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OUR AGENTS. t3
- MISSISSIPPI : - Daniel E. Young, b
Greenville.
LOUISIANA -John A. Washington, j
Black Hawk, Concordia Parish; Hon. 0. ¶
'r. Kelso, Alexandria; Antoine & Sterrett, ti
Shreveport, A. C. Ruth, Carrol Parish. tl
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: --James
A. D.Oreen. Washington City.
IyLINOIS :-Lewis B. White. Chicago. *
KENTUCKY:--Dr. H. A. Green. Louis- Ii
vile. a
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OV'R CHOICE FOR PRESIDEST, 18"4:
U. S. GRANT.
TBIHBSDAY AUG. 31, 1871. "
Mn. GEo. E. PAnts is our special 1
agent, and is authorized to solicit
subscriptions and receive payment,
of bills.
i a offer our c& ngratulationi;
to friend A Noguez on the improv
ed head to The Republican Era. The
heart seems also to throb in thel
right place, although the bias of
the paper is the wrong way. In
the last issue, after alluding to the
.Bepublkan Convention at Turner
Hall, he notices without the least
expression of regret "the names of!'
fgood colored mstll,ýneh as Hon. P.
B. S. Pinclback, (G. V. Kelso Esq:
Wm. Vigers, Esq. and others."
JS"This is what the "Shrrt'port
Southvxslern says of the compara
thive character of the criminatory
and recriminatory speeches made,
recently in the Customhouse and
in the Turner Hall Conventions.
"It is due to him (the Governn- to.
say, his speech, while full of cuttinig
sareasm, is free from the ot1enaivq
coatreness which characterizes the
personal attacks upon him.1
W'p'Advices received in London
say, that Dr. Livingstone the great
explorer of the interior oi Africa,
is slo w ly m ak in g ing h vay l . w r "
"I OwnCTr, CERtAIhLv, I Oaiw*."
-This is the emphatic lauguage of
t Maýor Fkme's, in reference to his I
'pppoeitioan not only to the repeal
6f the City Waterworks, but "to the
rule of the ?najority." Rather
stubborn, is not this, Mr. Mayor?
Sg'PIn another part of the present
issue our readers will find an inter
'view betweeui Senator Pinchback
and the Representative of the Cin
chiznati Commercial, with reference
to the Customhouse outrages in this
City recently. There are one or
two new phases opened up to view
* n this colloquy which our readers
wonid do well to make a note of'.
"eEx-Recorder Stacs hat *noti
fled the City Counn,1, that "the pro
esedings of the ('ounceil to effect his
reI~oval are ub';dutelv mnull aid
vbid;" and he gimos thenm notice
that he "will hold Abc City respon
sible" for 1hiu salaay for lp "'met
pired term."
"gThe City Council have passed
"sa ordinance" permitting the
Pontehartrain Railroad Company
to lay a branch track of their road
$9 the Fair Grounds in this City.
This will be a great eownvenience to
'nprabaem whbo desire' to visit the
grounds, but are deterred by em
barrausesents which the establish
ment of railway accomnmodation
wfth'essily remove.
The lberrulle Xeus,of Aug. 24th is
ernel nough to say that the chair*
seen of the Ctxstomhouse itamp
meeting in the town of Plaqueminin
on the 20th, represented a coratitu-,
S, aqythat might be "put iu a nut
eL" Of the effect of MIr. Dunn's
speeeh the News~ says:
"Vth. Dunti wna regarded by the peo
ple, mere qs s .curiosity titan an idol.
