Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-12-28
INTERESTING AMUSEMENT.

tot dsys TO ito virgin purity we
know vesy we'll that we shall lie
laughed at for IL, and may perhaps
be called an ass without the Con
gfessiuna' qualification. but we
find the thought staring At va from
the mouth Of muddy ink'stsnd,
and go here goes for its embUdi-
ment on paper. "Tbe only news
pape, published in The city Of New
Otlesps. which has the nahliness
10 hold out on The side ~ The peo-
pie agains, the Office holding pro
fpssion IN the fun.mad wildness ~
their insanity, is the P,capans This
noble old paper dsres. In the bold
npss of true manhood. 90 look ba.
You'd the present moment, and warn
the people against what is coming
II treats the startling propositions
Of the day IN conservative. sensi-
lie aud digniiied manner AZ a
sample of The responsibility Of other
sheets, I'VE give the following fresh
extracts The 7'tus Deiia says. IN
| der the head If The iufamips If
Journalism /"
The mass meeting held al Con
cert hall ON Saturday night last,
hv the friends ur united southern
action. was Of such character IN
point 81 numbers. wealth aud patti.
o,iem. ma 81 sppall che reckless
factions IN this city who ate en-
deavoring to drive by every means.
fair and foul. the State IT Lpuisi-
ana into the vortex IF revolution
To throw discredit on the meeting
the most hslifacpd lice had been
resotied ~. 40 will be seen by the
following dnuble-leadej editorial
paragraph. which we clip from
yesterday mornings edition 81 Sli-
dell's Experimentation
"rhe nsme II Mt Monroe. Mayor
~ tms city. appears IN the let ~
Vice Presidents of the 'co.opettiou'
meeting last night Mr.. Monroe's
name was used without his suthori.
| y lie was addressed 10y letter,
and requested 10 allow the use Of
his name. In, returned no answer
| No one has right to class him
with the submiHsiunints"
Unfortunately fot Mayor Mon-
foe's reputation and status. the i'm
psessioa has pretty generally pre-
vailed IN this community that. aimee
hip election. he has been IN the
leading sirings Of the managers Of
and writer's for the hypothecation--
we say mssagess Of and writer's Tor,
a. We believe its propriety ia not
claimed by any one. The suthori.
tative announcement thus put forth,
under such circumstances. would
seem 60 many 81 the esinitis.ed Ne
fact. What will the public think
when We tell them that the para.
graph Ia n lie out of whole cloth
We have Il from Mayor Monroe.
over hia own signature. tina, no fat
from his maine being used on the
list OF Vice. Presidents Of the meet
ing. withou, bis authority. that he
had instructed bis Secretary o. an.
swer the letter 81 invitation In the
affirmative. and that nothing but
pressing. and what 20 him seemed
imperative. official duties on Sat.
urday night. prevented him from
taking his place On the stand an
one Of the Vice Presidents. We
are authorized and requested fur.
Their. by Mayor Monroe. 20 state
that he fully approved of tho oh.
jects of the meeting. and that he
fully endorses the proceedings. res
olutions and all.
What else. however. could be OK.
peoted Of n Jacobin sheet. long
aimee as bankrupt in reputation ~
financially, who, In sneering and
burlcsque report of one of the most
respectable public meetings ever
held in New Orleans. impiously
called Hail Columbia" n foreign
air !
The Deifa says:
A newspaper. published in this
city. Last evening contained an ar.