places
this unscrupulous use Of the military
arm Of the Government to control
local politics, is one Of the alarming
features of the times, and shows the
despotic tendency of that central
power, which threatens the destruc-
tion of liberty in this country.
Whilst Senator Morton argues the ne
cessity Of a strong central power at
Washington, the President and his
friends from day to day are giving a
practical illustration Of Che sound
ness Of. the argument, . !. Sss.,
p'l Caleb Cushing has q 5snit
against Mrs. Gen. Gaines for $780,
roo for services in gajninr her