New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-12

imposed the veto Of ''that viii do, upon
the admission Of the witness that he was
party defendant in the suit referred to,
the committee oveEruled the veto 10 fur
Their statement, and the witness vindi-
Gated himself by conclusive statement
of facts.
!. That the purchasers Of the road paid
It's full worth. This upon this Testimony of
forty odd Witnesses "The brother of Mr..
MCEnery, and Mr.. McEnery himself, and
all the lawyers and merchants in that cOun-
try, all the preachers and sill the intelligent
men in that country testified"
2. That the sale TO q mortgage was void.
"One-hah the titloD Of property in Lou
isiRna has been acquired in just that way"
Authorities cited.
g. sThere are no trustees. Mr.. McEnery
Is lawyer, and knows that Thin gentle
man, Mr.. Austin, 10 q lawyer, and he knows
it; and every lawyer in the State of Louis
lama knows that IL Is fact"
3. The purchase objected rs immoral
twas made in 1866, two years before was
on the bench, and the decisions in the State
courts were made before my appointment
to the bench"
a. Among the associate purchasers of the
road were prominent Democrats.
Mr.. George G. Austin, a prominent
Democrat; Mr.. Frank P. Stubbs, ditto;
Mr.. Gordon, ditto; Mr.. Pinckard, ditto,
Mr.. Crosby, ditto. This conclusive vim
dication against personal or official i'm
propriety was admitted without contra
diction. Attorney Salisbury did not in
terpose the same question, "Did you see
it yourself?" as in the case of the bull
dozers of Monroe. On the contrary, he
questioned not q word, called for no
record, insisted on no proof The reply
to the insidious question was too over
whelming to be resisted, the personal vim
dication too conclusive to be set aside by
the acts of the attorney. He switched off
on the immaterial inquiry whether Wis
ner had been sheriff or jailer?
We presume all who may read the pro-
ceedings of the Democratic committees
will perceive that they have come, not as
Representatives seeking to make an i'm.
partial report of the state Of fact and SEN
timent among US, but as experts and at
torneys to twist the facts into contradic-
ton, to deduce Republican dishonesty
and Democratic right. We are perfectly
satisfied that the impressions shall go be-
fore the country, as it has been impossi-
BILE to suppress or prevent them. They
have passed into the minds Of the people
and are rapidly establishing the conviction
that with the Inauguration Of the Repub-
ican President all will be peace and sta
bility; with that of the Democratic can
didate the nature of the government
would come again in question. In the
words of the New Orleans Times Demo
craticl:
should Mr.. Tllden be inaugurated, Mr..
Packard and the Republicans would at
once abandon the attempt TO hold the State
government, Is Q matter of necessity, If not
Of choice, consoling Themselves with the
theory that the action of the Returning
Board, giving them o de fdct0 status, had
been overruled by q superior power, thus
Obliteratlng their pretensiOns.
It is a sad thing to see the lawful au-
thority Of the State confronted and barri-
caded by formidable insurrection. We
sympathize with the breadless and wage.
less thousands whose sufferings are rem
dered more intense by these disturbances.
Yet if We could look with cold philosO.
ply upon the sad spectacle, there would
be seen a gradual confirmation Of the
conviction that the Democracy of the
South are a turbulent and dangerous
element; that the true interests of the
country viii be promoted by continuing
the government in the hands of the Re.
publicans