The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-01-01
THE NEW ORLEANS POLITICAL
TRAGEDY.
The Card That Led 10 BrierIy's A;tacI.
on EN-Goy. WaruOtil U0d The
FORMERS Death.


New ORLEANS, La, Dee. -. 1874.
TO the Manager of the Butietm:
When | handed you my letter which
you published yesterday morning. in re-
ply 10 your recommendation that 'star
cars should he placed on the streets for
the colorcd people, you and your editor,
Mr.. Jewell, told me you would "ruin me
If published that letter" did not see
very well just how you would accom-
plish you purpose 50 encrgetically cN-
pressed. but your issue of this morning
| reveals plainlvyour plan. You purpose
to do II by lying-unmitigatcd lying.
My letter was respectful protest
against what considered your iniudi-
| cious advice rs to the course that should
| he pursued toward our colorcd citizens,
which protest is sustained by the opiu-
ions of Governor McEncry, General
| Ogden. Mr.. Mari, Mr.. Witt. Mr.. Gro
yer and Mr.. Lewis, ~ published in this
mornings PicdUpHc. all substantially
confirming my views. Because | had
thought ii proper To disagree with you.
and have expressed opinions which are
consistent with those ! have entertained
for years. you seek 10 ruin me-" as yOl
threatened. by violent and personal as
saults and ialschoOds.
do not seek to avoid the responsible
ity which attaches to me for any of my
official acts. No one Is more alive To the
mistakes ! made or more regrets them
than do. The organization OF The Metro
pOlitan police in this city was deemed q
necessity for the protection of the State
Government, which with the lives of olll-
cials at that time was constantly threat
cnCd by the mob, under the leadership
N Mr. .I.unll anI .tttsI inilunttnulln IA,
rs he.
The comforting of the printing on the
RepVJiicaH has always been sore spot
on Mr. Jewels skin, since he, who was
a Senator at the time, proposed To vote
for the printing bill II $4,000 worth Of
printing under it should be given to the
Commercial BuiictiH, of which he was
editor, and which proposition was de-
clined.
The statement that ever had any con-
nection with the "Ship Island Canal
Swindle,' the Slaughtcr-llouse mOnop-
oily or the Chattanooga railroad company.
with the m,inuatiOn that | received or
owned any interest in any of them cN-
ccpt what paid for, is absolutely, une-
quVocally and VIGOROUSLY false. The
only interest ever had in any of them
was some shares | purchased in the
Slaughtcr-llousc company, for which
paid S29l7 II share, and sold, after keep
ing them eight months, for $50. never
owned Il share until long after the com
pany was established. a, for the "Chat-
tanooga Railroad Swindlc," rs il is called
by the bulletin. | remember well that Mr..
Jewell was an ardent supporter of that
measure, in the Commercial Buiicti,, on
the street and IN the popular meetings
held In rlluf inn II and II thnNs a..
any corrupt agencies employed by that
company, il Is not unlikely that Mr..
Jewell felt their influence.
If these charges are true which Mr..
Jewell makes against me, will he explain
how IL was that lac was violent advocate
OF my nomination for Governor by the
Liberal Convention, In 1872; Was he
one of those subscriptions enough To do
his biddingE' Was he one of the men of
whom he says "hc (J.) was enabled to
dcmorali2c and corrupt" by the money
and patronage | cOntrOlledF
Let me remind Mr.. Jewell that the poll.
teal measures of which he complains So
much, and for which do not decline the
responsibility which rightly belong, TO
me. were drawn up, approved and lob
bied through the Legislature by his
friends, Packard. Lowell and Ray, with
whom he acted in 1871. and in whose
cause, a,tridc his "whitc horse" he
charged the State troops with his army
and fled before the first fire. II /, said
that ~ good liar ought to have a good
memory SO ought man who sets
himself up aS a public scold and fault
finder remember hi, own black Spots be-
fore he points to those he imagincs he
secs on other people. Even i'll had as
pircd 10 social distinc ton, a> you say,
such aspirations have never turned in the
direction of the manager of the New Or
lean, BpiietiH or Mr.. f.. l.. Jewell
Your obcdicnt servant.
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