The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1872-01-20
The Ensincerity Of the Ws7noth
Faction.
from the N. o. Bee, 16th.7

The Warmoth faction are straining
every nerve to create public opinion in
their favor since the Federal authorities
at Washington have ordered the troops
ont of the city. They published an extra
office, announcing that the Election, Re
gistration, Constabulary and Printing
Bills had been unanimously repealed by
both Houses of the General Assembly,
and the repeal approved by the Cover
nor. Admitting that both Houses were
legally organized and prepared to trans
act BUSINESSMAN admission which we do
not make-the question arises, what kind
of laws are we to have in the place Of
those repealed. We cannot overlook the
fact that this repeal measure has been
extorted from Gov. Warmoth at the
eleventh hour, and not until he had been
notified of the withdrawal of the Federal
troops from the city. He is not therefore
entitled to any credit for this tardy COM
pliance with the demand of the people
of the State. And we have it, on good
authority, that Governor Warmoth him
self, while on the floor of the House yes
terday, was heard to say that the worse
laws would be enacted in place of those
repealed, which confirms the utterances
of Senator Cambell and Representative
Mahoney, made last week, that the cleo
ton, Registration, Militia, Constabulary
and Metropolitan Police laws had contrib
uted very largely to the success of the
Republican party and their existence
was necessary to its continued supremacy.
Now suppose that some question shall
be raised before Judge Dibble of the
Eighth District Court, for instance, in
voIving the legality of the repeal of those
laws. Who can say that learned and i'm
maculate magistrate would not decide
that the House of Representatives was
not organized according to the Constitu-
tion? We are not inclined to give credit
to Gov. Warmoth and his adherents for
their reformatory action of yesterday,
and shall reserve further comments
thereupon until we see some evidences
of their sincerity. We can scarcely be
expected to regard as one of those evil
denees, the resolution adopted yesterday
by both Houses after the repeal of the
! laws above mentioned, to request the
President of the United States to place
his military force at the disposal of the
Legislature for their protection against
the people. Tt is manifest that if War
moth and his followers were in earnest
and meant to grant the demands of the
people, they would have no need of troops.
Their call for these tends to convince us
that Gov. Warmoth and his associates in
the administration do not intend to grant
the reforms which have been demanded,
and for the very good reason tnat with
out the powers invested in him by the
obnoxious laws, the occupation of the
Governor would be gone. He must have
these powers to maintain himself. New
laws touching registration. election,
printing and constabulary will doubtless
be adopted, but it is not propable that
the Governor will approve them unless
they leave him with substantially the
same powers which he now exercises. II
Governor Warmoth and his friends wish
to give the people an evidence of their
/ good faith let them abolish the Eighth
District Court Judge Dibbie) and the
Metropolitan Police and restore to the
City Council of New Orleans their an
cient prerogatiyes in the matter of the
police.
THE CoTToN TAx-Important Notice
The Columbia Is. C.) Phoenix learns
from a communication from Washington
addressed to John T. Sloan, ESQ.,, that
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