The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-01-16
POINTS FROM .sBUCKEYE."
PHIL sHERIDAN's oRUDGE AGAINST THE PEOPLE
OF NEW ORLEANS-sOME INTERESTING
REMINHCENCES.

:. PHIL SHERIDANS GRUDGE AGAINST THE PEOPl
OF NEW ORLEANS-SOME INTERESTING
"a "REMINISCENCES.
j. CINCINNATI, Jan. 8, 1875.
>. To the Editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer:
v Four or five years ago travelled from Ne
York to Saratoga in company with Gen. Shel
a some hours length-very interesting an
instructive to mel asked him to tell me tn
4 cause of his troubles with the people Of Me-
Orleans He answered about in these words
II went to New Orleans with heart over
{ flowing with kindness toward the people o
D Louisiana; had more power for good to then
than any other man in the nation, except Gen
Grant, and was determiged to use 1t to assis
them in rebuilding their affairs; but ID
them, they would not recognize me socially
1t is true that they invited me to their res
, taurants and other public houses, to which
could 60 by paying my money. None o.
them, however, asked me to their residences
Upon discovering this, or rather meeting with
this treatment, gave them simply the law.
: On reaching Saratoga after this talk, met
with an Ex-Governor and an ex-Confederate
Senator of Louisiana and an ex-Treasurer OF
New Orleans, and told it to them inquiringly.
The Senator avoided reply; the Governor said
grufiy, "It's a lie SIR but the Creole Treas
urer remarked: &c It's true, by gar, sir; my
wife no let me invite him to my house." AZ
ter this, both in the spring of 1872 and in
that of 1873, I spent some time in New Or
leans, and discovered that the Democratic
party there was managed principally by few
members Of the Boston Club, with greasy
coat collars, high-heeled, sharp-pointed boots
| and long pedigrees-true latter-day SOuthrons
Of ante-bellum memory.
In 1873 Gov. Kellogg sought an interview
with me, which could never heretofore dis
close, except to his injury. We were strang-
ers to each other prior 10 this time, and were
not, and could not be, upon confidential
terms. think that to speak of it now will,
IT 1t has any effect whatever, tend to relieve
him from very precarious position and to
inform the country more truly of the situa-
ton surrounding him and the people whom
he governs Personally retain feelings of
kindness for himself and Gen. Sheridan and
do not write word of either with q view to
injuring them as individuals All that is i'm
portant of my conversation with the Governor
may be stated as follows, commencing with
very innocent question:
Buckeye-Governor, do you really think
you were elected?
Governor-Yes, sir, by about II, 900.
Buckeye-How do you know? Did your
Returning Board have any ballots before |
them?
Governor-No, sir; but captured two
members of Warmoth's election board and |
from them learned the true count.
Buckeye-How about the rest of the State
ticket?
Governor-Antoine was defeated by Penn,
and the Democrat was elected Superintend-
emit of Public instruction. As to the Con-
and so was Sypher (Republican). Sypher's
mon altered the returna Il
Having heard that Grant had told Kellogg
in Washington to run for Governor and he
would see to his election. put a question to
him on this point, to which he replied: "No,
'ir, the President did not tell me that. I was
forced to come here and run against my will
oy political exigencies. Members OF the :
Cabinet urged me to become a candidate 1
lidn't and don't want the position, but being
n it l want to do the best can, and to make !
he government in this State white mans
government. The negroes are ignorant, and =
many OF them corrupt, and the white men :
Who control them are generally adventures.
have made fair proposals to your side, but ,
hey say they can't trust me. D-n them 1 q
ont want them to trust me. I'll perform my
romlse first as to unseating bad men in the
legislature, if they will agree to put good Q
mes in their places. The difficulty, however, =
the bottom is that they will do nothing i'm q q
1 was convinced during this trip that Kel q
,gg wanted to pitch the Radical whelps and .
lack rabble, upon whom he then unwilling !,
depends d, and to take up with the men of
ecency and order. On communicating this =,
ew to some Boston Club men, with the sug- q
estion that they should open ranks and re- "
live the Governor, they simply flung out u
lpid epithets and historical demands for
outhern rights "a
There were some exceptions to the univer-
! fool existing there at that time, notably, =,
en- Gibson, Messrs. Penn, McEnery and N
hers, now acting in close concert with 4.
On learning, some ten days since, that Gen. IN
leridan was ordered to New Orleans. and st
tn view of bringing him into personal in &c
recourse with an old schoolmate of mine,
e of the ablest and most thoughtful of his nc
ople, wrote advising him to call upon the
sneral, and to treat him in all respects as he mi
ould distinguished stranger. His reply r.,
as follows: Sh
"NEw ORLEANS, Jan. Z, 1875 ca
Dear: Your letter of the 3Oth reached
} by due course of mail, and you may be as
red was received by me with ali the con- III
Grafton you could have desired. dlf
. Gen. Sheridan came among us booted and Pc
Tired for battle, and proposed to begin his
ody work if he could only get the sanction no
the President. He regards us as on a foot )
with the Indian tribes untaxed. You know
y well that in my personal relations and VIZ
lings am not contracted or provincial ue
lille no living man loves every inch of the =,
of the South more than do, travel and In
idence abroad and the tradifion, Of South Frf
society induce me to take every stranger I
the hand, and when gentlemen like Nc TN u,
we'll and Phelps have visited this city and =.
ne letters to me, have not hesitated to anc
ite them to my house. But Sheridan is an
my of our peace, liberty and institutions.
we had left after the war was our man
d-our self-respect and this is based upon I
rality which we could not afford to let 90, Wi
is working we'll here, and we will soon be in I
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