New Orleans Republican., 1871-09-02
ANT1-wARMoTH MEETINGS.

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In order to get up the "show, Whleh is
dignifed with the name of 'Repubhcan
meeting" some sore head who has failed
| to obtain Office from Governor Warmoth
writes to the Customhuse clique, inviting
them and their band of music, which they
have organized at government expense,lto
he present on certain day to assist in
Getting ND an anti Warmoth meeting.
This mode has been resorted to because it
has been found Impossible to drum up,
without these aids, sufficient number Of
persons in the parishes who are opposed
| TO Warmoth to fornsa meeting that could
honestly be called a gathering of the peo-
pie. The arrival of the Customhouse
clique in country parish, headed by a
band of music, and accompanied by the
bummers and sore heads who have
| played themselves out with the Governor,
| is calculated to make something Of STIR
The Customhouse clique and the few
| friends they can muster outside Of New
Orleans are just smart enough to know
this, and, being unscrupulous, adopt the
only mode left them of getting any con-
siderable portion of the people together.
After the ''show" (for it is nothing but a
''show') has been fully inaugurated by
the cut and dried appointments of men
who are to act as president vice presi-
| dents and secretaries to the meeting, q
large number of windy speeches are made,
and a gassy string of resolutions, that
have been carefully prepared in the Gus
tomhouse, are adopted, denouncing the
administration of Governor Warmoth.
As matter of course the Customhouse
clique are careful to praise the admins
tration Of President Grant, for they are
offceholders under him, and in this way
are furnished with all the resources they
have for waging a war for possession OF
the State government in 1872. Their OBJ
ject is to deceive him as well as the peo-
pie, by making him believe they are
backed by the great body of Republican
voters here.
In the Customhouse organ of Thursday
last will be found quite glowing account
of how these anti -Warmoth meetings are
obtained. For the benefit Of our Repub-
lican friends here and in Washington, We
are induced to copy portion Of the the
account of meeting held last Sunday in
the parish Of st. Charles. Upon the sub
ject Of this meeting the organ says:
An urgent invitation had been sent to
New Orleans, inviting members of the Re
publican party to attend the gathering: and
accordingly a numerous company (some
fifty or sixty embarked on board the Little
Jerry at about eight o'clock in the morning,
and steamed cheerily up the river, accom-
panied by Kelly's Union Band. Among the
company were Lieutenant Governor Dunn,
Colonel ]. F. Casey, Captain S. B. Packard,
Captain w. f. Loan, Colonel G. w. Carter,
Captain Ayres, Messrs. Packer, Pavne Vii
lere, Leet and others. The Jerry arrived at
about twelve o'clock opposite St. Charles
parish courthouse, at which spot some tif-
teen hundred people were assembled. includ-
ing some nine hundred voters, ready to take
part IN the coming meeting. After some
heart stirring music from the band. the
meeting was called to order by Hon. c.
O1utOI, dHO ~. u. ldSS WAS udm6U as
president, Mr.. A. Durapau acting as Sec
reraFy.
The meeting was then addressed in turn
by Messrs. Horanson and Essex, delegates
from st. Charles TO the late Republican
State Convention; their report was received
with the full approval of their constituents.
The meeting was then ably addressed by
Governor Dunn, Captain Packard, Colonel
Carter and Mr.. Norbert Eillere, who made
telling speech in French. Nothing could
exceed the enthusiastic feeling Cd the full
determination to rid the State and purge
the Republican party from the sin Of War
mothism.
Sunday is the day chosen by these
political tricksters and disorganizers to
60 into the country parishes, headed by
band Of music, to hold political meet
ings. That day is selected because it is
known the colored people are not at
work, and, attracted by music can be in
duced to attend political meetings when
they could much more properly be at
tending to their religious duties. The
organ states that some fifteen hundred
people were assembled last Sunday, in
front Of the courthouse Of St Charles par
ish, and had among them 'some nine
hundred voters ready to take part in the
coming meeting" This is the interpre-
tation the Customhouse organ gives of
the meeting last Sunday in ST. Charles
parish. That Interpretation must, how
ever, be taken with few grains of allow
ance. 1t is more than probable that
very large majority of those nine hun
dred voters were staunch Republicans,
and as such will stand by Republican
principles. In that case no man can hope
to receive their votes simply because he
may be black or white. The men who are
running the opposition to Governor War
moth, are running it on the strength Of
color. They have made Lieutenant Gov
ernor Dunn the "competitor of Gov
ernor Warmoth solely on account of color,
and IN doing this make an issue that is
more dangerous to the colored than the
white people, if accepted and carried out
by the colored voters We have never
thought the colored people silly enough to
do this Nor do We believe it now. although
we are 10th to confess we have been disap-
pointed in Lieutenant Governor Dunn,
We thought him, until recently, a man of
too much good sense to allow himself to
be put forward as the leader of a black
mans party. The course taken by him
and his pale-faced fr;epdS i, tho C,,c+o,,