The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-11
Prominent Louisiana Politicians
Sketches Of Speaker Carter and So

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prominout rE,ouisiaua Politicians
Sketches Of Speaker Carter and 60
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| nSpeaker" Carter and Governor War
moth. of Louisiana, who are now the cen
| tral figures of the strife Of the political fac
| tions in New Orleans, are both remarkable
men. We give below sketches of both indI-
| viduals:
SPEAKER CARTER,
Of the anti-Warmoth House Of Representa-
tiyes of Louisiana, whose name is George w.
Carter. was eight or ten years ago minister
of remarkable influence and fine reputation
| in the Virginia Conference of the Methodist
| Church. and well known also for his elo--
urlence and other brilliant qualities. Shortly
before the war Mr. Carter went south from
Virginia, and the Petersburg Progress fur
nishes the following remarkable history Of
his career, showing to what base uses poll
| tics may apply the brightest genius. The
| Proqress says I" When the war came on
Mr.. Carter was soon heard from as an ardent
secessionist, creating quite stir in Texas by
| his fervor and eloquence. Shortly after, he
| became colonel in the Confederate army,
and remained such for some months, but left
| the service on account of some difficulty with
| q brother officer. Next there was great deal
| of mystery and some stir about secret mis-
sion that Carter had in Richmond.
| It was evident that from some cause
he had become person of much I'M
portance, and was frequently in confidential
communication with the Cabinet officers.
During the war we never heard Il surmise as
| to the nature of this scheme, but few weeks
ago, while travelling, happened to hear all
| about it.
| "Carter had in some incomprehensible
manner discovered the secret, so jealousy
guarded by the English Government, of MAX
| ing the Armstrong gun. lie brought his
drawings and evidences of their genuineness
| to Richmond, and convinced Colonel Gorgas,
as WAS the fact, that he had learned the prln-
ciple. He WAS after 4 time given discretion
| airy powers III the premises, sent to New Or
leans, formed company, bought foundry,
brought his imported wOrkmen IN on block
ader, and was just beginning to work when
New Orleans fell, ending in heavy losses to
the contractors what would have been an
| Immensely profitable speculation. From this
time to the surrender his history is rather OH
scurc, EXCEPT that he distinguished himself in
battle ncar Little Rock, Arkansas, and was
then known to have left the army again.
| "After the war he started in political life
in Texas, and next appears in New Orleans,
! where, after few months, he developed INTO
furious Radical, and was soon recognized
as q man of brilliant abilities and skllful Id
| the management of men. Here IN harang-
| inc the negroes his former pulpit experience
proved of great use, ana he continued 10
grow in importance until now he is power
in the State, welding one wing Of the Re
nublican party with mastery ability, and be-
inc the only man of his faction with ct once
brains and nerve enough to prevent War
moths carrying Louisiana against Grant.
But for his habits he might be anything he
chose, but he is reported to have become de-
bauched by politics and political associations,
and to reyel in the oDenneSs of his offences.
{ He Is brave, has a fine mind, is ready in re-
source, fluent in speech, popular i'll manners,
and the most accomplished conversationalist
in louisiana And this is the end of man
who is remembc red rs Il minister Of Christ
and IN instructor Of youth. We leave it to
others to draw the moral from the sad story
SKETCH OF GOVERNOR wARMoTH.
The Washington correspondent of the Chi.
caso Tribune gives the following i'll regard
to Governor Warmoth, of Louisiana:
"From all that can be understood, Gov.
ernor Warmoth, OF Louisiana, is the most
extraordinary and precocious leader in the
South. He is represented to he six feet three
inches high, of a slender, wiry build, but
witha fine Kentucky looking face; large nose,
full at the nostriis; keen measuring eyes, 3
superb mustache, well-cut brows and chin
He is native Of Louisiana; began public
life when eighteen years of age, being then q
fluent stump speaker; and now, at twenty
eight, he is irn arrogant, keen-witted, and sue
cessful man, worth probably half Dillion o.
dollars, of which he had accumulated more
than one hundred thousand in the practice o.
law in New Orleans. He is unmarried
NarmotI's weaknesses are his rashness
boyishuesS, and implacability. Hc spends {
short time in every case of difficulty to eflec
a compromise, and this failing, he resolve:
into an enemy, and is henceforward unpacifia
bic. Glutted with power at an age whe1
men generally are porting over school-book
: or learning some vocation, this extraordinar!
specimen of American opportunities in time
of political cinaos has already had an epi
career. His courage, mental and physical
has been fully tested"