The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-06-22
Letter OF II. G. Cobb, EST, i'll Reply to +.
+. Stubs, ESD.

t Ectitor Ieteyrttl1h:-It was with COLI
siderable surprise and amusement that
on my return from New Orleans a few
days since, read the politico-lnilitary
disquisition Of +. =. Stubs, Esq, pub
lished in the Farmer of the 31st ult.,
and afterwards published and endorsed
by that sterling Democratic journal, the
Conservative.
The first part of this letter is devoted
to tactics and strategy, combinations,
flank movements and dispositions, and
after concentrating his whole forces he
makes q furious attack Chinese style
with gongs and stink-pots) on G. w.
McCranic and myself. Well, Mr.. S. is
a political veteran Q came near saying
cripple, for as a Democrat he has been
regarded as a lame duck for several
years past), and I suppose he is entitled
to ttshoulder his crutch and show how
fields We're lost and wOn;' but he
must certainly excuse me from think
ing him q political Napoleon when the
enemy of the Democratic or constitu-
tional party OF the United States being
divided, and an impossible river be-
tween them, he proposes to hunt up the
smallest body and surrender his army
to it for the privilege of fighting under
the same flag and the same principles
that the other party carries and pro-
fesses. 1t is said that can army of stays
led by q lion is better than an army of
lions led by stag" If it can be shown
even that Greeley is the lion and the
only constitutional party are the cow
ardly stays, I may consent to the pro-
posed leadership, but until that time 1
must decline to follow the ass in the
lions skin as do and shall continue
to believe him until I hear eithcra bray
or {, roar.
1t may be doubted whether the mill
tary position taken by Mr.. S. can be
sustained by reference to Jomini, or
the campaigns of Napoleon or Stone
wall Jackson, But as the gentleman was
compelled to leave his military educa-
ton unfinished during the late unpleas-
antness by the absolute necessity of ac-
cepting the position of Confederate
States Marshal for Louisiana, errors
like those he has made about a militia
ry theory, may be excused.
After the grand philosophical, poiiti-
cal, moral and military preface, which
in profundity and utility equals his
favorite's sWhat 1 Know About Farm
ing" he comes to the point, which is a
studied, vindictive, slanderous and ma
liciOu5 attack on the "TELEG RAPII
man, "and II. G. Cobb, sthis champion.
The TELEGRAPH man, L presume, is
able to take care of himself, and as l
have publicly denied being any mans
partizan or champion, and as am well
aware that Mr.. S. knew of that denial,
1 viii be compelled to resort to one of
his f;avoritc IIorace's emphatic SEN
fences, and say .'you lie, you villain,
you lie" i'll answer to that part OF his
G1iuSiOn.
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discovers that the writer holds Il "petty
office" from the sRadical City Council
of Monroe,' meaning thereby, for he is
terrible in innuendo and insinuation
and rarely comes to the point of saying
what he means, that / am the attorney
and legal adviser Of the Council. 1
have yet to learn that hold an "ottice,'
or that l hold any position so regarded
by the law. L am simply employed by
them, as T have been by many other
Radicals, i'll I, capacity that may cease
at any moment by the desire Of either
party. This is exactly the position he
(NIr. s. holds in the North Louisiana
Il Texas Railroad, and if he considers
that an "o1icc,' he is welcome to the
hOnors conferred thereby.
This brilliant legal discovery Of the
man who is tin the habit Of thinking
loI IlluiScil, ID cHNitllCIs, IL lAoI oul pass
cd, by that made by him that the n orth
Louisiana & Texas Railroad Company,
Of which he is an "otficcr' and part
owner, a corporation claiming to have
Il capital stock of $6,0o0,0oo; to own
400, 932 acres of land along the route;
II arpents of land within the limits Of
the city of Monroe; Il valuable city
property in Shreveport; beside the
whole line of road, locomotives, depots,
&C., wide Book O., p. 252, Recorders
office, Ouachita parish,) is not subject
to the payment of any State, parish or
municipal taxes. AS the road is not
t,ctttulLy atseG for school or church pur-
poses, the luminous discovery has pos
sibly been made by him in his "ohiciai"
! capacity for I presume that he is the
legal adviser of the company, that the
road is. 4 charitable institution. He
must also have drawn, or been consult
cd, as to the legality and honesty of
the bill passed by the last legislature,
which even Warmoth has not had the
cf1rontcry to sign, whereby the State is
to issue and turn over to the n, l.. Il
II. Co. $4,000 in bonds for 81 miles of
road not yet touched; 9jre them $346 900