The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-16
BAYONETS IN LOUISIANA.
now THEY HITE BEEN EMPLOYED
TO LPHOLD ERIID.

Under Cover OF tinted ~tntrs Guns.
1t is interesting, in connection with the
1residonts recent ordering Of troops To houl'l-
am. to review the Q heretofore made II the
Federal army Ia that state.
The first instance Of the Illegal employment OF
the United It tcs forces was In August l@'l
Tho occasion for the use Of troops was
the meeting u tho Repni lcan state Con-
ven,ion The history OF this disgraceful
an ir Il as follows; Henry c. WMmOth
then Governor - the state, was ambitious
of a reelection, although the Constitution
of the STATE rendered him ineligible The
registration and election laws, viii III had been
framed under the direction 81 Warmo'h made
him pra, ticaiIy the owner Of the state. lie had
II in his power to elect wnons 1cvcr he pleased
snd he never failed to have majority III both
branches vi the Legislature entirely subservient
10 hi,,,.rll IL was an easy natter therefore,
FOR MIN to hay, the Irgisl iture propose an
amendment, to the Constitution rcpenling tho
proyision OF the Constitution winch prohibited
the r, Election OF the incumbent OF the gub"r-
natori Office Ths vas done In 1870 and the
Amendment submitted to the people for ratinrd-
lion. There were number II the cirpct-bag
and scaliwaR following Of Warmoth who had,
upto this time. been united to him by the COM
mon tic Of public plunIer, but VINO now broke
with him because they were also ambitious
Of political Distinction. The negro Lieutc-
nant Governor Damn was a candi late Tor GOV.
ernor. aud 50 was United states Marshal Pack
ard. while Jim Casey, Grant brother in-law,
wanted to 90 to the United states senate, but
with Warmoth master OF the state and rendered
regligbe tor another term, thee aspirints
must be content 20 ul.W second fiddle to him.
They had all enjoyed nne opportunities for
feltherng their nests at the expense of
the people of Louisiana. nut ns they grew
rich 'thtir nmti ion Tor oficial distinction
uISnl9e0
TO ACCEPT whatever WarmOth was pleased
20 nllot TO them. ON the other mana ne
which ruled the state. aud his genius and bold,
interruptions management h ID alone conceived
and built up the inonstrous system OF election
machinery which enabled the unprlnctplcd ad-
venturers to hold the white population In sub
lection and plunder them ms their sweet Will
migtt dictate. lie htd amused great fortune
by demanding and receiving the lions share Tor
approving every jnn which his associates
conceived. Bu. like all adventures VINO
attain wealth pnd polite distinction by such
M. M. Warmoth's greed for both was insa'ianle.
lie uld not desire 70 ne Governor I0r -FOUR wears
more, but he wanted to bc r, Elected. because he
know th,t he would then be aule to elect him-
self United states senator The Damn Packard
Casey faction were Wiling to comrronisc with
NarmOtl. and ~. posed Il give hun the Sonn.
torship but be knew very well that hey would
not Keep latin. Packard wanted to be Governor
and Casey senator. aud they played Dunn tue
negro. for foot Pack lrd was shreMd poll
tician. and had great innuenc, with the negroes
while Casey was without ans particular inhu-
ence. save Whit his connection with Pr sident
Grant gave niui, and h- a iliues were oi very
low order. Bat wit lout sel. Packard had no
asslranco II the suui orr Il the Administration
at WASHINGTON. aud therefore these two rogueS
were tue TO one another. because their m,tual
Interest demanded IT. WMmoth knew THU and
believed IN I If he suffered Packard to he elect
Cd Governor. Casey would inevitably be made
United states senator.
THE FIRST INVASION.
A Republican State Convention to appoint
state Central Committee was called to
meet in New Orleans On the 9th OF August, 1871.
Il was deemed Important by both the factions
To control the appointment OF the Cen raj Com
mitiee. because this DO y would he OF greit
service In managing the convention to be held
at a later Il tie to nominate candidates for the
approaching contest OF lo,.. lhere were to be
Ilo delegates 70 the Au-Ist conventions, Dat 50
fierce vas The contest between the rival factions
that the credentials II only forty were undis-
pu'ed. FROM large IN rity OF the distri IS
there were double DELEGATIONS. each claiming
TO be Ieculsr and ch4r-ing fraud on the other.
