The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-03
Letter from Gen. Beauregard
NEW ORLEANS Lnlr q 1879

NEW ORLEANS, July %, 1879.
To the Editor of the New Orleans Times:
| was surprised to read in the after
noon issue of your paper of the 23d. an
extract from private letterI had writ
ten hastily to friend, as l was leaving
the city a few days since. At it's con-
cluslOn, L had written some remarks not
intended for publication; since / think
III the present summer of our discomfort.
nothing should be done calculated to
imperil q fusion of all elements desirOus
OF rescuing our State from the cOrrup-
ton and Yenality which has long op-
pressed it.
The Picayune in criticising the note
in question alleges, "Gen. Beauregard
has said that if Warmoth was reelected
Governor Of Louisiana next November,
he Gen. b. would at once prepare to
abandon his home in this place, and es-
tablish himself elsewhere, because,
said he, Louisiana will be unfit to live
in."
The Picayune smistaken in making the
application entirely personal; it applied
whether under Governor Warmoth OF
anybody else, and | still adhere to that
resolution, having, in the unhappy event,
selected Baltimore or St. Louis for my
future home.
With regard to Governor Warmoth, I
have never cOnversed with him, except
officially once or twice, two years ago,
but would not refuse to avail myself
Of his aid and legal official services to
save our State from ruin and deyasta-
tiOn. War and politics are stern reali-
ties, which cannot be controlled or reg
ulated by sentimentalities, and the
present issue presented is very grave
one.
To present Governor WarmOth at this
late day as scare crow, q sort of "HOn-
ateuF MdtbrQue sen eaten Guerre,n in
order to pTeUent union of all antag0nis-
tic elements to save Louisiana from ut
ter destruction is either a farce or a
crime! IT 10000 or 10000 Democrats,
C4Qse-rtng RefOlmers and Liberal Re-
formers cannot Overmatch Governor
WarmOth and his 5000 or 10000 fellow
ers, we had better abandon forever the
idea OF elf-gOyernment as people. The
example of Missouri, Tennessee. Virgin
la, Georgia and North Carolina teach MS
what is best to be done under present
! ctrcumStances-shall we fail at this cri-
| tlcal junctIne to initiate them
Should the election of Governor War
moth be insuperable to fusion of all
! elements antagOnistic to RadicaIism.
doubt not that he will withdraw his can
didacy, believing it likely that he at
| tacles more importance to the success
of the national ticket than to the graft
| tication of his personal aspirations. He
is young, ambitious, and having been
prominently instrumental in nominating
Greeley and Brown at Cincinnati, he
would naturally. be entitled to recogni-
| ton of services in event of a success tC
which he had so signally contributed
| Are we then in Louisiana for the mere
| qualification of thwarting his political
ambition, willing to sacrifice the present
opportunity of rescuing the State from
the accursed rule of the corrupt Gram
and Carpetrbag dynasty which is crush
ing it in the very dust. I for one say let
us combine and concentrate our forces
regardless of race, color or previous con
ditiOn, ignoring all past differences o.
| political opinion or personal asperities
in order to obtain success. Such, Mr.
Editor, are my views and sentiments.
G. T. BEAUREGARD.
P. S.-With regard to the Picayune'
inference that have political aspira
ti0ns of any kind, I would deny it FULL
and cOnclusively. prize political indie
pendence more even than personal lib
erty, and shall always act regardless o
personal considerations, in the manner
think best for the interests of the South
and especially of Louisiana. G.T.B.
The Hartford Times says: zone thin
may be regarded as eertain-COnnecti
cut'smajority for Greeley and Brown vii
be larger than she has given any candi