New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-06-01
A CARD FROM SENATOR WEBER.
NEW ORLEANS. NAV 30, 1876

NEW ORLEANS, May 30, 1876.
EDITOR RsPrBLrcAN:
Please permit me to reply to "Quadratus" the
correspondent of the New Orleans Democrat. from
Bayou Sara through the CO umns of your valuable
paper.
The murder of Aronsou, committed by blacks,
was a preconcer.ed aft Air; but whether it was
committed by black Ethiopesos or BACKED eau
casians. 10 q ma'tsr yet to be explained. There
is however, . Circumstance connected with this
ASSASSINATION which has been given to no weight,
and which if, admitting only for argument sake it
was done by coored men, would bs the prime
cause Of the murder. Th!s is the logging, almost
to death, Of colored man, by the name Of Hill.
for alleged suspicion Of mis- having stolen beet.
This fogging, it is admitted, was done by the
deceased, Aronson, George Howell and Tom
Stockett, and was "a u: justiiaole - the murder
Of Aronson From the tone and temper Of QUAD.
ratus" in his correspandrn nee of this day, in the
Democrat, the intelligent reader will perceive.
at the first glance, tnat there is no virtue in
the foul wretch. His assertion that my ad.
vice probably reached where 1 in pereon feared
to tread, and was caused oaly too efecti rely by
my teachmsn. Swszie. who was undoubtedly there
Immediately before the murder Of Anderson" il
uttered by one who is not gentleman, and whe 10
base. mean and unprincipled enough to do 90
without a shadow Of testimony to Justify him. He
is no doubt one of the number of brutes in Felic-
lana who believe that assassination in politics is
fair who offered to pay his share of $500 to have
me way.aid last fall while goirg to my woodward.
He is no doubt one of the low bred scoundrels who
some time since again advised my assassin alton at
midnight at my dwelling in St. Francisville and
who no doubt helped to select the ones out of
that polluted gang to do that dirty work This
man is I'm worthy of belief, who flies under false
CO ors to misyepreseut me and deceive the public.
In other words, he IL Ike the balance Of the cor
responder from Bayou Sara when writing their
lying statements conce Ring m vself and other Be
pnblicaus. He nos they have not the manhood or
decency to append their names to them.
have q COZ respOnderce from my brother, D. A.
Weber, which was given me for publication some
time since, which dc MES in toto that he ever
wrote the articles in the Fsliciana Republican.
during the year 1872, relative to me-
He says that he figured a. editor of the paper,
but in reality, F. NJ. Mumf,rd of Bayou Sara,
e,ited the paper and wrote al tho lying state
ments concerning me. He further says that B. g.
Sterling, who was Warmoth tax collector at the
time and is at the present day defsulter to the
S. ate of at least eleven thousand dollars. fur.
nshed the funds to run tie paper in the interest
of warmoth and the Fusion party. He further
denies IN toto the correctness of all the state.
mt nts contained in said paper relative to me.
"Quadr Las not as yet realized the extent
Of his ly ing props nsities. Notice the innocent
and child. Ii ke manner in which he rushes int
print to deny that an attempt was made to assas-
sina.e me, and that he has made inquiry at every
point hence inform alton was likely to be obtain
able and could find nothing to sustain the allesa-
CATION in the st at -ment." l have no doubt that
this denia. is made for the sole purpose Of coun-
teractng the effect of this dastardly attempt and
l will venture the assertion that he was one of the
inst gators Of it. My br0ther-in-law, Jules Gou-
dram who lives twenty yards from me. will vouch
for the correctness of the attempt to assassinate
me, He saw the men mounted and on foot. He
heari them call me out number of times, and
opened door Of his store to hear the report Of the
rifle snots which we're fred into my premises. and
heard when the assassins fed on their horses.
Mr.. Belvin Edda a. Sallie Piper. and other neigh
bors Of mine will testify the correctness of my
statement, while defy the wretch "Quadratus'
to produce the tt stimony of single one of my
neighbors to sustain the statement he makes.
The as ertion of "Qusdratus." the New Orleans
DemocI at and other bass, mean, unprincipled and
contemplate persons that 1 am il any way re-
sponsib.e fer the troubles in West Feliciana and
Wilkinson county. is an unmitigated fa!sehood.
What have written in my paper, the Felic ana
Led ser, concerning the many outrsges perpetrated
on the colored people and the Republicans in that
section of the country, was the whole truth.
Many of those people have lost all sense Of
honor and virtue. They have returned to the days
OF old when they could fog kill negro or q
poor white man just 10 suit their fancy. The truth
shocb their morals To have it crushed there are
no acts too low for them to resort This is why
their venom is always aimed at me.
jel 1t E. l. WEBER.