Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-10
The War of Factions in Louisiana.

prominent republican, and one VINO knew
-umethiDg Of the rule Of carpet baggers in
tho South, -once say that the Almighty did
not think ofcarpet- baggers when he sent the
plaques on the Egyptians, because, if he had
he might have condensed all the plaques he
did send into one and the carpet-bagger
would have been that ono. Whether this
can fairly be called IN exaggerated style of
remark or not, there Is certainly enough
ruth in il to give 1t point a. any one acquaiut
"a with the governments Of the reconstructed
states for the last i've years will readily see
en- one side the carpet-bagger-, on the other
he ku klux, have des0lated these States
before dcsolated hy their rebellion and the
march Of the Union armies, until they have
become little better than the battlc-felds
a,ross which the horder OF ulunderers and
midnight marauders and assassins have
hercely rode, day and night, Louisiana al
lords the latest spectacle The legislature
~ that State, largely Republican. Is divided
nearly in the middle, INTO what arc known
- the custom house faction and tie War
moth Republicans, Gov. Warmoth On one
-tie uses All the power Of the State and the
police. and the custom house clique have,
until recently, bad the support Of the federal
Ulcers in louisiana and the federal troops
stationed thee. Last summer tie custom
house crowd with federal troor= took control
nj the Republican State convention and D
though the fact was made kno" q the
authorities at Washington, nothing was done
bout il. Casey, q relative Of the President
Is collector. and he doubtless made such
represen tatlons to Grant as induced the
latter not to interfere. When Licut.-Goy.
Dunn died the Warmoth faction succeeded
IN electing a president Of the Senate, who IS
acting Lieut.. Governor. Last Wednesday
affairs came to d crisis. The custom house
rEoWd, using process sued out Of tho United
States courts, arrested Gov Warm0th and a
dozen OF twenty Of that faction N the legis-
laturc, under the ku-Klux law. charging
them with overturning the laws Of the state
and while these gentleman were in the Gus
tldy Of the officers OF the law, the assembly,
without quorum, voted to eXpel several Of
the Warmoth men, and give their seats 20
Caseyites. Gov. Warmoth, however, as soon
as he and his friends were released on bail
convened his wing Of the legislature IN extra
session, sent out the scrgeant-at-arms and
brought in assembly men enough to consti-
tute quorum, organized ana elected a
speaker, and got ready for business The
Warmothites occupied the State House, and
the Caseyites hall in the city. and one
was guarded by United States troops and the
other by state militia and police During
All this time United States revenue cutter
was out in the river etcaming up and down
stream having on board the Casey members
of the Senate, to prevent the sergeant-at-
arms from arresting them to bring them in
TO the Senate in order to make quorum.
The following telegram was sent to the
President
To His EIceLeaog Z. s Graut, President
SIR Senators of this State. employees IN
the New Orleans Custom house, have formed
a cons piracy with the Democratic Senators
to prevent q quorum Of the St. &c Senate, and
nave succeeded during the entire week and
IN this plot they have the support OF the
Collector Of Customs, the United States
Marshal, and several Of your appontecs
here
The revenue cutter Wilderness has been
and is still employed TO take these cJnspira-
tors beyond reach and jurisdiction OF the
serGeant-at arms empowered to arrest them,
IN order that quorum may be secured and
business transacted. At the moment of the
assembling OF the House Of Representatives,
to-day number of United States Narshals.
armed with warrants from a l. :. Commits
sioner, based on a frivolous affidavit 81 mem
bers Of the conspiracy suddenly arrested Is
Representatives four Senators and the GOV
CrnOr aRd observation-disclosures. The effect
Of this was 10 break the Republican majority
IN the House Of Representatives. Durin2
the confusion consequent upon the outraseoul
proceeding the cOnspIratOrs. Gaining to b.
the House, but not numbering a quorum oil
that body, Illegally elected six Republican
members, and seated IN their places Demo
cratic contestants. Threats Of violence backet
by UUIted States troops TO carry out the plot
are freely made. ] respectfully request Z
bc informed If. as Is claimed, YOU sustain the
Collector. the Marshal. and other Fedora
officials in this revolutionary attempt to over
turn the late government, an attempt which
# net discontinued by your appointees ant
their Democratic allies. must result i'm an
archy and bloodshcd.
ID. {. WARworH, Governor ct Louisiana.
When Gen Warmoths legislature az
sembIcd Thursday the following Telegram
was read
To Hon. y. e. Wea.-Goy. War
moth 9 dispatch Of this date to YOU received
His report Of the proceedings Of the Unite.
States marshal II of such an extraordinary
character that I will have the matter investI
-atad at once. Please show this dispatch Z
the attorney general
[. :. GsANr.-'
Gen. Emory soon after appeared in FIJI
uniform, and announced that United State
troops would cooperate with the militia an,
police IN preserving order. Speaker Carter
Of the other wing Of the assembly, sent
message to Gov. W armoth denying the legal
Ity Of the Warmoth assembly. and assertin;
the legality of his own body. The sergeant
alarms Of each house was on a sharp look
out for absentees, and each body was guar,
ing its own members from arrest
On Monday the refractory Senators sale,
from Louisiana, and the Senate met with n
quorum Resolutions were adopted calm
on the Governor for the annual message
Ehich was sent in, strongly recommending
reform.
The House endorsed the message by a CON
plimentary resolution. Resolutions wcr
adopted regarding the Carterites, to the ei
feet that if at one O'Clock Wednesday sal
members do not return here and assume thei
duties as legislators this House viii procee
TO ezpel them
Governor Yarmouth has apo inted jaime
Longstreet Major General of the Louisian
State Militia, and assigned him TO the in
mediate command and supervision of til