The weekly Louisianian., 1874-07-04
A CARD.
P1AQukkmx IBnayuLE PARISH LA.,l
June 9th 1874 +

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PLAQukAmx IBERv1klE PARISH LA.,l
June 9th 1874
70 the NIitor Of the L~ouisianian-
respectfully ask the use Of a portion Of
your. columns for the purpose of removing.
the impression which may have found
Judgment in the minds Of those Of your
readers who are the especial friends Of
Senator Piuohback, that in the recent
canvass in this parish, for the election of
q new Parish Executive Committee, the
faction ofthe Republican party with which
I have been 1dentihsds,- had p~rovedsuAklses
to their professions Of, Republieanism,
that they made the occasion an qppoz-.
tunity for impugning the public character
Of that champion Republican.
This imputation will receive the atten-
ton which itdesefses, from those Repub-
licans in Louisiana. whe are awa4e of ny
past relations with Senator Pinchback,
and its wilful and shameful falsity will be
affirmed by those who know me best and
who cannot bss' Unaware 8 my unselfsh
devotion toward my friend. and benefae-
tor. IL .s.&. f..f:: al IL. i.
The advent into the Republican party
of Louisiana, Of the person who commu-
nicates to you Y 9 the signature Of
"Critic," does not entitle him to sit. in
Judgment on tic acdonsofold school Re-
pubicans; and il. / am rightly informed
the removal Of this mask viii reveal. but
on upprinciplea tiree-seryer, whose party
zeeapl' is as cchangeaalb'lle5 as his habitation:.
After Having listened i sto' the fss3stt;;otddhs IFS
eloquence, of ,'Grietc"sa a! public meeting
held during the eanvass, I was not greatly
astonisheQ, at this biased version OF. the
contest, in hig communication to your
influential journal. But I was surprised
that the facts contained in that notori-
ously false communication, should be
made the subject matter Of = great edito-
rial in the same issue. :, 49, .
To a Republican, whose devotion to
| Senator Pinchback dates long anterior
to that Of those who are bat his pretended
friends to-day, the allegation that an
anti-D eslonde faction was a~ntagonistio to
Senator Pinchhael1 wesa rass'atiiou which
could provoke only my contempt for him
who proclaimed it. Myself and friends
were charged with opposition to that
gentleman, while Represented as his
warmest supporters, were those who for the
past six years have been arrayed against
him, and who, except for prudential mo-
t;ves; would execrate. his name to-day:
From the time at which Senator Pinch
backs name vas first placed i'll the
columns of the Iberville Neus,. for the
highest Office in the gift Of the people OF
Louisiana, I have been the outspoAen
friend of my favorite standard-bearer,
while the language and actions OF those
for whom "Critic, is the apologist, have
been framed in hostility toward him.
During the recent canvass in this par
ish, I was necessarily absent a great por-
ton Of the time, attending to the duties OF
of my position as division superintendent
of Education. I addressed no public
meeting at either side of the contest. And
I made no fight against Hon. I. q:
Deslordc bat while I abstained from &C.
tive participation in the convass, l recog-
nized in the Wharton faction the true Re-
publicans of Iberville, and opposed
to that faction I recognized as we'll,
the foes of the party whose success l
desire, those bitter personal enemies
of my own, who during the: past
wear huve resorted to every outra-
eeous measure within their reach, to
rob NJ, of the cherished right Of liberty.
And therefore my recognition of the fac
ton falsely represented by your CORES
pondent Us in open opposition to Senator
Pinchback, was in obedience both to q
sense of manhood and the dictates ofduty.
Arrayed against the true friends Of
Governor Pinchback under the lead Of
Senator Wharton, I detected the men who
had prostituted the courts Of the Parish
within the past year to subserve their OWE
unholy purposes. And I unhesitat ingglJy
ranged myself on that side whose reeogg-
nized chief today was my generous de-
liverer.
owe to Senator Pinchback a debt Of
gratitude which I shall never forget,
though I may never be able to pay it. ]
was bis friend, before I became his debtor
and at o time when Mr.. Deslonde and his
present adherents in this Parish were
among his ioudest. defamers, and I will bt
his friend, when III. Deslonde in the adj
vancement Of his aspirations may again b
found among his opponents.
The charge that myself and other Re-
publicans, have conspired to create dis
sension in the Republican party Of thif
parish is not entitled to serious notice. "
Mr.. Deslonde is perhaps better aware
than any other republican in Louisiana Of
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