The sun., 1872-01-16
NATIONAL REFoeH TICKET
Was Grant In the Louisiana Conspi-
Tpcyg

was trunt IN the LOUISIANA COnspi-
rpcy,
The Admin s,1ojion journals culorzs tie
conduct of Gen CnAST ia regard TO tie
Louisiana difficulties, and think him worthy
Of the hiehos, praise because he has thus far
refrainod from rrocloin'ny martial law in
that STATE But we think well.in!ormed aud
impartial tNserycrs Of the extraordinary aud
alarming % 'I-rences in New Orleans will
bestow sevcrs .,ensure rather than my de
gree of approval upon the course Of tie
prosder,
The mere fact that intelligent ci'i
tcns here in the North should for =
moment debate The proprcy # q pro
elama'ion Of martial law by the prcsi
dent in the chief Southern city Of the
Union on the request Of It's Nay D. ror 10
other reason than that tie President oirc,.
holders had fomontcd riot n that city. and
were using the Federal low,r to suby II tie
State Government while 1t was succ,ssr.llv
dealing with the rioters, proves how loosely
some Of our people lave learned to c3usttu
the Cons tuition, and how ready thy ~, 10
lostow ARBITRARY authority uloa one w'o D. 2
patronage to reward supple sorvitor- l.
marks the wide departure #, m the pats of
thc.Fathcrs that mcmbcrs # Colgrcss a i
managers Of leading journals talk az gltly
OF the subycrnion Of State Goyvrnm 1T Is
tho bayoucts Of tie regular army, as tl-y
would Of the summonng Of 81, -d of p.
lice TO stop Est fight in liquor saloon.
And worse than tl.is IN tle louisiana case
IL worse he posHllc--it was propos. "a Is
the consp.rator- to bring the S.atc Govern.
m nj iuto sabscNicncy TO a military dicta
torship by p'rycrs.on of tlc HU.Klux law.
m act which, 10 speak mildly, is rcplctc
with provisions Of doubtful cousttgtionality .
and this too lccaus- these conspirat,rs and
their matter in the White House suspected
that the cl!cf moa in n, ST.; Glycumcu.
were hostile not - the National GOV ~.
nieat, but TO Gca. GRANTS r,.umi.at on q.
the prcg.Icncyl
Many Of the supporters of the A m.ais
trat.on, c.Lcr circc.ly or .a.i ..cliy a-i-i
that there was = cons. i-acy 70 -,is zap such
condition Of affairs in Louisiana as would
tory, TO excuse the Intervention Of tA3 mill.
tary ann, ard compel the abd.catcn Of
WARMJTu and his friends but they ychc
mently insist that Gen GRANT was not a
party to the Ilot and did not approve Of it
Not so fast gentlemen, Tho activs agents
in this conspiracy are CASEY, the Collector
Uf the Port Of Now Orleans PACKARD. the
Marshal OF tie District and CARTER. the
recent Speaker Of the Louisiana House o.
Representatives. The two former are the
very men who in August last, devised the
plan ly which they drove from the Repub-
lean State Convention. with marslals
batons infantry Layoue;s, and Gail ug guns. q
large BODY of the reg Iar delegates lccause
they were suspected Of hostility TO GRASI'-
rcnomiuation Then as now, CARTIER w.-
tho convenient tool Of CASEY nnl PA,KAE..
4 strong remoustranco against this out
rage was then made to GRANT by the mcs,
influential m,mh,-- Of the Republican party
Of Louisiana They demanded the re
moval of easily an VA.AtlD, naI rs.ur q
GRANT that on tho assembling ot the L,gis
latur1 CARTER would be voted out OF the
Speakers chair. Did GRANT remove or even
rebuke CASEY and PACKARD? Not at all ;
they had served Lin too well for that. H.
kept them in power and save them renewed
nssurayCfs Of his confidence, for he wantcl
TO use them in consummating the plans mi.
lated in August.
Early In December, In a conversation with
q State Senator, whose vote ,a the cho CO Of
q Lieutenant Governor he was try ng TO IN.
fuence, PACKARD distinctly ioreshadowcd
the events which have since occurred, and
among other things said that martial law
would be declared soon after the assembling
Of the Legislature. Now, CASEY and PACK
ARD have conferred with GRANT this past
fall about affairs in Louisiuna-CAsEY re
peatedly. Is there simplctOn so big as
to believe that CASEY and PACKARD, IN.
der the inspiration Of those conferences,
have gono counter 10 GRANTS wishes
while pushing CARTER forward to broak
up the lower House Of the Legislature
by running on TO tavern with following
OF tho members, AID by sailing a revenue
cutter up and down the Mississippi with
EullclCgt number ol Senators on board 10
prevent a quorum in tA.t body, and by
stirring up the Thugs OF New ulyans to
violence and bloods4cl, thus adJrliug L
pretext for proclaiming martial law, br a.
ing down tho WARMOTH Administration,
aud securing delegation to the PLiladcl
PIMA Convention favorable to GRANTS re-
nomiaation7
But, say GRANTS apolos.s;s. ho has not