The temporary org 'niz !tion OF The convention
W. In contingency OF this KIND sll.tmpo tant.
because whichever faction secured IL would b .
ao!c t. determine the contests IN the disputed
districts IL it, own favor. Packard WAS Chair
Inan Of the state Central Committee, ana thus
les the, were 1frlii II Warmoth, aud w,re de-
termined not to give nlm d iiIr show IN he COM
vention. Ia order to nav. every adv.ntag- on
their side. tie PACK .rI-Casey faction deter
mined 70 holl the convection 10 the Custom
control u the building. bat before this inten-
ton - made public, 1t was necessary to 4r-
To "A ri the Custom House. because MarmOtn
COntr lied the police, ana would not hesitate
10 employ them. Accordingly, on tn. sih Of
August. ISL. Packard mace the following requi-
sitiun Tor troops:
Gen, s,p' : Reyno'd', tnrei S1iies irmy, san
Tic Republic n Convention meets here tomorrow.
AMI mncn fcar Il anticipated fron thugs and
toprteci 4 ci.t e 30 @ tnc4 pnhe nm
city Please give Gen suly the nee ssafy order- IN
L. :. Marshal Dist. Louisiana.
On the same dav the announcement Was maze
that the REPUBLICAN Convention would assem-
BILE at the Custom House on the following day.
Gen. Reynol 5, obeNng orders from Washing
ton, furnished through Gen. Sully, the troops
demanded ty Packard. ana they were empio, ed,
not to protect the pr'Fer. y OF the United states.
but to prevent any Of NarmOtn's adherents
from entering the Cus'om House until Pack ri
and hi- faction hid effected the temporary Or
OF the Nineteenth Infantry, under the com
mnnd Of Capt. II. smith, was placed at the
DISPOSAL OF Packard and IN the morning Of the
Win ~ August they were marched to the Gus
tom House and such deposition Of them made
n Packard directed Tue Conve.uon was to
me IN the hltrd states Court roou when Is
IN the second story ~ the Custom II House. II
can be entered from the corridor through one
door oniy, but there are Two entrance, through
al adioining room, which In turn eau only toe en-
tered Through private entrance. The aImis-
sion was 90 be by tickets only and Tickets
were Issued bv Pack I'd as Charm IA, and could
only be out med q tne money O'der umioW ot
Packard to admit only those who uad tickets.
Hness he gave spec directions otherwise. ALI
al his adnerents were admitted under special
Instructions through the private entrance to the
room adl9inln4 the court room, while Warmoth
ST. toned at the public entr nee TO the room.
anil the Packard y ny nd taken possession of
the court room and org uizrd the Convention.
Finding that he nr. with the aid of tine Federal
army, beaten by rmted states Marshal Packard
and Brother in.aw casey, Warmuth retired
with MS friends 10 another hal, and there held
convention Of their own.
GRANT RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
The pretext for the Intervention Of Federal
troops was the protection of the Custom House
aud other puulic property, Out how could The
holding Of a Republic IN Convention N New Or
leans endanger the property of the United Statesg
Who ever heard OF a political convention being
held In a Custom House befoTel II It mad been
held anywhere else would the Custom House
have been endangeredI Certainly not. II IL
was endangered at all, II was by holding
at there. and for that Packard ana
Casey were alone responsible. Under the
circum- tances what WAS tn bounden duty
Of tho President II he nan heen deceived 10y tho
representdtions Of Packard and Casey Had
he net been a y rty 10 thc scheme and rOs
se-sed the slightest respect for himself or
the ppsl,iOn lie occupied he would unques-
tlohduh have ordered their ins ant dismissal.
Blu he Old nothing Of the kim, although
the Warmoth parry through Judge Dibhir made
Instant complaint. Inc Judge proceeded to
Long Branch. where the President then was,
al 1" use ms own language as testified to be.
toie Congressional Committee, mode a very
eiNihtuc representation TO him" in rrglrI 10
IN no OF the troops. In r'piy the President
500 o." would iuvt-tlg tie the matter, bur ac-
CpillNr 10 judge DlIfile. IutpI . y ~ ufg