Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1853-07-02
A Word to Grumblers.


Omnipotence, omnisciencc or omnipresence we
claim not as attributes, for they belong solely
to Him who presides over Our destinies, and can
at any moment summon to his presence. If
a few of our over anxious fault finders would
only bear this constantly in mind, they would
have less occasion to grumble or complain OF
the manner in which we conduct the editorial
department of our journal: We have been
wrongfully accused of suppressng useful and
valuable information to crafty our own personal
prejudice--at least so we are Informed by q
friend, who says he has heard it repeatedly
He has our thanks for the information, for, be it
known, the fault finders never come to as with
their complaints. We have also been accused
of refusing to publish communications of gen
eral nature, and useful to the public:
These are the charges that have been pre-
ferred against us. Now let us see to what ex-
tent our guilt or innocence is apparent: The
grounds on which the first accusation is made
is in refusing to publish a statement of the vote
for District Attorney, between two mutual
friends-both wligs-Messrs w. Hall and J. j.
Roman. In our issue of the 2Sth May last we
stated that the latter gentleman was elected,
giving at the same time the vote of our parish,
which was kindly furnished us by the Sheriff.
The vote of the two remaining parishes of the
District, assumption and Terrebonne, was not
given from the fact of our Lot having the re-
turns; and we are yet as ignorant of the vote
given in either of them as We were at that time,
now that two months and more have elapsed.
If the grumblers of whom we speak possessed
knowledge of the vote and desired SO anxiously
to see it in print, why did they not send it to us
for publication? It has always been customary
with the sheriffs of the parishes of our district
to furnish us election returns; but why they did
not in the present instance is more than we are
able to say.
While on this subject we take occasion to
remark that there is not country editor in this
State who deyotes more attention to local in
telligence than us; for VIC conceive it to be the
especial duty of country journalist to keep his
readers well posted in matters relating to his
own particular neighborhood. We think that
large majority Of our readers will bear US out
in this assertion.
To the second charge we most emphatically
plead-not guilty! and we defy any one to assert
with truth that We have ever refused to insert a
communication which was of public Importance.
1t is true that no longer ago than last week we
declined to print an article wherein the doings of
a particular religious sect was made the theme,
because it might prove detrimental to our in
terest, could not possibly be Of public utility,
and was not calculated to result in good even to
its author. There is no code of law or ethics
which compells public journalist to publish
that which would not only reflect censure on
him. but also prove injurious to his best interests.
We dismiss the subject fully impressed that the
well-disposed and rational thinking portion of
the community will bear us witness as to the
truth of what we have advanced under This head