Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-23
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An UNFOUNDED SUSPICION.


|p:cion attaching to ignorance and
super tition, gained some currency
!on Tuesday last, to the effect that
.hc Lieutenant Governor had been
poisoned. Apart from the unlike
illness of the story, and independent
IF those considerations which could
easily be suggested in opposition to
ST. visionary a haliucinstion, We are
glad that the vell-Anown ability
and III esrity of the staff of medical
1nen who attended Mr.. Duan in lis
ILLNESS give an amphatic AMI in
|t;gnant denial tn any snch a"c.sa
zion. They have unal:irl, us'~ ae-
..cided after an autopsy ~: ~. 1. was e
ease Of CcHoSr-- s OF THE BRAIN
. Neverthr. less there Was linger-
''r<o disposition on the part of few
r to stubbornly resist the reception
of this only competent testimony
and maintain their ch;merical notion
bit al hazards.
1t is as unfortunate, as it is true
&that there are certain classes of
people. whose minds suspicion is
always haunting; and whose super
tstitious natures, and lack of knowl-
4edse induce them to attribute every
ldisaster, every catastrophe that
Overtakes themselves or the rest OF
mankind, to some second hand
agency, and are ever ready to inter
: pref events by the measure of their
effect on their own designs. And
thus if serious interference occurs
l. pr disaster Of any kind overtakes a
: community, q class, family, or an
eindividual there are always Mt hand
3sone go withered and so wild" to
: attribute it to the Vaccinations OF
: some special adversary, and forth
with the afflicted and their sympa.
thizing friends are indoctrinated
into the belief of the most mon.
strous absurdities. Refusing to re.
cognize the interference with their
plans, as one of the ordinary vicis.
Ssitudes Of life, or Of that large class
Of important events which orthodo,
christianity assigns to the specia
Providence of Ill inscrutable power
> who for the turtherance of plan,
( and purposes not dreamt OF in oul
finite and erring philosophy fire.
+ quently disappoints our most cher
hshed schemes and Overthrows Oul
best laid plans they suspect "fUu
play"
Mr.. Duun's death at this jnnctur'
is naturally looked on as o disastel
to that wing OF the Republican par
ty with which he was SO closely
allied. But, with not a particle 0
!distespect or under estimation o
q man over whose remains til,
stiffness and seclusion of the toni
are about TO close, We mus
say that there was TO dan
yer apprehended from the TIE
mendous power which the de
cessed would have brought into TIT
ieid when he should have mad,
nis appearance "before the PEG
pie" IN II. Again. The party
Zarms are sufficiently Biiurea1
and its heart luisates sffectionatel,
enough to all its true and worth,
sons to have provided in the futnr,
.s in the past for Mr.. Dunn. ant
MS republicanism would doubtles
have dictated to him in the pros
pect OF party peril to subordinat
his dearest wishes, his lOftiest am
EDITIONS to the success OF his party
Repudiating the absurd notion O
his being foully dealt with, let al
sensible persons take a rationa
view of matters and as men who ar
passing from change to change
CONTINUALLY. resignedly drink On
share of the cuu OF that misfortun
aud rhoss "iiy WINCH hsah IL heir to-