The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-03-11
4 New u 0flciaI Journal

published at Lake Charles in the en-
tirely Democratic parish OF Cal
casieu, has been revived after a nap
of several months. The Echo is
now the "Official Journal of the
parish of Calcasieu." The Courier,
in noticing its revival, last week,
forgot or neglected to mention this
important fact. The Parish of Cal
tcasieu never elects anybody but
Democrats to office, but it t~olerates
an official journal" The proprie-
tor is the Hon. J. W. Bryan, a mem
Der of the Legislature, elected from
that parish last November. He is
a good Democrat, and what is bet
ter, he is a good man
In the number of the Echo before
us, a condensed statement OF one
days proceedingsof the Legislature,
taken from the New Orleans Re
publican, is published, in which we
find the, following:
Among other matters, a ,~resolu-
ton was passed to publish the pro-
ceedings of the House in the New
Orleans Standard and the st.
Charles Echo, Of st. Charles parish,
the expense Of said publication to
be betrayed out of the contingent
fund" s,.
The proprietor Of the Echo being
absent at the time, the "editor pro
tempore" speaks for him. He says:
awe hope to be able to announce
next week, or certainly the week
following, a guarantee that the pa
per will be. edited and published
regularly"
We suppose that will depend. on
the ability of the Echo to carry
the inscription of" Official Journal"
We hope it will. The following is
the pro tempore editors
5t SALUTATORI.
"Being only a temporary, and
not a permanency,' as Susan Nipper
complains in Dombey and Son, the
editor pro tempOre cannot announce
the political complexion Of the Echo,
nor whether it will be political at
all. That will be determined soon.
Personally, we think that a coun-
try newspaper should not be ultra
partisan. There is always too
much that is censurable in the prin.
ciples or in the conduct Of all par,
ties to render the unqualified ell
dorsement Of any of them at all
times, and under all circumstances,
!, either comlnendable or prudent,
Especially is this true in the pres.
ent unsettled state of American pol.
tiles. Every few months witnesses
the rise and fall of some political
theory, which in it's brief history
was as strongly opposed and defen.
F ded as any of those which stood as
political landmarks for thirty years
prior to 1865.
. The truth is that the abolition OF
} slavery; universal suffrage ; nation.
t al Capitalization of power; and the
sudden and rapid development OF
internal improvements and manu-
; features in the Southern States;-
these main results of the late war.
) are themselves alone daily develop
+ ing the as yet crude and undigested
!, principles of two great political par
;, ties, which will be neither ultra
Democrat nor ultra Republican, as
these words are now understood
l and which in the near future-per
! haps next year-will cross swords
in a regular and sharply definedcon
! test for the control of the nationa
I government.
/ Personally, again we believe il
political charity. The very facttha'
. we claim the right to independence
= , Of opinion and expression, should
make us remember that every othel
3 man has precisely the same right
s Especially do we believe in political
courtesy. We are as much DISCUS
ted by the slang whanging vituper
t alton of Bick Pomeroy, as by tn
!. sneaking ISLANDERS of Harper's Week
) ly. In tone why should not the
9 newspaper be gentlemanly 1t il
q easy to be severe without harshnes
1 -satirical without coarseness-ant
partisan without nncharitableness
It is hard to be harsh, coarse AM
:, uncharitable, and at the same tim
be useful or agreeable ; and this i
no less true of the newspaper thai
e of the individual. @t
To our editorial brethren we ten
: der our %fraternal regards, and hop
= to exchange with them.
8 : Weekly Echo Of Calcasieu palish-[Ed
The Bulletin and Governor War
meth.
from the N. o. Times.1 {
If The Bulletin, which with othe
papers, has constantly assailed til
! TIMES for the last two years, for it
appeals to the Conservative citizen
to give their aid and support to tn
e Governor against the corruptionist
and plunderers, now chimes in wit
/ the following endorsement of hi
Excellency: . ~.
"Observing this contrast betWeel
!. the course of the Executive and til