Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-03
THE RESULT so FAR.

ed. the Carter commotion whichr has
5or~eariy a mouth sept pp sstate OF
|excftelaeat in NV Orleans i,lfticslar.
Is. bad Iisre u les 1lrpnsbout the
SwAsk Stat hse ss1n red down, and rl,e
absenting Senator'S and sesedipg Rep
resentatives have returned to the bona
fjde State House or Warlnotll's -legis
lature az the Times called that portion
of the General Assembly who stuck
hy the Governor asul the legal place
for their assembling This of course
Is stale iSewsto many -Uf our reusaevr
while Oothers who i've laway from
steamboat navigation depend upon 10
cal papers entirely cor their political
and general information. ~ 80
AS we expressed ourselves in the be-
ginning of the squabbIe we irgarled
It as disgraceful TO the Republican
party and entirely uncaltsd for. but az
it progressed and We Noticed the, part
a portion of the Democratic uneasberS
took In the affair We had NO longerany
doubts, not as to who was entirely
right, but who wins the least in the
wrong, and between Republicans. wlsO
stood by themselves. aslRepublinans
or pretended Republicans who irater-
Hized with Democrats it did not re-
qure mach <leliberation which side to
prefer, and therefore we i'rcfea~i that
of Governor Warmoth and those act
ing with him. and the result has dc.
monstratesi the wisdom OF our choice
az they reinain in possession of the
Geld aud the deserters have all, or
nearly all returned, and asked to lie
agailnadn,itted into the regular church,
Nooac eau deny that tive Governor
and his advisers have acted with sin.
gular sagacity as well as moderation
under very Il wing anil very unusually
exciting circumstances tor nothing else
than the greatest prudence and for
bearance Joined to infexible detetmin
alton could have prevented the bloody
issue which the opposing party seemed
determined to biiug about, for as it
turned out it was only seeming, and
would only have been inaugur,tesl in
the event of amy fillteriug or showing
Of the white feather by Warnothites
for ~ a western paper commenting
upon the subject says: Fo.
Carter is evidently not made for the
hero of revolution, for at the critical
point he is Discreet rather than brave.
On Friday the a4th Of Jan. that pOr-
ton Of the Legislature-the minority
which had been recognizing Carter al
speaker aud had for a'week or more
been meeting ut the Cosmopolitan
Club Room OH Canal Street, concluded
to march over iii a body ii the State
House and ask to be admitted to their
seats in the House of Representatives.
Twenty-six members applied for reail
mission Of which number twenty-five
including the Messrs Lott of this Par
ish were admitted, and four, Messrs
Burch, Wauds, Otto and Ullman re-
jeeted, which looked like pntting a
qpietus on any FARTHER outside illegal
legislation as Carter and half y dozen
others would hardly attempt to pro-
coed any farther with the farce. ~',
Since then We have not observed
that any Of the measures Of reform, 80
lond!y proclaimed as the Object Of the
SEE. eders Of the House aud excurtiou-
lists OF the Senate, who had also ~
turn~d, have been carried cut, but on
the contrary, except the mere intro
,lucing of proposed bills tor the pnr-
pose, fiIlobusting aud res:rimination
have been the order If the day. A
number If bills vetoed by the Cover
nor. have been mp i'efMe the Senate
for action, this vetoes except in one. or
two instancrs Sustained. The legali-
~ of the extra SECESSION, which elected
Senator Piiichhack, Lieutenant Gov.
renor. also came up for dis..iissiou, aud
ended in it's ratl6cation and the rrcog.
milton Of Ms. Pinclslssck, as President
OF the Senate. biS - .F.aia
During this debate, Senator Black
man, admitttd.in reply ,to.a direct in
quiry frem IIieatenant Governor Pinek-
back, that he opposed his tPinck-
lack's) election, because is was the