New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-15


r and disastrous to the Republican partJ
because they destroyed the confidence of tn
people in their leaders. The schemes c
the federal officials eliminated in one @
the most disgracefuI acts of federal in
reference ever recorded in the history o
the country The day when Louisian!
witnessed political convention held in ;
federal building, under the control o
federal officials and the surveillance o
federal troops will be long remembered
1t resulted in a manly protest on the par
OF large body Of Republicans, who adopt
ed the following among other resolutions
at Turner Hall:
RcSotred, That we denounce the out
i rageOus acts Of the federal officials con
nected with the last State Central Commit
tee for having attempted to pack this con-
| YentIon with their chosen adherents, against
| the expressed will of the Republicans of
| the State. We denounce them for having
called the convention to meet in United
| States courtroom in United States custom
| house; we den0unce them for having
| attempted to intimidate the convention bY
| surrounding it with armed special
| deputy marshals; we denounce them for
having closed the doors of the courtroom
aud having barred the entrance to the Gus
tOmhOuse; we denounco them for attelnDt-
ing to. exclude from this convention
ninety-fve delegates of the people who
were met at the threshold by two COM
panles OF the United States army, called
out by these men to assist in carrying this
convention against the will of the people.
we deneunce their whole conduct in CON
neGtlon with the calling out and assembling
OF this body. They were guilty of every
YNrN r +[,a I'll
for delegates. They were guilty of simula-
ton and fraud in connection with the de-
termination OF the time and place of meet
ing They finally established, without au
thOrlty, certain pretended rules relative to
the admission of delegates, calculated to
further their scheme. They admitted to
the convention hall, or to an adjoining room
with an open door, their fraudulent dele
gates, while the doors were kept closed
against the bona fde members of the con-
Ventl0n until the hour of meeting, in order
that they might spring and force an Organi-
zation under the protection of thesrevolvers
ot their marshals and the bayOnets of their
soldiers
RcSolUed, That we express our conviction
that these Ontrages were not perpetrated
with the knowledge or consent of President
Grant; we disbelieve the statement of Mar
shal Packard to that effect; we proclaim orr
earnest hope that our President will repudi-
ate the acts Of these men, and we declare
that we will only withdraw our hearty sup
port and Endorsement of him when we shall
learn that we were outraged and insuIted
by his officers after consultation with him
and by his advice and consent.
The Republicans at Turner Hall, in view
of the conduct of the federal officials, SO
violent, unrepublican and dishonorable in
its character, declared that the integrity of
the Republican party. depended upon the
removal from Office of Marshal Packard, |
Collector Casey, Assessor Joube1t, Revenue |
Collector Stockdale, Special Deputy Col
lectOr Herwig and Postmaster Charles w. |
Lowell, and they respectfully asked that |
good Republicans be appointed in fheir
stead. committee of twenty was ap- !
pointed and waited upon the President,
who promised to investigate the matter.
The Republicans from that day were di-
vided One portion became known as the
Customhousee and the other the admins
tration wingo
The federal officials, whose Shameless
tTickery resulted in the disunion of the Re
publican panty and the quarrels among it's
eaders, are all in Office to-day. The party
hey control today is an outgrowth ot
August 9, 1871. 1t is Republican in name,
md in name only. It was built up by the
degradation of a portion of the, Republican
'ress, under censorship and by the power
md money Of the United States govern
nent. If there is such thing as a dignity
If citizenship, of the press, of State, that
'artJ deserves the opposition of every true
nan. Republicans in an independent re-
orm party will be able to defeat the
chemers that brought disgrace upon their
arty. Very respe ctfuIlN
EMERSON BENTLEY