New Orleans Republican., 1871-07-15
THE 0BJroT AND THE RESULT.

| ably little dreamed of before he got on
his legs. And this success was not. what
he intended. For lie did not by any
means establish the position that his
privileges as a member of the convention,
nor any of the privileges of the conyen-
ton itself, had been interfered with by
publishing the article in question. The
chair omitted to notice this little infor-
mality, and let the gentleman spread him.
self in the grandest style of wordy
oratory. What he said, or the manner OF
saying it, has nothing to do with this
article. He did not establish his point
of privilege, but atoned for failure in this
respect by bringing the real object for
which the convention had been called
squarely before it. He sounded the key
note, and Speaker Garter took it up.
Mr.. Carter appeared in the convention
as the representative and half owner OF
the Cameron Times" Who the other
owner is we are not informed, neither is
it material point. We hope, however,
the editor or editors will favor us with an
exchange, as we have never yet had the
| pleasure of reading their widely conduct
ed and ably circulated journal The
editor of the Cameron Times informed the
convention that the things alleged by
Dame Rumor, and published in the Re-
PUBLICAN, were ''simply not So" That
Speaker Carter had never imposed con-
ditions of any kind upon the manly and
Independent journalists to whom he had
awarded contracts. That Governor Dunn
had not imposed conditions. They were
all left free to discuss just such princi-
Piles and measures as their great wis
dom might commend to them severally.
His earnest manner of ''scorning the ac-
ton elected storms of applause from
some ten or twelve gentlemen who just
previously looked as though they too
wanted to rise to a question of privi-
lege." But they were evidently soothed
by the well feigned indignation of their
chief While things were thus going on
smoothly, and everything seemed lovely to
the inexperienced beholder Judge Dibble
took it into his head to play Joe Bigler
to Carter's Nasby. Said the Judge, in
terrupting the eloquent man: 'How
comes it, then, that the contracts of some
three or four papers have been annulled?
I am informed that you have taken away
the contract from the Attatapas Register,
LQfourche Times, and another paper,
called the Bdnner?" This interruption
and direct question, with Emerson Bent
ley and Mr.. Hartman both present, rather
rufied the smoothness of the occasion,
and called the gentleman up for an ex-
PLANTATION. Said he, ''Oh yes, those con-
tracts were revoked because the papers
were not neutral? only required of the
editors that they should keep their hands
off Governor Dunn and me, and not praise
WaTmOth! That is all. Itold them, that
| would not gire my patronage to any paper
that ooould abuse me, And by God, never
will"
At this honest, truthful declaration,
Dame Rumor frightened up, and her eyes
twinkled as plainly 81 told you So as it
is possible for a wink to convey intelli-
gence even to an aucJioneer. The dozen
and one whilom jubilant gentlemen again
looked as though they wished to rise to
a question of privilege" or to go home at
once. For here the whole devil was let
loose. 1t appeared no Republican paper
could obtain a printing contract without
consenting to conditions no honorable, in
dependent editor will put up with. He
must be neutral A neutral Republican
paper Just think of it. Governor
Dunn's official acts must not be criticised,
nor by the same token Speaker Carter's
either Even paragraph of faint praise
of the Governor now and then must not
appear in their columns Mr.. Bentley,
not fully understanding the conditions of
the contract between him and the State,
imprudently copied from another paper
very mild compliment to its chief
magistrate and forthwith off rolled his
head. Mr.. Hartman hesitated to comply
with some demand of the State of Louisi-
ana, party of the first part" as repre-
sented by the printing commission, and
off went his head. He failed to have
t stuck on again by giving it to Speaker
Carter in ''black and white" that Il will
do what you want me to-" So it ap-
pears that the distinguished printing CON-
missioners, according to the proof and
the admission of Mr.. Carter, have under
taken to establish themselves as the cen
sors of the Louisiana press. Not line of
a statute can appear in any journal con-
taminated by compliment to Governor
Warmoth. The scene was humiliating. |
1t was picture In the back ground, |
seated with anxious faces were these |
modern children of Israel, and be- |
fore them, i'll the foreground,
stood their more than Egyptian task
master. He demanded that they should |
make their bricks without straw, too, for
however subservient his independent
parties of the second part may be,
neither the Speaker, Governor Dunn, the
personal appeals of the poor editors nor
any other consideration can extort from
Governor Warmoth his indispensable
approval of their bills. Many of them