The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-09-10
LETTER FROM BATON ROUGE

PART OF MOSES sKINNER-GREAr I'm
TllUsIAsM AMONG THE LIBERALS
NOTES OF THE WEATHER, CROPS, &c,
From our own Correspondence.
BATON ROUGE, Sept, LIST 1872.
| EDITOR REPUBLICAN Since wrot,
you last a crater opened in politica
Vasuvius and down went two ,yr,
important parties into the red bo
lava and-well let them rest ;n
peace! Instead of putting on Tho
garb of mourning every one appear.
to be xery happy over the sad q,
events which have just transpired
and it is not at all unusual for Lib.
erals and RAIDS to meet on the streets
and congratulate each other on the
good news, I. e. the union of thei,
parties, though their congratulate
tions are little sarcastic at times-
For instance Jones met Brown
the other morning, and says Jones,
Brown I must congratulate you on
swallowing Kellogg and the balance
OF the Customhouse tribe Well
says Brown, it is like eating billed
crow" but by jing Jones I couldn't
get an office if l went with the Lib
erals, and you know I nm constitu-
tionally opposed to work ! That's
so says Jones good morning. On
the same evening Brown met Jones
in brown study and stopping short
said All, Jones I'm glad / met
you how did you like the news old
fellow, l must not omit to congratu-
late you on having to swallow
McEnery. Well now Brown, says
Jones, you need not begin to blow
for McEnery has been on our side
all the time but he only wanted to
get them last ditchers under bis
thumb when l knew he'd crush 'em
for a place on the ticket. And by
jovc he has crushed 'em and that's
the last Of EN-. But what are YOU
going to do about Warmorth, Jones ?
Well, I'll tell you Brown I never went
back OIL friend in my life and III
be ID if I'm going to do it now.-
Warmoth is a man Of nerve, brain
and Of true conservative primo ciplcs
and if he don't go to the United
States Senate and help old Horace
pull the pip eff the tongues of those
Custom House birds you may sheet
me. Brown did not like this sort Of
talk and started off w!listling, Put
lne in my little bed"
J. HENRI ALIAS MOSES SKINNER.
If you never read Moses Skinncr's
obituary Of his wife get it and read
It and you will discover the similar
ty of his sentiments and that OF J.
Henri Burch as expressed in his rat
tlcation speech, as follows
ENou- C1i:ens-With pleasure l
congratulate you this evening, and
myself too, for I have worked hard
or this fusion and for a position III
he State Senate. Our enemies may
ay what they please about us but
'ur party is united and Tin going to
be State Senate. Our party is uni
ed and there is nothing else for you
o do-you have the numbers-but
o send me to the State Senate.
lou know I am the gentlemanly ed
tor and proprietor Of The Grand
IRA, 50 per annum and a candidate ,
Or State Senate. ,
This is not the full length Of his
peech but it is about the sum and
abstance Of all be did say. I ask :
d my old friend Capt. Chapman F.,
hat he thought of Burch's speech, ]
nd he said he was slightly Of tho g,
pinion that Burch wants to 60 to .
'e State Senate; at least says the y
aptain, judging from his language
ouldn't you think SO. I NODDED as n
mt, and then put q direct question '
, as to prevent him from answering &
by asking me another. Says I, Il
aptain amt you candidate for Il
lat position p? Well yes, says be,
ut Burch seems to have the inside
ack of me. It is more than likely
urch will get the nomination, says
:, but the purtiest part Of it will be il
r him To elect himself. Now, con- d