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The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-05-10
The New York Herald OF,
GreeteYs

The New York Herald, which has
persistently thrown cold water upon
the Cincinnati movement, made the
following editorial announcement on
the thirtieth ultimo:
We see in MIR. Greeley man who
would make serious candidate.
The country would know where to
find him. A temperance man, he
would offend the Germans but tenn
perance is a local, not a national
issue, and could not enter into the
canvass. A protectionist, he sees
there can be no canvass upon that
issue for a political generation at
least. He would please the South
with his amnesty views +; while his
record as Republican will at least
bear the closet scrutiny. Let Mr..
Greeley be nominated and he will
poll more votes than any other Lib
eral Republican who would run int be
South. We question whether Grant
could even defeat him in North Car
olina and Virginia. He would be as
strong as Adams in the East and in
Pennsylvania, and would be popular
in the West because of his identi6.
cation with Western schemes anc
events. He would be a positive can
didate /; and we question whethe,
any man who could be nominated
would rally to his standard the i'll
fluences that would surround ant
sustain him.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-05-10
MFRNlCN,lLlE LOUISIANA FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1872.

Question. What explanation did
you give? Answer. I did not give
him any explanation.
Question. Has he asked any ex-
planation Of you Answer. No,
sir.
Question. Has any officer ever
asked any explanation of you ? An
swer: / don't think the Secretary of
the Treasury has, and no one else
has right to ask it.
These occurrences took place near
ly five months ago. They were no
torious at the time, and the facts
were stated then in the press sub
stantially as they ate given here un-
der oath by Casey himself. Never
theless, his brother-in-law, the Presi-
dent, has never asked any explana-
ton of him, nor has he caused any
other officer to require one. And
Casey remains in office as collector
of New Orleans.
Under any other administration
than Grants such an outrage upon
law and decency would have been
visited with the prompt removal o1
the offender from the Office which he
had disgraced. Can anybody imag.
inc any reason for Caseys retention
in power, except that he is the broth
er-in-law of the President
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-05-10
Backing Down.

This is an extract from Washing
ton specials to the st. Louis Iimec !:
A private canvass of the House
been made, and it is reported that
SO soon as the Cincinnati convention
has done its work-always proyid-
ing that work is just right-enougb
Republicans in the House of Repre-
sentatives are ready to declare them
selves against Grant to give an anti
administration majority there with
the aid of the Democrats. This is very
far from impossible, and I could al
most name those who propose to fol
low this revolt.
Inquiries have been made for the
report of the committee appointed
by Congress to New Orleans. The
committee has been back two months,
and no report is made. Forty OF
fifty pages of it were sent to the gov
ernment printing Office and put in
type, but there it was suddenly cut
off. It is said that Senator Kellogg,
of Louisiana, and brother-in-law
Casey are the parties who had it
stopped, and that both are very seri-
ously implicated in the outrages.
It is now probable that the world
will never see majority report Oh
the subject, but people will naturally
inquire why the minority should not
put in their statement.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-05-10

that have existed by virtue Of antipa-
thies that should have been buried
with the causes that brought them
into being, will cease to prevail, and
with their disappearance the men
who angered themselves thereat will
forget in the newly-awakened pros
perity of the country, that they ever
had cause to be discouraged or dis
tempered. All that VIC have TO do
now is to beat down the party that
seeks to prevail by continuing the
animosities Of the past.-Er.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-05-10

Winnie Ream has $4,000 house
in Washington. Winnie made this
house and money enough to live on
besides by skillful lobbying. She
has pretty face, and that pretty
face was sufficient to induce Con-
gressmen, who ought net to look at
pretty faces, to sqran5er the peoples
noney uu WINNERS 1eaf1a'1y ugly
statutes. Had Winnie been plain
she could never have got the cost Of
her marble from them.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-05-10
The following will be found Inter-
esting by our readers

The following will be found Inter-
esting by our readers /:
AN ACT.
To amend article six hundred and
forty-four Of the Code of Prac-
tice.
SEcrioN /. Be it ehactsd by the
Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the State of Louisiana in
General Assembly convened, That
article six hundred and forty-four of
the Code of Practice be amended SO
as to correspond with article one
thousand nine hundred and ninety
two Of the Civil Code, and so as to
read Us follows The sheriff c;an
not seize the linen and clothes be-
longing to the debtor or his wife
nor his bed, nor those Of his family
nor his arms and military accoutre-7
ments nor the tools and instru-
ments and books necessary for the
exercise Of the calling, trade or pro-
fession by which lie makes living /;
nor shall he in any case seize the
rights of personal serItude, of use
and habitation, of usufruct to the es-
tate of a minor child nor the in
come of dota1 property nor money
due for the salary Of an officer nor
wages !; nor recompehsive for per-
sonal services nor house or kitchen
furniture to the value OF six hundred
dollars:
<signed) o. II. BREWSTER,
Speaker Of the House Of Represen-
tatives
(signedD P. BIS. FINCHBACK,
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate.
Approved April %, 1872.
(Signed) H. G: WARNIOTH,
Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
A tue copy I:
T. j. HEBRON,
Secretary OF State.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-05-10
litOtlper.in.1-aw Casey,
[From the New York SUM-

