New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-22

our ACCUSATIONS pear evidence O1 dil
utter lack Of sense, prudence or policy"
and ''are so vile and senseless that nobody
will believe them"
Now in this the Times is correct. No
body does believe them, and public opin-
ion, which nothing but truth and justice
can sustain, invariably turns deaf ear to
Misrepresentation and calumny.
But the Times, while growing garrulous
over the faults Of the Picaytne, commits
the same folly for which it brings its con-
| temporary to account. It proceeds to say:
Enough has been shown already against
! Governor Warmoth to justify the universal
| condemnation of him as a yirulent and I'm,
| scrupulOus partisan a selfish and avaraciOus
| speculator in the securities of an impover-
| ished community, who has enriched himself
| by the manipulation Of the public funds,
| and who has filled the Legislature with
| set CT the most corrupt and depraved pOliti-
! cal adventures and jobbers that ever
cursed any community. These charges have
| been made good against him, upon proofs
that have never been disputed; and with
! such well-sustaned charges, what need can
there be of making others founded III gross
| ignorance or on idle gossip!
| Evidently, the Times, in belaboring its
rival, has worked itself into fit of I'M
| governable passion-it, too, has grown in
discreet, and said things which it can not
sustain 1t rebuked the Picoguoe for say
| ing things which it could not prove. Let
| it now clear its own skirts from fraud and
| calumny. We dare it to the issue Where
is the proof of single specific charge?
Show us in what the Governor is Il
'virulent and INSCRIPTIONS parsisan;'
where is the proof that he is ''selfish and
! avaricious Spectator in the securities of
the community; in what way is it made
apparent that he had anything to do with
| elections for the Legislature?
These charges have certainly been
made. but where is the proof Of their cor
rectness? When, where and under what
| circumstances did it appear? Certainly
not before the congressional investigating
committee, where the most ample latitude
was afforded, where any one who chose
might swear with IMMUNITY. Accusations
! against the executive were not only IL
yited but were urged to be made, and
every facility was afforded for the produc-
! ton of the proof. Before this tribunal
! all of the Governors enemies stood ready
and willing to strike. The Democratic
committee WAS there, organized, disci-
plined, and eager to convict-the Custom
| house faction in all its force, bitter, unre-
lenting and vindictive, and personal
enemies by the score. Yet the Governors
victory, il tie face of these odds, was
assured and triumphant; his vindication
from every charge thorough and COM
plete.
The Times must look elsewhere for. its
proof. Can il be found in the charges
or in TIE outgrowth of the charges made
against the Governor by Auditor Wick
life. That warfare Was perhaps without
example in intense bitterness, yindic6ve
luminosity and unelenting prosecution.
Yet the legislative committee to whom
these charges were referred reported,
March ,, 1870, as follows
Your committee beg leave to report. that
after lengthy and thorough examination
of all the witnesses whose attendance your
committee has been able 10 procure, they
have been able to find, from the testimony
elected. no ioUldrtIon whatever for any one
Of the charges preferred by George Nj.
Nickiitfe. Auditor, etc against his Excel
leucy II. {. Warmoth. Governor OF the
State OF Louisiana. Your committee be-
leave herewith to present a copy of all the
testimony taken before them and all pro
ceeGings had by them, that Your honorable
body may see how far their labors have ex-
tended and may appreciate the equity Of
the opinion az which We have arrived.
Your committee wo&; therefore
respectfully recommend thai no further
proceedings be taken in regard to
the charges preferred by Gsorge NJ
Nicklife. Auditor, etc. against his En-
celency II. G. Warmoth. Governor. but that
said charges be declared by your honorable
body to be without foundation in fact, and
incapable OF being sustained by the evil
dence brought forward by the accuser him
self.
Again must the Times look elsewhere
for its proof. Where is It TO be had |: In
what act of omission or commission?
Vague charges and glitter;ng generalities
will not do. We must have the specific
charge and the accompanying proof The
Times must furnish this, Or stand convict
ed Of misrepresentation and deliberate
Islander. We dare it to the issue