The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-27
nETURNING BOARD INDICTMENTS.
Letter on tho subject from Texas Editor


| Hon. William l.. McMillen, of Louisiana,
arrived at the Grand Hotel last evening. He
says, ,a, ,,....-,
| element Is ut low ebb. The prosecution, or
persecution, OF the members Of the Returning
| Board, he thought would amount in the end
| to nothing. The Bourbon Democrats are at
| the bottom Of the movement. By Bourbon
Democrats he meant the extreme, fanatical
| leaders of the Democratic party-those who
wished to make political capital or reputation
| in the prosecution. of men upon whose shout
ders rested great responsibility
Speaking OF the effect Of the Presidents
policy in Louisiana, Gen. McMilen said.
packard and the rest of us made q hard
fight to carry Louisiana. The Northern Re
publicans can hardly appreciate the diff
culties we had to contend with. We believe
that Packard should to-day be our Governor,
but we bow in humble submission to the
policy of the President. No one questions his
motives. All believe that he was actuated by
the purest intentions tobring about peace and
reconciliation
Gen. McMillen will be In the city Q day or
two, and in Ohio for short time. He Is much
interested to know how Ohio will go In Octo-
Der. He expressed the hope that the Ohio
Republicans would not forget, forsake or
neglect the poor. struggling Republican or
ganization In Louisiana. There had been no
lana for some time. Governor Nichols
seemed to be administering the affairs of
State to the satisfaction of oil parties,-tCin-
cinnati Commercial.
The above Is from one of the most Conser-
vative of the Republican papers of the North
west. The animus Of 1t Is, that Packard and
the members of the Returning Board are
honest men and pure patriots; that they have
been uniustly treated apd dishonesty driven
from power. DO the people Of Louisiana not
know that this is the opinion Of fully one-half
of the honest, well meaning Republicans of
the North Are Packard, Wells 4 CO., thieves
and plunderers Have they Toasted and en-
riched themselves by dishonest legislation
and debauching the public service? How are
you to meet this how vindicate yourselves,
and do justice to pure government unless you
arragn these men before the courts of the
country where the iufamy Of their conduct
will be fully exposed
1t Is a strange thing to chronicle, that when
men are malefactors in the generic sense of
the term and have outraged every principle
which honest men hold dear and sacred, that
they should be defended openly and violently
by men and newspapers who profess to reject
virtue, politically and socially.
What of those that are denominated Bour-
bons, chief among which Is the New Or
leans Democrat? II | read Alright it was
their policy, determination and courage which
accomplished this late victory in Louisiana.
They are the ones to-day who are the real
representatives of the Nichols government.
They have revived no dead issues, and have
instituted no measures that questioned the
title Of the President.
Is 1t true, then, that many of the leading
~.
ence to prevent these prosecutions and that
the Governor himself is opposed to them?
EDITOR MARSHALL (TExAs) HERALD.