The sun., 1873-05-10
ATtLk WITH PINCHBACK.
Ui,tr mr. THTNKS or THE STATE
or ATFIIHS ~ IOJfSIiNi

wnni-Piuchback or Tor tnrnrc.
p S pinchback, Cx-Hcutcnlut-Govcrn
or VI Louisiana, an anxioIs cuufWtant for a
.li In tho United states Soua.c, is now In the
,.'y stopping at the Hoffman House. Yesterday
d SrS reporter interviewed him on tho situation
n Louisiana.
Tho reporter found tho would-bc Senator and
recognized leader Of the colored race cstab-
ishcd In al elegant suite of apartments on the
,hird floor. Pinchbaok Is but n tlnRe brownor
,han creole, and haa evidently very little negro
blo,d In his veins. Indc d, but for the predomi-
nance " white IN his eyes and rather thick lips
o., u, lt pass .or a native Louisiana creole II IL
.Nd that he Ia vain of his good looks aud ho
.ertalnly ls possessed OF very comely features
,ni shapely ngure. lie Is scrupulously neat
in his drcsa, the only display INDUCED in being
three large and very brilliant diamond studs
ania amasslve gold watch chain.
when In Washington last winter Pinchback
vas vr-v fond Of dls laying his person on the
avenues. and
PoINo niNsELr
I, the Senate chamber where he would be GER
tIn ~ attracting attention. II he could seo a
h'f1o1cn opera glasses Icycllcd at him 10y white
women he seemed suprcmely happy. lie ia not
man Of ability Ia any sense uf the word, yet he
hs .uuiderlhle cunning ami talks quite
ilH'., using very l1r Ensii'h; lAkc al
.
...-. and is naturally vrry suspicious, but can
......, firown on uts guard by 4 l.tu' flttory.
iit .. y'eedlngly ambitious, AMI J.. puGcd up
v'. Pc l"a ~ being recognized ds aleader ui the
lore race. But he ia. No conN lctipn. whatever.
ll.r vi'uns aud ANXIOUS To JON withNMmoih
Ul ..tI I.rr' 4 move .uCnt lt.t summer. AMI hsd
.e.tuo nr'1i-cs been ma lc Linn he would have
dome tl. best to carry tue negro vote Tor Gree.
f.s I.o ..o.l of his ambition WIS the United
states senate, and tli' the w.itc men would
r,t pt,mise, and the Casey arpet-baegerS.
autops to secure is influence with the nesroes
,.H.e 50 ~ ms and agreed to make him senator.
.f'hoy did 50 with the intention of cheating
lm Intrc end by giving him the short instead
oi OH" long term. The willy mulatto. however,
WIS t'o much for them, and by opening uegn-
'IHrs with tho opposition soon forced Casey
So. 10 acccde 10 liis dvul lnds.
lie nov On HE way To Europe, whore ne In
tcnt- to spend the summer, aud thus, while
aropiu. out OF harm way, he will At the same
fue not he forced To take an active part IN sup
porting kellosg. his sole thnushi Ia u secure
tiuu' 'tl,- 20 any timo 10y selling out his part
U.i- ll yiIla.ry he stands ready to do It.
not ANXIOUS To TALK.
tie arrcts not TO court notoric.y. and almost
een, iu-- - the day had been passed to
know 'h' object n Ills visit. When told that 1t
wl. flr the purpose of Interviewing him on
tho .,'u,tion u Affairs In Louisiana he protest
od quite cnercetcally against an Interview, hut
M tP' @ sane Ims eApresIsd h,m'em IN as aT. Away, "
'1 state. n' w.ll AZ hs opinion of the men
whoa are engaged In the strife.
N",r hr rlpHIuea that thc reporter repre- scntcd
Flu ,rN he seemed quite pleased. and noiycly
rrparked that he knew Mr.. Dana quite vel
di-pp-cd To 90 M ou the IIncTal movement last
summer was on here TO take my bearings,
md received very Kind treatment from All the
men whl ere rromlncnt In tie Ref rm parry
Ichl"d uu NJ Dana once, and he treated me
vory handsomely lie IL "A wonderful uan aud
makes wonder % pHper. Why Sou -c" every
bodY reading II here and In the cars a. you ap-
rNach New \ lork."
