The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-02-24
COW wARMoTHs TESTIMONY.

Two weeks ago tutto UoNOAA0A w
moths testimony before the Congress
sional Investigating Committee was
complete yindication of himself and
his. administration from the numerous
charges of corruption preferred by his
enemies, has displeased the Leader,
and in its usual feeble way it endeay-
ors to gainsay our assertion. The at
tempted denial consists mostly OF the
use of stereotyped phrases OF denun-
citation OF the Governor and his friends
that are so entirely devoid of reason
or truth, and so worn out by constant
repetition as to constitute argument
against the honesty of the journal or
person using them rather than against
those whom they are intended to IN
lure. The Leader offers but one bit
of evidence in support of its denial,
and that is the testimony of an indl-
yidual who acted as a Commissioner
of Election at one of the polls in Or
leans parish in 1870, and whose own
depravity is sufficient to entirely de-
stroy his allegations of corruption
against others. This witness insinua-
i ted that the ballot-box at his poll was
illegally broken open and stuffed be-
fore the votes were counted, and that
this stufing was done to defeat can
didate for the House of Representa-
tives who was known to be opposed to
Gov. Warmoth. When asked by the
chairman of the Congressional Com
mittee who had committed this crime,
the witness declined to answer, be-
cause by so doing he would crimlnate
himself! We are somewhat acquain-
ted with the circumstances OF the
election in the district where this out
rage is said to have been committed
right bank, Orleans parish-and it is
our settled conviction that the insinu-
ations of the brazen-faced witness are
shameful Misrepresentation OF fact
made in consideration of some Official
position or pecuniary compensation
bestowed upon him by the federal OF,
fice-holders who use their patronage
to perpetuate the unprincipled oppo
sition to our Republican State Admin
istration. The two candidates for thu
House from the right bank were Blu
chanan and Alexander, the. former ;
black man and true Republican, thu
= latter an adherent of that little bant
of sclleming politicians who calle'
themselves "Christian Republicans,
and carried on their political wire
pulling under the cloak of religion.
is notorious that their attempts to de
feat the regular Republican nominee
were everywhere ignonlinious failures
even in sections where they receive
the aid of the Democrats. The cleo
ton in Orleans, right bank, presente
no exception to the rule. Buchana
carried the large Republican majorit
with him almost unanimous, and dt
feated his opponent overwhelming!
When the Carter faction obtained tn
: ascendency in the House during I'll
session of 1871, an attempt was mad
y to unseat Buchanan and put AlexaI
q der in his place, but the plan was s
wholly outrageous, and the evident
e submitted in the case so conclusive
it's proof that Alexander had not T,
ceived one-fifth of the peoples vote
e. that although the Carter majorit
y ousted the rightfully elected membe
is they did not possess the temerity
II heighten the outrage by admitting b
d contestant to a seat, so referred Il
1t matter back to the people.
II Now that we have answered Il
le only argument which the Leader a
II vanced in its peurile article of la
ID week, we will submit some eviden
lie in support of our assertion that Go
E. ernor Warmoth has proven hims'
he innocent of the malicious charges
Y misdemeanors and corruption in off
b, made by his opponents:
&c First, we shall present an extra
We from the Carrollton State Register
If journal which, though generally fave
w able to the Governor, is noted for
fearless independence and readin,
to criticise friend as well as foe VIII
"a wrong-doing on the part of either
: developed. The paragraph was WI
n ten when the Investigating Comm