New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-31
SPEAKING TO POINTS.

There is singular freedom from parade
and ornate figures of speech in the fol-
lowing epitome of our political differences,
which we copy from the New York Nation:
THE CUsroMHOUsE WHICH MR.. CASEY HAS
TAKEN OUT OF POLITICS"
We have received from a source which
we consider above suspicion of Partially,
and unusually likely to be well informed,
the following account Of the troubles i'll
New Orleans. The moral is obvious:
1t will be remembered that, in August
last. Mr.. Casey, collector Of the port, MIR.
Packard. United States marshal, and MIR.
Lowell. the postmaster, engaged in des-
perate conflict with Governor Warmoth for
the control of local politics. Finding that
the Governor had a large prospective ma
iority in the proposed convention, they
adopted the extraordinary expedient of
calling the session of that body in
the room Of the United States Cir
cult Court in the Customhouse. They
then proceeded to garrison the build
ing with deputy marshals and federal
troops, and, when the Governor and ninety
other delegates presented themselves with
tickets of admission, dealt out to them from
the money order window of the Postotice.
they were refused admittance. The whole
country was disguised by this exhibition OF
combined fraud and force and even the
New York Times expressed feeling of
great relief when it was reported that the
President would remove these Office-hOlders.
He did not remove them, however, and, by
implication, approved their conduct.
In November, Lieutenant Governor Dunn
died. and in December the Governor called
a special session Of the Senate to elect a
successor. The WarmOth candidate was
Pinchback the Customhouse party and the
Democrats united on Mr.. COPELAND, who
is at once a State Senator and a United
States deputy collector. Pinchback was
elected, and the ability Of Warmoth to de
feat the CustOmhOuse and the Democrats
together was demonstrated. On the first of
the present month (January) the regular
session began, and the contest was
renewed with some novel features.
No quorum appeared in the Senate,
and the Sergeant alarms was un
able to find the absent members. They
were absent by preconcert, and were con-
cealed in an upper room in the Custom
house, used as the Office of Mr.. kinsella, a
special agent OF the treasury. Fearing that
the Sergeant-at-arms might even invade
this sanctuary, they next went on board the
revenue cutter Wilderness, and steamng
up and down the river, set the baliff of the
State Senate at defiance. Among the Sena-
tors thus abscOnding on vessel of the,
United States were five Customhouse EN-
ployes- Herwig, Coupland, Ingraham
OHara and Sypher.
But worse, if possible. remained behind
On the third day of the session it appeared
that the WarmOth party had a working ma
.jOrity in the lower House. and resolution
was offered to elect a new Speaker in the
place Of Carter, a Customhouse man. A row
promise of Carter to resign. Next day,
about fifteen minutes before the House met,
the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and
some dozen of the House were ar
rested under the ku-Klux act,
and the marshal caused them to
be taken before United States com
missioner in the Customhouse, in such way
as to keep the arrested members of the
Legislature away from the session. There
was no necessity for this course, and it was
evidently collusive. While they were thus
momentarily absent, the Customhouse
party and Democrats in the House, with
out quorum, unseated six members friend
~ ~ armoth. and seated six contestants
ol iast year, supposed to be hostile to him.
but the Governor knew trick worth two
Of such weak Inventions. He assembled
the House; quorum and seven to SPARE
met, nnseated Carter. and elected as
Speaker a friend of Warmoth, named
Brewster
On the fifth day of the session the ems.
tomhouse party, knowing that they were
beaten in the lower House. assembled oror
a grog shop in Royal street. called .tbe
GEN." and proclaimed themselves the repu-
lar House of Representatives of Louisiana
They had no quorum. however and did