The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-29

ton as imam of honor" For, rs the ex-
governor says, "pending such matters
that is between the agreement to fight and
the death" antagonists should be courte-
Gus, and he was just on the eve of touching
his hat to Byerly" when the latter struck
and the former followed with stabs. Oh
now departed Byerlv, how could you be go
lacking IN courtesy to such courteous
gentleman as Warmoth, especially when
he was ION the eve of tipping his hat to
you." Oh unfortunate want of courtesy,
that turned the "eve of tipping" to the eve
of stabbing to death !
We trust that our readers will not think,
from what we have said, that we look upon
this homicide with levlty, because we do
not, even If we regret the result as much
as we do the act. We cannot, however,
think seriously .of.. Warmoth having any
regard TO courtesy or the principles of
honor We consider the assault of Byerly
as totally unjustillablc and we look IN the
same light at the murderous act of War
moth We must confess that we have no
patience with such man as Warmoth, and
that we should.look upon his death as one
of those special provdcnccs Of which we
read so much. He has been the curse of
Louisiana, and is more the author of all
her woes than all other of the political
leaders of that much abused state put to-
gethcr He was once governor of that
state and cndeavored TO perpetuate himself
two returning boards of 1872 had existence,
the war of inJunctions was inaugurated,
the midnight orders were issued, afildavits
and official returns were forged, suppressed
or stolen, two Legislatures assembled. gov
crnor was placed and retained in power by
bayonets, the streets Of New Orleans aud
the remote parishes OF Louisiana more than
once run red with human blood all for this
mans ambition and all without gratifying
it, For months and years on the top wave
of success, Il perfect autocrat in power,
ttuito UNI WIZ.
making and unmaking laws rs he pleased,
he has, Of late, somewhat sunk from the
popular gaze and become mere vulgar
plottcr until the Bulletin fight has once
more brought him into notice. We wish,
but as one without hope, iha, he might,
confined in jail, continue to occupy the
public mind until he shoulf make his exit
from gallows. But this small consoa-
ton will, probably, not remain to us, for
we fear that the courts of New Orleans,
instead of making an example of him, will
spare him to plot further treason against the
state of his adoption and her people. There
is no doubt that Warmoth is, rs Senator
Carpenter described him, 4" n very remark
able young man, digntied in mien, of ele'
CANT presence, and agreeable conversation
a man full of resources, political and social
gallant, daring, and with a genius fol
| tellectual activity have been developed q,
the expense of his moral ideas perhaps &c
so great an extent that when self is con
cerned it is morally Impossible for him t.
distinguish right from wrong. What {
figure he would have made in the stormy
and bloody days of the first French revclu
ton The star of Robespierre would hav,
paled before him and, at his beck, gone ou
in blood. This is not fancy but is fan
deduction from his course in Louisiana. Tt
again use tho language of the senator from
Wisconsin, she was made for revolutions
and although coming upon the state o
Louisiana in a state of comparative peace
yet his genius for revolution has been s,
great that he has completely transforme,
the face of that state. This man, thi
republican, democrat, conservative-every
thing by turns and nothing long polit
ical kaleidoscope, whose combination
change with every wave Of popular passion
or prejudice, this man who has wrough
such direful woes to Louisiana, this politi
clan who knows no principle but selfish
ness, and who, to crafty Il personal ambi
ton, would turn fruitful fields into seas o
blood, this man pirates about courtesy an(
honor. Bycrly struck not wisely nor to-
well. He struck but fell Waimotl
stabbed to the death and lives to work othe
evil. The ways of providence are, indeed
dark and past finding out.