The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-15


The State House on Suntlay Ute I'M Of March.
This state OF facts was made known to Kei-
logg by an individual who was In the conf
dcnce OF the President, but as am unable to
say whether tho net Of this person was one Of
deliberate treachery or Of indiscreet tale
bearing, will neither mention his name nor
characterize his motive. It was this knowl-
edge which moved Kellogg to such desperate
excrtion. And but for this knowledge, Don
Cameron never would have venturCd upon %
step so extraordinary as
THE SUPPRESSION or AN ORDER OF THE PRES
IDENT.
Now, then, % word about Cameron. ! as
serted that he suppressed tho President $
order because he knew that the Pres-
dent Designed to wink at d coup d'etat by
Nichols. Col. Levy courteously gives
Cameron the benefit Of his own iustfcn-
ton on % point of official etiquette. But
search Col. Levy's reported eonversa-
zion in vain for any intimation that he
indoises Camerons version Of his own mo-
tives in the premises. ! venture to assert
that Col. Levy, like myself, does not believe
u word of Cameron's declaration that he was
moved 10 that extraordinary step by consid-
erations of official etiquette. From first to
last Cameron played game of
THE MOST wRErtHED DUpbtC1TY
with the Louisiana people. He was hand in
glove with Kellogg and ut the same time he
was most artfuly deeeiving and misleading
his old college classmate. Randall Gibson,
with professions of earnest desire to see the
Louisiana case equitably adjusted. Gibson
t.<,S
cal education and his breeding render
him incapable of cofnprehending the misera-
BILE dupcity and the rank dishonor Of which
Don Cameron is capable not only, but in
which he revels with u delight known only TO
such human swine us he Is
Indeed, so implicit was Gibson's faith in the
smooth pretensions of his old clasbmate, and
so incapable was he Of comprehending that
any man could be guilty OF deliberately yio-
| lating the sanctity Of such q friendship, that
on one occasion, when ! ventured t
caution him and impugn Cameron's
sincerity with some harshness Of cpl
thet and luxuriance OF expletive, he
checked me with warmth and de-
clined TO listen TO further adimadversion. /
then sought Burke at Wizards, and asked
him to warn Gibson, and, In fact, the entire
Louisiana delegation, of
! CAMERoNs TREAGHERy.
Burke laughed and said that Cameron's du
picty would be rendered nugatory by q
higher power In case my apprehensions CON
cerning him should turn out we'll founded
That they had foundation Is matter Of his
tory. And that Camerons duplisity availed
to render nugatory the ediGts Of Burkcs
| "higher power Is equally 80.
| These are the facts in full They have ar
| historical value In this, that when the his
torian Of Grantisn reaches the close Of his
volume he will have to record that the very
last considerable act of Grants political
career was an endeavor to dodge stern re-
sponsibility; that, In the very act OF loosen.
| ing from his shoulders the robes OF office that
he had worn for eight weary years, he at
| tempted to avail himself of peculiar acci-
dent Of dates as
MISERABLE SUBTERFUGE
| by which to hide the deepest, darkest stain
| he had brought upon them; and that even in
| this last 9ubterfuge Of expiring tyranny, he
was thwarted by one Of his own creatures
| who showed u contempt for his chief which
would have been criminal had it not been
| just.
! However, we can readily appreciate the
| loftiness Of the considerations which impelled
| Col. Levy to withhold this sickening para
graph from his recital Nor need the fact
that Burke was the author Of the suggestion
be taken as n reflection upon that gentleman
Burke's business was to do what he could tt
save Louisiana; and the desperation Of the
exigency warranted him in taking advantage
Of any capabilty Of her foes. Whatever dis
grace there was in the attempt must redounc
entirely to the discredit Of the President, who
was willing to jump at such suggestion
whose moral calibre was such as to blind him
TO all aspects Of the suggestion except it's in
genuity and the fact that it afforded him q
hole for a dastardly retreat; and Of whose
character the circumstances demonstrated
| that Burke was shrewd Judge. A. G. B.
A.