The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1872-08-31
Our Candidate for Governor.

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OF age and in the prime of manhood. He wa
= brought to Louisiana when he was but tw
years old, and has lived in this State ever since
!, HIS father, Col. III. O. McEuery, an Irishma
= 6y birth, was then and np to the time of hi
=, death resident of the town of Monroe, in tn
e parish OF Ouachita, and was for years Regis
;. ter of the Land Office. The family were yer,
: poor, and sixteen months spent at an acad
9 emy at South Hanover, Ind was about the sur
Y total of his efforts to obtain an education
Hence our candidate for Governor come
, fairly under the head of self-made men, ant
doubtless derives much of his seIfrelianc
q and manhood from early struggles as we'll q
from the vigor of his Celtic blood. Enter
1mqg ing the law office of Hon. Isaiah Garrett, a
Monroe, he came to the bar in the State Uni
" versity class of 1853 In 1857, while absen
and ignorant of the purposes of his friends
r he was recommended to President Buchanan
p for the position of Register of the Land ofic
at Monroe, in place of an incumbent who's.
mal-administration had brought the offic
, into bad repute. 1t is needless to say that h,
discharged the duties to the satisfaction o
all until his bold and outspOken adherence tt
stephen A. Douglas necessitated his removal
' by Mr.. Buchanan in 1863: Raising a company
, at the outbreak of the war; he Joined tn,
Fourth Louisiana Battalion OF Infantry. anf
served his first campaign in Northwest Vir
glnla In the summer of 1861, under the com
mand OF Gen. Floyd. Thence the battalion
was transferred to Savannah Ca, where ht
became Lieutenant Colonel commanding thu
battalion, which was assigned the post OF
honor in the line of defenses. While stationed
on Skidaway Island at this time, the batta
non was inspected by Gen. Robert E. Lee
then commanding the depar tment, who, upo1
his return to Savannah, wrote in his OWL
hand and unofficial friendly letter to Col. Nc.
Emery in the highest degree complimentary
to him and expressive of entire personal con
hdenee' In 1868, Charleston being threaten
ed, the battalion was transferred to James
Island. On the 10Th OF June of. that veal
the enemy in heavy force advanced upon
Secessionville with such success tnat nothing
seemed possible to stay their capture oi
Charleston. The rapid march and brilliant
onslaught of McEnreys battalion, only COO
strong, turned the tide and saved the day. 1t
brought him great renown, and we are under
the impression he had his command were
named in general orders as having acted very
gallantly before the enemy in presence of a
superior force. The incident of bis ordering
his men to cease firing upon Federal lieu.
tenant colonel tMorison), who was endeayor-
ing to carry off a wounded comrade, provoke
highly eulogistic comments from the North
ern press, especially the New York Tribune.
The history of Col. McEnery is now the his
tory OF the heavy campaigns in Mississippi,
Tennessee, and Georgia, being always in
! Hoods corps, in the Army of Tennessee. He
was wounded at Chickamanga and Resaca.
While at home suffering from this last wound,
! and gathering up absent-ees, he was elected
| to the bench of the Twelfth Judicial District,
and the last official act of the lamented Gov.
Allen was to afix his signature to McEnery's
! comrI:ission as judge At the close of the war
he counsei;1cI submission to the laws of the
land and a sacred observance of the terms of
the surrender. He was ret"rned in 1865 as a
member from the parish of Ourchita ut the
lower House or the General Assembly Of our
state, where he was chairman of the commit
tee OF Internal improvements. Col. McEnery
Is noted for his logical and discriminating
mind and careful attention to business, and
loved Tor his many amiable qualities and self
sacrificing devotion to his friends. John Nc
Emery is regarded in North Louisiana and
wherever he is known as synonymous with
modesty, bravery, and magnanimity. Friend
and foe are equal admirers of his character
He was disfranehised by the Fourteenth
amendment and returned to the practice of
his profession in which he occupies front
rank. Restored to civil rights by recent ac-
ton OF Congress, he is brought out for Cover
nor. moderate, conservative and well bal
aneed, he shows feryor only in defense of what
ne believes to be the best interests of the
State. he is an ardent opponent of the ad-
mnistration of President Grant as well as the
still more infamous one of Warmoth in this
State, and is one of the most popular men in
A WARMoTH TRIcK.-We call the readers
attention 1E;n to the following article from the
Union heco7d. 1t was i'm this journal that the
letter of Col. Morrison giving the list of the
names of members of the Legislature who are
SAID to have received bribes for voting for the
Leyee bill, first appeared. The editor has
since anaiyzed that list, and come to the con-
ciuslon that it was gotten up for political eff
feet. That the bill creating the Louisiana Le-
wee Company was passed by means of bribery,
we feel assured; and we doubt not the list
furnished Col. Howard was represented as
containing the names of those who were to re-
ceive bribes but we are not prepared to saw |
4tlpv were all uIaaQI fhara hy, mt ~
that all the parties named received the money. |
". o. Patriot
d 800 ! LET THE GUILTY BLEED.
The guilty should bleed, but not the inno- |
cent In the list of names of those included |
IN Col morrlsons communication, published |
last week. who were bribed to vote for the
Levee bill, there are several noticeable fea-
lures in the first place, there is not a name
on the list except those of Democrats and /
Grant Republicans. The name of not q single |
one Of the pure and good satellites OF the Gov
ernor--such men as Carr, Devices and Opal
ON the list In the next place.
the list indicates that seventy three members
were brought. Now, on the Levee bill, only
votes were cast. Sixty-six votes
would have been q two thirds vote, and suffi-
why were The purchasers SO extrayagant as to
buy ten votes more than was necessary?
Again, the Journal of the House shows that
D. III. Bureh, eolored man, was the only
member who voted all the way and finally
against the passage of the bill, yet he, being
an anti-Warmoth man, Ia included in the list.
Beside the seNenty-three who are represented
as having been bought, there were twenty-six
others to make out ninty-three, the whole
vote, and who were in favor of the passage of
the bill as they voted for it, Hence, it was
only necessary to have bought forty members,
instead of seventy three. We have no doubt
that votes were bought, and that corruption
and bribery were nsed. The guilty should
bleed, but we want better evidence than this
before we can pronounce verdict of guilty
upon those named.--Union Record.
The GENERAL WTsH.-However we may diff
'er from the National Republican on many
questions of Importance, we do not think
here win be many to disagree with the wish
oppressed in the following extracts from an |
srticle In its Sunday edition, headed "War-
moths Last Dodge"
AT last bis ExceIlency begins to feel that
he way of the transgressor is hard. All his i
,lots and schemes have somehow gone awry, !
md have left him high and dry to wither
ike an autumn leaf He is now at work upon
lis last dodge. He hugs the delnsion that there
9 yet chance for him to obtain the nomina-
ion for Governor from the Democratic Re- !
orm ~ and Liberal Committees.
. He has stripped himself though for hard .
nght during the current week, and we pro-
,hesy Ihat the conference of the committees of
I sae democratic and Liberal factions will have !
y iisu WORK 10 resist the enginery he viii bring
y 2, gear IN support of his own pretensions and
'c.sIes y e nes. e wish the joint committees Q
80 Ssance from the wiles Of his Excel
ency, and trust that they NAV have STRENGTH ! {
aonest and patriotism enough to offer M oh nh
'tacle 10 the enforcement of the verdict ~ the 4
Whole people, which consigns Warmnsb an. h: