New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-12-17

1907 ana January ana February OF 1871
The amount paid said employees per month
and if any persons were employed and paid
during said time without authority Of law
if SO. how many and the amount thus paid
them, and what labor. if any. they per-
formed. The amount paid employees in said
cnstomhouse during each of the months of
1860 lS66, 1861 and 1868. together with the
number OF persons employed during each
OF said months. The amount and proper
ton of increase, if any. of imports and ex-
ports at said port during said years.
In reply transmit the original papers
called for. together with statements pre-
pared in the office of the Commissioner of
Customs and Bureau of Statistics. which
furnish ali the information in the posses
sion of this department on the subjects EN-
! braced in said resolution.
| have included statement of the imports
| and exports for the year 1856"
Very respectfully.
GEORGE S. BOUTWELL,.
Secretary Of the Treasury.
| Hon. Schuyler COifaX Vice President. sc.
| PLEASE READFACTS-GOVEREM OF FICIAL>
IN NEW ORLEANS.
Letter of an ex-federal soldier relative to
government officials in New Orleans.
| SlR-You have been looked upon as an
honest man, with loyal devotion to the in
terests Of the Republican party. Enter
| tanning this view, we conclude that you can
not be aware of the true character and
standing of the federal officials in this coun-
try. or surely they would not be tolerated.
We are mortified. chagrined and disap-
| pointed at the state OF things: and vet. If
we say anything we are set upon as ''sOre
| heads" or as "disloyal to the party. But
we claim to be as true as steel-vOted
! for Lincoln in 1864. and for General
Grant in 1863. and have been. and
still are faithful TO the Republican party
and to the administration. But We are out
ragged by the character OF our Otficials-they
are burden that no party can or ought to
he ASKED to carry; indeed. If they continue
to be tolerated and sustained. they will rem
der the party a stencil in the nostrils of the
! community. Endurance now ceases to be a
virtue. Take few examples;
Colonel ~ James F. Casey, collector
OF the port. why called Colonel" when
he takes pride in claiming that through the
war of the rebellion he occupied the proud
| position Of a neutral Kentuckian" After
| the war a fruitleas effort at planting re-
duced him to ahject poverty and bankrupt
| cy. Then. as cotton weigher for the
| government: he is said and believed to have
made money by ENORMOUS profits on cot
| ton, weighed without ever beirg on or
| even near the scales. which became rusty
for want OF use-cotton weighed without
weSher or his adroit assistant now his
chief deputy collector. After this. he played
the part OF my man Friday to Perry
Fuller Democratic collector. to the pecu-
mary benefit of both. And by this the way
was opened, and arrangements made for
more extensive speculatlons. when Col
cnei'' Casey should he collector of the
port. and Perry Fuller should in turn be
come the ''luan Friday. See letter of
Hon. Perry Fuller to General Ewin-.j Such
are Casey's claims he has no other. He
is regarded as a man with scarce capacity
enough to run a little ci gar shop let alone
to manage the affairs of great Gus
tomhouse. He is ashamed to avow himself
a Rtpublican-never voted a Republican
ticket in his life-has never done anything
for the party. Indeed, he is powerless and
could not if he would. He is honored with
membership in the ''IIancock Club, which
is bitterly and prOscriptively Democratic.
He has in office, as subordinates. some of
the most bitter opponents OF the Repub-
iican party We have ever had in this city.
and still worse. some of these have nothing
in the world to do but to draw their pay.
being mere ''sinecures." Others are re-
tanned who are openly charged with direct
completely in the late frauds. Indeed, it is
openly charged that he has virtually sold
ont to the parties under arrest for frauds:
and Yet we are not to open our mouths, but
must sustain our officials, as representatives
OF the party. 1t is an outrage and shame
for the party and the government to be
thus imposed upon. Is there no remedy
When will the day Of our deliverance
come
But read on. s. A. Stock.lale collector
of internal revenue for this district. He
may have IA fair share of integrity. and the
capacity of a good clerk; but in politics he
i, .dc essentially nn1 practically ytog ns%5s
motto. He has no identity with the
party. never attends it's councils or its clubs,
and would not walk across the street to in
tuence Il vote in its favor. and has never
been known to express. much less to defend
a political opinion. He lives, moves,
brcathes. and has his being, solely for 5. a.
Stockdaie. He does not even 80 as far as
the old man whose prayer embraced Me
and my wife, my son John and his wife. us
four and no more. Amen" But he stops
short Of this and says, Lord bless me and
my wife, Us two. and that will do Amen"
Ii he were to see the Republican party top
ping to its fall he would not stretch out
his hand to stay it unless he feared it might |
crush his own toes.
logg. General appraser"-a mere sine
cure Of an Otfice-but lucrative. is held by |
DIR. Kellogg. loyal enough. and reputed
honest, but if he is Republican, even his
wife has never found it out. He is not sut-
tciently interested in the party as to walk
two squares to vote: and would not think
of letting down his dignity sufficiently to
be associated with Republican club, and
would scorn to attend political meeting
where colOrei men We're admitted to equal
rights and honors. Like Stockdale. he was
never known to advance political senti-
ment, much less to defend one. Still he is
the pet of Senators. anil fills an office
where the greatest. if not the only labor to
be performed is to draw his salary. Such
are some of the officials you give us in
places of homer, trust and profit. Must it
continue Or may we hope for deliver
ance EXFEDERAL SOLDIERS.
UNITED STATES SENATE CHAMBEK,l
Washington April ,, 1870 :
SIR: respectfully inclose herewith
received from the Irish Re
publican Association of New Orleans, and
which explains itself. AS communications
Of this nature are becoming somewhat
numerous, l have concluded hereafter to
transmit them to you as fast they come
to hand. Very respectfully.
WILLIAM +. KELLOGG.
Hon. George 5. Boutwell,, Secretary of the Treas
ury.
Resolutions of the Irish Republican A>so-
citation of Louisiana. for the removal of
james r. Casey, Collector of Customs
New Orleans.
IRISH Ref ASSOCIATION
New Orleans, Louisiana, MAJ CHI u, 1870. :
SIR: l have the honor to inform YOU that
1t regular meeting of the Irish Republican
Association of New Orleans Louisiana held |