The Opelousas courier., 1871-03-18
The louisville Ledger and Gov.
warmoth.

The LedyPr Il :, Ht" plI''' J''7' ''''h
cd in Louisville "a lie nrm"crat1c or
pau of the STATE. Its editorial statf III
Guides number Of fine writer's and ac-
compliShcd gentlemen, among them Epl.
NJ. ". Ctuskey, who is so well and fiji
yorahlv known ia this city as an ull
sweryiny Democrat and Il devoted tlicli ii
to the Snnth and its people. The N'iw
Orleans Etpublican, in speaking Of tic
Ledger, said:
The new Democratic journal. the
paily Lcd>yrr, published at Louisville.
Kentucky, is ably conducted, and has a
CORPS of intelligent and reliable core s.
pondents.
These remarks }refaccl an extract
from the first letter from this city "t ''au.
intelligent and reliable correspondence
who thus wrote OF Gov. Warmn,h to ihr
ledger: our italics.
As apublir speaker he is ready, citar
and eloquent. In his executive capacity
he has shown extraordinary dicisipn,
nerve and energy. As Il political mar IL
ger lie is bold, independent and fortu
nate, (Which means tar-scrlng in his
combinations, uhIe not fren the fonYnH Of
Islander has ever charged him 'rta fros IT.
tutimg his high office to personal emo H.
,nent He aapires to Il national fame.
Such deliberate and palpable per
version of the truth Immediately drew
forth from the Southern press the most
unmeasurcd condemnation of the con
ducters of the Ledyer, who could tolerate
such correspondent and publish such
trash as the foregoing extract. Among
the paragraphs published by some OF
the Southern Democratic papers, the fol-
lowing is fair sample OF the estimation
in which Gov Warmoth is held:
The conductors of the Louisville Led-
oer. in one of the first numbers OF hat
new Democratic paper, make the fatal
mistake of publishing a. letter from y cw
Orleans extolling to the skies Warm pth,
the Garnet bag Governor of Louisi. ma.
We can tell the young candidate for rub-
lie favor and Southern Democratic sup
port, that next to Beast Butler there Is
no man in the country who is more thor
oughlv detested and despisch i'll that
State by the people whose support the
Ledaer Graves than this same vrnai aud
corrupt man Warmoth, who wishes t."
pass with the South and West tbr IL
friend to both. The publication of hat
letter has done for the Ledyer IN hat
city except among Warmoth & Co:
Such comments coming under tho OBJ
servation of the Ledyer people. must
have convinced them Of the error OF their
correspondent, for in the editorial col
umns of that Journal of Saturday LAST we
find the following, which we publish III
order to place our contemporary right be-
fore the Southern community:
If there is one political corruptionlst
more conspicuous than another III the
United States, that man is Henry Z.
Warmoth, Governor of Louisiana. When
charged by Senator Blackman, in Clai-
borne Parish, Louisiana, in the last leg
islative canvass, by the implication ot
interregatorics, with corruption, he be.
came .witpes against himself and owucd
up. A Door man at the close of the war
he engaged in various cotton spe tnla-
tions which encablcd him to wear good
broadclotll, until, by the usurpation OF
the Federal reconstruction policy, l1e be-
came Governor of. the State. Now lie
revels in wealth, and, like Lord Cilvee,
the former Governor of India. would,
were he arraigned, say that when he
looked ut the countless millions he saw
before him and reflected that he only
stole FIVE millions, he stood abasled at
his own moderation. The only inequality
in the comparison is the fact that the re,
sources of the impoverished people OF
Louisiana are not as great as India, and
Gov. Warmoth has not had the opportn-
nifty that the gigantic resources of India
furnished Lord Give.
The above is more in keeping with the
truth, and exculpates fully the Ledge'
from any charge Of "extollinS t" the
skies the carpet bag Governor of Lou's'-
ana"