Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-08-15
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NIL q. Brown. late Superintendent Of
the Louisians Institution for Mutes and
the Blind, pvblishes in the Pianter's Par
ish Of g. Mary banner, very lengthy
article Of general abuse of the majority Of
the Board Of Administrators, who for rea-
sons best known TO themselves. thought
proper to give the place Of Superintendent
90 another The article or advertisement,
is dated in this place In June last and was
evidently written when Mr.. Brown was
out Of that even temper Of mind, in which
we are only able to deal fairly and square
w with facts. The article is calculated TO
iniure no one, In public estimation more
than Mr.. Brown himself. The people Of
this community which the institution
ia located, are acquainted with the history
Of the matter, to its end, and every one
who may chance 20 see the article Of Mr..
Brown, will discover how far the bitter
ness Of personal acrmony has lead him
into error, and the perversion Of the naked
truth. We have had our say about the
difficulties and have not failed TO award
Mr.. Brown the proper need cfpraise where
we thought him deserving. but we nre free
10 confess, after the the publication before
us, that we have no further word TO give
in his behalf His figures to show saving
TO the State, during his administration Of
over 10000, are altogether srstuitous.
Suppose hem, supported by half the usual
ground work Of truth modesty. and the
known delicacy Of true merit, would have
allowed some one else to discover and pre-
seut such facts. Mr.. Brown claims to have
made this much to the State, by his own
extra services, apart FROM the duties of
Superintendent. Mr.. Brown, says Of these
forty odd thousand dollars saved the
State. "lt wac at one time contemplated
making n gift Of this to grateful corpora
ton II may yet be done; the encourage
msnt to such an act, are, IL must he con
fessed just ut present very slight" We
hope, Brown, IL not joking about y serious
matter like this. When he gets II, we
make no doubt he means the town eorpo-
ration and not the State, shall have H.
We can assure him Il will not be thrown
away on Statue, II he gives II 90 the
town. The word rasping used recently
In reference to "tsking down" political
speeches from the stump is not the term
TO use, for the hsrrowi q Brown gives our
friends and ueig hbers of the Advocate. In
this part of his article, Brown does not
preserve enough Of his dignity to receive
notice from that quarter. The article
closes with the following rather poetical
paragraph.
To the friends Of the Mutes and Blind
throughout the State would cay, let my
indi vidual wrongs sink into nothing in
redressing those which the Institution has
suffered. Each Mute and Blind child has
lost more than haze. And this has been
felt by parents, who, weeping over the
wrongs Of their children, "a they came
here to receive those with whose care we
have been entrusted, have uttered impre-
cations, deep and heartfelt, on the authors
Of this senseless, laundering. shameful
crime Long after the hand that traces these
lines lies palsied IN death, will the sorrow
stricken children Of Louisiana, on whose
cruel misfortunes those selfish, reckless
men have hesped additional woes, curse
then memory, not In anger, but m grief
all hopeless and despsiring.