His seoouat ok the Customhouse farce,
thaet~no new light as that dark pie
turme His M nuambled that
Cl 0 f afunwil~ag witaeas. Ris heart
mes ot fa the badnaess in whidh h
titn a head. We* do mset ay
b is not ethmet -ea bati
we w bae hm ae euml ke
mume n~ y~ are too lategepmt to
eas fully tredby th moo fen.s
among clm:
THE CAllEY AND lPt iARD
DEFENCE. tb
'Iii t~1ld a Ii, ..0 chn "uK damn . fa
,livn +: soul. h he -a ,'.c1..t 1. '* n ' " i1
It is souwthing. new and itii t- p:
ling in .>L.Ueican politics to :.ee
Federal oihcials, in their capacitrb4i
as such; atterpting to justify them- a'
selves before thWtountry for break- ty
ing up a local political gathering. C
It destroys biight dreams of "liber- fc
ty of speech" and "right of aasem- tl
bly," for a "Collector of Customs," ;4
and a "United States Marshal," over
'their official signatures, to explain f<
why they ordered a State Conven- j b
tion into a Federal building, and at ¬
the bayonet's poigt, excluded there
a from the very people for whose be- b
uetit the body was supposed to de- I
- liberate. Yet this is what S. B. Pack- e
ard and James F. Casey have deem- 1
ed it necessary to do, and in mak- p
p ing their defence have shown as I
little regard for truth, as they had t
previously for the liberties of the Ii
people. They have pablfshed ac
card throughout the North in which t
mendacity unstinted is employed to '
bolster up fraud mnd usurpation. E
r In this card they arrogantly ad- t
mit that credentials of members t
elect to the Convention were order- t
ed to be sent to Mr. Packard, "to" 4
1 be by him presented to the Conven
it tion," or (which is more generally <
t, believed,) pocketed; but they at
tempt not to defend this unprece
dented outrngc.
r They not accuse the "Warmoth
rfaction" of tlhe cripe bf "using ev.:l
ie ery means to insg their success
throughout the State." "Money and 1
a office" were promised, and thugs
sent to ward meetings to defeat the
1 Customhouse candidates, they ai- ,
st lege. For the' sake of argument
solely, admit this to be true, and
we ask if the State Administration, I
the recognized leaders of our party,
were to sit calmly by while the
IFederal departments were packed
with unnecessary employes whose
'sole duty was to control or destroy
Republican clubs? Did not Mar
Le shal Packard and Collector Casey,
d in the very beginning of the contest,
lead a chosen band of roughs, their
own subordinates, and break up the
10th Ward club? Did not Post
master Lowell, night after night,
~ lead his brigade of letter carriers to
the 3rd Ward club for the sole pur
pose of hooting down speakers ob
noxious to their faction, but who
at were present by the wish of a large
a, majority of the legitimate members?
c Did not the Depu y Collector of
Customs, the Internal Revenue As
sessor; and other F"ederal officials,
by chance presidents of clubs, re-'
°f fuse to put adverse motions to the
is I bodies over which they presided;
al and when oustsd from their seats
be by the almost unanimous Sote of
er the indignant members, try to or
ganize bolting clubs? And as for
ntthe employment of' thugs, we assert
utand can prove that a bloodier set of.
r-villains do iiot to-day desecrate
ek God's greeti earth, than a large
n- proportion of the men Marishal
'* Packard adorned with his badges
lsj on the 9th of August. There were
or rnin whose names ar the syhonyms
of murder and violence, and hidden:
"'in the gloomy granite corridors of:
the Cnstomhonur' were a select score
IoiY 'o of those nover-to-be-f'srgetton
'ti 'Intemnts," who made the street?
o-red with the blood of colored men
Iiis in 1868. ('an Messrs. Casey and
tad Packard deny these facts?
m-In support of thteir charge that
'"Warmoth's friends boasted tha(
Ithey would control the Convention,
no matter at what codt,' the Mfar
edshal and Coliector addpeco as vi-.
he dance the o'snmark wsince denied) of
qa single individual, to wit: "We will
a1 have oontrol of that Convention or
t.blood." So weak is their case that
to thoy attempt to show how sangui
~he ~nary is this solitary individual
n(Senator West) by announcing to
h-the wvorld that he voted "against
on ratifying the treaty with Great
~Britain!" In all this Casey and
Packard make themselves surremiely
is ridiculous, and their assumed fright
ir. would be 1anjsble were not tbe
up conmeqflbnces so seroos.