Reporter So you were dlspoeed TO go IN for
fafoInf
fIttf frN r4ft ltlfI | tt..tlI
couldn't take tho responsibility You -so ~
would haV' 7cen "A rros, thing for me indivii /
W,fmo'h ,fo- II would have placed me en- rapport
With an tue cid cifiI,ns ~ Sew orleans anal tAe
State. II Vo ld have gained nc social r"cot-
mr"n aud made Ctrgtn very uien-lut i"r
uI-. wluI hlye iiNel very much tQ have run
Dufh.t uoket even II VS. certain would q.
tr'"Hi'"l. tor ihta fra-un alone. b"t Wa,u
cane 60 survey
THE WHOLE SITUATION,
'-~ird 49, .IH.ln'f - rd the "s.or- h,'.'y
iuu .er would NtE, I1sNr"d Ga" dtieYt ~ inc
l,'puu.,D ..i' u.' ia thr 9i4'c. Az W. hr u'
U.f ,u 20. N. .f not sr1rf'r r.r'lin fNni tAev
l'ou tsspre inLw',i ] would have -uue trAtt
nnd q. ul INTO thr lihDrM causo. Bot yuu sur
Cur Irt.l. thIuk moro 20 local I'-uD7 iutu ti,y
do oi n4,.D nn clurs IA.} th.nN L...; Z a.
havo tl.If home government al right ,hc a-r
sat. what Isuearest 10 tacm appeals the ,.o-t
Hrpor..r Wen, II YOU hli been q candidate
and cicct,.i, you could have taken care Il yH.r
ruchlach Oh. yo- had NJ fears u TIA
myself but then found our loading men wtrc
tit quito certain about trusting what We call
t.H Dld reh"l element, and hence / couiuu {
uiorl to take the responsibility.
h"p!ttrr Thing; are iatAer mixed, politically
rn'Aback daughingl they are. That ia
the great trouble. am slrry tp say n, hut n r.
tho "outs against the tins q an tie time. And
then there uro so many people that yon can't de-
=" drop ON whichever side wins; That l. one
Cause, too, 81 tho present trouble. You can't
'el !N-l Wntrv a ErSat MANY men are nS ,tS =
k..losg or the " linry government. Indeed, II
hgreuy hard 20 tell where ANYBODY H. -. .
Neplrter II iRn't very hard TO tell where the
fellows are who are h!hting your roups.
TuE MEs WHO MAKE THE TROUBLE.
pnoh6ack Oh don't mean the people 20
mGrh n- ! do tue politicians. Now llte some
aee4 Inn. rh,pk ne !, zoo sSs4 d Pserisd h. ed lie /.
boil Iiay AZ the mon who are stirring up AL
u.ls turmoil aud bad feeling. if they had given
up the LeAt uie people would have soon con;
D.udrd q a. IL was their iatcr'st 20 not contend
viii tho kolll lgg Goy,rnmcnt. lut Marm"th,
Killed u.nsci, ,cs with Tie Itanuhlcan nary
aud Hll tney are trying To do now l. " make the
o.i rutDl element believe they nave their cause
az Aogrt, and In u Is way gain respcctability and
T. u.-eIt'e, power at their hands.
I-r.ultar. Lat It seems 10 mo the people are
'trth., Iu earnest about tholr night to choose
tIrr rulers. Aitur tuey have passed thIuu.si
sucn I'ruple urdrll and f"it the weight Of tlie
q
e.t" nike ur arms and resolve 10 die f"rth, n
t-lt.. Do seems 90 rae tnat q Is q bigger ~ nI
in.u No ui lrve I.eu Ike Ea.nou could ,n
a.. rue.
I"..uus..s adu'' that IL looks very seriput
DIV. IL h very much Ike
CIVIL WAR,
bli tho rc-ponsiuulty rests In Washington a
well ~ IN Logi lana. Ia the frst pl4rr Il wa
very pustlAI Ia,us 10 Congress 10 refuse % set
tie this WIol, question. They could have dom
10. II the son tc hId seated me IL would haN'
settled the whole question hut they hadn'
the courage 20 30 mis-, and that gave the pcopl'
who are ogIor-d 10 us h pc, They though
iit the n,At Congress would do great thing
Tor them, and so they determine 10 resist thu
krAuR- made Erent mistake in ro ot calling OF
'ua i'r 'aidcut lunV agu for more troops and n de
ter.uiucd pOuCy That would have nut down al
opposition. If 1 had been In koilogg's place
bll yol there wouldn't have bcen such a stat'
OF If. tlrs a cxlsts To-day.
ltoprHcr ! tAousht Grant had spoken hi
miAd worry freely on this suii iect. he declared
INT Ae Mte..ded TO support Kellogg riaht o.
wrong
HuD Dtback That's true. don't blame him
II Is Kellogg ! am complaining Of lie ouGh
never attEm pied 70 put down the opposition
alpi'. he ought 20 have called on the Prcsi
IrIt for troops IN the constitutional way.
IL, porter wouldn't II have been rather bll
undertaking 70 ~ alton United States troops II
every laT aii where there was tr Iublct Gov
ernmrot thar needs 70 he supported In that wa!
" bot uint of a Government.
Pin Ahl'k II wouldn't have required man!
u"It Whenever the people saw that TN