New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-16
PACKARD'S DISPATCH TO g JUDGE y
PITKIN.

Louisiana, who is temporarily in this city:
New ORLEANS, August 8, 1871.
J. R. G. Pitkin
Convention organized. Burch temporary
president. Big victory Warmoth led his
Eforces out of the convention, and is at
tempting to hold boiling convention now.
He only took delegations from three or four
parishes that were regularly elected with
| him. Most of his adherents entitled to seats
remain. A guard of soldiers is in the build
| ing to protect public property, and to have
prevented a riot by mob that demanded ad-
mission to the building Show this.
S. B. PACKARD.
The late president of the State Central
Committee has earned the name which
the telegraph gave him in advance
Polkard-for the above is probably as
hard poke as the truth is likely to get
this season. Bonaparte delivering mes
sages from under the flaming kremlin, is
about the only historical character that
can be summoned to typify Packard
sending the above dispatch from amid the
confusion and defeat of last Wednesday.
Bonaparte treasured France, in the very
presence of disaster, and Packard ami
mated the faithful about Washington
although he was beaten and demorahzed
at the very time when he was engaged in
sending away his proclamation of victory,
and, as if cognizant of the historical
parallel which he was assimilating him
self to, he still further initiated the i'm
perial bulletinist, who always insisted that
his messages should be read at the head
of the French army. Packard wound up
his magnificent dispatch with the pre-
tentious and somewhat autocratic direc-
ton. ''Show this" as if he was a little
doubtful whether the recipient of the
message would have the temerity to do
that same. Pitkin must have felt that he
was cheating the public when he palmed
off on the Washington Republican the
foregoing dispatch, for he must have
known that it was not reliable, and that
the contradiction would follow swiftly
upon the heels of his imposition, 1t
seems to US that Pitkin is falling for he
has had the reputation of being shrewder
than to get himself into dilemma which
involved fraud upon his friends, and
one, too, that was sure to be detected
within twenty -four hours.
What was this fraud, and how was it
to be contradicted, and how has it been
contradicted? First, according to the
proceedings of the body known as the
Customhouse Convention, which Mr..
Packard indorses, Governor Warmoth
never attempted to hold any convention
at the Customhouse. He merely asked
for admittance as a delegate, and meet
ing with refusal, he departed with his
friends. He took with him the members
from seventeen parishes, numbering
thirty-two delegates, about whose Gre
dentials there was no dispute. Mr..
Packard recognized these thirty-two gen.
tlemen as representatives, gave them
tickets of admission to the Casey-Carter
Convention, and their names were called
when that body pretended to perfect its
organization. Mr.. Packard knew, when
he sent his dispatch to Pitkin, that all of
these gentlemen had adjourned to meet
at Turner Hall, and yet he affectionately
paid for telegram that suppressed this
disastrous news. Pitkin was not expect
ing such dismal intelligence, and Pack
ard did not have the heart to cast him
down entirely. Packard has too much
heart for his head, and this is how we
reasonably account for the deception
which he practiced on his absent friend.
1t did not occur to him that the exhibit
ton of the fraud might subject both him
and Pitkin to a term in the pillory.
If the public will read the above dis
patch carefully, and then read the official
report of the Casey convention, it
will discover that the faction in whose
interest Mr.. Packard telegraphed the
above message, contradicted every one Of
its statements in the official proceedings.
Governor Warmoth did not go out of any
convention; he took away all of his dele
gates, amounting to ninety-fve; and he
also carried off thirty-fve members who |
were admitted to be delegates in the
Customhouse organization.
This is one of the most extraordinary |
perversions of well known facts that was |
ever given to the public. Mr.. Packard |
must have known, at the time he was
sending his dispatch, that it was incor-
rect; he must have known, if he is Ca
oable of knowing anything when he is in
/ passion, that the truth would reach |
Washington almost as SOON as his mis-
statement, and he ought to have known
hat he himself would have to correct his
'wn statement at later day. Can any
man account for this singular
weakness in man who appears to be
gifted with ordinary horse sense? If he
IAN. and will furnish US with carefully
diagnosis of the case, we hereby
gree to pay for the same if we use it to
advantage on the subject of the disease.
MAKING ALL PAY ONE.
As but small portion of France was