The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-30
ATTORNEY GENERAL FIELD.
sis Position In Relation to WOnds ~ the
Labelling -Isay Railroad.


Editor Democrat Your correspond
ent "Lex " is unjust to Attorney Gen
eral Field in his sneering illusions to
him ne an associate Of Dibble in the de-
Tense of the various frauds which have
been perpetrated by Radical officials
and rings
This Injustice is tho more conspicuous
in view Of the pending controversy be-
tween the Attorney General and Dibble
and Kellogg, wherein the latter are
seeking to Gust the former or his Office
and powers. for the..very reason that the
Attorney General has been so Jealous
and efrective in defeating various frauds
of Radical officials and rings aud pros
ecuting various Radical dclinqucnts and
plunderers.
The recent decision Of the Supreme
Court, Ludeing dissenting, against the
validity of the $500. 900 Of bonds to the
Chattanooga Railroad, and the conf
IDENTIFY expected decision Of the
Same tribunal against the $4,000,
900 OF bonds to the same corporation,
are due to the vigorous prosecution q
the Attorney General. The decision OF
the same court against the claim OF the
Citizens Bank for $2OO,O0O, on an illegal
and fraudulent contract OF Wnrmoth,
the nearly successful prosecution OF
Clinton, commercially and civilly, not
yet determined. aud various other
prosecutions and suits, involving nm un-
intermitting war against the Radical
chiefs, rings and mOnopolies, ought to
protect the Attorney General from i'm
putations Of the character Of your cor
respondents.
We are informed that the Attorney
General always holds himself ready,
on proper information Of any citizen, to
institute legal proceedings, to invalidate
and defeat all these fraudulent schemes
refused or omitted to do SO. when
brought within his knowledge.
One great obstacle he has encountered
has been the indifference. ii not the pos
tive opposition Of our own "respecta-
BILE" citizens who are too frequently in
terested in the schemes which he under
takes to prosecute. In not q few in
stances he has been defeated through
the influence of this recreapt class Of
our people. 1t would be hurnliatiug to
cnumerate the instances in which eiti-
zens, regarded as of the conservative
class, have rushed to the rescue OF these
Radical rogues and their rascalities
against the vigorous pursuit Of the At
to by LEX" affords one of the most
striking Of these examples.
The bonds. fraudulently obtained by
Ludeling, were issued by Kellogg I'M
der the advise of distinguished mem
Der OF the bar-not u Radical or carpet
Dagger and against the opinion of At
torney General Field. The judicial de-
termination Of their validity was made
i'm suit in which tho State was repre-
sented by prominent member Of the
Bar, u strong Democrat. It is not to be
denied too, that there were not few
conservative citizens who managed to
obtain an interest i'm these bonds. A
COMMITTEES. composed of citizens Of high
commercial and social position, who in
vestigated the debts of the State, re-
ported that the legal liability Of the
State on these bonds could not now be
inquired into.
We are not prepared to accept this
but we think that no cen
sure justly attaches to the Attorney
General for the success Of this fraud or
the difficulty Of repairing it,
.JUsTfTIA