New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-21
LOUISIANA.

Documents Accompanying the Presidents,
Message Regarding Louisiann-Lets
ters and Telegrnms from New Ors
aeans-The judiciary Committee WIFE
Consider the Case-Ray and NIc clIillen-s
Contestants foB the Short Term.
WAsHINGTON, January 20.-The docus
ments accompanying the Presidents mess
sage, in response to the resolution of the
House relative to Louisiana affairs, have
lust been printed.
In addition to the memorials and telss
grams heretofore published are lettes
from S. B. Packard to Attorney Generas
Williams, letter from w. 2. Kellogg to-
the same, dated November q; letter os
one Z. II. Augmur in reply to the memorial
of the citizens committee; address of Rec
publicans of Louisiana to the people of thts
United States, signed by John Ray, NJ. F.
Bonzano and g. Cazenave. Among tina
kilograms is one from w. P. Kellogg and Js
F. Casey to the President, stating the fusion
Legislature was to be composed mainly oS
| persons never returned elected.
A telegram from Collector Casey to thts
President, dated December s, says: Mare
shall Packard took possession of the Stats
House this morning at an early hour, with
a military posse, in obedience to a mandate
| of the circuit court to prevent an illegal are
semblage of persons under gase of authors
ity of Warmoth's returning board, in violae
ton of an injunction of the circuit court.
The decree of the court just rendered dee
clares Warmoth's board Illegal, and orders
the returns of the election to be forthwitIs
placed before the legal board. This boartk
will probably soon declare the result of the
election of officers of the State and Legislan
ture which will meet in the State House with
the protection of the court. The decree
was sweeping in its provisions, and, if enc
forced, will save the Republican majority
and give Louisiana Republican Legisla~
ture and State government, and check
Warmoth in his usurpations. Warmoth's
Democratic supporters are becoming dis
gusted with him. and charge that his usuge
patiOns are running their cause.
A telegram from Packard TO Williams
dated December 6, says: "The board
counted the ballots of persons wrongfully
prevented from voting, filed with the chitg
supervisor
Pinchback telegraphs to the PresidenSs
under date of December 10, 1873:
pursuant to advertisement, the Demoe
cratic Indignation meeting was held aG
noon. lntiammatory appeals were made ile
circulars, and incendiary language was
used by some of the speakers, but do neS
regard any outbreak imminent. That mY
course is approved by the vast majority sls
honest citizens is without doubt"
A telegram from Casey to the Presidents
dated December L. 1873, says:
Parties interested in the success of the
Democratic party, particularly the New Ore
leans Tines, are making desperate efforts
to array the people against us; old citizena
are dragOoned into an opposition they do
not feel, and tho pressure is hourly grove
ing. Our members are poor and our adveo0
saries are rich, and offers are made that ara
difficult for them to withstand. There is da0o
ger that they will break our quorum. The
delay in placing troops at the disposal "a
Governor Pinchbacll ia accordance wite
the Joins resolution of Monday is disc
heariening our friends and cheering ouS
enemies. II the requisition of the Legislap
ture is complied with 'all difficulty will bs
alisspatei, the party saved, and ever4
thing 90 on smoothly. If this is done she
tide viii! be Surned Se Onceo and in SSS
favor.
A telegram ofS0ecember Is, from kellogg
TO Williams, says-"If the President woule
in some way indicate his recognition U$
Governor Pinchback and the Legislatuae SS
would settle every thing"
telegram from Casey too Che PresidenSo
dated December II, says; "The GDemO
cratic members of the Legislature are taking
theiB seats most if not all, will do so eQ
the next few days. 1t is impOr tant thaS
you imme mediately recognize Governor Pincfs@
backs Legislature in some manner, eithsE
by instructing General Emory to comply
with any acquisition from Governor PTnch@
back or otherwise. This would quiet maze
ters much Bearnesty urge this and asls u
yeply."
A telegram of December 10, from Cases
Co the President says: "a conflict may oee
cur at any hour, and in my opinion there es
no safety for the legal government withous
the federal troops are given in compliance
with the requisItiOn of the Legislature
dhe Supreme Court is known to be in syne
pathy with the Republican State goveS1e
ment."
In a letter of December Is, 20 the AttOfs
ney General Mr.. Packard says: 81 chafe
lenge any evidence that even the smallest
number of blacks voted the fusion ticketo%
In the same letter he says: con come
pairing the ratio of the total white pOpnlae
stone comprising a large unnaturalizeG
foreign element, to the white vote, we disc
cover il to be one to nine, and by a similas
computation every fifth colored inhabitans
is a voter"
The volume likewise contains the memo
rialS and kilograms Of the citizens of New
Orleans, with the signatures, the argumenta
by the respective counsel in the case before
Judge Durell, and the complaints answerss
orders and the decision in the same. ThA
documents relating to the proceedings III
the State courts terminate with the retire.
ment OF Judge Dibble.
Attorney General Williams, in his accounS
of the proceedings in the State courts, says
On the morning of November y Elmor9
proceeded with an armed mob and seizeG
the Eighth District Court before the hOus
to which the court had adjourned had are
rived AT the.hour of eleven o'clock JudgS
Dibble arrived with Sheriff Sauvinet, whOu2
he directed to open the court Both the
Judge and the sheriff were then forcibly
elected by the mob under the direction oS
ElmOre. Judge Dibble at all times subSGs
quently claimed to be judge of the cOuTto
AS the documents have now been printeG
the House Committee on the Judiciary wiS
proceed to the consideration of the caseo
In day or two the credentials of GeGS
eTai McMillen, elected Senator Sor the shOl$
term by the fusion Legislature and of MRo
John Ray. elected by the Pinchback d1eglss
lature. will be referred to the Senate Come
mittec on Privileges and Elections, and the
determination of their rival claims will Inc
vOlve an examination into the whole sube
ject.
No mail from New Orleans tonight. Exc
pected parties from New Orleans have nos
yet arrived.
NEW YORK.