The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-02
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ITO the Editor of the Democrat:

To the Editor of the Democrat:
Tounhinr that proposed gift by Mr.. Thos.
w. Conway. on whom the New York Herdtd
S,estowg the title of General, on what author
i'm. +. In common with the rest OF this Guy
am profoundly ignorant. OF the proposed
original Of the Act OF Secession OF the state
I'll Louisiana. signed twenty-sixth January
1861. beg to say that the said document I. IS
bogus one HIS atGGPt 20 Rass II un If he
North ID only one Of many similar 1Iauds'
which the said Conway perpetrated whlle az
Tninistering the office OF agent Oh the fTeeo-
mans Bureau In this State. :,
sneak of this matter with the authority OF
chairman Of the committee OF the CONVENTION al,.
of 1861 to procure properly executes ss s,.n
copy Of the ordinance OF secession anu super
Tthis was done by the printer OF the eonven-
zion. who was Col. J. 0. Nixon, and during
lie respite Of the convention the signature
were obtained of all the members q the
hodv except six, who refused to sign There
was no time to have 1t sent to France to be
engraved, even If the convention had been ~!
disposed TO accompany so solemn an act win
such ostentation. A French engrasyer IN this
pal1iments and ilourlshes a copy Of this In
strument, which was for sale II all the book
stores of fifty cents Q copy, When this city
was occupied by Butler and his plunderlng
business selling this '..veritable original TO
vaf,eed price of 81. Butler was the first
buyer. His copy was framed and hung
L. eGnsplffaous in patahe e m o
II was declared by Butler to be the orig
inal, and supplied him with proof against
The signers who might come within his reacn,
which he was won't to address to the gentle
men who fell into his clutches. 1t Is o copy
OF the same which Conway proposes to raiile
of for charitable use. II the orlFina ACT OF
4 no IN
been obtained In the manner stated by Mr.
tha papers sne Of F Pierre soule. That dis
tngnsed dgg gentleman n n2t only tHHe hae tae
government, with the convention which, passed
the ordinance Of secession; but, In truth, was
The most vigorous, eloquent and honest O
the opponents of the whole secession move
than than to stand with his people against The
marauders who descended upon this State II II
1869, with Butler as the chief and Thomas W
Conway as O subordinate robber. The comics
property. including the private papers, of tht
ablest and most consistent Unionist, n thif
city, as "a REBEL may serve. to illustrate
the dishonesty and audaclty OF thlt
convicted rogue who hndrs atef fno 5n'
and dollars from timid citizens under an ae
afterwards rppudiated by the Washington
government for the support OF that mug
swindle the Freedman,'s bureau. n an an!
have been paid back to the citizens who wer
thus defrauded In the name and by the au
thority OF the United States. Had Conway
IN his crocodilian sympathy for our afflicted
community, proposed to refund his share
their spells, he would have made handsom
contribution to that conscience fund OF cwhicl
no man stands in greater need, to compensat
or alleviate his heavy Indebtedness to gu
people, created by his innumerable plumber
ings.
fully accept such partial atonement to on
people, whilst they would hesitate and per
haps decline to receive the proposed contri
button Of funds, derived from the propose
dinance OF secession, purloined from MI
soule's escraoire. / have always understoo
that they declined to accept or recognize as
legitimate contribution the $1,000 which Ke
logg, in 1874 donated out Of the contingen
fund of the State as bis, private contrtbntio'
per his celebrated double telegrams,I,"G
johnson to cash the warrant. Then tell tn
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