The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-20
ABOUT GOV. WARMoTH,

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this State who have so long, persist
emily and bitterly denounced Cover
nor Warmoth as the persopifcation Of
everything that is bad, the author Of
all the ills and misfortunes that have
befallen the State and her people, and
a monster whose continuance in pow
er for another term of four years
| would bring complete ruin and bank
ruptcy upon the community. This
abuse has been very unjust and un=
reasonable, never warranted by the
official course of its victim, having its
origin perhaps solely in the fact of the
Governors elevation to his high posi-
tion through the votes and influence
of the Republican party, to which the
class we speak of was wholly and Bit
terry opposed. Growing in intensity
with the lapse of time, and from con-
slant utterance coming to be looked
upon as merited and truthful by large
numbers of the people of the State,
this torrent of abuse of his Excellency
may be said to have reached its zen
| 18th last Winter, about the time of the
| visit here of the committee of inyesti-
cation from the National House of
Representatives. Before this commit
| tee the combined enemies and tradu-
GERS of the Governor appeared with
numerous specific charges of official
misdemeanors and corruption, but he
met them all with undeniable evil
dence of their falsity, and showed his
official record to be spotless. From
this time the torrent has been sub
siding, until now it is confined to the
narrow limits of the Kellogg crowd
and few of the supporters of the
"united State ticket who represent
the most inpraeticable elements of
our population, and who, while they
yociferously demand reform in the
administration of the State govern
Hent, are working for the continued
prevalence of corruption and are
themselves the only obstacles in the
way Of the accomplishment of reform.
Among the better classes the Cover
nor's vindication of himself has had
the effect of changing contempt, de-
nunciation and hate by degrees into
respect, praise and admiration and
to-day we find many Of the oldest and
most influential citizens Of the State
speaking in terms of encomium of the
man whom they denounced scarcely
six months since as dishonest in the
extreme. ~
And this change in popular senti-
ment will continue until the almost
unanimous voice of the people shall
testify to the probity and purity of
the man whom SO many have loved
to malign. We say this is especially
gratifying to the editor of the CHIEF,
for we have accorded Governor War
moth a warmer, more disinterested
and technically consistent support
than we ever gave a man before or
are probable to do again. We have
praised his many good actions in the
most eulogistic manner, have excused
and even defended what under differ
ent circumstances we might have been
disposed to characterize as mistakes, |
have stood by him through the most
virulent attacks of his enemies, when
it was infamy in the opinions of many |
to be in any way associated with him, |
consequently have received our full |
share of abuse and had our motives
maligned and questioned;
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and all this has been done from no
hope of reward, but because we adj
mlred the pre- eminent ability, sterling
and fearless character of the man. and
with him for the unmer-
ted obloquy which has been cast up-
on him at times apparently from all
sides. Believing implicitly in his of |
1elal uprightness, because the most
persistent and repeated attempts to
prove him, dishonest have signally
allied, we have declared his integrity
% the world and now that the mass
II his former opponents are coming
'ver to our view, thus vindicating
'ur past course, how can we feel 9TH
'rwise than gratiied?
We decline to accept the challenge
f tho Too.Ia,. ~, 49,