Uo IThe eard reiterates the exploded
a-charge that no hallq wave proee~ra
at- Ible, when it is now well known that
n'8 meveral suitable halls were tendered
them; and that a "majority of the
SState Committee acquieveed in select
olngth Customhouse for a place of
' meeting. It boldly proclaims their
at deterinationl'to 'issue tickets of
srt admission only to persons olaimling
'ha seat. as delegates," and endeavors
ay to pelliate this gross outrage by as
it eorting that a "tiabet was fsrslabed
Severy person claiming a seat" wham
the taibl is that every possible oh.
as aclewas thrown in the way of
-even 'Iuemodtssted deegatee whose
ed aypatlmss were opposed to their
-yads - .
Meeb Casey and Packar$ i 8l
their oier anxiety to dear tam
selves, havigh escaped the appal
fate of falsifiers, and they stultify
themselves by saying the "WarnioA
party persisted in declaring they ;L
n ould go into the Convention with- tU
dat tkk~e$4' acd ikntpdiatgly tgr t
assert that this same Warmoth par- t
tv "recognized the authority of the i E
Committee by making application L
for, and receiving tickets ' 'Are
they stupid and blind, or do they'
consider the public so? B
The cardiate have but poor heads d
for figures, too. They could see H
- j but "forty soldiers" stationed in the a'
-Tiderably more than a hundred; and u
- but "some sixty persona" entering 8
- with the Governor, wheE'he was ac
- companied by about n&ety dele- ii
- gates who had previously signed a b
- protest against the usurpations of t
y Packard & Co. They count up,- tl
to show that public business was s
e I interrupted,-some four thousand it
a dollars of customs receipts more e
h than were actually collected on the
o day the Customhouse was blockad
ed. But their most miserable mns
l- thematical failure is the attempt a
-a to prove, by figures, that a majori-e
- ty of the bona fide delegates to the t
o Convention acted and sympathized °
1- with them. The whole number of
delegates was 118, of wph Messrs.
t- Casey & Packard claim 84 as sitting
in their U. S. Convention, and 34 of
of these voting with Warmoth. So
thst with all their fawus, usurpa
h tions, abuse of federal powers,
bribery, miiafszme~sce in office and
a violence, they managed to secure
d but a weak minority of the dele
gates that even they dnd conscience
1e to clothe with the garb of legiti- ]
macv.
it Wiltthis cosfeesion we ea af
d ford to drop the card, with all its
bald falsehoods and perverted facts;
Sý and leave its authors to be dealt
e with, first by the President, and
finally by the Republican party of
Louisiana, when next an opportuni
ty comes.
DISSOLUTIOON 0 PARTNER
The partnership between 0en.
L, E. Bovee and Linden E: BAntley
to in the proprietorship of the St.
Jane: SeitinCl is broken up, and
b_ Mr. Bentley has retired from the
ro editor's chair. Explanatory cards
fe have been published by both gentle
s? men in the last Sent;ýrL. Mr. Bovee
of recognizes the Customhouse con
s. vention; "is opposed to the re-alec
1s, tion of Gov. Warzr.tth, will do all
e- in his power to pr.'v,'nt hie renomi
he nation awl promises that the col
dl-nins of the Sintkin shall never
eta again be used Po support the bolting
of retiou ! Pro-di-gits'!
Mr. Bentley does not propose to
or become the peculiar champion of
rtGovernor Warmnoth, but "I do pro
of pose to support the State Admniis
Lte tration, to work for the weal and
geunity of the Republican party, sad
ila to use every honorable meas in my
power to secure the election of .the
escandidates chosen by it. Nopminating
-ro Convention in 1872. T$at I am sin
ma core in these declarations, my future
onactions shallacemonstrate."
of And so with this mutual agree
trem-nt to disagree, these gentlemen'
ean dissolve partnership.
nd RECORDER JOHN PARSONS.
