New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-18


least of two evils.
The Washington Republican discusses
the following resolution, offered by Mr..
Dawes, of Massachusetts:
Resolred, That a select committee of five
be appointed by the Speaker of the House
of Representatives, whose duty it shall be
to inquire into the condition of the govern
ment of Louisiana, so far as regards the
administration and execution of the laws
CT the United States and the safety of the
lives and property of citizens thereof; and
to report the same to this House. with such
recommendations as they may deem expe
dent; and that said committee be author
lied to employ clerk and stenographer, to
send for persons and papers, to take testi-
mOny under oath, to hold their sessions in
this city or elsewhere. as they may deem
necessary, the expense Of said committee
to be paid out Of the contingent fund of the
House of Representatives.
The Republican says:
1t is not for us to pronounce on the truth
or falsity of the charges preferred against
Governor Warmoth; but the gravity Of
those charges, and the character of the per-
sons who have made them, amply justify
the adoption of measures whereby they may
be examined.
Nor is this statement made in the spirit
of unfriendliness against Governor War
moth. On the contrary the high sense OF
honor with which he is accredited by his
friends would, doubtless, prompt him and
them to unite in the demand for thorough
investigation of proceedings that have at
tracted and even yet monopOlize large
portion Of the public thought. The time
has passed, let us hope never to return,
when members of political party will dare
to shirk the examination of acts committed
by their fellow partisans. The acquies-
cence in the wish for the closest
scrutiny into officials conduct that
savors of the slightest malfeasance,
is due, perhaps, not so much to an
improved morality as to an increasing sa-
gacity; and the politician, to-day, who will
dare oppose such investigations is repro
bated by his fellows as one who has not the
shrewdness to understand that he has. by
such opposition, tacitly acknowledged the
truth of the charges preferred. Governor
WarmOth is Republican. and it is due to
him and to the party that put him in power
that the world should know whether he has,
as is charged, so administered affairs as to
have impeded "the execution of the laws of
the United States
The Republican and the Democratic press
Of the country TEEN with the recital OF acts
alleged to have been committed by Cover
nor Warmoth, and there is no such speedy
method of obtaining justice, and having
right done, as to cause that immediate and
thorough investigation contemplate by the
most excellent resolution proposed by MIR.
Dawes.
The Republican is correct in its dec.ara-
ton that there is no such speedy method Of
obtaining justice flor Governor Warmoth)
and having right done, as to cause an i'm
mediate and thorough investigation. Gov
ernor Warmoth has never shrunk from the
most rigid investigation of his official acts
and has again and again invited it.
The New York San asks, Twill Boutwell,
demand the removal of Casey" which
question forms the caption of the sub
Joined editorial:
Let us suppose that under the admins
tration of Pierce. when James Guthrie was
Secretary of the Treasury. or under the adj
mnistratiOn of Lincoln, when Salmon Z.
Chase was Secretary of the Treasury,
fractional contest had arisen in the Senate of
this State; and suppose the collector of this
port had SO far forgotten the duties and
proprieties of his office as to detail reve-
nue. cutter to take on board sufficient
number of these factional Senators TO pre-
vent a quorum in that body, and to sail
with the recusants up and down the Hudson
in order to keep them out of the reach OF
the sergeant-at-arns of the Senate-hOw
long, think you, would such collector have
been allowed to remain in office after the
facts came to the knowledge Of the Treas
ury Department!
Or it, in the face of all probabilities.
Pierce or Lincoln had refused to remove
the culpable collector on the request OF the
Secretary, how long think you Guthrie or
Chase would have compromised their char
acter by holding the seals of the treasury!
With a change of localities, dates and
names, the above supposed case Is the real
case of President Grant, Secretary Bout
well and Collector Casey in regard to at-
fairs in New Orleans. except that the sec
retary. so far as is known to the public,
has not vet demanded the removal of
Casey. If Casey is allowed to remain Col
lect0r of New Orleans in the face of the
admitted fact that he detailed the revenue
cutter Wilderness to sail for many days up
and down the Mississippi river with SUIT
fcient number of Senators on board to pre-
vent a quorum in the Louisiana Senate, will
ANYBODY doubt that it is because he ia the
brOtherin-law of the President! This re-
lationship will doubtless determine Grant
to shield Casey, and may possibly deter
Boutwell, from demanding his dismissal
it will satisfy the people,
Congress should probe this matter to the
bottom.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York World telegraphs the following
on the twelfth instant:
The session of the Cabinet to-day contin-
ued for nearly three hours, and it is under
stood the main subject of discussion was the
~, NJ lr1 lica n
factions. The matter was brought to the
attention of the Cabinet by the President.
who this morning received some recent
news concerning the progress OF the war
through Senator Kellogg, of Louisiana. The
question prOpounded to the members of the
| Cabinet was whether or not martial law
| should be proclaimed in the city OF New Or
leans. After making this proposition the
| President proceeded to give detailed ac-
count of the condition of affairs at the Ores
cent City. supporting his narrative by copies
| of letters and kilograms received from the
leaders and supporters of each faction. He
| rather took the side of the anti-WarmOth
faction. and intimated that careful inves-
| tigation had failed to confirm the allega-
tons set forth in Warmoth's telegraph of a
few days ago against Collector Casey and
United States Marshal Packard.
| Indeed, to the Presidents eve Collector
Casey (whO is Grants brother-in-law) APP
pears as very greatly abused man, and
has no intention of removing him. Casey,
he thinks, has shown great moderation and
GOODNESS in the contest wagcd against him
by Warmoth and his faction. 1t appears
that Warmoth and his friends have pro
tested to the President formally through
the Secretary of War against the threat of
General Emory to declare martial law.
This protest is warmly supported by Sena-
tor West, who takes the side of Warmoth
Kellogg, the other Senator from Louisiana
indorses the Presidents brother-in-law