Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-04

openly made in the Constitutional
Convention, last summer, by Gov.
Warmoth, the elect of the very party
which Lanicr has been serving as a
tool, and for which service he has
lately been rewarded by being ap-
pointed to deputyship in the Inter
nal Revenue Department, to the dis
grace of the Republican administra-
ton:
This is, in substance, what Gov.
Warmoth said Of Lanier, in connec-
ton with the charge referred to:
"My Democratic friends lay much
stress on these er parte aodarits, espc-
ciully the one subscribed to by a Repub-
lican ~ EBRornER LANIER." With
this in the most contemptuous tone,
he sneerlngly added: "Iou all knor
who Brother LAN1ER is. The same
man, mho, as a tar-collector, on his
way to make his settlements rith the
State Treasurer was robbed {? on the
train in some mysterious way Of the
sum of Thirteen Thousand DolIors'
That's the R-e-e-publican ~hosc testimo-
M carries so much freight against Mr.
Benham :"
Thus was Lanier proclaimed A
THIEF by the Gorcrnor elected by his
own party. Instead Of holding Gov
ernor Warmoth to personal accoun-
liability for SO public a denunciatlon,
like a cowardly car Lanier resorted to
the contemplate emethod usually pur-
sued by scoundrels of his species, in
pouring forth the coarsest denials of
an accusation entailing the wearing
of the striped clothes of the conrict.
| A course Vllich his Ex-Governor
treated with the silent contempt it
deserved.
From good authority We have
learned that in addition to his con-
duct as q renegade Southerner, he,
Lanier, sank SO low, as to admit ne-
sroes at his home on footing OF
equality, thus bringing blush on the
cheek of his worthy lady, who belongs
to a highly respected family of this
parish; causing by such conduct, his
estimable mother-in- law, to estrangc
herself from her daughters roof and
!, establish her residence in this city.
Were he possessed with single
, spark of manhood he would have
sought to encounter us, in resentment
of the unmasking Of his vile charac
ter through the columns of the Carl
rtL1AX.
But he has again resortcd, while ii
= search of notoriety, to the device o
addressing such miserable epithets a
his putr1d soul could suggest to him
Lanier is one of those beings, mh'
, are dead In public estimation and i
would be in a manner reviving TIN
., ca.v1ss to adopt towards him meth
4 DDS usual amongst gentlemen. W.
will not therefore descend to answe
his tissue or lies. We could only,as W
u would do, were he to cross Our path
> lash him With the cowhide; the onl
weapon that can be fittingly used o
esuch accursed dogs as Lanier.
Attic time when we found it nc
:. cessary to nail this Judas lscariot t
~ the gibbet of public contempt, "
expected that the white-livered POI
a troon, partakins as he does Of til
ri nature of the polecat, would, as j
9 had done with Warmoth, scatter h
n( filthy frothings.
u We were therefore prepared befo1
n hand to see HIM writhe and curse, {
the degraded blackguard that he i
= and so predicted it to several
our friends.
Ie 1t was a nauseating work to unde
10 take, yet we felt that the task ha
J. devolved upon us, to tear OH h
20 mask, that the people and the cou1
s. try might see what sort Of a man edl
n the North Louisiana Republican, II
d which work he was rewarded by
|. appointment in the Revenue Depar
d ment in our State, under Hayes civ
jservics reform policy.