The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-09-21
POLITICAL P0LLUTioS IN THE PELICAN
STATE.

An Outsider DeGnes Warmoth and PackarG's
Hos,ilities-Whcre Warmoth s5Eighr Have
Put His Foot In IL" and When Packard
Di6-A New Party Hostile to Both Being
Organized.
NEW ORLEANS, La. Sept IA, 1871.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
SIR-SInce the smoke OF the memorable 9th
has cleared away and the great impartial u commit.
tee have spoken their little piece to the President
the cottage by the sea- disnterested outsider by
careful cleaning might, perchance, gather a sheaf
or two which may at once be both Instructive and
amusing.
Let us premise by stating that Governor War
moth and United States Marshal Packard are rlv al
candidates within the republican party for the next
nomination for Governor OF the State. Neither OF
them being men OF anything but the very common
est talent and ability, they have allowed them
selves to do many dirty little tricks for the purpose
of annoyance ana spite toward each other
Warmoth has great habit OF saying OF himself
'that he is In the hands OF his friends" and the
truth Of this assertion have often seen verified
while In his Office or elsewhere with him. His weak
est, or rather one Of his weasest points Is IN MS
continual and constant endeavOr to impress upon
every one he meets that he Is but "twenty seven
years old,n and he is never so extremely happy as
when his companion replies "that really he look
younger than thar When he entered the volun-
eer service ten years since he placed his age as it
appears on the muster roll, at thirtYone; hut he Is
now four years younger, and has been twenty-seven
from the dag OF his Inauguration until the present
moment. lie appears III reality, 10 be about forty
five years OF age 10 every one excepG the Dbbles et
a.. satellites whom he mas made Ju ges.. &c. from
the ranks OF police court pettllOggerS The last time
Judge Dibblc met HIM was IN my presence, and lie
saluTed him thus
fresh
yeara old this morning and how wonderful to think that one
so young should be the Governor OF et state like this
men in the world"
approach him In the same way, and, as Lieutenant
Governor Dunn (colored) wittiy says, they are all
engaged In sucking the life blood from the breast of
Marshal Packard ana Postmaster Lowell have to
shoulder all blame for calling out the troops and
and 1t Is but right and just that they should;
but let us see how near Governor Warmoth
meeting held at No. 80 Royal street he said
That he and ali his friends must so fixed" to the
always employed here by the '-roughs' to SIGNIFY
that one Is thoroughly armed with pistols knives,
&c. That his friends need not fear that he would
carry his point and as an evidence Of 1t he referred
them to the great number OF convlcls he had re-
cenuy pardoned from The Penitentlary, sail OF
whom would be there to take hand.n reserve
force OF two thousand men had been employel Os-
tensibly to mend the levee on the canal winch was
pose OF cleaning out Packard 4 Co. Add TO this
I'VE hundred extra police, land Won see, my friends
we
Well, the Convention met at the custom House
and Warmoths penient1ary birds locked around
the granite building thick at Leaves at valam6yosa
entered the building, when he found he was COM
petey checKmated by the presence OF United States
troops. AT first he bit his lip, 1rowned the black.
ness Of darkness, stOrmed a little at the door
keeper, but presently finding himself near win.
dow overlooking Els flock of pardOneu cOnvicts, he
attempted, 4 la Mark Antony, to raise mutiny.
but was promptly and effectively prevented by the
United States military officer, who told him that,
mob In United States building
Thus you see how near Warnoth came to putting
HIS foot into It, and had theie been no United States
troops present he would have been solely RESPONSE
BILE for nstigat!ng an outrageous and ,cOwardly
force OF public opinion from the State. That War
moth is under great obligations to Marshal Packard
out there can be no question Warmoth IS Gov
ern0r to day In consequence OF Packard Is tuuI pas.
publican party have seaa consera 81 ' aston
ished in NV travels through the State to ind how
large part OF the republican element of the State
men as their candidates Packard's reprehensble
conduct would have given Warmoth great impetus
not been for his unfortunate opposition to the
nomination OF , General Grant. There Is no
with The people OF Louisiana as candidate
for the next Presidential term as Grant
Grant interiarded with his .fs and his "buis, SO
thoroughly disguised those OF his party who do not
opportunity to ride into popularity by iackard's
crime, be- today has fewer friends outside OF ap-
pointees-ihan even Packard himself.
movement IS already secretly on foot by repub-
lcans who do not hold office or appointment from
either OF these factous adventures to take the Lead
direction anu control OF the party in their own
hands and which bids fair 10 be complete success,
as nineteen twentieths or the true republicans OF the
State OF LOUISIANA do not sympathize with or uphold
the course or either WarmOth or Packard. Last
night accidentally, saw one OF the little jokers OF
this new departure. which had printed on its face
this somewhat significant question and reply
''Are none but republicans on guardr "NOus
Ue1rOns.n CLINCHER.