New Orleans Republican., 1871-08-30
MEssRs. PACKARD AND CAsEY's CARD.

terday morning, together with the promp
and appropriate reply of Mr.. Conway
The mere publicity Of the card in this
city was sufficient, perhaps, to refute the
statements it contained. For such as are
not ambiguous or irrelevant, are so noto
riously against current belief and knowl
edge, that they are dismissed by all intel
ligent readers as positive failures. We
shall, however, note briefly some of The
statements which were not referred to by
Mr.. Conway.
After reciting the incidents that pre-
ceded the call for the convention, and the
fact that it was called by the committee
Mr.. Packard (for we choose to. consider
the defense as his, though probably Mr..
Casey wrote it, proceeds in this manner
Immediately the Warmoth faction com
menced using every means to insure theil
success throughout the State.
As it was well known that the move.
ment was an attack on Governor War.
moth, politically and personally, as well
as a cunningly. devised scheme. to dis.
tract and divide the Republican, party,
which, by the way the Marshal character.
izes as the "Warmoth faction" it was
time to take measures to secure success.
For the success of the Governor and his
friends meant success to,the Renl blican
party, and uice uersa. On the ot1et hand,
the federal officials also commenced
using every means to insure success. :"
They naturally desired to get some sort of
an approval of their official acts in posi-
tons to which they had been appointed
by the President, not elected by the peo-
pie. And as they could not possibly OBJ
tain from the people of this State, nor from
a single parish, nor from ward in this
city, free, spontaneous Endorsement,
they naturally went to work to purchase
one, or what would bear such semblance
to one that it would pass as popular ap-
proval. Therefore, to paraphrase the
words of the card slightly:
Brides of money and Office were prof
fered unsparingly; all Office holders OBJ
noxious TO their policy were removed
threats and entreates were alike used to
effect their purpose. In the city of New
Orleans, organized bands of inspectors,
laborers, and employees of the Custom
house, engaged for the purpose and as
signed to no other duty, and thugs and
criminals of the lowest standing in So
,iety, were sent from ward to ward and |
rom clubroom to clubroom to repress all
expressions of dissatisfaction with their
masters, Packard, Casey & Co., and to
insure the election of their candidates.
Gangs of men were sent from the Gus
omhouse up to the Tenth Ward to build
wigwam, and Customhouse officials af-
erward met in it and acted as officers of
he meeting held therein. In short, every
Republican voter in the city was brought |
nto requisition, either to stand by his |
,arty, with our gallant Governor at its
lead, or to became chattel in the inter- |
st of the. Customhouse clique. Demo-
ratio merchants promised large sums of |
money, and paid limited amounts, for the
vowed purpose of dividing the Repub-
Ican party. An old rickety, wheezy rebel
ewspaper, that once was Democratic,
ut at that time free lance without en-
loyment, was deluded, by promise of
be State printing, into the support of
he Customhouse clique. And when the
ght was over, and the enemies of Repub-
canism were sorely defeated, and the
romised consideration had signally
.iled, this hired organ turned
yainst them, and admitted that it mad
one what it did for the sole purpose
distracting and breaking up the Re-
ubliean party. Of course that was one
the inducements, but not the only
ne. All failed, however, for the Re-
ublican party is not broken up, and
[essrs. Packard & Co. have decided not
} buy the Bulletin, and Messrs. Dunn,
arter and J. II. Wilson, albeit they tried
ard, and acted in good faith among
lemselves, have not yet succeeded in
king the State printing from the most
ithful and influential Republican paper
the South, and giving it to one whose
)litical virulence and influence for
rong were simply and solely limited by
intellectual and financial weakness.
We may remark here that since the
SEQ the Bulletin has passed to the man.
ement Of new parties, who are in no
pse responsible for the escapade al
ded to-
Warmoth's friends openly boasted that
ey would control the convention.
When the result of the primary elec-
ms was known, it was rendered quite
rtain that an overwhelming majority of
e delegates were friendly to both
'vernor Warmoth's administration and
,neral Grants, and with these well
own facts in view it would be rather
'ange If they did not expect to control
convention. Nothing but fraud could
We prevented it, and even that was tried,
d it failed, and there was no bloodshed
her.
AS for the declaration attributed to Gen i
Al West, that "We will have control of |
1T convention or BLOOD" we have his i
thority for saying that it is not his. He l
yer gave utterance to such sentiment. t
d if Messrs. Packard and Casey suppose S
did, they are aSmuch mistaken as they