The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-11-27

humorously proposes it as one Of the
questions for solution By the odiio
rial convention. We think We can
answer the inquiry wi,hou, so much
ado about nothing A live news
paper, according TO our observation,
is one that is conducted with ques-
iionable morality, aud certainly with
unquestioned iudecenoy. It has very
li8ile regard to what il says, or the
manner Of expression, provided the
style is impudent and belicose. II
violates all the proprieties Of life with
indifference, exhibits leyity upon the
most serious subjects, ;sses . delight
in disregardiug all the amenities q
social intercourse, aud is utterly roek
less in It's assertions Unless the
present editors Of the Nowa retire
from the control Of that journal, We
apprehcud il is not likely to become
n live newspaper N1rsiaR r.
Publican.
The foregoing is Loughery opiu-
ion OF a live newspaper, as it appear
ed in his paper the Marshall Repub
liean, and copied into the llouson
Telegram Pray tell Us, Lourhery,
il the above is your real opinion Of a
live paper, what IS your opinion of a
dead one Don't tell us; your opin-
ion would be struck with mor,.aca
ton before getting 10 the printer :
hands, and would be smclt hero ia
Houston before publication IL q
live paper is such monsirosiiy as
the above opinion ,ould indicate, we
don Z want to have even an iukling
OF dead one. Lazarus alive and
Lazarus dead would 10 DO compari.
son. For the love Of God, protect
Us from a dead newspaper
But seriously, what does all this
twaddle about a live newspaper mean
The question has been sprung upon
Us ana 'ias taken US unawaros. We
don know what to mase Of it. Ac-
cording to Louehory, all those posi-
tive evidences of death, deoomposi
ton and damnation haye suddenly
been turned into evidences Of life
OF live newspaper Our other end
of Main street ueighbor seizes hold Of
it and rolls It under his tongue like a
sweet morsel. Foe once We arc puz-
Sled, ilouudercd, hoored
Il there a war about to break out
between dead and live papers And
are the dead papers taking tho initia-
tiyo2 Mos, certainly we could not
have picked out three papers which
would be more certain toranec them
selves together than the News, the
Telegraph, and the Republican ex.
cepi that the Republican, like a dead
bee, will not do to tread on, as both
the sting and virus are lell
Loughery tells Us that the News
proposes the question. which he es-
saycd 90 answer, "humorouslv.
Worse aud worse and moro Of IL.
The Galveston News propose any
thing humorously Prcposiorous
propostcrositous The Galveston
News propose anything humorously
Why, Louehery, what do you mean
| Humof would be evidence Of life
As well might Brother Webb be ac.
cusod Of humor, rs 90 accuse Brother
Carnes. II would be a downright
sin for either of them to smile. And
u smile from either would be CHASTITY
aud full of doath-plumb evidence a
a dead, very dead, newspaper
Cut Loughery, and come
again %
But hold, We may give our opinion
one Of these iino morning Of what We
consider a live paper constituted, and
We venture to make comparison be.
tween live and u dead paper fol
certain it Is thas we arc not dead
yet, ~ H9psioa Times.
This is lively and piquaut thorC
is a dash about is that We admire d
strange admiSlure Of the comic and
the serious, that is exceedingly pleas,
ant. All that disturbs us is, that our
contemporary, treats us as if we had
made n personal attack upon him
when he was in reality, not in oai
thoughts when we penncd the para
graph that seems to have SO much
disturbed his equanimity, We had
Gin out mind eye, certain class O
newspapers that, in some respects
resemble wild sixteen year old boy
"three sheets in the wind, witt
hatsct juantily on one side, and long
nine in his mouth, who mistake un.
bribled lieoueo in language for AMI
nation that is to be admired, buiToon
cry for wit, and boisterous hilarity that
recognizes no bounds, as evidence Of
life. OF course we had no reference
TO the Times, whose sensitiyoness is
, misplaced. In fact our contemporary 5
resentment surprises us. His dread
Of stenehes his visions Of Laz@us
dead and Lazarus alive, his desire
to know our opinion Of dead news.
papers, and his prompt rejection Of
the coveted information his pious
ejaculation for protection from a
dead newspaper; the singularly in
coherent inquiry as to "what all
this twaddle about live newspaper
means followed by singular per.
turbaiion OF mind, exhibits a pru.
ricnt, nervous fancy and q volatility
that is marvellous Good gracious
Must our confrero cut up all these
CITATIONS just to let us know that he
isaliyc and publishes what he demon
mates a live ncwsnauer? or Il fenr-