The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-07-13

IIat Is noted Tor Its deadly faSclnatlOn!
LOUISIANA AT WASHINGTON.
How the Ruin of Our Fair state Is beina
| MedItated-The Pinchback outrage.
| IN. Y. Herald
Pinchback will get the pay and mile
age which the Republican Senators pro
posed to give him as sop for the fina
slaughter Of his hopes. AS he never
| took his seat, and the votes OF Repub
| lican Senators declared that he was
never entitled to it, we regard the pass
age OF the resolution as u defiance tC
public opinion and an outrage on the
decency of legislation. We do not see
much alteration in the honest tendency
of the Republican ''strict party vote
since Hayes succeeded Grant in the
idolatry of the roast beef patriots.
BAYoNET RULE.
ALBANY Argus.I
| The Republicans Of Louisiana have
nominated Marshal Packard for Gov
ernor. He Is the tyrant who devised
and carried out the conspiracy for the
overthrow Of popular government In
that State. It Is confidently expected
| that the army of the United States will
| be employed to force him into office,
shall have gone through the form OF
couatjng him in. The plot may not
| work, however. The villains may find
themselves defeated SO badly that the
| most desperate measures will not save
them.
MARSHALL PACKARD.
[Cincinnati Commerciall
The Republicans Of Louisiana having
Nominated Marshal Packard for Gov
ernor Of that State, 1t Is expected the
Democrats will nominate an extreme
man, and then the trouble will begin.
1t was understood that Packard, IL
nominated, would resign in favor OF a
moderate man, but there Is no danger
that he will not stick. Packard has the
advantage OF controlling the New Or
leans Customhouse.
PINCHBACK' g LUCK.
[Courier-Journall
The Senate having passed by strict
party vote the resolution to pay Pinch
back his salary as Senator from March
3, 1873, to the date OF his rejection by
the Senate last winter, it would be graft
flying If his friends would show what
Pinchback has done to be the recipient
of Senatorial salary amounting to
$4,000 or $4,000. 1t Is simply testi-
monial Of admiration for his gallant
conduct in hanging around Senator
Morton's chair during the three years
he was trying to get his seat. 1t is a
significant fact that majority OF the
Republican Senate voted against Pinch
backs admission as a Senator in the
face of the frantic efforts Of Morton to
place his protege within the charmed
circle, but they were forced at last to
give him his pay, as IL he had actually
lent the charm Of his presence to their
society as Senator from Louisiana.
Under such circumstances, Pinchback
will probably make another effort to
get into the Senate, and il defeated will
again contest his opponents election.
He can engage in no more profitable
business. While it has been the custom
to allow the expenses Of contestants
during the term OF contest, the practice Is
not a wholesome one. Even the Repub-
licans are not in unity on the subject of
Pinchback's pay. Senator Edmunds did
not vote on the resolution.
THE LOUISIANA PLOT.
IN. Y SUM-
The nomination of Marshal Packard
for Governor of Louisiana proves that
the Republicans intend to use the bayo-
net for carrying the election in that
State. Packard is a shrewd, active,
bold, rascally carpet bagger from Maine.
He has been United States Marshal of
Louisiana during the whole OF Grants
administration. The military raids
upon the State, the election frauds, and
other villainies which have prevailed
there for years, are due to Packard
more than to any other man. Not being
a brotherin law. he has not been so
warm bosom friend of Grant as Casey
has, but Grant has trusted him rather
than Casey in perilOus enterprises, be-
cause Grant always regarded the broth
er-in-law as something closely akin to
fool.
After turbulent contest in the Con-
vention, the scheme to make Warmoth
the Republican nominee for Governor
was exploded. The Administration
would not stand Warmoth, for he had
heretofore told too many disagreeable
truths about Grant, Casey, and their
tools in Louisiana. This was a disap-
pointment to Pinchback, who was deep
in the Warmoth plot; but Pinchback
has been consoled by getting $4,000
under the guise OF pay and mileage as
bogus Senatorial contestant-a sheer
swindle--and now the ambitious mulatto
will fulfil his part of the bargain by
trying to rally the colored element for
Packard.
Packard Is the very man for the
emergency. He knows how to set the
outrage mill agoing, for he has run it
often before. Once in full operation
on paper-all that will be needed to
again wrest from the people OF Louis
lana their rights by fraud and force will
be to call in Sheridan and the troops.
Well, il the supporters Of Hayes in
the North can afford to carry elections
in the South by such methods, we think
the friends of Tilden can afford to have
them.
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