IThis gentleman uhome appouat*
iatjment to the Rocoiderahip qi the
ia( Fifth District we had the pleasure
mof noticisig, has entered upon the.
ar- active discharge of his daties.
vi-i Acting Recordes Toy in introducing
ofMr. Parsons, said:
oril "I vacating the cldir which he
orhdfilled for some time pest, he
atfelt great plersure in introduceing
ui- his succe ar Judge Parsons. The
*pleasure was enhanced because ha,
ing been acquainted with Judge
ntParsouc for more than a quarter of
eatj a century, be would congratnlate
adthe people of the Filth District up
on having as Recorder a gentlemani
,bt of intelligence and *bity, and
possessing that greatest of all sifts
-good common sense; an official
Led who would always administer the
ra- law 'aithout fear or favor, and, at
tat thte same time, temper justice with
red leniency. The efforts saat by
the persons utterly unft for the' pomi
ct- Lion of Recorder, person. whose
of only merit wtu that they resided
,eir on the right bank of the river,iimade
of it matter tdf eaobgratulation to the
ag people of Algiesuthat thsy Js dd
srs caped the emes of an jasomspetent
as- or evil-dispee pinmo being' ap
.d poiated as Reaerdsdr 1.4ha amana
ian amoug them who..ioulA bothe more
ib r..peeaed the mo en urnws Juourn.
of Jelge Toi them e~in'antsk B
ime ocader Paruses to his sate~adIhe
sir newafocist made jur
rsmarks, and the court adjourned.
mThe atrSted Cretceut Ci
ýater-works Bill" which pasetd the o
Legislature during the last days of ci
the last session, seems somehow des- li
thingt l or Lpnpxt.1
Ever since the adjournawUt of the
It islature there has been a dispute
baei the kehesures which at last dui. )
'muinated in the suspension of Geo. E.
Bore. Secretary of State, on Tues- C
day last, by Gov. Warmoth. As n
many of our readers may not be, b
aware of the facts in this case, we
propose a compilation of thepartic- tJ
ulars as they have elsewhere been (
given to the Pablic. ,
The first appearance o( this Tifl
is at the time of its delivery into the e
hands of the Governor. It is eesen- c
f tial to clear up the difficulties at (
this, point, because the whole
a strength or weakness of the proceed
1 ings rest here. The Constitution i
of the state provides that "if any l
bill ihall not be returned by the Govbhot t
within five days after k shall have been
- preated to him,' it shall be a!
hi like manner as if hell
Shad signed it. unless the General As
tmb, o ra pre r
retutned on the firt day of the meeting of
e the General Assembly after the expirutio
l of aid fivedays, or be a law.'
This bill (with one or two others) ,
is claime&to have been taken to the I
Governor's residence and receipted
Sfor by some unauthorized per
sonon Feb. 25, just' within the
live days,as the Legislature adjourn
ed on March 2. The Governor
a refused, the moment 1* was inform
ed of the bill being at his residence,
to teoognize its receipt there.
e Knewledge of this reached the ears
of interested parties,the bills was ta
ken into the hpfnds of the original
possessors and on the ý: th day of
s February it was presented at the
office of the Governor, and duly re
t ceipted for by his Secretary. This
it will be borne in mind was thre*
i days before the adjournment of the
Legislature.
i
The bill was not sent to the Legis
lature, but was held by the Gover
ner until the "first day of the meet
- ing of the General Assembly after
the expiration of said five days."
The under current immediately
A" however was set in motion and it
'y' gradually worked to the surface.
rt. On May 2,Mr. Bovee addressed the'
d Governor on the subject, informing
ae him of the claims of interested par:
1$ ties that the bill had becoite a law
e- by constitntional limitatinh, stating
a that ho had affidavit of' the minute
n- clerk of the House of lReprepenta
c- tives, afimring the delivery and re
ill ceipt at the Governor's'reedence;
di- and says he "believing thetn must
)l- be seine good and saffiaient reason for
your ictiezl In refeppce to thipabill. I
would respectfully request such' informa
ig tion upon the sulbjet as your Excellency
may be wjlihg to impart, that I may be
enabled to gyve the incorporators a proper
to answer their inquiries.' The *overnor
of replied that the "Bills were not re
o- eeived at the Executive office until
is- the 27th day of February" and he
ad olaimaed that only thaw' days elapsed
ad between' that time sad the ad
sy journment of the Legislature, and
he consequently the Bili could not be
ci come a law. But says the Secro~
Stary, it is culaime that another Bill
rewhich 'was "receipted for at the EL
ecutive office" on the amine day has
en become aslew by limitation. To
this the -Governor replies that its
promulgation was illegal, and he is
"at pqtues, "to maiduertand. how the
S. lmproper psemulptamiof Buasse bill No.
22, or, as it is eommonly known, the
&eyou Bartholomew bill, can be made use
i of as an eargment to prove that the Cree
he cent City Water worke bill, Chich was ra
ceiveda the earns tame, aif8 which insatill
in. before ist aa besaroees law.
