Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-02
NASHVILLE. TENN, SATURDAY, MAY 2. 1874.
LOUISIANA'S QUEEN.
From the FOotlights in Frisco,
to the DespOtic Control of
a Sovereign State"
The Power that Made Kellogg and
Screens notwithstanding GIime-
ses of the Inner History of the
rsurPatiOn.

screens Durell-AntereSftDg Gimp
ses of the Inner History of the
! UsurPatiOn.
New Orleans Correspondence Of the Chicago
| Times
Believing that everything connected
with, or in any way pertaining 10, the az
| fairs in this State VIII prove a matter of
general interest at this time, enclose you
the accompanying article, which Silf
throw considerable light on the veXed
| Louisiana question. The writer is eyi-
IDENTIFY somewliat familiar with the private
history, purposes, and aims Os those who
comprised the Conspiracy which fcisted
upon the people Of Louisiana the Usnrpa-
ton known as the de faetO government
The article was not written for the Ti;RcS,
but having fallen into your correspondents
hands, he sends it as an Interesting
CHAPTER IN LOUISIANA Politics.
Louisiana, rs all must admit, has At
tracted no little of public attention. Not
little of this, too, has centered on her fe-
lnaie politicians. Inthis. she is Justly en-
titled 10 the front rank
First and foremost on the list, as univer-
sally admitted, stands the name of Mrs. Z.
E. Norton, wife of the General Assignee in
Bankruptcy. We would detract nothing
from her fame. She is undoubtedly an e.
timGble lady, Is she is certainly remark
able woman.
Though few may know her, yet a great
many know Of her. She is conceded rep
utatiOn to which not a few of the steiner
sex may yainly aspire. She is, somehow,
considered the politician, par excellence, of
Louisiana. She is said TO claim, as she is
colceded by many, to be the arbiter of its
political destinies as well.
If we are to credit Dame RumOr always
lying jade), her wonderful genius was
early developed. As s'all the worlds a
stage" so, as rumOr has il, it was upon the
stage that she first dawned upon the public
gaze. 81 came, saw, | conquered" Such,
if We are to credit Dame Rumor again, was
the advent of
"MIsS JENNIE AIUNsON''
in the city Of the Golden Gate in DAYS
agone. She came as the conquering hero
comes, to the music of the cymbals and the
drums. She came as dawns a newborn
star, that sheds its bright efTulgence from
afar. She came as a magic queen, shat
struts for one brief hour, in all the imagery
of power"
1t was here, as rUmOr has it, beneath the
glare of the fOOtlishts, that a young and
blooming widow first dawned upon the
enraptured vision Of the general assignee.
AT this same shrine, tOo, il reports be true,
wOrShiped him who now holds the office
Of United States District Judge, and who
impiOusly claims 10 be Gods vicegerent.
Three hearts that beat As one;
Three souls with but single thought"
Ye gods, what bond of sympathy was
there. Where was the love of Damon and
PythiaS in comparison. From San Fran
cisco to New Orleans-a United States
Judge, general assignee in bankruptcy,
QUEEN OF LOUISIANA.
The transition appears like the creation
Of dream. The queen would extend her
realTns. With a fortune of million or so,
the limited circle of New Orleans society is
deemed quite insufficient. She would
| take her place among the notableS of the
nation at the national capital. She would
strut upon the stage for once, at least, in
role she need not seek in future 10 ignore.
The NOrtons, that is Mrs. Norton, de-
manded as a consequence, a seat in the
| United States Senafe-fOr the general as
| signee. nOminally. She demands it as a
| right not to be ignored. OF course we are
| to cOncede the demand without word.
/ We would scarce dispute so all-imDOrtant a
pOint-at least with one who Yields SO
/ great an influence.
We have watched the movements UnOn
| the political cheSs-bOard with interest. since
| this female stratesist first secured q position
for her husband in the bankrupt court.
We confess to have seen much to admire;
much from which We hOpetOproiit, as well.
| Such tactics must have Out-generaled a Ma
| pOleOn. Little wonder he baniShed Nine.
| De Stael from his court. We're We in Kel-
| logg's place, we would Danish Mrs. Norton
| for the same reason. SelfpreservatiOn is
the first law of nature. We should be in
| constant dread Of a
SECOND MIDNIGHT ORDER.
The woman who claims to dictate such
stirring poll ical documents as that, is Ger
tainly far more 10 be dreaded than she who
so disturbed Napoleon. And then with
what eOnsUmmate tact she manages her
fOrcesi Look at her man Friday. Barrett,
for instance. With what seeming reck-
lesSneSS, and yet how skillfully she threw
him into the breach at every threatened
point. A Congressional committee was to
be overcome. At their back, too, a perfect
army of newspaper reporters. Barrett was
! at every threatened point; now advancing
as a skiTmishe-, now executing a flank
movement, and now boldly charging the
| enemy all along the line. Retreat was
not in the tactics If his general. Mrs.
Norton, as she claims, is victorious. At
least so far the usurpatiOn, created by a
midnight judicial order, is a success, and
the Durell investigation a failure.
She predicted, from the start, that such
would be the result, basing her prediction
upon the fact that she had never found
man who had not his price. She was too
much Of politician not to know her adyan-
taIeS, and how TO make the most of them.
The woman who can wear hundred thou
sand dollars in United States bonds to an
evening matinee,
FOR \ BUsTIE,
need care little for modern day inveStiga-
tons, especially with a Barrett to put upon
the foot-bOardS She need care less, in
turn, for her man Friday. when he chooses
to get on rampage on his own account.
If she can manage the principals, she can
certainly keep the tools in subsection, BY
either silencing them or rendering them
powerleSs.
But poor Barrett, he excites our sympa-
/ thy as well as our contempt. He should
have known better than to trust to the
promises Of Louisiana politician, even
though of the female persuasion, for his
pay. 1t was the merest nonsense to sup
pose that she could ever seriously have in
tended to bestOw the
HAND OF HER DAUGHTER
in payment for the political dirty work he
was set to do. Barrett ought to have known
better. He has beenquite properly paid. 1t
wasthe height Of absurdity, too, to wait until
the work was done ere he demanded his
pay. A poor time, indeed, to demand pay
of politician when the dirty work is dis
posed of. He ought to have known it was
but natural TO dispose of the tool at the
same time. He saw fit TO kick up row
because his employer declined to redeem
her promise, and she, as reported, marched
him out Jf her house in front of a revolver.
She commended herself to our regard by SO
doing. To Mrs. Norton, as the politician,
pdSercelleRce, of Louisiana, We make our
humblest bow.
EXPLANATORY.
A portion of the foregoing may prove
Greek to the general reader, but it makes
revelations which throw considerable light
upon several matters which have been in
yolved in some doubt and uncertainty. 1t
explains the DELAY or suppression of the
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