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"REPUBLICAN AT ALL TIMES, AND UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES."
voLUME 2. NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1872. B
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PRi)PECTIS
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: t, 1 . ,,r to establish another
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of the Lotcslx.m ,
i necessity which has
I s.ometimes painfully
' In the transition state
. i their struggling efforts
"... t p -oiti ,n in the Body
. !. wii ,.nc-ive to be their
: r. ,i,,d that much infor
S:lllo tl. i neouratgement,
:: .. i r ;rf have been lost, in
.. tihe ltwk of a medium,
v- "1,.h lhst deficiencies might
.: 1. W,. shall strive to make
r L " 1., .s ta lsideratum in these
POLICY.
mo.: tto indicates, the Loci
iall he " lRjiublic,n at all
<i".r-dl 'circiimsltIces" We
S the s,eurity and enjoy
Sro ,,l, idil lilberty, the :abso
* tiVy ,If all m,.ni bcfire the law.
., :.i. I distritbtiion of lion
:.i ,· t :.i to .!I who merit
of ::laying animosities, of
:. ti miemory of the bitter
" ' t1i'!g harnmony ntl " ,,10,i
. Ls c: i :d between
• a u,- ll advcate the ri ,.,,1
, 1 ,lia: ilities , ftI, t ·i , Id,
: ricari:nIe, where m:,li:nity
;. nt reigned. and seek for
l ji-tice where wrong and
i !,1vailed. Thus united in
l. lbj,cts, we shall conserve
• t , elevate our noble
' . ·liable position umong
:". ,y the developnent
': ri sources, and secure
l.t, if the mighty changes
S :11. 1 condition of the
S ',untry.
: t thrce e.:n be no trule
1t thee suhprenlaey of law,
-t riot .idl undiscrimi
I - ti,n tof justice.
S\XATION.
• " ,rt the doctrine of an
- inf of taxation among
.:ltitl collection of the
:. , in the exlpendi
"".ily with the exigen
" ('r Country aud the
v. ru lIgitimate obliga
:.:iu the carrying out of
'". f the act establishing
.. :. -ol system, and urge
" tt luhty the education of
.-it dly connected with
' ::'.tinment, anti the secu
":. of a Republican
FINAL.
• .t:\ ntuily, independent,
.... :c,,uct, we shall strive
' h "he'cr, from an ephem
" ' . Ic, r;ary existence, and
" :'. a ,aisis. that if we
".'r'' l'" we shall at all
rve G sceSS.
\LI.EI1T ETRICH,
Yller alid Stationer
C.LŽAL STREET.
POETRY.
[From Longfellow's New Poem, "The
Divine Tragedy."]
MARY MAGDALENE IN THE TOWER
OF MAGDALA.
Companionless, unsatisfied, forlorn,
I sit here in this lonely tower, and look
Upon the lake below me, and the hills
That swoon with heat, and see as in a
vision
All my past life unroll itself before me.
The princes and the merchants come to
me,
Merchants of Tyre and princes of Dam
ascus;
And pass, and disappear, and are no more;
But leave behind their merchandise and
jewels,
Their perfumes and their gold, and their
disgust.
I loathe them, and the very memory of
them
Is unto me as thought of food to one
Cloyed with the luscious figs of Dal
manutha !
What it hereafter, in the long hereafter
Of endless joy or pain, or joy in pain,
It were my punishment to be with them,
Grown hideous and decrepit in their sins,
And hear them say: Thou has brought us
here;
Be unto us as thou hast been of old !'
I look upon these garments that I wear,
These silks, and these embroideries, and
they seem
Only as cerements wrapped about my
.lim bs!
I look upon these rings thitk set with
pearls
And emerald and amethyst and jasper.
And they are burning coals upon my flesh;
This serpent on my wrist becomes alive !
Away, thou viper ! and away, ye garlands,
Whose odors bring the swift remembrance
back
Of the unhallowed re vels in these cham
bers !
