The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-09-21

IFAoCEsr RACE ON RECORD
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/ e2 Hours from Hsw Fork to Hsw Orleans
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the Dtste Government md Turn II 0vsl
to The Control Of tho Grant eleg1
Pasty 8 Discovered and FrustEated b
Wazmofh, The 1nvincible Friend Of the
People.
| The New Orleans papers Of Thurs
day last tell u a startling story. Il
seems chat Governor Warmoth waa
called to New York last week in his
official capacity as representative d
the States railroad interests, and NOD
| wishing the gubernatorial chair % b
| filed during his brief absence, len
| the city very quietly without any pre-
vious announcement Of his departure,
intending to return before either
Lieut.. Gov. Pinchback or Speaker
Brewster could be made aware Of his
absence. He felt no apprehension
on this account, as the former official
was in Maine making speeches, while
the latter was rusticating at his home
il the distant parish Of Ouachita. As
fate would have it, the prying jackals
of the Custom House discovered the
departure Of the Governor, and imme-
diately the willy Packard and his
brethren in political trickery con-
ceived q stupendous plan to revolu-
tionize the State Government, place
themselves il. control thereof, and
render the success Of the Grant ticket
in this State a certainty. This was
to be. done by summoning Pinchback
and Brewster to the State Capital,
converting the Legislature in special
session, impeaching Warmoth, hay-
ing tile Acting Governor then sign
the amended registr ation and cleo
ton laws, remove all the present Su
pervisors Of Registration and appoint
men il sympathy with Grantism in
stead. The New Orleans city gov
ernment and the Metropolitan police
were also to be re-organized on a
Grant basis, and troops were held
ready at call to sustain the revolution
lists. Every thing was placed in rea-
diness for the execution Of the scheme,
a quorum of each House of the Gener-
al Assembly being summoned to New
Orleans. Chandler, secretary of the
Republican National Committee was
informed Of the plan by telegraph,
and requested to send Pinchback
home Immediately. Pinchback re-
ceived a telegram from Chandler while
making a speech in some town on the
Androscoggin river, broke off alb
ruptly and took the first train for New
York, where he arrived Saturday
afternoon last, and was informed by
the Grant committee there of the
work he was expected to take a hand
in. At five o'clock in the evening
Warmoth and Pinchback accidentally
met at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, held
a short conversation and parted under
agreement to meet again at 9 o'clock
and prepare to leave for Louisiana on
the same train. Gov. Warmoth was
1T the appointed place Of meeting, at |
} o'clock, but Pinchback did not make |
his appearance, which aroused the
suspicious of the Governor and placed
lin on the alert. The next morning
Narmoth encountered id the hotel
7Oung cOlored man who had been
travelling with Pinchback, attending
o his baggage, and upon inquiry Of
Tim acertained that the Lieut.. Gov
.rnor had not been at the hotel since
he evening before, but his baggage
vas still there. Meeting State Sena-
or A. B. Harris upon Broadway
short while after, Gov. Warmoth
earned from him that Pinchback had
1T the city the evening before for
he ostensible purpose, as announced
y the Grant committee, of going to !
to make speech. The {
Governor at once saw through the t
lick and knew that Pinchback had i
lade the appointment with him the s
vening Before and had left his bag s
age at the hotel merely as blind to b
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