Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-28
LIBERTY AND LICENSE.

miles of this city has recently been
made responsible for 90 unWaF-
rantable Invasion Of private life.
That the gentleman whom II has
thus outraged happens to be a Re-
publican, may or may not JUSTIFY
that offence to the conscience Of the
journal In question, but will GER
tainly not justify 1t in the judg.
ment Of the better class OF men in
the Democratic party. The Sena-
tOrial position Of the person as
sailed so s~hamelessly, constitutes
no reason for such crime as has
been committed by our cOntempo-
rary against public decency but, on
the contrary, should constitute q spe-
cial reason for shielding him from
such an unseemly attack. II the
newspaper assumes the right to
follow a political opponent into his
private life, nay into his very room
at his boarding house, II will not
only destroy It's own influence for
good, but actually degrade itself
into a public nuisance where abate.
ment will be demanded by the
moral sense of the public.
The above is clipped from the
Jackson Pilot oflast Thursday. The
editor Of that journal asserts that a
democratic contemporary, pub
lishcd within less than fifty miles
Of this city (Jackson), has recently
been made responsible for an IN
tVarrantajle iRUGsion of priCate
IVe."
Without intending any reflection
whatever upon the writer Of the
above paragraph, we pronounce 1t
n .falsshOod. 1t is not in keeping
with us to pretend not TO know we
are referred to in the article under
consideration. 1t refers 10 an ar
ticle published in the HERALD last
Tuesday, entitled "COurt Scandal
which exposed certain transactions
charged upon Mr.. j. c. Shoupe,
member Of the Senate from La.
iayette county. Last Wednesday
evening, a letter was handed the
Editor Of the HERALD by q mutual
friend from Mr.. Shoupe. This let
ter was insulting, and was SO de-
clared by us. The bearer Of thu
letter, however, said that II was no
so intended by Mr.. Shoupe, ant
that he was authorized to declare
what Mr.. ShOupe did mean. w
accepted this explanation, but re
fused to receive the letter until i
was changed so as to agree will
the explanation made by the gen
tleman bearing II. We could no
= view 1t as an intentional insul
since the gentleman bearing it, VIII
, > was the responsible friend Of Nj
Shoupe, declared that Nj. Shoup
I did not so intend 1t.
But Il seems from the aFIicl
taken, from the Pilot that Nj
Z Shoupe or some Of his friends di
Q look upon It as an effort 70 MAX
J, the editor OF the HERALD "reSpoI
: sible for an unwarrantable invasio
n Of private llfe," aud inflated VIII
If the herOlsm which had prOmptG
l. the transmission of the cOmmuu
- cation referred TO, fastened
trumpet to the world through u
e Pilot. Such evidences Of ate
Il danger valor are always cOntemp
= ible and ridiculous, and we woul
not notice the matter but that "
70 wish Mr.. Shoupe to understaI
l. that since he has published to Il
J, world that he intends TO hold
/. responsible, we expect him to
It. Ifhe was sufficiently aggTiev'
to induce him to have 1t publish
:, that he had "held US responsible
and since in point Of fact he b
not, we claim that now it 10 impC
o. atively his duty to do so, or "
for himself the unenviable repuI
mt ton of a braggart.
rs We said that without intendi
any reflection upon the editor
, the Pilot, we pronounce the stat
! ment false. This explanation
make, because, since the letter
. Mr.. Shoupe to US was strictly p
vate, the editor of the Pilot cou
o only have known Of Its exister
through Mr.. Shoupe or his frien,
9H But We have this to say TO the e
i tor of the Pilot.
: When he again has occasion
refer to US, let him observe some
u the usnges of journalistic courtC
iu the construction Of his sentcnC
70 We have endeavored to obsel
this rule In our discussions W
our brethren of the press aud hi
H. never deviated from it save wi
we desired to insult and then
ls made our language so plain I
% none could mistake Its desi
Il What the purpose of the editor
TX the Pilot Is we cannot say, siI
e his article Is neither courteous Il
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