The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-08

without creating violent civil convul-
sion.
And yet Mr.. Geo. B. Johnson, who
filed the post Of State Auditor under
the Packard government, has assumed
to set up the standard OF that long since
squelched out fraud. and attempts to
run one-horse rebellion against the
legal authorities OF the State. embar-
PASSING the courts with his petitions,
and rendering himself obnoxious by his
baseless pretensions. It is reflection
upon the vigor OF the law or the capaci-
ty Of our State government for self-pro-
lection and self representation that this
mans movement has been permitted
longer than day to hold the aspect of
a claim or vex the public mind.
What Is the explanation OF this extra
ordinary action of Mr.. Johnson He
understands as we'll as every intelligent
man In the State that he has no earthly
chance Of obtaining the office of Au-
ditor; he knows perfectly well that the
whole policy of the Federal Govern
ment would have to be reversed and the
peace and order Of this State destroyed
to enable him to accomplish the osten-
sible object OF his suit. He knows. in
short, that his protested purpose IL i'm
possible Of attainment. What, then,
we ask again, is his real object?
In violation Of the express provisions
OF law Mr.. johnson abstracted, or rather
purloined from the office of the Auditor
number Of the most important books
of that office, and obstinately refuses to
surrender them or restore them to
their legal repository. The sole
and only purpose Of his resistance to
the legal authorities is to retain pos
session of these books, for reasons
best known to himself and his Cocoon
spirators, as long as possible, or to de-
face or destroy them. 1t is believed
that these books contain evidences
of frauds. thefts, nd other official ras-
calities which g II consign several
members OF the Kellogg usurpation.
including Kellogg himself, and num-
Der of leading Radical politicians
to the penitentiary. The audaoious
purloining Of these books from the
Auditors Office; the pertinacity with
which johnson refuses to surrender
them the absurd shifts to which he re-
sorts to set up claim to the Auditors
office, and the miserable legal bubbles |
by which he and his attorneys have
attempted to bolster his shameless |
pretenses, leave not doubt that |
the suspicion of the public as |
to the contents Of The books in question |
is correct, and that il they are OBJ |
tanned by the legal authorities, the par
ties referred to will be landed in the |
State Prison.
The decision of Judge Billings yester-
day, In the case Of johnson vs. Jumel, |
may hasten the conspirators in the |
destruction of these books il, indeed. |
they have not already destroyed them.
Is there no law that can be invoked to |
break down this scandalous conspiracy |
against the public interest and the pros
ecution Of the public business, and to |
punish the audacious head OF it? We
have once or twice before propounded |
this question, and this morning we print
a reply from one Of the ablest LAWYERS
in the State, which it seems to us clear
ly covers the case, and through which |
Mr.. Geo. B. johnson may be brought to |
bay.