The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-11-04
MaK,Se Ctr1zEps three

! First District Court yesterday, and as
many more by Judge Reynolds Of the
Fourth District Court Pretty fair
for one day. bulletin 50M ulto.
Fair undoubtedly On the princi-
ole that " Fair is foul, and foul is fair"
We do not pretend to say, that the
above. manufactures have not letters
patent-rigbts according to the acts
Of Congress, aud State acts, to manu-
facture votes in this Wholesale manner {,
but Vet--circumstances considered, il
must appear otherwise to any candid
and impartial mind. Here on the
eve Of an important election-when
the public mind is agitated and a
band Of our own brothers and fellow
citizens are united, in an endeavour
to purify the ballot box, and correct
some Of the glaripg evils of the times
partizian courts with partizian judges
thereon, partizian runners and par
TITAN demagogues, to stand and
swear" are organized and busiy at
work. pressing in. those who are bin.
ded by the mere word "democyat,"
to nullify and defeat the best reason,
and we verify believe the purest
patriotism of this nation. When We
come to consider that voters thus
made, are mostly uneducated people
of other climes--people who do not
understand The institutions of this
glorious country-:people who are
taught that democracy means
hce"se and unrestrained liberty; we
tr emble at the clowds lowering over
the republic in its future destiny.
That native born citizens. are engag-
ed in this kind of trade, is not at all 9
surprising when we look about and
see how sadl y out Of joint society is
getting to be, in the village, as we'll
as in the great metropolis Self-in-
terest, common peoulation and the
love Of spoils. is the parent Of these
things Many engaged in this busin-
ess, do not stop to consider the most
certain danger, to the peace Of the
nation, and the perminenoye~ Of our
institutions-tbeY do not
reflect that when the beautiful fabric
is once broken in pieces there is no
genius to reconstruct the temple-apd
none of the exaulted patriotism Of old,
10 dedicate it to God, and liberty.
Law OF L1BEL.-tn late case against
he Lincolnshire (EpglandD Chronicle,
he Judge, Mr.. Justice CoIer'dge, laid
lown the law as follows
In discussing the public conduct Of
public man, u journalist might Ger
ainly use the most unceremonious
reedom, and juries should not b. nice
n criticisipg the language in which
he censure might be conveyed. if they
ould see that motive and spirit of the
Whole were public and honest. On
he other hand, no newspaper was justi-
led in commenting upon the private
'fe eveniof II public man but the pre-
ent appeared to be an intermediate
ase. The plaintiff filed a public
ituation, but it could be hardly,
aid that the paragraph was merely
omment upon his conduct as alder
nan, neither did it relate to strictly
rivate matter The most objection
bic paragraph appeared to him to be
bat which imputed to the plaintiff con
Used notions on the important mat
srs meum and tuum," but the jury
'ust look at the whole, and say whet-
er in their opinion it exceeded the
onds OF fair comment upon the con-
uct of a person filling the position
hich the plaintiff filed
The jury found a verdict for the de-
'ndant result which appears to have
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