ahquheld not surely be used as
nglnct in Avor o1f the commission
85. of anotb"
ag . This !teoount of the transaction
was nob satisfactory to Mr. Bovec
he and to' the incorporatoin of the
ho famous' bill, and so the original
ug delivery at the Governor's house
'he was adhered to. Nevertheleps it
iv- shimbered' awhile. And early last
goweek, that portien of the public
of who intereat themnbelve. in ascer
~to taining 'wht bifl the Governor
ap- sigile, wbre strad* up mall of a
sn heap" tijr the appeewanee an the
aid German (Fareffe and afterward. in
fe the Lomri'iana S'fate Regrin'r and not
ial in the Republicot the offiial journal
he of the State of lentisiana of the
st Crescent city Waterworba bilk
ith We will diverge Afro our pa~rr
by tire to J~~jthe bues of this
ei- procemdiaig. The bill nese to$16
me A~ jMbinm da Ang $8st2 and lm
Led lication declined, on aceoutit of t
de t1abwledge piomssed by the ses
he dusears ci that paper, atheas !p
We tude of th asue. The State S.
at aubery ~eagelinto the esal* 'of
p- tiufteel to pedAl the law, uuaa1
an got fr semet tla, "'a. thi, bill
as baO - gmm
-e thor laqpiy .
4l Inquiry feentli Govrrae, meets
rutr;nso th 0 ti bill waa not a
Iar ovu the groun already claimed,
asit 4 ly reached him officially "N
Three before the adjournment
of the Legislature. And the Gov
ernor futth the lepub
to t ýrlas~f nýto ezldalnto
Mac 4.181I devrltoepano
him that the: Water
works bill was then in my possession to
awaiting either my signtutre or disep- N
I rocaL '1 hav uet let sppre Ubte bill,
nor has the original ever left my possession. a
at the otoe of the omelal joernal for pro
mulgation as having become a law, it hasti
been done fraudulently and without any is
legal authorty whatewýe .
I au~ most painfully . xr~ilied to learn
that thle Secretary of Suite has so far for- ft
gotten tehighatlee of his oee to g
lead himself to the commission of so grave
an offense."
On Tuesday August 29, the Gov
ernor sent' for Mr. Bckee "to find
out about the promulgation of the
Ct'ecent City Waterworks bill."
The Governor reminding the j
Secretary that he possessed the or
iginal Bill. "Yes but this is a dup- iý
licatW" says the Secretary. After n
some other conversation, Governor "
armoth said "1 suppose then you "
are 'willing to assume the responsi
bility of yo r Act !" The Secretary t
said he was, and the interview ab- a
raptly terminated. r
Thb 'Governor soon after exer- 1
cised his prerogative and suspended t
the Secretary of State, and appoint
ei General F. J. Herrdn in his
stead. I t
General lierron presented the
ffilowing document to Mr. Bovee: t
SmTT or LIorIsANa,
Executive Department,
I ew Orleans, August 29, 1871. ,
Wnsn as, George E. Bovee, Secretary
of state, has, in violation of the conftitu
tion an4 laws of this State, caused to be !
promulgated as having become a law, an I
Ssact of the Geineal Assembly entitled 'An ]
yet to ineorporate the Crescent City Water
works, to define its rights and duties, to I
punish Qffenses committed against the
franchises of the said company, and the
public health." with his official certificate
that "the foregoing act having been pro
sented to the Governor of the State of
jouiniana for his approval, and not having
been returned by him to thc house of the
(Ceneral Assembly in which it originatcd
- within the time prescribedfiy the consti
- tution of the State of Louistiana, has be
r comas aaw.abeut his approvel." The
sajd 4ertiai ue having lawn wade by the
said Bovee with the knowledge, conumn
y iicated by the Governor of the State 'n
t the fon'th day ot May, 1871, that said bill
would not L4coiue a law, or he acted
P, upon, until the first day of the neat session
of the General Assembly.
