New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-20
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sFFIClAL JOURNAL OF THE UNITED STATES
OFFICIAL JOURNAL Of NEW ORLEANS
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST.
A Grant and Kellogg Fizzle.


EDITOR REPUBLICAN:
II order that the Citizens Guard may
have q little bit Of consoling news from our
parish in advance Of that "staunch country
journal the Republican Pioneer, and not
being acquainted with the editorial corps
of the first named sheet, thought would
furnish to the public through the columns
of the peoples paper the New Orleans RE-
PUBLICAN, the following facts:
An attempt was made last night, the
eighteenth instant, by the floating scam Of
the Customhouse, to hold a meeting at
Bonnet Care, under peculiar circumstances.
Rumor had it that one Of Mortimer
Smiths fuglemen by the name Of Charles
Vial would hold meeting as has been his
nightly custom for something ike week
or more. A half-dozen or so usually at
tend for the purpose, as they term it, to
taste of some of MOrtimeT's whisky,
which is always freely dispensed on these
occasions.
Last night, after the usual routine Of
whisky dispensing was gone through with,
and the dying echoes Of the usual lmpreca-
tions that are at these gatherings heaped
upon Governor Warmoth and his thugs
were still lingering upon the night breeze,
a bakers dozen, consisting of M. F. Smith,
J. VosiR, J. Z. Stephenson, John Peters,
of our parish, and j. E. HarransOn, mem
Der of the police jury, and A. Durapau,
clerk Of the court of St. Charles parish, one
other disciple unknown, and also Julien
Harris, Auguste Faucheux and Charles
Vial were assembled.
Inquiries were made by the curious as to
the whereabouts of Burrell, when through
his proxy it was ascertained that the re-
collections of his experience in preaching
Democracy two years ago to this same club
was still lingering in his memory, invaria-
bly, creating a cramp in his wind pipe, or at
least producing an indispOsitiOn, rendering
him unable to be seen or heard. These
facts being ascertained, the little boys
pOcketed their favorite eggs in silence and
took good look through the crowd and
quietly stole away. The first speaker to
mount the rOstrum, who attracted any no
tice, was ex-senator, eX-PresideDt Police
Jury, ex President of the School Board,
ex- President of the Republican Parish Ex-
It
and who relieved himself OratOricallY
with the usual lack of argument
for which he is so universally noted. Sub
Rtantialy, he said: "Gentlemen, am Re-
publican, am great speaker, and know all
about Greeley and Grant. Greeley has
been Endorsed by the Democracy at Balti
more, Greeley went jeff Davis bond, and,
therefore, Greeley is bonded Democrat"
And again: "YOu all 90 for Greeley because |
WarmOth's tax collectors tools do; there |
fore Greeley is a WarmOth tool. Now l |
wish by these proofs before you, to show
you the right way to go. We came here to
ratify, first, the Philadelphia convention.
and second, the Baton Rouge convention.
] wish to see a fair expression of sentiment
exhibited here tonight. and the first man
that attempts any of your WarmOth hula
balloO will get his brains blown out. Now, do
YOU hear that !"
Patience here ceased to be a virtue. A
file of first varieties quietly gathered
around the speaker, and ii the language of
ID. Webster, politely invited him to reiterate
that statement, which he refused to do, and
as he stated he had just taken a small
Jump from a serious strain to a joke, he
hoped they would take it as such, begging |
q thousand pardOns, and hoped they would |
refrain from a repetition of so serious an !
attitude for such a slight cause.
"NOw, gentlemen" he said, "all in favor |
OF Jne 1uLhuelpuld pAdIlOIu anu IJS num- ]
nations will signify the same by saying !
YES" Mop was the response, without |
further formula. Unanimously carried |
SAYS the boss RATHER.
SAnd now for the Baton Rouge nOmina-
tons" The speaker thought he would |
practice little legerdemain, thinking, no
doubt to himself that his success as a rati-
fest thus far was like the Dutchman's sick
pig, getting along no better very fast"
''All Of you that are opposed to the Baton
Rouge nominations will please signify the
same by saying no." Eyes - cried the OBJ
stinate ratiiers with a shout aud the cry
of "ShOve them in the river, the whole dog |
gone set of EN-! y Unanimously ratified"
shouted the persistent Mortimer.
You don't talk WarmOth to US at all;
that's what we want, and the sooner you
understand that the BETTER Several I'M
success sful attempts were made by others
to cover up this insult to the hero of the
twenty day Wilderness celebrity, but with
out effect.
The last our informant saw Of the sinners,
Smith was pacifying his st. Charles visitors
n words something to this effect: You see
,hese men don't fairly understand the ques-
ion; they are probably all laboring under a
,ad cold"