New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-31
ORLEANS SUNDAY, MARCH 3d. 1872.

BY this it appears that all who subscribed
for stock voted for me as " editor in chief
of the journal for which their money wa
subscribed. This was part Of the contract
1hey were promised "an independent news
paper. free of all cliques. rings and poli,ica
parties to expose and decry fraud art
corruption fearlessly-"a paper whose in
tiuence and opinion can not be bought, etc
| DAMAGING MISTAKES OF THE PRESIDENT.
On the twentieth Of February, twenty
days after l commenced my labors as ed
itor. and when the paper was at the heigh,
of its prosperity and success, the president
took the entire editorial control out of My
| hands. He at once silenced my pen, or
dered me TO discharge one Of my bes,
editorial writers. threw into the waste
| basket an article written against the How
ard Lottery. suppressed the grand jury re
| port against the same lottery, and ordered
all attacks ON Governor WarmOth to cease
| stating that the Governor had threatened
to sue the paper for libel. This order he
never cOuntermanded. He gave me orders
one day TO work the paper up 70 the Reforms
movement, and the next dav ridiculed the
Reform party as a failure. l thought that
his daily instructions conticted with the
| charter of the company, the printed in
| structiOns OF the board OF managers. and
the agreement signed by subscribers to the
capital stock OF the company; that his or
| ders were eccentric, and sometimes contra
dictory and vague. This paralyZed the
whole editorial department, broke the spirit
OF the office, and placed over it 4 cloud
| winch has not yet been removed.
! In the month of February two OF the
members of the board of managers were
| emphatic III in their condemnation of my
attacks upon Governor Warmoth. They
planted themselves upon the new doctrine
| that It benefits such public men as Gov
ernor WarmOth to dcnuunce their vices and
| crimes in the public journals as they had
| been denounced by me in the PicGyune.
| The friends Of reform in New York did not
| speak TINS Of the New York Times, which
| held the crimes of Tweed & Co. up to the
| scorn of honest men. Tweed himself. and
| his vile companions, who are under bonds.
or are IN the penltentiary. certainly " ere
| not hene tted by such exposures.
| CARDINAL PRINCIPLES OF THE CoMPANY AID
PAPER.
The following articles in the charter Of
the New Orleans Printing and Publishing
Company are worthy of special notice:
ART. Jl1. The newspapers Goa piled, printed and
published by this corporation shall be independent
and entiIeiy free from all ciques, rings and po-
cal parties anG all other combinations and indi-
vid lals who seek TO advance their own interests
by disregard or violation Of the rights Of
others.
ART. ". The object of the newspapers compiled,
printed and pIbhshed by this corporation shall lie
10 promote the commercial industrial, social al d
political interests OF this city and country, and 20
give tone Nigor, point and effect to everything g
calculated 10 elevate refine and ennob,e public
sent;mt and feeling; and to that and shall. with
out ttal or IA or. expose, dtcIN aud condemn all
frauds, pecu!atlon corruption and crime wherever
1ouLd.
As editor OF the Picoy,,ne labored hon
estiv and unceaslGgl y to work that jouInal
up 70 the spirit and intention of the stock
subscription agreement. and to articles
three and four OF the charter, and the reso
lutions OF the board OF managers.
INSTRUCTION TO THE EDITOR.
On the twentieth OF February the BOARD
OF managers passed the following resull,-
Istion. which was handed 10 the editor BY the
president of the board instructing him as
10 the tone and spirit of the Pcdytsae:
Resolved. That the success of the enterprise in
itiated by the New Orleans Printing and Publish
ing Company depends up N the firm, manly and
dignitied exDoslre and condemnation OF pecula
ton. CRIME, fraud, anG all manner OF EVIL AID cor
rUltion. without fear OF favor and IN the d.
rect ard positive cond, uaton OF every ind viGla
WHO sympathizes with or encourages the evil and
wicked among US 10 commit such otfenses. whether
BY social recognition or otherwise.
And did the president obey them! Did
he order the editors to expose and condemn
peculation and crime Did the paper after
the twentieth of February, attack fraud
and ali manner Of evil and corruption with
out fear or favor! !" Did he instruct the ed
itors TO attack every individual who sym
pathizes with or encourages the wicked to
commit such otfenses! = Did not the note
to him from Charles Howard. which he read
TO the managers, asking him 20 suppress the
grand jury report against bis lottery, com
merce with very friendly adjective
EFFORTS TO PRODUCE IiAR;ONY.
Mortified at my situation, / proposed to
the president, what had often insisted on.
thar should meet the board weekly. re-
port to them, and exchange views with
them i'll relation to the policy and manage
nent OF the paper. | wished TO be guided
by their Instructions, instead of being in
structed by the president, who opposed the
proposition as impracticable. He said the
board would not meet weekly and thanthev
preferred 70 have an active man, who would
take personal interest in the paper TO
carry out their views and explain 70 me
their wishes.
The same proposition was soon after sub
mltted to the managers. They voted 70 ac
cept II, mt they never permitted rne 20
meet with them afterward
CHARGE OF CCMM1TTING THE PICAYUSE TO
GRANT.
Willie controlled the paper complaints
came i'll from the newspapers and from TIE
streets that the PicGytne had gone over 20
70 these reports We're written by the present
editor Of the Picoyufe, and in contijc, with
my orders, that no article should appear IL
the paper taking sides on national politics.
Those articles were written i'll the night, IL
my absence from the office, and were pub
l>heG before | saw them. While | charge
TO unworthy intentions to the gentleman
who wrote them, it was unfortunate tug lie
and the Taper that he headed the McDougal
lptr u 1a Eaa u Il;
torial notice of that letter, The Way Pub
lie Opinion is Drifting
THE FIRST TWENTY DAYS.
From the first to the twentieth o1 Febiu-
aCy bat little restraint was thrown on the
management Of the editorial depart
ment by either the managers or :he
president. | was then editor-in chief
The Only order Of the president that was
imperative was that the Ptcayune, irr
strong private reasons, with which he did
not make NE acquainted, should have no
difficulty with the Times. | had no motive
for controversies with the Times, or with
any other journal. My object was, in good
faith, to help build up the honest Interests
OF New Orleans and the State.
During chat period of twenty davs INV
Office was thronged with respectable cit
zens. c"Ggratulating the editors on the
tone, spirit and success of the paper under
the new arrangement. In that period the
paving subscription patronage Of the Pie
oy'tne was doubled, and the advertising
patronage was largely increased
At meeting of the managers on the
twentieth of February, the president pre-
svnted a list of extracts from NY articles
Published in the Picoyune, and made a
speech prejudicial to my qualifications as
an editor. But he presented nothing in
these extracts on which the public had not
the same opportunity to pass Judgment
that he had The Inanapars at thar ynaa-