But yesterday-and yet it seems to me
Something remote, like a pathetic song
Sung long ago by minstrels in the strett
But yesterday, as from this tower I gazed,
Over the olive and the walnut trees,
Upon the lake and the white ships, and
wondered
Whither and whence they steered, and
who was in them,
A fisher'- bout drew near the landing
place.
IU'ndtr the oleanldr.; andt the people
Caume up ti,,m it, and Iassed beneath the
toner,
lose under lme. In front of then!. as
leader,
%alked one lt noble as;pect, clothed in
white.
Who litted up his eyes and looked at me.
And all at once the air seemed filled and
living
With a wysterious power, that streamed
from him,
And overflowed me with an atmosphere
Of light antd love. As one entranced I
stood,
And when I woke again, lo! he was gone.
So that I said: Perhaps'it is a dream;
But from that very hour the seven demons
That had their habitation in this body,
Which men call beautiful, departed from
le !
This morning. when the first gleam of the
dawn
Made Lcbanon a glory in the air,
And all below was darkness, I beheld
An angel, or a spirit glorified,
With wind-tossed garments, walking on
the lake.
The tce I could not see; but I distin
gusbhed
The attitude anti gesture, and I knew
'Twas he that healeld me. And the gusty
wind
Brought to my ears a voice, which seemed
to say:
Be of good cheer ! Tis I ! Be not atraid!
And from the darkness, scarcely heard,
the answer:
If it be thou, bid me come unto thee
Upon the water! And the voice said:
Come!
And then I heard a cry of fear: Lord. save
As of a drownaing man. And then the
voice:
Why didst thou doubt, oh ! thou of little
faith!
At this all vanished, and the storm was
hushed.
And the great sun came up above the hills,
And the swift-flying vapors hid themselves
In caverns among the rocks ! Oh ! I must
find him,
And follow him, and be with him forever !
Thou hox of alabaster, in whose walls
The souls of flowers lie pent, the precious
balm
And spikenard of Arabian farms, the spirits
Of aromatic herbs, ethereal natures
Nursed by the sun and dew, not all un
worthy
To bathe his consecrated feet, whose step
Makes every threshold holy that he crosses:
Let us go forth upon our pilgrimage,
Thou and I only I Let us search for him
Until we find him, and pour out our souls
Before his feet, till all that's left of us
Shall be the broken caskets that once
held ni i!
ADDRESS
OF THE
Republican State Central Committee of
Loisint.s
To the People of the State of Louisiana.
NEW OflhazAs, Jan. 12, 1872.
George W. Carter's administra
tion of the Speakership during the
session of 1871 was considered by
the Republican members of the
House a fraud upon the State and a
disgrace to our party. On the sec
ond day of the present session, to
avoid dissensions, a resolution of
confidence in Speaker Carter passed
on the understanding that he would
resign the chair, the vote being
thirty Republican and nineteen De
mocrats in favor, and forty-four Re
pubiicans and one Democrat against.
Failing on the ttird day to resign,
the House refused to approve the
journal of the previous day, thus
virtually rescinding the vote of con
fidence, the call of the roll showing
forty-eight Republicans and one De
mocrat refusing to approve, and
twenty-four Republicans and twen
ty-two Democrats in favor. A mo
tion declaring the chair vacant fol
lowed.
Carter decided this motion out of
order, and would not entertain an
an appeal from his decision; when,
following the precedent of John
Quincy Adams in the United States
Congress, Hon. Mortimer Carr put
the question to the House, and it
was carried by a large majority. At
this juncture, Mr. Carter surround
ed himself with a body of armed
men, previously concealed in his pri
vate room, adjoining the Speaker's
stand, and defied and intimidated
the majority. When order was re
stored, Hons. P. J. Yorke and J. S.