[From the New York SUM-
The evidence which was published
in the Sun of Friday last respecting
the part taken by Collector Casey
President Grants brother-in-law, in
the recent conspiracy to overthrow
the State Government of Louisiana,
agrees perfectly with the statements
published in the SIN at the time OF
the occurrence but it has the adj
vantage of being I'LL under oath, and
of having been taken by commit
tee of Congress.
Az Collector of New Orleans, Ca
sey has control Of the revenue cutter
Wilderness, steamer belonging to
the government. Early in January
last, he took op board this vessel
fourteen or fifteen Senators of Lou
isiana, and kept them there, moving
up and down the Mississippi river,
so that they might not be arrested
by the sergeant-at-arms and brought
back into the Senate to form quo
rum. The following are among the
questions of the committee and the
answers of Casey, as given in the Of
fetal report of the evidence !:
Question. How many Senators
went aboard ? Answer. I believe
fourteen or fifteen-am not positive
as to the number.
Question. You knew that their
purpose was to avoid making a quo
rum in the Senate Answer. Yes,
sir ; they kept below most OF the
time to avoid being seen.
Question. Did you know that it
was violation Of your duty as an
officer of the United States thus to
prevent the organization of a State
Legislature ? Answer. Perhaps
did I did not think Of it at the
time.
Question. You thought the prop
erty of the general government could
be used in favor Of one party or fac
ton and against the other, without
any dereliction Of duty on your part
Answer. I thought, under the cir
cumstances, it could
Question. The officers who were
in charge Of the Wilderness during
the time these Senators were or
board were the usual officers of the
government-paid by the govern
ment ? Answer. Yes, sir.
Question. You are the brother
in-law of President Grant? An
swer. Yes, sir.
Question. Have you sent an,
written explanation to Washington
of your course here? Answer,
have written great many private
letters to the President.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-05-10

boral German Princes will soon
the United States. Some say
rown Prince will do SO in Octo-
The reception Of the Prince
! in this country has created
preatest sensation among the
(rchists of the Old World. BY
v King of the Carnibal Islands
rant to come.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-05-10

The Baton Rouge Gazette Dc Comet,
a paper of widespread influence
speaks as follows of MIR. Greeley's
nomination
NOMINATION OF HORACE GREELEY
This announcement was quite unex-
pected to our citizens, as they had
settled down into a sort of belief
that the contest would end in the
nomination Of either Davis, Trum-'
bull or Adams. It was hardly
thought that the old printer had
such strength with the people as was
manifested in the unani,nity with
which the Cincinnati delegates went
for him. The bare announcement
of the fact drew a smile across the
countenance Of every one, and it.
would not astonish a casual observer
Of events, but that this name old ty-
po will take a tramp to Washington
about the 4th of March next, put
the Grant establishment out of sorts
and knock military Republicanism,
into pi. It remains now. to be seen
what the Democrats intend to do
when they assemble in Conventions
ut st. Louis. If they conclude to
support the Cincinnati nominee, his
election is certain, and if not. the
chances are then in favor of Grant,
with his military supremacy for four
years, and very likely for life. We
agree perfectly with the Missouri
Caucasian on the score that either
Greeley or the devil would be pre-
ferable to Grant.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-05-10

oenator-elect from the yet un-
pate Of Deseret in an argu-
ellvered a few days since be-
House Judiciary Committee,
at polygamy will cease to exist
Norman wives come into COM
IN the matter of dress, with
er a. women of the world, and
'nnery bills begin to pour in
lelr husbands. The Pacific
y with the f" Gentle" immi-
:, encouraged by 1t, will soon,
the distinction between the
non of one wife and that of
y Serious, to say nothing of
sanlte number of wives pop
''nbuted to the leading saints
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-05-10


A correspondent, i'll an interview
with Hon. George w. Julian, one Of
the most prominent Republicans :of
Indiana, says
He spoke freely as to his connec-
ton with the Liberal Republican
movement. He claimed that this
course had been inspired by the dis
gust at the appointments to import
ant Offices made by the President.
He instanced some appointees, and
characterized them in strong terms
of disapprobation. He also COM
planned of the character Of the Presi-
dents advisers, and the persistency
with which he clung to them and
supported his appointees, despite the
clanor of the people against such a
course. Mr.. Julian believes the
present movement will sweep the
country, whoever may be the nomi-
nee of the Philadelphia convention,
Ind says the Republicans are IRE
trievably beaten in Indiana already.
MIR. Sumner has the reputation OF
being the most constant attendant
upon his official duties among all the
Senatoro. Since his illness last spring
he has been compelled to be frequent
ly absent from his seat: But previ-
ously, with the exception Of the time
when he was disabled sixteen years
ago, and when ho was called East to
attend his mother during her last
sickness, about six years ago, it is
said that he has never been absent
longer than twenty minutes from the
Senate during it's sessions. He has
not been inside the House of Repre-
sentatives for several years.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-05-10
The Era of Peace.

