The weekly Louisianian., 1872-07-27

guilty as the latter? Another thing:
Governor Pinchback charges Sena-
tor Antoine with conspiracy as one
of the means of opposition to him;
now, is Governor Pinchbsck willing
to inform us what means he en-
ploycd in opposing Governor Dunn
for the United States Senate?"
No man Of any sense can posi-
bly, find any comparison between
what Burch calls Mr.. Pinchback's
opposition to the late Lieutenant
Governor, in tbs Senatorial contest,
and Mr.. Antoine's opposition to MIR.
Pinchback. A very essential diff.
ference is to be found in the fact
that in the Senatorial contest botE
were aspirants, whereas in the
"Wilderness' struggle, Mi. Antoine
repudiated all aspiration in that
direction. In the Senatorial con-
test the aspirants were both out,
and each was laudably anxious to
become the "chcice of the people"
In the evidences" Senators
contest, the effort was to GUST the
colored man that was in, even at the
cost Of filling his place with a Demo
crat. But in order to expose the
desperate straights to which Nh.
Burch and his Co-demagogues are
dripen to find excuse for abusing
and vilifying MIR. Pinchback, let us
explain.
LIT. Gov. Dunn, Gen. West, P. J.
Kennedy, W. L. Mcmillan, NJ. Hahn,
MI. Pinchback and others were spo-
ken of as candidates for the u. S.
Senate; the friends Of each were &C
lively at work to secure the election.
of their respective choice. Messrs.
Dunn and Pinohback being the Oh
ly colored men spoken of, MI:
Pinchback proposed to Mr.: Dunn
to support him if he should ascer-
tain that he had more colored votes
than himself, and asked Mr.. Dunn
if he would do tho same thing in
case he (Pinchback) should be the
strongest. Mr.. Dunn refused to
answer then, but took it "under adj
visement." Three caucusses OF the
colored members of the Legislature,
were held in which Burch was con-
spicuops, and he knous that in each
of them Mr.. Pinchback was declared
to be the choice for the U. S. SEN
ate. Gov. Dunn, satisfied that he
had not the votes with him, stated
to the last caucus that he would
allow himself to be nominated,
VIII n he would decline, and advised
his friends to vote for Pinchback as
long as he had a chance, then to
votefor Kennedy. Had Gov. Dunn
been the favorite and received the
nomination, the maligner Burch
kno,cs that Mr.. Pinchback would
have given him the hearty support
lie had pledged himself to do in his
speech at a dinner given in the
Union League Club Room q short
time before the election. at which
Burch was present, andeompliment-
ed the utterance.
In the other case, Mr.. Antoine
was not q candidate, but we claim
disregarded party ties, and person
al friendship and joined hands
with the life long enemies of his
race and of the Republican party in
their attempts not only to defeat
the election of Lieutenant Governor,
but to turn him out after he had
been elected, and then to put DEM
ocratio-C q stomhouse man in his
stead. But be it said to the honor OF
the race only oneo other could befound
out of the six coloredS Senators, to Join
in this effort, and further attempt to
disrupt the party, and overthrow the
government. With this clear state
ment of undeniable facsts, We leave
our readers to see for themselves
where the comparison comes in, and
where the contrast suggests itself.
About t'the means employed let
us say q word. About two months
before the meeting Of. the Legisla-
ture, Burch thought his chances for
the speakership good, and as Mi.
'Pinchback was a candidate for the