New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-13

and that we would not be admitted to the
hall until twelve O'clock. As Governor
Warmoth was still severely disabled from
his wound and appeared to be suffering
from pain, one deputy United States mar
shall so far relented as to say that he would
admit him personally but not his colleagues
The Governor replied that he asked nc
personal favors; that he would not go into
any place where his friends could not &C
also. We then returned in body to the
rotJnda where there was barely standing
room for our delegation amid the crowd Of
troops and deputy marshals. Here Cover
nor Warmoth, taking chair, addressed
the delegates as follows:
Fellow Republicans-We have submitted
to the dictation of the State Central Com
mittee thus far. We have consented to
meet in convention in the United States
Customhouse, although that building is
without the jurisdiction of the State of Loui
siana. We have consented to come here, not
withstanding the fact that the hall was
surrounded by an army of United States
deputy marshals. We have consented to
take such tickets as they wege willing to
give us; but we have come here to-day, the
legally constituted delegates of the Repub-
licans of the State, to represent their wishes,
and to express their will. We are refused
and these deputy marshals, backed up by
these companies of United States troops,
seem determined we shall not have fair
expression of our opinions, and that the Re-
publicans here assembled shall have no
part or lot in the public deliberations OF
this convention.
He was interrupted, in the middle of his
remarks, by q United States officer in uni
form, who laid his hand upon his arm as If
IL. p.l7y
hare gone far enough. What yon say as
to the troops is untrue, and 1 can not atLoac
! yoat to speak ia tbs manner
Governor Warmoth resuming, said to the
delegates: We bow in respectful obedience
to the mandates of the military power,
and having been refused admittance to the
hall designated by the State Central Com
mittee as the place for the convention to
assemble, and as it is now evident to all
that we are not allowed to assemble to de-
iberate in this building without military
Intervention and surveillance, | move to
the delegates here assembled that we do
now adjourn to the Turner Hall, at the cor
ner of Dryades and Lafayette streets, and
there organize the delegates into conven-
ton, and proceed with the business for
which we have been called together. Which
was carried unanimously.
We then retired, deputy United States
marshals, wearing the badge OF federal au-
thority, insulting us by scurrility and hos
tile demonstrations, and even menacing as
.sassination by pointing revolvers at the
delegates. We Immediately. proceeded to
Turner Hall, attended by large cOncourse
of Republicans, and there organized the
convention, and proceeded to transact the
business intrusted to U.s.
For the remaining history of these events
the proceedings of the convention will fur
nish the materials.
In making this plain narration of facts,
we present to our constituents and TO the
people of the United States the conclusions
of outrages that we have inst narrated:
First-That it was the deliberate and ma
turely planned plot of the clique of federal
office holders who controlled the Central
Committee to admit to the convention their
partisans only; to do this whether they had
been elected or not, and to exclude by fraud
and concealment, if possible, and if not,
then by force, all delegates not their par
tisans.
Second-That to this end they usurped
power not delegated to them, and assumed
TO be a committee on credentials, and to
prepare a roll of the convention in advance,
Inserting on the roll the names of their pal
tisans and excluding a majority of the
legally elected delegates.
Tb;rd Tba+ oonoo;oro of +ba;r frard,,
Ia,,+ das;,,r +ber, fsIt q NOT wa. sonaIia
go, that tba;r Schemes void he fr,,StrataJ
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"a AZ Let hon. of tha t;,,a and
,fsoa of ,naaI;na oonroI,ad tho oonrant;o,,
= assa1,,tIa in fIe Irn;tad Sta+es Cns+on,
800 Ste,, ,,p,,araIlaied in tbe bistnr,, Of
no1;t;coI conyan tions1 dagrad;pg 10 tbe
I-nitad states government and ;9zult;na to
he naonle of this state
FdrnrtGbNTbat thev eTceeded all hounds of
-I,a;I a,,tbor.,tv and tnsrIted tl,e daIega4es
~ contraTv to all nrecadent renT,iring
frou, them t;clrets of al mission
Eif.bN-Tbat they vera o,;lty of f,r+ber
Iecait and fraud after maRinc tbis reon;re-
nent in refns;pg tioI,ets to = large nun
,e, Of daIeoataso
S;TtbNTSat tbaaa results rrare ;f noss;-
,la agarayated Inv the r,,de ;nani4;ndP md
,nn;jiatino rnanner in wbicb tbav ;sssuaJ
he t;ekats
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rr;tated nort;so,a ,U;tl, tbo i,aJoas aug 20
aderai 5owar and nI.c;pg IN tbeiS harSs
oadad p;stols thew wara a,,iitv Of inn;ta'
nent to assassin ation and ,S,Irda,
Rooms and stationing tbem in tho hu;TJ;ng
With loaded arms. thew were guilty of .