The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1854-03-29

m article about MS appointment rs Iost-
master at Trinity, in which capacity the citi-
zens did not feel disposed to let him act, as
they considered him totally unworthy. As
lregardsshis appointment as Postmaster, We
have never, through the columns Of our pa
per, expressed an opinion pro nor con, all we
did was to re-publish what he himself had
written and published to the world. But
there is just as much ground for this attack
and Misrepresentation, as there was for many
of his previous BLACKBOARD and slanderous
articles, which have graced the columns Of
his paper from week to week, for the past
eight months. He has labored with all his
might to make the people Of Catahoula be-
lieve that the Independent was any thing
else than respectable and decent Journal
We are truly glad that we do not come up
to has standard of decency and morality
His cnraity against US was aroused because
we had the hardihood to establish a printing
press where he had formerly held forth until.
for the want Of patronage, he was forced to
leave; is it not free country, and had we
not the same right to come here that he had!
The real cause Of his bitterness towards us,
is simply this-our paper is the natural
channel through which all public sales and
legal notices are made known to the public !!
This and this alone, is the reason that has
caused him to display his natural and mimi
tisinal meanness: He has shown the true
colors of his black and miserable heart. HIS
abuse and detraction has not injured us in
the least nor can it. Why! Simply be-
cause the people know the corrupt source
from whence they emanate.
We are not alone the target at whom he
discharges his shafts Of venom and hatred.
His jealous heartappears to be engaged in a
perpetual and ceaseless war of words with
all the world, and the rest Of mankind" and
the citizens Of Catahoula in particular. No
section escapes his seathing pen. Every can
did and right-thinking man in the Parish,
even those who were disposed to be his
friends, have become thoroughly Disguised
at Tie wholesale manner q which he has
been dealing out his slandsM he has not
yet learned that there : point beyond
which forbearance ceases to be virtue, and
that
"satire recoib whenever chargd too high;
Round youa own fame the fatal spEnten 6y."
The last number Of the Advocate : re
fined specimen Of family journal" which
boeets e Z oipegle ting s. The paSiosss p the
III n Ilos n Tia ana the adjoining Par
;ks. .saiAss, -
columns to prove that the members Of The
Police Jury men whose every interest is
with thAprosperity and welfare Of
the parish-have been guilty Of "ioe1sry."
What is the reason Of this groundless and
Infamous charge, It is this an old grudge
which he holds against TIE. Jury for having
ousted him and his printing Office out Of the
Court House. Does h6 stop with the Police
Juryl No. He then pours the yials Of his
wrath upon the devoted head Of our Repre-
sentat;yas II the last Legislature. and after.
!. ~ doubtless erurunnosad entirely demolish-
81, tba,n Ia avs :, that ba had heard that
ths The we're ,fra;d 10 stop Il Tr,nitv on their
=. ho.r. 81, Co, th.t tbav ~onIa ba
mcs.aa W. .bould ;udoe from What he
published y few weeks since in reference to
the Post Office that the people Of Trinity
vo,,ld sooner mob him than anv bodv else
., doubtless he Is much more deserving Of Il,
The members had no occasion to stop at
Trinity a il would have been out 81 their
Wv home one lived above and the other
beIov The whole article in which allus;on
!. r,.da 70 our REPRESENTATIVES il 4 low yul-
car and shameful production. and could
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