With the election Of Mr.. Greeley,
which may almost be considered a
foregone conclusion, the era of good
feeling will be returned again to the
minds Of the people. The North will
accept the adherence Of the South as
an evidence of her satisfaction with
and reconciliation to the results OF
the war, and the South will feel that
she has made an offer of peace and
friendship that will entitle her to
full restoration to her old place in
the councils of the nation. Men
who struggle in a common cause are
worthy to lie friends. Men who diff
fer, and then adjust their quarrel in
the face Of a common danger, show
themselves to be possessed Of such
mutual sympathies that their after
intercourse can be counted on to be
iirmer and more enduring than it
was before they disagreed. All the
people of the American Union ac-
cept of MIR. Greeley as an honest,
conscientious and Independent man,
too brave to conceal his enmities and
too frank to disavow his friendships
That he has opposed the South in
some of her IDEAS. is true. and that
he did so persistently and openly is
admitted: The ground Of his oppo-
sition perished with the war, and his
opposition perished at the same time.
Now be is our friend, and as he op-
posed us once, so now we may rest
satisfied he will befriend us hereaf-
ter. When the sword was sheathed
at Richmond he testified his loyalty
to justice by signal act of courage.
Since then he has constantly deman-
ded amnesty :or the people and JUS
tice to the States. His nomination
is due to this fact, that even in the
flush of victory he refused to exult
or to take advantage. The North
offers him to us pledge of her in
tention to do what we have asked
and what she has desired to per-
form. It is for the South to embrace
the opportunity to be fully reconcil-
ed, and to obtain great favor for her
self. This is the helping hand We
needed, aud if we grasp it, as We
should, the occasion will rejoice the
country from one extreme to the
other as the settlement of dispute
that has long existed to the damage
of ourselves and our friends. Where
division now exits, peace will be es'
tablished where differences weaken
harmony will return to make us
strong. The road will then be wide
enough for all the people, and &
common greeting will pass between
men whose interests hnve been injur
ed by their refusal to know eac(
other, The State will rejoice because
her citizens will be united and har
monious intsead of distracted ane
discordant. The monstrous evil!
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-05-10
The Issues.
From the New York Tribune.

The Issues.
from the New York Trlbune1
We are to have a Presidential
election in 1S72-so much is inevita-
bic. You may regret or deprecate
this, yet fact the will remain.
An election implies competition.-
Once only lin 1s20) has President
been chosen with practical unanimi-
ty he (Monroe) was a good man,
but not a strong one. We are not
likely to have another such election
in the next century.
An election in earnest involves not
only rival candidates but clashing
purposes. If party or clique were
to propose Presidential canvass on
the platform of adherence to our sep
aration from Great Britain or to a
republican form of government, it
would probably find it difficult to
make an issue on that proposition
and find an antagonist ready and
eager for the fray.
Thus we regard the question
which, ten years ago, shook our I'm
ion to its center. Slavery and Sc
cession were then tremendous facts,
which you approve or condemn, but
could by no means ignore. You
might he for Or against them +; indif-
ferent to them you could not ration
ally be. But, now that they are dead
beyond the hope Of resurrection,
what use in debating their merits or
fighting over their lifeless remains ?
"Shall the Blacks-nine-tenths OF
them just freed by the sword-be at
once endowed with all the rights and
franchises of American citizens ?"-
Barely six years ago, this was the
paramount question; No thoughtful
person denied that there were much
to be said on either side. That those
Blacks were in the main grossly illit-
crate and ignorant, was undeniable.
That they would be duped and mis-
led by crafty, selfish, unprincipled
adventures, was obvious. That they
might be corrupted by bribery Or de-
.,lded by sham sympathy, constitu-
ted a real and grave public peril. II
the country could have chosen to
educate them first, then enfranchise
them, it would have taken that
course. But its only choice was.-
Now or never !? To have reconstruc-
ted and restored the States on q
White basis was to doom the Blacks
to perpetual vassalage and impo'
tence. If they were not to be en-
franchised until educated, and the
Whites of the South were empower
ed to decide when they had attained
the proper standard of intelligence
good care would have been taker
that they should never be taught
So the temporary peril was wisel.
preferred to the perpetual injustice
; and degradation, and the Blacks
> were not merely enfranchised -thei
} equal rights were secured and guar
} anteed by a Constitutional Amend
ment which is practically irrepeal
, able.
There are doubtless some men ant
, more women who deplore the chang
, es of the last twelve years. The.
would gladly return to what seem
, to them the golden age Of the repub
) lie, when ladies needed not to parle,
, with and humor their nurses ant
j. chambermaids, and when every gen
l tleman's right to larrup his owl
: nigger" was beyond question. Blu
! even these are fully conscious tina
, the shadow will never recede on tn
: dial-that what has been can neve
return. Pride of opinion and reluc
! tance to confess defeat may some
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-05-10

