The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-02
A CARD FROM G. M. WICKLIFFE.

A CARD FROM &. M. WICKLIFFE.
Editors Of tho News:
| MISUNDERSTANDING you for tho privilege
accorded me. in response to my request. to 81
low me spaeo In your columns to answer the
day, shall proceed IA sucoinctty as possible to
give your readers q statement Of tho facts In
| this whole matter.
AS auditor of the State OF Louisiana my oath
of office, as well as my otfictnl obligations.
made II my imperative duty. not only to manage
that no money should bo withdrawn from the
| treasury unlnss In strict accoraance with Inv.
| Hence. II any fraud were perpefr ated on the
| State, ] was necessarily hold responsible there
| Whom the get OF Northern adventurers who
80 long infested that State, got possession OF
the State government every effort was made to
| use me rs tool for tho accomplishments OF
their nefarious designs against the treasury.
Gov. Warm0th, who WIS NJ the head OF these
men. atten pied time and again to use me- as y
tool. and could he have used mo, he knew that
| would BIO tho most effective tool he could pos
sibly use. told him he .was mistaken Ia his
man: and while I would cheerfully act with
him as u partisan In politics, would never be-
come his ae5ompllce In crime
Finding he could not use me as he desired
he determined to rid himself Of q man who was
not only an insnperable obstacle to bis aehemes
| OF plunder. but who WINS only too willing and
| ready to expose him and his coco nspirators
against tho sate. And finding mat bri bery and
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toward the accomplishment Of his purpose. he
| determined TO crush me- out of hts way.
| To accomplish this great desideraum, no In.
augurated q system Of SANDER. oppressive and
| high handed violence such rs but few mon
| have ever been subJectedto. Three distinction
did ne send his m.tropolltan hordes OF police
| tense that he wanted to catch mo Mapping.
hoping to. find. some clue 70 Irregularities In
/ police had robbed mo of thousands OF dollars
and he had once thrown my office In he street.
whore 1t laid for several days. aud still falling
| to conquer me. he then inAugurated systom
| of persecution against me by criminal prose-
| cntiOna.
Your published telegram. which have not
seen, but which. understs nd. charges that Que
| Indictment was found against mo. Ia certainty
wide Of tho mark. For can Inform the ono
eighteen o.. nineteen indictments foundagainstme
But. unfortunately .ior Mr.. Warmoth and hls
ring. | was honorably acquitted Of each and
| every ono up to the fourteenth one whom MI
Warmoth finding thnt he could not buy up
enough. oven Of the people, VINO difliket me
most heartily. to cot q single coantetton. and
woald surely lend to his Impeachment. was
only too glad to drop tho fight and have
the other indictments auaBhed.
After oil this terrible, bitter and relentless
persecution, finding that he could not In this
daslty to send for mo the very next d4y ena
proposed that wa shake hands and become fine
friends. This offer spnrned with I'LL the In
diRnnton of IN outraged nature,
Finding me utterAbly intractabIe he then set
about 10 Tse ths lust means in his power Moi
and buy tho moi he AIDED but chivairons people
~ I.Duiaiattn ho concluded to uss the T.ertrin
ture ior his blse designs, and, az might have
been expected no succeeded but too we'll.
Flo then trurnpei up the Same old charges
against mo In u tlees Of impeuchment that be
HID used 20 ruecessi,lIly before the con ria md
as might be expected. silcceadeh but toe we'll i'm
finding many fools To ,,u his bidding
| PREPARED for my defense before that tribunal
as had before the courts: but when lear ned
hD. INV bl1piraH and ba HAD
spent in buying up both houses saw thai /
had no show whatever for justice and re-
True. His ulrelipgs Won't through the migera
bio farce Of Impending man who was no
common sense knows the absurdlty OF such u
pro poding. So much, then. for tho charge
That was impeached.
aud plundsred the State was found gully on
elg htten charges tthe same that Warmulh ftied
to make good belize the conrIn). and that de-
curn ped suddenly to avoid prosecution. Nov.
nave three answers to MAS to Ibis sflIv
charge First. Warmoth had tried these very
identical points, before the courts and tailed.
risk his cause again before the . same tribunal
oven after the so-oalled imueaehment. But
would state The fact thm remained in New Or.
eaus for several weeks after this so-estlipd i'm
parchment trial: and. sec ,ndlg If / had de-
fraudnd tho State OF Louisiana ns this hired
seribher writes 3shejwould have hardly ea neei
led my official bond. Sue would inmsdiateIy
have euot That bond and Il | had been alois
est. AZ no says, they would have made tbs
amount OF my bond at least out or my bonds
men who were, all Of them. men OF wealth.
Below tho reader will find the nxact wording of
my bond. aud the original is here with Mir. W.
III. Lydick where ii can be- reen. THIS is an
state ut ached and any one who has the curios-
ity can see for himself.
Thirdly. the State of Louisiana. both un Ter
my Whereabouts Tor seven penrs, and vet no
effort ha, been made either by civil or criminal
proaerufion tn indamrifu h.raplt for u,nh .,,