Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-09-02
,ears and think / fully understand the situa.

wears and / think fully understand the situa-
ton here. My associations have been demo-
cratic in a political way, and without betray-
ing confidence of any kind am able to speak
somewhat "from the books" l am satisfied
that most of the republican papers North do
not understand what is going en- here. Notably
the New York Tribune has been sadly msled,
and the democratic papers of course want to
make all the capital possible out of the affair
without any particular regard to the truth.
l don't know whether the President authorized
the use of troops or not, but do know that
if troops had not been there we would proba-
bly, have had re-enacted the scenes at Mechan-
ics' Institute in 1866. To comprehend the
case fully you must know that there is, and
has been for some time, a movement on foot
with Yarmouth at the head, to create white
mans party in Louisiana. Overtures have
passed between Yarmouth and certain demo-
cratic leaders here to this effect, and a ma
jority of the State central committee here are
in favor of it. Yarmouth is to surrender the
State to the democracy and he is to be re- elect
ed governor. And then United States Sena-
tor Yarmouth is of course odious to the mass
of old residents, but his power is immense
and for the sake of success the democrats may
be induced to go into the amendments Some
of us are not for it, but we will in all proba-
bility be over-slaughed. l am opposed to
making any such issue, believing it to be
fraught with great danger to the peace and
prosperity of the South, with which am now
identified, and if l can contribute to defeat
the scheme deem it my duty to do so. War
mouth has the State militia and the city police
under his control, and in great measure the
election laws. The former he vigorously used
in the late election Of delegates, and the lat
ter he will as freely employ when the scheme
is fully developed and announced In the
ward meeting the police behaved most brutal
ly toward the colored republicans, intimidat-
ing and driving them away by force and
threats in the county l understand his friends
did the same thing. Yarmouth got his
strength in the separate convention in this
way. This was Of course known TO the "Plug-
Uglies" and unwashed rebels, and was ''nuts''
to them. They all naturally fell in with War
mouth, and they were all collected around
the custom-house on the 9th of August, pre-
pared for bloody work. 1t only needed a
spark to kindle the old magazine. Yarmouth
had given secret instructions to his police and
roughs to be on hand, and had an understand
ing with some of the military companies that
are largely made up of secession antecedents
Whoever had the military" called in at the
custom-house did humanity and public order
good service, and Grant will do great injus-
tice if he immolates any of the officers there
to crafty false sentimentality. l think an
investigation of the situation here, if any
should be determined on to furnish the Presi-
dent with the whole facts, will sustain the in
timations give you. This Yarmouth is a
very inscriptions scoundrel, and ought to
be crushed out by every decent party.