New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-12
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST Il 1871
THE PEOPLES COLUMN.

[.Brief COMMUNICATIONS Pssblished-L Long
Ones Ingaria6ly rejected The Editor no
Responsible for Ae Sentiments Impressed
in the Communications
EDITOR REPUBLICAN:
notice. by your paper OF yesterday
morning that you are disposed to
slur my humble but very sincere
and earnest effort before the Re
publican convention at Turner Hall on the
tenth instant. remarked on THAI occasion
that the truth spoke might, in the estima-
ton of certain individuals present, lack
some gentleness and time to speak it in
that some might think rubbed the sore
when l should have brought the plaster;
but l excuse myself by reminding my
hearers that the truth was never indebted
to lie; and this apology supposed amply
sufficient for all gentlemen of honor and in
telligence-yourself included. But if was
mistaken, the more the pity; and so with
moral, of the strain.
Now, sir, it may be that /, indeed, owe
an apology to some one tor what | said on
that occasion, or, at least, an explanation;
and, if so, that person is Governor War
moth. When | commenced speaking | had
in my mind fully and distinctly what l in
tended to say and / did not know until
had proceeded several sentences that Gov
ernor Warmoth had left the room if had,
[ mis- ht have shaped my remarks different
", because what / was about to say, and
did say, was intended for his ears more
especially than for the hearing'of any other
gentleman; and had he heard me am sure
that he could not, and would not, have
objected to a single sentence uttered
except, perhaps, to some words of eul0gy
bestowed upon some Republicans in whom
L may have more confidence than he has.
This was all.
Governor Warmoth will bear me testi
mony that | have ever been his friend; that
l never have, on any occasion or under any
circumstances, "gone back ON him." but
have ON many occasions stood up and de-
Tended him where and when it would not
have been safe for him to have stood up in
his own defense, and on occasions when, |
am sure, my own life was much more en-
dangered than here on the tenth instant,
rough and uncouth as were some of the
demonstrations
Those present, and who listened to what
| had to say, Will not assert that / made q
single charge or allegation of my own, derog-
atory to the character of Governor War
moth, as a gentleman and true Republican,
but only repeated charges which l had
frequently heard made against him by both
Democrats and Republicans, in and out of
the Legislature; charges which l distinctly
stated l did not believe, but which wished
to see promptly met and distinctly refuted,
or established. And to such an issue l am
sure Governor Warmoth could enter no OBJ
lection.
So. if / have erred in this matter, it has
evidently been in the exercise of more can
dor than discretion, and in the openly ex
pressed desire to see justice done between
all my party friends though the heavens
fall"
As TO Governor Warmoth, l repeat that l
have made. no charges nor complaints of
my own against him, and have none to
make up to date. l claim to be still his
friend, as l ever have been, ready and will
ing to labor with him and all other good
epublicans-Dunn, Packard and Lowell
included-for the success and triumph of
the Republican party, upon which, hon
estly believe, depends the perpetuation of
our free institutions.
w. JASPER BLACKBURN.
New Orleans, August IL, 1871.