Year: 1872

ana high-minded man. Butler had hno sort Of
despotio justice In much that he did, and while ne
hung gambier-not so much for tearing down the
American dag as for lying about 1t. saying that he
did It, and gaining q sort OF police notoriety IN
the act-he also made the violent merchants of
the city feed their own people whom they
had betrayed into the war. and he pooh poohed
with splendid want or ceremony the foreign Con-
suis who were quitting themselves and their couo-
trymen upon the common misfortunes of North
and south. Many Southern men In New orcans
viii tell you to-day that though Butler might have
been rascal, still he was a success


GENERAL BANKS ADMINISTRATION 4s
After Butler came the smooth dignifed and
polished General Banks, man without evil In his
nature or strength in his purpose. Banks endeav-
Ored to restore civil order and citizen loyalty TO
Louisiana by good treatment. but no fell into the
error Of reposing trust in type OF men VINO couid
not understand the principles OF freedom nor adopt
even q business patriotism for the sake OF their
own prosperity During his time the officers OF the
army and navy became generally demoralized and
cotton stealing underlaid most OF the military
campaigns emanating from New Orleans. Cotton,
which had been declared to be king, got to be


THE KING CORRUPTER OF REBEL AND FEDERAL.
Bankers and business men, generals. and some
say even admirals projected vast campaigns for
no other purpose than 10 pick up cotton and
acquire fortunes The era OF corruption here,
which remains to this day, began ID the weakness
OF Banks administration. IL may be said with
truthruness that DiOgenes, with his lamp could
now scarcely discover an honest man In New Or
leans OF any influence, SO far as politics goes Not
even south Carolina affords SO vast picture or
promscu0us bribery and corruption as the South
ern metropolis. But alter our late experience In
New York city. perhaps. we have no right to
ran Mlchf "a


''p'''" 'Ai 1Es Ri'Gsas SsdiNaiEa or WORSE. s q
Banks endeavored to O. organize ciyil government
Hahn was man of simple origin, nnmposing
manners and cheap grade or mind. lie was sue
ceeded by Madison Wells, whom General sheridan
removed to make way for Joshua Baker as ruler OF
the State. The reconstruction acts OF Congress
went into operation untimely here rs throughout
the SOUTH and the contest took place within the
republican party for the domination OF the State.
All the prospects seemed to he in favor Of r. L.
o q negro rc Dooa hE aa oesn
spent great deal OF money, according to common
report, and had the negroes rallied to his support
ventiOn But q small cOnciave Of northern men,
working with desperate energy -as only the North
ern carpet-bagger can work-hsd resolved upon
making


This concave was chiefly composed OF War
moth himself, NJ A. SOuthwOrth ana j. II. Sypher.


SOuthwOrth was q man from New YORK state, or
business experience. with precise; heavy mind
sources which secure success after more brilliant
men have exhausted themselves. Underneath all,
he is generally believed to have been perfectly un
scrupllous and to have set up Warmoth as figure
head while he should be the organizing man behind
the throne, taking the PROFITS and dispensing the
hOnOrs. This man has been to Louisiana what
Kimball was to Georgia, Littlcfeld and SwepsOn to
North Carolina, and the State Treasurer to South
Carolina. He Is now in apparent retirement Syphcr
was Pennsylvania officer IN the federal army, with
fair capacity as a public speaker, some courage
and good deal OF commercial and political vigor.
These three men put their time, money, sleep,
promises and everything into the work Of carrying
the State under reconstruction, and they beat
Dumas alter terrible fight, and with Warmoth
ferrO


THE LOUISIANA pIzARRo. y.
WarmOth was . sort OF Plzarro, equally obscure
in origin, audaciOus in action and successful in
conclusions. He was western boy. with some
doing the meniai work OF printing ONCE, but his
aspirations were above the common, and We find
him at the side OF General McClernand when the
ing politician whom Grant numbered with
his other conquests at vicksburg. McCiernand
was forever talking politics to the soldiers and
arranging the democratic party for an easy domi-
nation at the close of the war, and WarmOth has
the reputation of having helped him out by writing
some OF his dispatches and letters and fully shar
ing all his designs OF supremacy. warm0th OBJ
tanned an Office in New Orleans, where he used
thrift and consulted with everybody, so as to aSCer
tain the situation and about the time he went into
reconstruction politics he had put by great deal
est means with the same chances. There was a
freshness, vgor and stature about the fellow which
gave him some aScendency In vulgar minds.


PICTURE OF THE KING KITE.


straight, with broad shoulders and shallow chest,
and on his long neck he wears garrote collar,
which keeps him rather stify up, and his saow skin
receives some ornament from . remarkably long
and pretty mustache, which comes down over his
lean chops While his eye IS like portent iull OF
sort OF sallow light and he understands its power
and makes it flame out on small occasions, to the
great terror OF the old rebels, who think that when
he gives it dramatic hash vengeance is imme-
dately about to come TO the front. Few things
show the stupidity OF the average southerner IN
matters OF common sense more than this super
stitious consideration for Warmoth's eye
flashing have been 10 the mans
he was magnetic tyrant pert and audacious
young man; but as to any depths OF character
which he may have, they seemed to me to exist
politicians, who were great people during the
reign OF Tweed and mere gutter snipes after Tweed
tumbled.


The REALLY ABLE QUALITY IN wARMOrH
is MS m0ney-savng propensity, which alone gives
worldly security which the merely penniless ad-
yenturer could never know. Through all the muta.
lions adventures ana escapaacs OF ms aaministra-
pie OF thrift and although he loves iine-lo0king
woman, no matter whose property she may be, he
has been seldom known TO sacrifice his savings for
either his pleasures or his ambition.


When Warmoth had carried the state Southw0rth
stood behind him and fixed up the Legislature to
have the laws in judicious condition for money
making. Mr.. Sypher, who had no inclination that
way, got elected to Congress, where he has been





some land and raises crops


THE ENTERING WEDGE.


Under Warmoth's government two things have
grown from little beginnings to be the rule; the
Legislature has been made thoroughly corrupt-so
much so that the great business Of life n Louisiana
is to be elected to seat In that nfam BODY and
at the last election there were above one thousand
candidates Tor the position


Again, the utterly INSCRIPTIONS political char.
acter OF Warm0th has been shown in the
fact that he flies from principle TO principle
aud from party to party animated by no
other disposition than TO retain his supremacy.
Az the present time he is playing the desperate
game Of lighting the Courts OF his own state, the
Courts OF the United States the administration at
Washington, and risking the possibilities OF ter
rible riot in order to make one step further and
descend rom his reckless enjoyment OF power to
be dignifed senator OF the United states for six
years. II Louisiana could get rid Of the man by
paying this penalty she would ut least have dis.
pensed with one extraordinary nuisance.


THE CHARACTER OF wARMOTH.


Warmoth has been shown In the Courts Of Louis.
aEa-if one cared to 60 so FAR to find out what Is
palpabe-tO be a man interested In all sorts OF
lepl O-cOm ercial ODeratiOns. thOrOuUu