A Minnesota horse-thief having
proved himself innocent has been
voted $1,000 by the Legislature to
retrieve his reputation. Innocent
horse thieves should make q note Of
this.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-05-10

= most fashionable way ofusing
Is 10 serve them as men do
|-learn their titles, and brag of
ocnuaintance.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-05-10

times impel them to talk foolishly ;;
but their idle vaporing is of just as
much consequence as that of the
mai len sisters who died a few years
since in their native New Jersey,
proud to the last that they had ever
been faithful subjects Of His Majesty
George LII. (under whose reign they
were born) and his lawful successors
on the British throne. If "The Lost
Cause" shall ever be seriously reviv-
ed by the losers, the winners will be
compelled to fight their battles DER
again. Until then, it were absurd on
our part to renew the contests of
186O-64-6 Let the dead rest, TN
less they should insist on rattling
their bones in their coffins so as to
annoy and impede the workers above
ground. For the present, we decline
to admit that what has been we'll
done during the last ten years can
possibly be undone.
The issues of 1872 will soon be
commandingly set forth by the Ma
tional Convention about to be held
Let every good citizen regard them
without prejudice and decide upon
them as he shall deem most condu-
Give to our country's well-being.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-05-10

pnt Vesuvius, now in II state OF
(e but appalling eruption, has
al the present been quiet for
seven years. Since the first
ed outburst in the year 70,
Pompeii and Herculaneum
atombed, there have been up
sixty eruptions. In 1859,
Pain in 17G7, very violent and
coVe outbreaks occurred /;
u 1884 the burning lava flow
i've thousand acres of Vine
and the town Tore del Greco,
the telegraph informs us is in
ent danger, was destroyed for
0nd time. Eleven years ago
again visited with destruc-
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-05-10

Petroit man, who lately " swore
b chewing tobacco, let himself
easy by chewing something
His first days supply Of some
else consisted of six oranges,
en apples, ten cents worth OF
IS, two sticks of spruce gum,
large sticks of candy, a pint OF
chestnuts, one cake Of maple
three cents worth Of liquor
pt, and half an ounce of cam
blows. The question arises,
is worse, the tobacco or this
laneous substitute !?
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-05-10

bew plan for college commons
posed at Yale, the main feat
being a large and convenient
IONS hall. costing $4,000, and
nanent fund yielding $4,000 a
tor paying an experienced cate
boks and walters. In this way,
bought, good board can be fur
for 50 so or 50 a week.
!rench professor has discovered
be poison of rattlesnakes, mad
etc., can be used with good eff
! the treatment of heart dis
and other maladies hitherto
ered incurable. He says, how
great care must he used in ex-
enting with poisonous reptiles.
Pould rather think so.
the California earthquake ap-
bed, a young lady improved
|partnnity to faint away in her
arms. It being tho first time
had dared to establish sncll
portunity. She did not recov.
twenty minutes or more, and
ntleman took a vast oath OF
borrow that he would give
dollars a shock for earth.
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Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-29
from Kirby.

We; the Undersigned, citizens of Kirby
and Vicinity, view with aBhorence the
growing evil of Intempefance in our
midst, an while the sale of alcoholic
drinks is. i'm the haeds of hnprincipied
hen. Whose only motive Is gain, With
out re- gard to law or morality, thereby
fos'.erlng vice, mourning crime, multi
plying paupers. increasing our taxes
arid corrupting our fountain of Justice,
Until justice and equity seems to be no
part of our virtue.
knowing, as we do. that there Is q
60 cd and. sufficient law In out State to
punish such offenders, we have resolved
to prosecute every Infringement of the
Ia " relating to the sale Of liquor in this
vicinity, and we hereby pledge ourselves
to give this matter our strict attention
and furnish means, if need be, to prose-
cute to a successful termination all suits
that may arise through the unlawful sale
of Intoxicating drinks
o. w. Johnson, William Tighe,
l.. d. johnson, J. G.. Mann,
John Mann, Isaac Mann,
VIM. Shambaugh, j. F. Gatcbeli
r. B. Kirby, II. 8. Palmer,
J. E. Healey, PHI. Lyman,
Benz. Welsh, T. III. Foltz,
l.. Landon, VIM. Mann.
S. s. DeBolt, A. Nc Donald.
VIM. h. Hughs,