Mathews, his acknowledged cham
pions, pleged, in the name of Speak
er Carter, that he would resign at
12 o'clock M. the following day if
the majority would then permit an
adjournment; and after this had
been agreed to, Mr. Mathews reit
erated the pledge to Gov. Warmoth,
at his office, and announced himself
a candidate for the succession. On
the fourth day Carter again broke
his pledge to resign, and to defeat
the majority resorted resorted to an
unprecedented outrage. At the mo
ment of assembling, a force of spe
cially created Deputy United States
Marshals seized the Governor, Lieu
tenaut Governor, four Senators and
eighteen members of the House, be
sides the Superintendent and three
police captains and the Criminal
Sheriff. The eighteen members
were opposed to Carter, and their
removal to a United States Com
missioner's office in the Custom
house to answer a false charge,
sworn to by four of Carteris co-con
spirators, broke the antagonistic
majority. The consternation pro
duced by this gross perversion of
Federal power, caused so many oth
er members to flee from they knew
not what coming dangers, that not
a quorum remained in the House,
as is shown by the following sworn
official statement. This statement
also shows that, without a quorum,
the revolutionists declared seven
Republicans unseated, and seated
six contestants, five of whom are
Democrats in their stead:
HOUsE OF REPREBENTATIVIm,
New Orleans, Jan. 4, 1872. j
To his Excellency H. C. Waruoth, Gov
ernor of Louisiana:
,ir--On motion of Mr. Antoine, of
Orleans, the seat of O. H. Hempstead, of
Iberville, was declared vacant, and P. G.
Deslonde seated in his stead. On motion
of J. B. Wands, of Tangipahoes, the seats
of Charles Abel and D. Cady Stanton, of
Bossier, were declared vacant, and Messrs.
Pratt and Scanlan were seated in their
stead. On motion of J. B. Wands, of
Tangipahoa, the report of the Committee
on Election and Qualification was adopted
by a vote of forty-two yeas and eight nays.
This report unseats Messears. McFarland
and La Saliniere of St. Martin, and seats
Messrs. Castele and Neven, who were
qualified by the Speaker, George W.
Carter, and unseats Mr. W. Wheyland, of
Sabine, and seats Mr. J. B. Smart, and
also unseats Mr. L D. Souer, of Avoyelles,
and reseats nobody.
By the same vote, Mr. B. L Lynch, of
IbT ille, was neuommeed in hi. mat
On each question, the same number of
votes was cast, and there were, during the
transaction of all this business, only fifty
members present, besides the Speaker.
According to the constitution and the
practice of the House, fifty-two members
were necessary for a quorum, there being
one hundred and two actual members of
the House of Representatives.
Respectfully,
WILLIAM VIGERS,
Chief Clerk of the House of Representa
tives.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
fourth day of January, 1872.
J. W. FAIRFAX,
Assistant Secretary of State.
Not the least pretense of a trial
oft he expelled members, all of
whom had retained undisturbed
possession of their seats during the
session'of 1871, was made; but the
illegal action was hurried through,
and the so-called House adjourned.
At half past 1 o'clock the Governor,
released from arrest, issued the an
nexed proclamation:
STATE or LOvLsIAwA, Exauorxvna DEP'T,
New Orleans, Jan. 4, 1:30 P. M. 1872.
Whereas, a conspisacy has developed to
overthrow the Government by illegal and
revolutionary means, which was shown by
the arrest of the Governor, Lieutenant
Governor and members of the House of
Representatives, at the moment of assem
bling, by the United States Marshal, on a
writ of a United States Commissioner,
upon a false and frivolous charge; and
Whereas, while the said officers and
members of the General Assembly were
dentained in arrest, an illegal and revolu
tionary attempt was made to eject certain
members of the House of Representatives
and seat other persons in their stead, there
being at no time during these proceedings
a quorum present; and deeming that the
present condition of public affairs presents
an extraordinary occasion, I do hereby, by
virtue of the power in me vested by the
constitution and laws enacted thereunder,
convene the General Assembly of the State
of Louisiana in extra session, at 4:30 P. M.
this fourth day of January, 1872, to take
such steps as may be necessary to preserve
the peace and protect the interests of the
Commonwealth.