Aunhwhareas, the said Bovee tins know
- ingly, willfully, unlawfully and with the
pnrp. 5 of imposing upon the people of
the State as law that which he knows has
not become a law.
Now, therefore. I, H. ('. Warmoth.
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
- charged with the faithful execution of the
ý; laws, under the constitution of the State,
it do isu e this my order suspending the
,r said G. £. Bovee from the office of Secre
I tary of State, and do 1ereby appoint F. J.
I- Herron to discharge the duties of said of
yice until the Legislature shall act upon
ir the subjeet, in accordance with the consti
)r tution.
. Given under my hand and seal, this
il twenty-ninth day of August, A. D. 1871,
and of the independence ol the United
Statesthe ninety-aixth.
H . C. WARMOTH,
I- . Governor of Louinism.
d. O. 1D. Baacwow, Secretary to Governor.
e- Whereupon ho became exceed
8- itagly irate and refused to ro
11 linguish possession of his office
e-except by force. A scufle soon cu
ts sued for the seal and Mr. Boyee fell
'o 1into the arms of a couple of Police
La officials ~ho not only removed him
is froain' tedoulce, but took him to the
sofirst district station house where he
o. ~was released on bonds, to appear
tosaiwer the oharge of assault pre.
. am aguanet hism by General H1er
us Yesterday revealed no further
ats detfelopmtents, although, it was re
"a ported that Mr. Bovee intended'to
a1ppeal to the Courts. We under
stand that his case is nuder advise
mssent of connuel, who suggest pro
gress by degrees.
'eSlpThe Nation of Aug. 24, con
it hams this pithy pargragh with ref
eat eEie to the Customhouse out
ic rges:
r- Suppose Warnioth and his Re
r1 publicans in New Qglesns had be'hn
a men of nerve enough to attempt the
, enforcement of their ri'ght to saets
Ln the tte Bepnblican Convention,
isadteState Govern£or had been
Cat sh~ot clown by United Stateetroope
al sturrounding the convention, not in
to obedience to the requisition of the
Governor, but of the United States
Eyisbul, who wishes to be nomins
- ted ss overmor, sad at the iatane.
ia of the United Bhates Collector, who
Swiihes to besa senator; could the
'P.~reaident iatthat case have with
stood the demand for the punish
~age tc theseoaciahby remnoval ?
he sea1& not antat l, his offanee
must blhe ,eoollected agal~ast
s o w au .eoes a aesh., of legal
quaint lsthe freedoms of a
Sw *;.ucogbfar better them
m, *mhieeis Gtnat, while
r- unew.2 Uaipg tre uand" hi
-, 'Uh4 iwst without color of
LOVWS A POIJTICS. it
D TERVIEW tTa MQ8 U. PINCUHACK P
-U
ON TIW lE( EXT Cv5TOMIOUr4 CONVEN
TTuN AT NTfW OL.EAN.&
OTEF T CTiCfIAT1 COECUL. a
We had an interview, yestearay af- j
tetnbon, *ith Mr. P B. S Ziiclbath;
Manager of the Lovrnawiw-a color
ed people's organ-State Senator from a
tie Second Distridt of Louisiana, endp
President of the Tuner Hall Conven- a
tion in New Orleans. Mr. Pinchbeck
is an intelligent, well informed gentle
man, whose position in Louisiani 1f
fords him peculiar .opportunitie- for (
getting at the bottom of most of the
political movements in the State. It c
was in regard to the recent Custom- t
house Convention at New Orleans that
we interviewed him, and on that sub
ject he panned out about as follows:
Interviewer-Are you a native of c
Louisiana, Mr. Pinchbeck? a
Mr. Pinobback -No, sir; I tras bqs
in Georgia, but have passed most of 1
my life in Louisiina. Most of my ed- f
uoation was received here at Gilmore's
school.
Interviewer-The question that is
most interesting here just now is as to
the justifcation of the United States
officials in using those troops at the
recent Convention At New Orleans.
Was there any necessity for bringing
I them into the fight?
Mr. Pinchbeck-No, sir.
Interviewer - Were there any
threats, or violence of any kind?
