Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-08-19
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We are so directly made a party in the abov
paragraphs party which its declaration is cal
culated SO wrongfulIy to injure in a bushes
way-that our readers cannot be surprised a
again seeing us correcting the remarks of GU
contemporary. We are sorry that we are fore
cd to make this correction. When a falls
statement IS made, for the purpose of crush
ing an Opponent and building up a business OF
the ruins which such incendiarism has created
silence on the part of the injured gives a color
, ing Of truth to the statement. Against the re
peated attempts to depreciate the crrcula tior
Of our paper, for the purpose of injuring ou'
advertising patronage, we have heretofore sale
nothing, but we can be silent no longer, and
for once at least, shall speak in behalf Of GU
journal.
Although our contemporary has kept con-
~stantly standing on the first page of his paper
q declaration Of similar import to that contain
ed in the above capitalized words, we have al
lowed it till now to remain unnoticed. But that
is not all. He not only declares in this stand.
ing notice alluded to on the first page of his
paper, that its circulation is twice as large al
any other paper ever published here, but he
likewise issues weekly the following appeal
the last lines of which: as everybody knows, Of
course, are meant for US:
"Attorneys Of succession sales, &C., wishing
to do justice to estates, should cast aside the
lsprosy Of political feeling, and have them ad-
vertised in a paper where they are certain to
obtain a wide circulation-thereby convoking
a host Of purchasers, which causes property to
sell better-than to have them published in a
pent-up journal scarcely any person sees, which
does estates more injury than good"
Here is a gross libel upon our paper, the
truth Of which many probably believe, in con-
sequence Of our continued silence in not no.
ticing and contradicting it. "A pent- up jour.
nal scarcely any person sees" What sort Of
reply can be made, or contradiction given, to
such an absurd and ridiculous remark?
A person would naturally suppose that a
newspaper which had existed in q place longer
than any other, and still presented evidences
of being in a dourishing condition, has at least
as many subscribers as any other uhich is or
has been published in the same place. This is
the natural supposi,ion in default Of proof
and to determine what is the bone Gde sub.
scription list Of a newspaper, when the pub
Usher wishes to deceive, is, as near as can be, |
IN impossibiIify an editor, particularly when
lis party subscribes an annual amount, can
veil afford to scatter his paper literally over
parish and nothing is easier than for him
o write down the names of a hundred or more
'ersons ss subscribers to whom he seLds his
'aper, (Which probably is never ready and
bis chance to get paid for them. This
, a common practice with many editors, but it
) not 50 with Us. We send no man a paper
Mess he orders and pays for it-and we have
o hesitancy in saying, that if subscribers of
his character are alone reckoned, in determin.
g what constitutes a legitimate subscription
1t, that the Sentinel has more subscribers than
e Gazette. W. feel so confident that we have
larger number of this description of subscri- :
ers, that we are willing to test the matter if .
can be done, and a forfeit of some kind be
I'D by the one which has the least number.
he fact, as our contemporary asserts, that two
irds of his subscribers owe him for two or d
rec years subscription, in connection with c
e remark he makes above, about his difficulty .
making both ends meet" the majority of e
, subscribers must be composed of those Q
10. not having ordered the paper, do not feel f
e paying for it, and a. a matter Of course, it :
not presumed that they read it or take it .
I'm the Postof6ce. We are sure that we have n
t twenty subscribers Of the class our con- Ii
speaks Of: After such Notifying a
knowlsdgements, we would, we're we in our ii
ntemporary's place, quit Dragging about our o.
:, subscription list! If he cannot c~ontrive, .
ID . subscription list as large as two Of ours, o.,
make "both ends meet" our friends, alas! 90
think that times are hard with US! =,
From inserences that may be drawn from the .,
we facts and acknowledgements, we are per-
tly willing that the public should determine
ich, our contemporaries or our own, looks
} being q "penl-up journal scarcely any one ve
whieh does estates more injury than good, n
from the same article that We take the first
agraph above, we also clip the following: A.
Succession sales and legal advertisements "
uld have as much publicity as possible, con. m
uently they should be published in the pa.
having the largest circulation. This mat.
is seldom il ever taken into consideration bu
the lawyers, who first look out for their be
J fees, and then cut for their party, leaving !.
" interested in the succession ito face the
tic" and pay charges" "
low, here is another libel, equally as gross
contained ia the second paragraph of
above, upon . class Of our citizens, which ~.
Of talent and integrity, stand a. high tbe
a any other locality in the State. What ocr