Given under my hand and seal of the
State, this fourth day of January, A. D.
1872, and of the independence of the
United States the ninty-siith.
H. C. WARMOTH.
By the Governor:
J. W. FAIRFAX,
Assistant Secretary of State.
A majority responded at the hour
named. The Speaker not present
ing himself, his place wasfilled tem
porarily by the oldest member.
Resolutions denouncing the arrests
and subsequent expulsion of mem
bers as illegal and unconstitutional
unanimously passed. The Speaker's
chair was declared vacant-yeas,
55; nays, none. O. H. Brewster,
of Ouachita, was elected Speaker,
and the following resolutions ad
opted: Requesting the Governor to
" take all measures necessary to
protect the General Assembly from
violence and the members from in
timidation;" indorsing the Govern
or for his " official integrity, ability
and zeal in the discharge of his
duties," pledging him continued
support and approving his call, for
the extraordinary session of the
Legislature; expelling Geo. W.
Carter from the House for "' arbi
trarily overriding the expressed will
of the majority, and introducing
armed personal supporters during
the session of yesterday," and in
dorsing the late extra session of
the Senate and the election of Sena
tor Pinchback as Lieutenant Gov
ernor.
Foiled by the prompt action of
Governor Warmoth and the patri
otic responses of the House, the
Democratic and Customhouse coali
tion rallied to their support the
Ku-Klux organizations known as
"Knights of the White Camelia,"
"Spread Eagles" and the "76."
The legal Legislature took a recess
until ten o'clock of the fifth of Jan
nary. To prevent the members at
tending at that hour, the following
call to one of these secret bodies of
armed ruffians to meet at the cor
ner of the streets next to the State
House, appeared in the Times and
other Democratic papers, printed
in heavy type and oocupying the
most prominent place in the pa
pers:
"7 6."
uI'aa7 5, l573,
9 1-2 A. M., -L
SHARP.
Crmer Canal aid Dryades Strets.
" 76."
" 76."
" 76."
This inflamatory advertisement
was extended to a column in length
in one paper, and half a column in
another.
The Governor's ready compliance
with the demand of the Legislature
for protection prevented an open
demonstration by these secret bodies,
until later in the day, when a ser
geant-at arms of the Senate, escorted
by a squad of police, searching for
absent Senators in order to secure
a quorum, passed in the vicinity of
the Gem drinking saloon, to which
Mr. Carter and a minority of the
House had seceded, and were hold
ing illegal sessions. This small
force was driven off by several hun
dreds of excited men armed with
knives and pistols, who gathered at
the cries of "Form Knights," "Rally
76," and who were led by prominent
Democratic politicians. These un
lawful organizations even to the
present time constitute the acknowl
edged body guards of Carter and
his allies, and for a time stood
between them and the processes'of
the State courts. Many of their
members, together with desperate
men who draw salaries as Custom
house employees, were commis
sioned by Carter as sergeants-at
arms of his fractional House, and
under guise of this authority in
vaded private dwellings, breaking
open doors, insulting females, and,
when possible, abducting members
who refused to countenance their
revolutionary proceedings. In en
deavoring to thus abduct Hon. W.
R. Wheyland, of Sabine parish,
whom they had previously declared
expelled, these minions drew their
revolvers and deliberately murdered
him. The perpetrators, still armed
with Carter's commission, were
taken in the act, and being charged
with murder by the jury of inquest,
are safely imprisoned. Throughout
these exciting scenes, the majority
of the House have continued their
sessions in the State House, force
or constraint in not a single instance
being used to retrain them.
For an entire week, and until or
dered to desist by the honorable
Secretary of the Treasury, the Col
lector of Customs placed the re
venue cutter Wilderness at the dis
pdhal of such Senators as sympa
thized with the attempt to over
throw the State Government, in
order that they might escape from
the jurisdiction of the State and
prevent a quorum of the body to
which they belong. These recreant
public servants are now in adjoin
ing State.