Mr. Pinchbeck-None at all, sir.
Interviewer-Mr. Close, in his letter.
to the Commercial, says he thinks there
were threats made by the friends of
Warmoth, against the Marshal?
Mr. Pinchbeck-That is not tine.
- That story was trumped up by those
e gentlemen as an excuse for the out
a rages they perpetrated upon the peo
n pie of Louisiana. I have with iue a
copy of their organ, a paper published
o by the Customhouse and sustainJ hby
e the Customhouse employees. ul I
e makes a charge of this kind, but it i
e unfounded.
Interviewer-How long has this nud
`t between the State and United Stites
B been going on'?
d Mr. Pinchback--Jnst a year ago this
- month, when the party headed by Lo
well called primary meetings for the
election of delegates to a State ('on
ýe vention, at which Lowell propose: to
i- get control of the party. The adh r
n cuts of Lowell (the Cdstomhouse g-n
11 tlemen) exerted themselves at that tiun
ý to destroy Gorernor Warmoth's iiiln
° enec by telling the people that the
(}overnor had broken faith with thfn
` and that if his administration was
tained, there could not be a colored
man in ofiee in the State in another
year. They made a good deal of capi
tel out of such statements as the '
continually trying to convince the l'eo
1P ple that it was a fight made by Gover
e, nor Warmoth against Lieutenant (bw
te ernor Dunn. beeaese Dann was a block
e- man. On that isue 'they suoceedeti
J- bating the Governor for the Presiilen
cv of the Convention. It was than
'I left to the (Chairman of dhe Convention
to appoint five niembeis a of the State
Central Executivu ('ojnmittee. Lieu.
s oer-or Dun "fuedtoap
~dpoint any one who was favorable to
the State Government. He even ra
fused to appoint Johfl ieqh, who h .4
given him the highest exhibition oif
r. respct said Iftienduhip ever made by
1- any white man in the South to aecl
ored man, because Mr. Lynch was a
Sfriend of (Aovernor th
Intervewer- as the cause
11 of the qutarre1 between the State
G overwmeut and the Customhouse
SMr. Pinchbeck-The quarrel ori
a giually was not betwee, the Cue
a, tombouse and Stat. Governuient,
a. but betwea learell and Governor
r- Warmoth. Lowell being on the
State Central Committee, moon ar
ir rayediteagainst the Govgpaor, and
e- under hi. idnfezage the committee
made desperat, efforts to defeat the
r- amendment to our Ceuastittion ab
e- rogation Artiade 150, winch made the
" Governor ineligible to re-election.
The commite,t also tried to getMt.
Casey rempved, sad I think would
n- have sneceeded had it not been for
~ Gpsr.rnor Wirmoth. . I thought he
" ought to be removed, bunt I cdid psot
thak it at all probable that the
e- Wreuident, would zymove his own
me brother-in-law, evesinb we all asked
is it, so l#I tk o rt in the attempt
ni, to getbhim out.
"' Inttsrvtewer -Greetatrsa.e is laid
peon the feet Vast Mr. Warmoth is
Sthe frise of Qnenml Mc~~lernand.
eS D@ 70ou beSr anythisgof that kind
I- dowp there?
xe M. Pinchbaek-Yes, mir.
10 Interviewer this seem to be
~part qi( paimus?
. A. -ae 3.& sir. I do not
1?thakita) is between
id I'Mil, thmse ms wardet, and
We Wie sad swevena Wieeth were
sr bosoa fritek
Inaiqe.86.., the Presl
dat's beathe s %le ,tenp awht
te thea P-~ q atbd M an
'a MblP.
in Iutatrvisw.,-1gaM wee sal sheet
of the edoeof haebeg sslqingiaed by
he Psalasma Wmita uppsd thet
it was directly authorized by h
Mr. PiV hback.-That aia tns ,m,
Preeen I had, and I think it aeto th
impteseiion that generaly prey ,
Packard announýPd thet hadil thed
highest authority in the tion for th.
6__~omat flee (U1Thtý
and that, of course, mean; the `A
dent.
