New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-21

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Questionable means, and Speaker Cart
~ithOata single charge being submitted
Q committee, or without even the sem blan
OF trial by the House. Thereupon son
forty Warmothites proceeded to expel son
j Atty members, Republicans and Democrat
who were absent, with no other formalit
taan resolution. - .--''
The noticeable feature in this contest W,
that all the Democrats in the Legislstul
and al the Democrats outside united vii
the Republicans to impeach and depose th
Governor, whom the Democracy especial
denounced as the most infamous man
the State. The impeachment Of the Go
ernor was the whole question involved
the legislative contest, but the prelimin,
rles to which were not sufficiently mature
TO develop the charges and specification
and he had the satisfaction of defeating til
attempt and triumphing over the com bin;
tons OF both parties. As long as Governo
Warmoth sustained an appearance Of R,
publicanism he was too formidable to b
crushed. and it was only when he apOstste'
| that he was overthrown. With the polio
OF the city, armed and equipped, under hi
| immediate control, he was in pos
ton to defy the indignant and unor
gained masses who SO generally con
demned him and his usurpations. Jus
on the eve Of the adjournment O
the Legislature, which the Governor hal
reconstructed entirely in his own interest
the registration and election laws were re
pealed in obedience to an indignant publ,
demand, but as the bill did not reach tn,
Governor in time to necessitate his action
before adjournment, and it was not intend
ca that 1t should, he quietly pocketed it fol
future convenience. At this state OF affairs
the Governor became desperate. and ex
erted his persuasive powers to induce the
colored people to follow him outside Of the
Republican party, and while must do him
the justice to affirm that he honored and en-
rlched rcoiored men more, parhaps, than
any other Republican executive, have the
proud satisfaction in declaring that they
ceased their. political association with him
when he severed his connection with the
Republican party. ..el .- o.. =
Though the Republicans very justly
brought grave charges against Governor
Warmoth, we never, in all of our denuncia-
tons OF him, equal!ed the abuse and ana
themas which the Democracy heaped upon
him as man and public officer. 1t was
2 hopeful sign in the Republican party of
Louisiana to refuse to support and consOrt
with q man who was condemned by the
people as being unworthy of public conf
uence, though he had previously asserted
that all the election returns had ito pass
through these fingers" With the extraor-
binary powers which the registration and
election laws conferred upon him. from
whose repeal he withheld his signature
after solemn recommending, in his annual
message, their repeal or modification more
IN harmony with public approval, this au.
daclOus executive went into the political
market and there unblusbingly cOnsum
mated one of the most infamous bargains
with the Democracy that has ever disgraced
polltical action. The Democracy promised,
u solemn convention, to send to the United
states Senate, Governor II. G. Warmoth,
whom they had denounced as being guilty of
nigh crimes and misdemeanors, in return
or sufficient number of frauds in the last
election to hand the State over to their
control. With the figures which l have
III 6mitted, it is as obvious to you as it is
veil known to every intelligent white citi-
EN- OF Louisiana that the State is beyond
III doubt Republican in politics; and as
ong as we are outraged in our man
GOD and citizenship. our property de- !
troyed and our people massacred, so |
ing will we cling to the great Republican |
!arty, which proclaimed us free, made us
ltlzens, conferred upon US enfranchise- |
1eut, and to which we are indebted for
very act of progress which we enjoy.
With these facts before the Democracy.
hey had no hope Of obtaining control of |
ne State by fair means, so they manifested
the nation deeper depth of 'intamy than
1ey had ever reached in consorting with
1e man who had been hooted out of the
epuoilcan camp, and whom these self.
zhteous Democrats had so persistently
enounced as malefactor. With them it
as anything to beat the Republicans and
detraud the majority Of the people out
fair election at the ballot box. Il
as Warmoth's power, through means of
10 registration and election laws, that in
lced the Democracy, under the name of
uslOnlsts, to fall down and worship him, |
Id to CONNIE nd those obnoxious laws.
nee they were to be abused in their in
rests.
1t was this monstrOus iniauitv which
united in the McEnery ticket and Demo-
attic Legislature, and counted out tie |
ansparently elected candidates, against
alch action We have come North to pro- |
1T IN the name of justice, which has been |
lbhcly outraged; in the name of the sanc-
y OF the ballot box, which has been noto-
'usly violated; and in the name of that
eat American principle which recognizes
. supremacy OF the majority. We are
here in the interest of Governor Kel. |
e, as has been alleged by the opposition | |
ess, but IN behalf of the people of Louis.
Ia, who solemnly declared their choice of
ers at the last election, and of which | I
,st outrageous attempt has been made to |
fraud us. Nowhere but in our State j
I'D q people be found to perpetuate
"a frauds, and nowhere else would men
oular rights. Colored men were denied i
privilege of registering by the min S
o of Governor Warmoth, who prac- q
I'd the most disreputable tricks to t
vent them. among which were the loca. n
OF the offices OF registration far awav v
m colored communities; the failure Of q
registrar to attend at the office at the | o
9 announced, SO that the poor, hard II
king colored men, after losing two or | Ii
90 days in their efforts to register, would b
I'm to their homes in disgust; the refusal IL
eglster colored men whose heads were | n
tened with age, because they could not C.
wer in what year they were born, or 81
IN their replies were conflicting with
renee to events and dates, entirely un. G,
nected with themselves or the registra- Is
/. COiored patriots were brutally driven n
q the registration offices, while white y,
Els were permitted to register with the =.
atest ease and facility. ~ ~
fter many cOlored Republicans were for. -.
ate enough to register, no sooner were r
Dacks turned than their names were | on
ted from the books, and when they an
ented themselves at the polls thew ~ -
d not vote. The truth of this assertion u.
be attested by the examination of the g.. e.,
stration books. Our iuries are sum- s,'
ed from the registered voters, and an
OF 24O names recently drawn liz
some thirty persons could be no
d. By means of repeaters and false NJ
'tratIon papers thousands of fraudulent -;
8 were received, which are now being vi
sed upon every occasion that jury is in
VI. =.
u will bear in mind that when Cover. thu
Narmoth cOmpacted with the Fusion. ma
lis administration became Democratic the
Is inspiration: and during the last err
ion We had foretaste of what we ret
d realize should this fraudulent party No