The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-14
THE JUSTICE OF AN APOSTLE OF "THE
RIGHTS OF MAN.,

| AAAS VI
| sharp Letter from Madame Henri DoiescluZe.
! TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
| SIR--It appears that there are two ways OF con.
| Quoting newspaper. The editor OF the HERALD
may, from various causes be led into false and
| damaging statements concerning individuals con-
nccred with matters public, but, as far as I have
observed he is always ready 10 open his columns to
| the injured person his friends and allow them to
correct II possible, an error. II editor inadvcr.
tently Injuries another and Offers oil the reparatton
in his power he ia said to possess trait strongly
characteristic Of gentleman. II man thus onends
one may generally count on speedy Justice But If a
knave ISLANDERS q man or woman, wilfully or ma
lignanty, he Is certain not only to refuse ali repa
| ration but keenly enjoys the suffering which his
malice innicts, ana redoubes insult IN small tricky
| ways. SATISFIED while he THINKS he stings.
The following letter is refused publication In the
paper where 1t ought to appear. appeal. therefore,
to the HERALD asking the favor OF being permitted
through columns to defend the sandered lady OF
| whOmtt treats:-
TIE SISTER or DELEscLCzE.
JERSEY CITY, August I, 1871.
| To rae EDITOR OF TaE New foaK raiBuNE:-roi
OF sa,nTaay HSsust l. Tnc PAPER was brought 70
me by one OF your own Subscribers III great lndigna
"rne sister OF Deescluze, the famous Communist,
now III her slx,ynitn year, Is to DC tried by coun
Gil OF war at versailles On various charges she IS
| said to have been petroekSe and TO nave mur-
dered several Of the troops OF TIMERS. According 10
some accounts she IS veneTaoe Jury
| My husband being out OF town. anl. moreover. no
| reader OF the fr'bupe, trust that ths miserable
libel on hts sister viii never come 10 ms knowledge.
But, however this may lie, take II upon myself IN
| his absence to write 10 y0i In relation 10 1t,
You are constantly crying oat aSainst tne lies
| OF the T,ttunc. Your experience mas taught you
that political hate is ready and most unserupuoLs
inventor. You proclaim your belief that sandcrers
should be punished, yet you print IN yonr ''1ossipn
| an Infamous Islander against an aged lady, heart.
broken by tue cruelest ttlals ana sulerlag under
| weight OF unutteraOe woe.
Where dbl you unearlh tnis delicate bit OF "gos.
sipn which brands woman with the monstr0us
| crimes OF incendlarlsn ana MURDER l have made
| THIS morning careful search through foreign Eng
| lish and French hes, through Geographic and cor
| respondents news, and lind THIS piece OF lnfamy
! nowhere but IN the New York 7ra6u'le.
| You lenounce slandercrs when your own name ana
person are concerned, yet you deliberately put In
circulation SANDER against an aged lazy entirely
| uukuown TO yOu and wno from family position,
is exposed, as you are well aware. 70 rancorous
attack from the enemies OF her brothcr Tue most
superficial W c IeeG' an 1n, ay cdu ay
"sixiy Gye years Of age. have murdered several
OF rnlors' armed roopsf The cowardiy mendacaty
maligned woman confirmed invalid, has been one
long time, so delicate IN body and iran IN strength
| as to have been obliged during the greater part
OF the last years to keep her room. As to the
tales OF house burning by the women OF the French
capital that aignant IalsehOod has been dsprOved
again aud again by eYe-witncsses OF the painful
struggle In PARIS, and denounced by them as mean
!
cuse tuelr horrible butchcry OF women and children.
The history Of "Delescluze, The famous Commun.
sketch OF his career not long ago. The charge you
brought against him was that he was ian nncom-
! promising enemy Of despotsm and wrOn1." You
| have since published dispatches said TO have been
found his dead body, but whose very text proved
No one knows better than yourself that the Com.
mune fought for munieipai liberty rs q necessary
justice for the proietabe and a recognition
| OF his real weight aud worth In the human
the liberes and Just legislation gnarantesd BY
the independence OF the Commune Ihis was, per
hsps visionary ioy-a dream; but It was dream yam
I have denounced the Commune to your hearts con.
tent, without having particle Of re liable evde nee
proving IL to have committed crimes. You have
allowed yourself u latitude OF denunciaton onll
limited when eplthet was exhausted. You nave as
sailed Delescluze, the Communist leader. Was no
all this enough to have satisfied your ambition a:
"a conseryator OF moralsf' Could you nos nave
printed 10 the Tribune of Saturday against Deles
cluzes sister, and which mas no foundation pu
! bind hate, -. 80 ~ "
You have had the vii and the means OF giving
this SANDER a wide publicity. You nave ohered
to others Tor circulation II remains TO pc seea
whether you Will have the justice TO PRINT THIS letter
""''" ''i ELIzABETa MIRIAM DELEsCLUzE.
NO alluslon has been made to this letter by the
Triouno. Months of vtuperatlon against the Com
mune has not satisfied its greedy hate.
In the thick OF the fight, and while The Commune
Paris had been robbed By Napoleon ILL.,, the editor
of the Tribune could not conceal their contempt 10
q national guard, composed largely OF working
mechanics-mcre printers, machinists, masons an
. such. These French artisans, among the most ski
full In the world were regarded by tue spendi
pairiclans OF the Trib,Oie as 'cooks," "waiters,
.porters," In fact scum LED by ''oDscure" ind
ylduas. IL was nothing TO them that vulgar spli
, ! furnished them falsehood; but supposing the
charges true that these guards were waters an
porters the poorest tact should have held In chec
| the superb scorn OF these Tribune noblemen who's
| own fathers, or graDdfathers, al best were i0rd
' cowboys IN New England or princely holsters
| Berlin.
I | Now since the battle Is ended, they skulk ate
/ ! the remains OF the brave men who lad down the
: | lives for principle, seeking 70 ROB them OF name
3 | character and merit IA the eyes OF men. ana usin
q theiI dead faces as ap-tones wherein to manufat
D ture libel. And II beside the corpses OF the cou
y | aQeous rebels these newspaper Ihenardie
happen to spy weeping woman relative they plaI
their muddy boots INTO her face to let her feel by
o blow that she has bold and courageous enemie
IS Thus they conduct themselves toward the dead VIII
J. can make no defence, and toward any Of KIN VII
If them VINO are followed by Observation-Disclosures
" n 1t he a woman. they know that they nave n
'. and hers NJ u disadvantage. Thcy are m0narcns
all they survey their columns ana they ahe goo
10 care that nothing snail enter therein 70 relute tue
h ISLANDERS or expose their bascness Then they
', nect with pride that mo one dare contraaic.