Interviewer-Dad 'iu oneti h -
Mr. Pinchbtk-Tha r tew
poet of thbe ,> Pang Co re
while I wan at the efiee of the i .
publican, with Herron and Cm
and several others, who wed the
protest against th~p assebling of the
Convention, when he said he h
highest authority for acsemblin th
Couvention there.
Intervi-ewr--Mr. Clow,
communication, that all the hauc it
the city were engaged by the Waro
men, and that there was no otfer
place to meet except the Custombot
unless they went into a hall indler t
control of the Warmothit h the
so?
Mr. Pinohback-Well, I djt.
know whether the Warinoth met
had all the halls engaged or nae
btst I do know that a cotumittee c
the Custom-house neen were tend.
ered the Turner hall the Dentn
Hall, and two other halls. They
were offered four places that Iknov
of The excuse given for holding
the Custom-house through tear cf
gettiag into the hands of the etne.
my' is all fol-de-rol. They did Lot
determine, or at least, did not an.
nounce, where they would assemble
r until one day prior to the Conve-.
tioti. When our comm~ittee wated
u upon them the Saturday preceding
the Convention to ascertain wheye
they were going to meet, they saii
a they could not tell us just thou, 'tt
would lot us know after the Lt.
n ing of the committee.
] Interviewer-Didn't thet pn;t
lish the call for the Convention at
mention the place of meeting int.
newspapers in very small type, a
purposely make it obscure?
d Mr. Pinchbeck-They dida':
huh it at all until one day beft:
assembling of the Convention ; .
I saw.
wTItuterajew - Was there any !.
ý. ger of public disorder that duel
M Mr, Pinchbek - I don't tlk
N there wais. I do not think thrin
º- was any apprehension of
Interviewer-Was the [4blb'
r business stopped on that <y uttile
" Custom-house?
3h! Pinchback-Yes, sir. di.
i Lynch went Here and denanied
r t. know by what authority be wsa
denied admittance to the house, be
ing the Republican State Senator,
but they gave him no satisfaction
I was a delegate and made appli
' tion myself and was refused das
aion.
n- Interview-Do you think IVaN
a moth had a fair majority of the d4
'n egates to the Conventioun
* Mr. Pinchbeck-Yes, sir. I in
a show you by their own roll. Oat
Sof the thirty-seven non-eontestel
seats !Mr. Warmoth hsd thirtv'twQ
Svotes, and those thirty~eeveaa dee
~fgates represented the most ppr
~y leas perishes of the State. All bat
ml- three of the thirty-seven sagned
a protest against assembling an t
Customhouse.
S Interview-Mr. Clke sis thai
toin the parish of SL xay, Wara~cuh
had aix men elected delegates t
the convention.
i-Mr. Pinchbeck- Well, I did Lat
n-see anything of that kind. Tlefacl
tis that while the opposition wee'
or secretly working for the fcarsR
ae tion of their delegates as bar'
n- they could, they were going arOULd
1(1 saying they were not going to ***
ie any convention thin year. Int *e
ne pariah adjoiIin St. (arts bot
6-committees werSpoted and had
re meeting numbering about stveflt?
a. fiv voes -Of that number aixtF
I'. eight unanimo'uslv elected State Ad
Id tuiniatrationi delegates to the C'fl
>r vention.
ae Iaterviewer- The Rooublier
)t party is pretty well up ira the Stsu
to isn't it ?
'i Mr. Pinebback-Well, we do t
sl wegard it so. Our State election i'
Q n Monday, and the PresideDnts
election comes off on Tuesda Y
"~stake my reputation on it that0
aswill carry the State on MfondC .
~* I would run almost the .jnC e
ad thaf Gen. Grant will be boa
he flon't change the fdeler
core
S Interviewer-Has (Gen Cr<
brother-in-law been pii tis
'~concerued in the matter..'
B IMr. Pinchback-Ith
so but heshould have been t
of Gorornor Wausnoth-o
4. Interviswe-~What is theof
St Cn to gbePresident'stelative* t
a* Mr. pjgjso..WAl bet I
Schagdwith having Po
Dsmoersa tin oies. .9
a In ..-WSDid he live in it
to hiaS *
zy meet kto*8*?
at Mr. Pinchbeck-o &*