New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1878-10-26
ADDRESS or HoN. NR, GIBSON,

allocution of this gentlemen to his
constit uents and deem it due to him,
in his absence, to devote appropriate
comment to its very comprehensive
contents. ..
1t is, in the first place, due to COM
mon politeness that Mr.. Gibson
should recount the extraordinary
services he claims to ha We rendered
his constituents, especially as it
gives . somewhat different view of
services to which they are ind ebted
for the resolutions of 1877. 1t will
be, therefore, proper to recite the
personal agency of Mr.. Gibson in
solving that revolution with the rose
water, of some palaver, and a set of
resolutions adopted by the General
Assembly Of our State, and which
will forever remain upon onr statute
book" The theory current among
us has been SO different from this
narrative that it arrays Mr.. Gibson
against Mr.. Burke. " -..rV
We had been always told that
when there was imminent danger
Mr.. Watterson would march on
Washington with an army of indig-
nant Kentuckians, and Mr.. Beebee
and other New York Democrats
would talk the old year out and the
new year in, and while certain am
bilious Republican Senators would
sanction political anarchy and take
the Presidency Gd interim until a
new election could take place,
a meeting was held at a
Washington City restaurant, which,
'fsitting in the Dolphin Chamber, at
the round table, before sea coal
fire. relieved the situation and
saved the Union anew. The pUrport
of the secret treaty adopted was,
that if the friends of President Hayes
would induce him to withdraw the
Federal troops from Louisiana and
allow Governor Nichols to maintain
his siege and decentralization of the
Republican garrison in the State
House to a capitulation, that the
high contracting parties on behalf of
the Democracy would withdraw the
forces of WattersOn, choke off the
Republican aspirants in the Senate,
and arrest the discourse of the per-
sistent Beebee. Mr.. Burke, of New
Orleans, hastened home with the
authentic credentials of this COM
pact, and with sort of "alone did
it" expression of countenance, mon
opolized the glory of the achievment
and raked in Herewith a lucrative
Office as the primordiG or first fruits
of a liberated commonwealth. This
position, we may incidentally men,
ton, Mr.. Burke has parOleed, and
on the strength of this triumphant
diplomacy is now aspiring to the
custody of the State exchequer.
Our members of Congress were
not satisfied with this piece of STRAIT
egg inasmuch as it denied them the
glory of having effected this Repub-
lican capitulation. We have seen
some intimation from Mr.. Watterson
that the Wormely conference was a
confidence game and that the men,
bers of Congress were the true nego-
tiatOrs. The narrative of Mr.. Gibson
seems inspired with a natural esprit
du corps, and unless eontroverted =,
establishes pretty well that Mr.. Burke
has claimed honors to which he was
not entitled and has, obtained office
under improper pretence of political
services. 1t traces the agencies en-
plOyed by the representatives, and
certainly makes the candidate for
Treasurer occupy a belated and sub
ordinate position in the adjustment.
The constituency Of the First Dis
trict are informed:
But the way for your successful vindi-
cation and ultimate triumph was partly
prepared at the Federal capital. I CO.
operated with my able and patriotic De-
mocratic colleagues, Messrs. Ellis and
Levy, in the work Of removing such OBJ
stacles as were found at Washington to
the exercise Of self government BY our
people, dissuading the President, at cfiti.
cal periods, from extending further armed
assistance to Kellogg or recognition Il
Packard, and finally securing the with.
drawal Of the troops from the State House
1.-The peoples Capitol. Nor did your
representatives. at any time or under any
circumstances, make any concession 81
principles, any bargains or unmanly com.
promises, but steadily appealed 10 the
justice Of orr cause, to the constitution o.
our country, and TO the brave and exalted
spirit Of our people.
Mr.. Gibson and his cable and pa
triOtie colleaguesh prepared Presi.
dent Grant for. the proof Of these
revelations: 81 sa Fea -.
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