New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-08
our OWN CoRREsPoNpENT.

The Chicago Tribune is blest with one
| of those unreliable articles known as ''oul
own correspondent, who is supposed to
be in Washington, and whose special mis-
sion seems to be to write deliberately on
matters of which he is entirely ignorant.
| This is the charitable view of the matter,
for we can hardly suppose he deliberately
sits down and writes what he knows is
not true.
Under the civil law, if one man writes
and publishes anything calculated to de-
stroy the good name of his neighbor, he
is liable for damages. But when moral
cut-throat conceals himself by the way
side and tries to take away the character
of whole community, there is. unfortu-
nately, no remedy, except that of exposing
the falsehood of the allegations made UNI
der cover of non de plume, sour Own
Correspondent"
We hardly think it possible for any one
to get more fbs into the same space than
does this virtuous correspondent OF the
CHICAGO Tribune. He commences by
saying:
The State of Louisiana, since the peace,
has increased its debt SIS, 900. Its whole
debt is about $27 100000.
By the report Of the State Treasurer,
published about April last, the total debt
of the State is only about fourteen million.
How, then, has it been increased since the
peace eiqhteen million? AS to the twenty
seven million, that is simply an invention
of "our own correspondent. &" That the
State has increased her debt is well
known, but only about six millions, in
stead of eighteen. 'Its bonds are worth
sixty-fve cents" We presume this is
stated in order to make it appear that it is
in consequence of the large increase of the
State debt that they are worth SO little.
Had ''our own correspondent known the
truth, or felt like telling it if he did
know it, he would have stated that
up to the time of the constitution
Of 1868 going into operation, and
when "Warmoth, Lee and Mcmillan
became part of our State government, the
bonds of the State were not worth the half
of sixty-fve cents on the dollar; that
large sums of interest were long past due;
but that since the accession Of this gang"
the bonds of the State have more than
doubled in value, the back interest has
been paid, and provision has been made
for the payment of future interest as it
falls due Warrants on the State Treas
urer, which before the advent of this hor-
rible ''ring,' were only worth from seven
teen to twenty cents on the dollar, are to-
day worth from eighty-fve to ninety-five
cents on dollar. So much for facts versus
fiction.
We do not propose to follow this anony-
NOUS scribbler into all the idle stories he
tells of our leading men. Having shown
the falsity Of his figures, these other mat
tiers are not worth moments considera-
ton. The idea that Hahn and Fish got
up the riot of July, 1866, is new one,
and quite refreshing from its audacity.
'Got up riot as political movement"
and both came near losing their lives A
very likely story, more especially when we
remember the testimony taken by the
Congressional Committee as to who did
get up that riot
This same correspondent has a long
story about the other Southern States,
which if we judge of it by the correctness
of what he says about Louisiana and her
affairs (and it is only in that way that we
can Judge of the truth of his statesments),
no one would believe him on oath.
We hesitated for some days whether we
would take any notice or not ofthe extrav-
agant yarns of sour own correspondent, "
and it was only when we remembered that
many persons at distance might suppose
there was some truth in his statement, if
and the good name and
fame of Louisiana might suffer thereby,
that we concluded to notice his letter.
With these few remarks we dismiss "our
own correspondent, and wish the Chicago