The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1871-12-16

school-boys2 with revolvers foot
long, standing on the streets" ETC., L
know to be alike untrue, and Mr.. Lam
| eraux knows it himself. We have a
quiet little school here, and more
civil collection of boys was never as
sembled together, and Mr.. Lameraux,
I have no idea, ever saw one OF them
carrying pistol.
MI. Lameraux's scheme, / am salts
fed is political one, ingeniously con-
cocted for the purpose of meeting with
public sympathy, and thereby obtain
a position in some of the public Off
ces of the country. | am honest in
my convictions as to his object, and
what have said in regard to his mis-
representations Though / have not
noticed half of them), know to be
true; and if the authorities feel inter
ested in the matter, hope they will
send up one or more sensible, honest,
unprejudiced gentlemen, and learn
from other sources whether L have
spoken the truth or not.
Personally, l have nothing against
Mr. Lameraux, as we have been friends
since our first] acquaintance. But [
have felt it my duty to this people
that the fallacy of his letter, as it APP
pears in the New Orleans Republican
of the fifteenth inst.,.a and the exposi-
ton of his plans be laid before the
public.
Since writing the above Mr.. Lamer-
aux, or Logan, has returned to Mont
gomery, thus proving by his actions
what we knew to be true before, viz I:
that he really had no fears in stay
ing in Montgomery, and that the lit
tie note ordering him away was the
work of himself. How long he expects
to remain with us do not know, but
he can certainly do so with perfect
safety as long as he desires.
He did not know, however, till aft
ter his return that his letter in the
Republican had been seen by the citi-
zens of Montgomery. Conscious of the
foul Misrepresentation in that letter,
and the great injustice he has done
the citizens, he very naturally has
kept himself, since his return, close at
home, preferring solitude to the keen
reproach that his guilty conscience
would heap upon him on meeting his
friends. Several days have elapsed
since his return, during which time he
has not appeared in company at all.
Moved by the impulses of guilty
conscience, he yesterday addressed a
short letter to Messrs. Dunn & Nc
Cain, from which extract the follow
ing:
d. and McC.-I understand that !
have been severely censured for a
communication over my signature
in IA New Orleans paper. 1t was man
ufactured from a sworn statement
made by me before committee APP
pointed by Governor Warmoth to in
vestigate and report on the condition
of Grant parish, and although warped,
do not deny the spirit of it. l am
made to say things in manner new
er should have thought of, and it was
to the Governor and not to the paper.
The heading of the article was the
work of the paper, as Ku-klux does
not occur in my statement, etc.
j. L. L.
1t IS so much the worse If he sWore
to that statement, but he seems to
charge the thing in part to the Repub-
kcaa, and excuses himself, as he was
on oath, for saying things he never
thought of. If Governor Warmoth
would learn the condition of Grant
parish, 1 think it due to his people
that he, seek such information from
persons who would speak the truth,
especially when put on oath.
JOHN P. GOUDER.
Montgomery, La, November 30, 1871.
! We, the undersigned citizens OF
Montgomery indorse the above letter:
A Vanhook Raglan, Justice of the
Peace; Isaac A. Marks; Philip Bern
slime; David Hardy, notary r. E.
Jackson, Mayor; Thomas o. Harrison
j. NJ. Bell Dunn & Mccain.