New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-19

Mason, pfesident; A. Anderson and e
Bower. vice preeident*; w. Z. Macon, $50
rotary; George g. johnson and g. 3. Fran
| cisco, essistante; 4. L. Heoderson, marshal
| z. w. Danbar, w. II. Smith and A. Skill
more, aids.
There were us torches in line. This clint
nssss every Friday evening.
Cslssei Pastsa's Respssse to Geverns,
Hahn.
Tho following letter Of Colonel Patton
chairman OF the Democratic State Com
mittee. to Governor Hahn, State Registra,
of Voters. appeared in tho New Orleans
Democrat Of last evening. It 10 reproduced
in these columns for the purpose of keeping
| mp the record:
aooMs STATE CENTRAL ConMIrrs1, J
= Democratic Conservative Party,
New ORLEANS, october II, 1876.
Hon. Michael Hahn. Registrar, State Of Louisiana
SIR-Your ooomunicaaion Of even data
herewith has just BEEN handed 10 me. ]
AN surprised that simple letter from ne
setting forth the mot unootuEal appEeAon-
sion, On tho part Of many votero, that the
failure to attach the data TO the stamp Of
''voted" On % many registFatieo popefs Of
1874 Wa trick, should have eliaatea from
yVU cUoo k0PAy. ~ yv0 DOt Ao0W Coo
fAot that our experience in these matteso in
the past, and our observation in the present,
justify our fsarsi
Ia your reply you enter into an elaborate
defanse Of the Radical party, and exprees in.
dignstion that it should b thought capable
Of resisting to ''subterfuge." can hardly
eolleve tAet yourindignation was real, and
think. that JON ware lndalgia9 . vein Of
iE9cieel eleaeastEy When {sa pa.ed The
anything in the cosduct OF thoee e preseut
charged with the administration Of tho
regi6fRo<ion md electioa lsWs In tAis STATE,
or q tle part Of tho Political committee
opposed % yours, that would justily such
apprehensions; on the contrary, every per.
con (0ath naEe and indgniAeaat exceptione)
from the 0ovesnor down, manifest but one
anxiety, end Ii Il b to have Aires, fAir and
Az Jon sssieusg II yos ~ sseioss, I
regret very much tho neoessity which
cempels me- 10 dispel the allasion under
which yoa are lsboriDg. ! regret it, BE-
cause do not like % smirch IN innoeence
- beautiful and soffeahing - Il y rare in
the party which he's the hoaoe Of number
ing you among IT. member. Arc you not
sware thst you have two men In your em.
Whoss infanies and political harlotSies ase
- we'll kA0wn and - widely extended -
the broad limits q this great oouatry; who
have beea cold from hand 70 hand until
their rOttenneos stinks in the nostrils of
every decent man from Maine 70 Texasf
Need mention the names-Blaaohard and
Catlin-arcades ambo? Who employed
them to commit tho frauds now bsing per
petrsted, the like of which wers never
known in any civilized country?
II not tho Governor, to whom You refer,
aware that thousands upon th0usands of
fraudulent registration papers have been
issued, and are now in the possession of
creatures Of your campaign committee,
over which preeides another innocent crea
ture who is also anxious for - free. fair
and honest election9" Are not both you and
he aware that tho inventive genius of the
thre widest and most uncrupui0us ecoundrels
to devise ways and means to prevent -
fair, free and honest" expression of the
popular Wilt II, sir, you do not know that
every word have written u true, then in
deed you must be - innocent - Mary's
little lamb. @ 80.
The census, taken under tho auspices and
by direction Of your predecessor in the Office
init, for the sake Of argument, that the con-
sue was taken In the interest of "ffee, fair
and honest election that there were
in the parish of Orleans of Is, 485 c0l0red
voters, and . colored population Of 81 900,
In round numbers. Are you not aWare that
ct the present rate Of registering oolored
voters ~ that there viii have besn issued
BY the tweaty eighth OF October $4,000
registration papers to oolored people in this
parishi Study these figures well, for they
may again appear to your vision ~ syeneers
which may strip from You tho last shred OF
honest reputation.
Are you not aware that the functions of
the mail carriers and the police force have
been prostituted to enable your campaign
committee to pevpetrate the greatest po-
litical fraud Of the century?
be thought capable of subterfuge in order
to carry their point. Permit me to say that
that was the mildest adjective which the
English language AFFORDS to qualify the
least culpable act of your party. The
strongest expression which that language
furnishes 10 not adequate tn express the
character Of the work which Oh. "from the
Governor down." are now doing in the in.
terest of "free, fair and honest election"
1t is useless, sir, for me to continue TINS
line of remarks, and will conclude by say
ing that if you arc sincere in the state.
ments expressed in your letter, it 10 time
that the scales should fall from your eyes
that you may discover the character of the
company which You cay: 1T 10 to b
feared that the nero expression, in pub
lie paper, of such spprehensiOns, over your
own signature, will tend to intensity the
feeling already existing between the party
opposite party, and be apt to fan into
flame the passions of thoughtless men, now
dormant and subject to the control of more
reasonable and lees excitable individuals,
although such, am sure, was not your
intention" I am not aware that my
letter to you has ever appeared IN any
public paper: if it has done 90, it was
published without my knowledge. The
passions which now lie dormant, it is in the
TO bury in the grave of IN eternal oblivion.
On the other hand, Won, and you alone,
have control of the bellows which can fan
that smoldering spark into flame; and the
responsibility Of the confsgration will be
upon you. Grant us ''fair, free and hon
est election" instead of exercising your
ingenuity, which admit to be great, to de-
fraud rs in the coming election. and NO
such copfagration can ensue. Tho ashes
upon the altar dedicated to hate will be-
come cold, and the fries which have kept
its flame slive will take their fight from .
State which they have desolated. indulge
in NO partisan rhetoric, am in too dead
ERNEST in the presence of the issues which
your party has presented to act, feel or
write otherwise than a. one who appre-
oiates that there il grave and tremendous
responsibility resting upon the committee
of which he 10 chairman.
Since writing this letter, my surprise has
been great to find that you have caused to
be published my letter which. in your opin.
ion. would, ii published, ''intensify the
feeling already existing" and fan into .
fissae the passions now dormant. I am,
therefore, Constrained to believe that it il
vour intention and desire to kindle that
dame and arouse those passions for partisan
purposes, perhaps with the hope Of having
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