From the beginning, these illegal
and revolutionary measures have
been conducted under the ans
pices of the Democratic State Exe
cutive Committee, and the result of
success would have been to transfer
the State to the control of that
party. The appeals for martial law
and the so-called indignation meet
ings are instigated by Democratic
leaders and backed by proclama
tions from the Democratic State
and Parish Committees, while from
the respectable and peace-loving
citizens of the city and interior
parishes appeals to sustain the con
stitution authorities are constantly
arrivimg.
George W. Carter, for two days
past, has been hidden from the
police, who hold a warrant for his
arrest as rcessory for murder, in
some secret place within the Cus
tomllouse building. To-day he has
surrendered to a Democratic judge,
to be released on bonds, the said
iaudge first dibanding the Grand
Jury which was couidring his
cae, and whia it was feared would
ind a tra bill against him a a par
ty to the marde of Mr. Whlnd.
The judge had no autherity to dis
miss the Grand Jury, and the re
sult will be that any Grand Jury
assembled for the next three months
will be illegal, and their acts void.
This will delay action on the mur
derers of Representative Wheyland.
By order of the committee :
Joan W. FaIrFAx,
Corresponding Secretary.
THE LOUISIAMN TIOUBLES.
[From the Houston Daily Union.
In watching the contest in Lon
isiana, we have discovered within
the past few days strong indications
that the whole Carter opposition to
Warmoth's administration is rapid
ly degenerating into a Democratic
movement against the men and
measures of Republicanism. We
will do CoL Carter and his friends
the justice to say that at the outset
they did not anticipate this result,
and had no wish to form a combi
nation of this sor. but they must
now see and realize that such is the
case. The meeting at Lafayette 1
Square was composed largely of the4
old rebel element who have long
been seeking some pretext for com
ing to the surface.
The character of resolutions
passed at that meeting were just
such as we might expect from an
assemblage of Democrats in this
State. Then the Times, Bee and
Picayune, all Democratic sheets,
the two former virulent and un
compromising, are supporting Car
ter and denouncing Warmoth. Add
to this the fact that Carter is really
hopeless of overcoming Warmoth
as originally planned, and to all ap
pearances is only seeking to create
anarchy and confusion to the end
that martial law may be declared
by the United States Government,
and the whole thing is perfectly
clear. It is now plainly a combi
nation against the State Govern
ment in the interest of Democracy.
The sooner the honest Republicans
acting with Carter see this, the bet
ter for them and the people c.
Louisiana
DEATH BY THE NERVES.
When a man is wounded in battle,
even slightly, he is likely to be
knocked prostrate, which is in fact
often the first intimation that begets
that something has happened. It
is not the force of the blow nor the
wound that brings him to the
ground, for he may presently get
up and walk away, or fight again if
he is very determined; but it is
the shock upon the nervous system.
A similar shock may come throught
the mind or through any accident
just as would be the case through a
stroke of lightning. Sometimes it
may be so violent that death will
overtake the victim beyond recall
by any reaction, while there is not
sufficient injury to the tissues or
organs, or loss of blood, to cause a
fatal result. A sudden death occur
red recently in a prominent family,
in this city, where the young man
had no disease of any tissue that
could cause alarm, and no one
could have predicted the result.
Nothing could be said of it; but that
some violent shock fell upon an
enfeebled neivous system and took
life away before the trouble, what
ever it was, could pronounce itself by
disorganizing any part of the body.
Civilization and its intense activities
bring a great strain on the nervous
powers; physicians haveto bear this
in mind and direct their counsels
accordingly. A great desideratam
is to discover some remedy which
will act promptly as a counter-shocki
In case of a certain kind, as in
lightning-strokes, dashes of cold
water, suddenly given by the pailfal,
sometimes avail Perhaps when
the nervons force is better under
stood it may come with in a contro
as decisive as that over galvanic
currents in a cable which are
charged and dishar~ at will.
Meanwhile t shor d be uicient
disseminated amon
the toenablethem to exercise
in avoiding whaterw is
destruative ofyoer aervo vitality.
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