Year: 1873




The agony is over, and the New
Orleans Fusionists got more than they
warted and what they did not expect.
For some time the arrival Of Senator
Carpenter had been looked for with
the utmost impatience, us he was sup
posed to be the coming man" who
would and could straighten up every
thing to the satisfaction Of the friends
Of Colonel McEnery. Feasts were
prepared, guests invited, speeches
written out, statements cut and dried
and every thing made lovely for put
ting the Fusion house in order and
themselves in virtual possession of the
State Government. Well, the great
man reached town at last, and was at
once the victim of the great surprises
in store for him. Cordially he accept
cd all the honors showered upon him,
not the least of which were the post
prandial speeches in which the dis
tinguished ex-Tax Collector of the
Warmoth regime figured extensively
in the widest flights of poetic imag
ination and Warmoth logic. Things
looked bright and harmonious for the
Fusion cause, until the Senator was
discovered to have been dined and
wined by the leading Republicans, and
had actually been seen riding in Gov.
kellogg's carriage. Matters looked
bluer when it became public that the
Senator had accepted the hospitalities
Of the principal colored Republicans
and had made them a savory speech,
redolent of good sense, sound argu-
ment and essentially to the point.
But nil desperandmm was the motto of
the unterrified Fusionists, and the
Senator was invited to give u public
address upon the issues of the day in
Lonisiana-an invitation cordially ac-
cepted-and str;ligltway was Exposl-
tion Hall placed in readiness for the
hopeful event.


When night came the spacious hall
was crowded with expectant Fusion
lists, serene Republicans of both colors,
and vast host Of fence riders ready
to groan or applaud as occasion be-
came necessary. The Senator began
his work with rolled up sleeves, and
in less than no time convinced every
man in the room that the Fusionists
had nothing to hope from him, and
that they stood on grounds that LETT
them not the slightest chance for the
success of McEnery. This damper fell
upon them with the weight of immense
horsepower, and completely crushed
out all the hopes created by big din
ners, grand receptions and the many
"windy suspirations of forced breath,
in the shape of ill-digested speeches
sIf McEnery was elected" said he
60 it was done by fraud" while at the
same time he did not admit that kel
logg was fairly elected. He put it il
this wise: If the returns were truth.
full, McEnery was elected, but as tht
case was presented to us, we were sat
isfied the election was not fairly held


The Senator then puts it thus:


"And, gentlemen, if the kellogg
Government can not show that the
election returns were fraudulent,
believe that Congress will order a new
election, and put him out"


Now, all that can be drawn from
Senator Carpenters speech is that tho
Fusionists can make the most of it
that Congress will order a new elec
tion, and that it will be held unde
United States supervision. In tha
event, what will they do? Vote t.
prove that they have majority in tn
State, OF stay at home for spite? 0
one thing they may be certain, ant
that is the full Republican vote viii
be polled.