New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-23

Casey and United States Marshal Packard,
the Carter movement to subvert Warmoth
through the Legislature would have been in
significant. 1t was the plot of United States
officials, consisting in the forcible arrest
and abduction of Warmoth and his leading
supporters, which allowed Carter to gain
for time quasi possession of the Leglsia-
ture, and which would b ave permitted a
complete revolution, in regular Mexican
fashion, had not Warmoth been ready with
a coup Tetat to match that OF his adverse
ries. We maintain, therefore, that Grant
can not be considered neutral in the fight
until he calls off his dogs. For the time be.
ing he simply intimates that he can not
under the circumstances send them rem
forcements, but that he leaves them clear
field. The New York Tribune is undoubt-
edlv right when it insists that 1.-THE next
logical event must be the removal OF Col
lector Casey and his gang" so long as
thew remain in office, Mr.. Grant stands
committed as the responsible author of
their schcme-frst, to control by force the
action of his own party in Louisiana, and
lastly, to subvert the existing government
of that State 10 the interests OF his own
personal faction OF the Republican organ
izatiOn.
1t would appear that part of the Demo
cratic minority in the collapsed Legislature
have espoused the cause OF the Custom
house coalition against the WarmOth ad-
ministration, and also, that the prevailing
sentiment of the actual inhabitants of New
Orleans tends in the same direction. Con-
sdering the frightful misrule and robbery
which the State has suffered at the hands
of the Warmoth cabal, this is not at all sur
prising. But it is also evident that the only
way back to peace and order is by the nam
tenance of the State government, bad as it is:
The triumph Of the federal otfcehOlders'
mob would only make confusion worse con-
founded. We hope, therefore, as the lesser
of two great evils. to see the thief and
blackleg WarmOth sustained, and his gov
eminent re-established, in order that both
NAV be dealt with as they deserve, in
lawful manner, by the people. Both were
thrust upon Louisiana in the allpotent
name of loyalty and by the active cOnniv-
ance Of the federal power Perhaps that
power will need the lesson Which the event
of its unhallawed interference teaches, and
will in time recognize the truth. as recently
uttered by the New York Erening Post,
that 'the interference Of the federal gov
eminent in the affairs of the States pro-
duces no good and leads to unmeasured
evils. In South Carolina, in Georgia, in
Texas, and now in Louisiana, the touch Of
its hands has evoked only confusion and
anarchy"
This is from the 1berville Ners:
Perhaps there is not another public man
in the Union who would not have sue
cumbed in the trying ordeal through which
Governor WarmOth is triumphantly passing
at this moment. Opposed by numerous
band of lawless corruptionists and red
headed disOrganiZers, whose avOwed pur-
pose was to rule or ruin the commonwealth
with daring and persistency almost un-
paralIeled, and which single him out as a
most cOnsummate leader. almost unaided
and alone he dislodges and rOuts his blood
thirsty foes. His wisdom, no less than his
courage, has saved the Crescent City from
new baptism of blood. For while the law
makers Of Royal street, under their Texan
leader, would be law breakers on Dryades
street, the timely and effective measures
adopted by our youthful but indomitable
Governor prevented collision whose tragic
results would assuredly be felt at many a
hearth. Devoted to the laws and to every
interest of that public to which he is the
guardian as we'll as the servant. his actions
admitted of no preteXt which could justify
the Inauguration Of that anarchy which
favors the designs of unprincipled men
Conscious of the justice of his cause, he
wrapped himself in the panOply of the law.
and refused to compromise the dignity OF
the State by a surrender of a single public
right The issue, which gives such uniyer-
sal satisfaction, proves the genius as we'll as
the patriotism of him to whose mastery
alone it is due.
The Feliciana Republican says:
The excuse for the illegal secession and
revolutionary proceedings of the minority
is presumed to be found in the fact that the
Governor did, at the incipient stages of the
revolution, see lit to dissolve the General
Assembly, and upon the same day did con-
vence the General Assembly in extraordi-
nary session. Now, whether the Governor,
by this proclamation converting the Legisla-
ture violated the constitution or stretched
his prerogatives, we are not authorized to
determine, any more than had the mob or
the minority of the Legislature the right to
decide as to the legality or illegality OF the
Governors proceeding. The constitution of
the State has provided how his actions and
conduct in an official capacity shall be
Judged. The conspiratOrs can claim no vic
tory over the achievement of popularity in
their efforts, but can reserve the satistac
ton. if any they find. in the murder of the
victims sacrificed upon the altar of their
riotOus proceedings.
In the contest the Governor has certainly
held the whip-handle upon the opposition.
and has stragetically proven himself their
master.