The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-01-27
9ns War OF the Facfions---C Course Of the
Democrats,


Democrats and anti Warmoth Repub-
iicaus do not appear 60 be fully under
stood IN portions Of North Louisiana.
Az this coalition Is likely to be the
snb}ect Of future comments, and posi-
Sly may be prominently brought into
the approaching canvass, 1t would be-
we'll tIae whole business should be
crsaffy explained and its merits made
SubIic. what we know In reference
90 It, We are about to tell, and IL we
don't tell . Straightforward ssnarratlve''
ss viii make any correction necessary.
The fight between warmoth and
Carter Is the prolongation OF the fight
oetween warmoth and Dunn, which
opened in earnest last August. War
moth led his appointees and most of
the arpet-baggers; Dunn the Federal
eface-holders and nearly all the ne
groes. a part of the Dunn programme
was to fnpeach Warmoth, and make
Dunn Governor. s Another feature was
70 carry the State for Grant. To both
efthese political enterprises Warmoth,
-ef course, was opposed.
When Damn died, the leadership Of
MS followers devolved upon Col. Car
Ter, az the next in rank, and when the
legislature met, the war of the factions
opened with Che matters at issue just
mentioned, except that Carter, Dunn
being dead, was TO succeed Warmoth
zs Governor.
Now, tho question with the Tepub-
iieans of both factions, we all under
stand, was simply this-with War
saoth 10 retain power; with Carter to
2etspower. The men who deliberately
enacted bad laws, were hardly to be ex-
peeted, from sense of justice, to re-
esal them.
Bat there was an element-the DEM
epFatic nembers--in the legislature that
desired, first and last, to see certain OBJ
Aoxious laws repealed. Acting alone
rs poweriess minority, these MEM
bers could not even. sustain a veto.
When they came to survey the field
fhsy found warmoth the stronger OF
si1e faction leaders. They found him,
very naturally, exceedingly modest in
recommending reforms, and unwilling
% pledge his friends to deprive him OF
single particle Of power necessary to
prolong his rule and TO protect his
league Of plunderers. He would not
enter into an agreement to comply
with the Reform demands of the peo-
Pie, and hence the Democrats necessa-
Yiiy gave up relief IN that quarter.
The Carter wing, however, finding
Democratic votes absolutely necessary
90 carry out their programme of inn
peaching Warmoth, came forward and
pledged themselves in the papers and
"a ,0gstsao TO support, and, If possible,
eject the repeal of the laws the people
30 unanimously denounce and con-
Seznn. One Of these laws was the
Ezection law, by means of which a
popular election is rendered useless
&nd expensive mockery, and without
The repeal of which the people have
no voice In the choice Of their public
servants.
Fhe Democratic members, under these
circumstances, sided with Carter and
mis- friends in the preliminary maneu-
vers, being convinced that the remov-
Al Of Warmoth was necessary to Re-
form and TO the redemption of the
State.
Matters were steadily approaching a
eTtsis, involving Warmoth's certain
suspension, when he thrust his Metro
politans into the Hall of the House
and virtually took command of that
body. Then came his arrest and that
pr several members of the legislature,
. counter-movement to his move to
everawe representatives and violently
unseat Carter as their Speaker. Fol
lowing the arrests came the unseating
OF six Warmoth members for nom
residencein the parishes they claimed
70 represent, proceeding sanctioned
by Radical usage. Then came the
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