New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-27

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pointed out before it is too late to correct
them.
The Picayrpe has again been forced to
retract its hastily uttered and malicious
libels upon public officials. Some sore
head, probablya defeated jobber in vouch-
ers wrote mass of most outrageous ac-
cusations against Speaker Brewster, Hon.
L. J. Soue1, J. Pinckney Smith and others,
which, if true, would justify the seyerest
punishment Of these gentlemen, and this
the Picayune eagerly published, without
investigating the truth of the charges or
the responsibility of the author. Sufi-
cient for it was the fact that this ''shadowy
or mythical parsonage" as it now dubs
81. Hall Smythe," attacked State officials,
in order to open its columns to whatever
he might say of defamatory nature.
Of course, the Picaylne had to apologize
for these irresponsible and scandalous
utterances of its unknown correspondent,
fact which makes its censure of Judge
Abel, for the very same ofense, peculiarly
impudent and in bad taste. We quote:
But anonymous charges, or charges made
over fictitious signatures, should never re-
ceive the slightest attention from judicial
Enthusiastically not while sitting upon
the bench. Anonymous or fctitiOusly
signed communications to the Judge of
court, if their contents charge crime upon
individuals, should be handed over to those
O433oauc of tho law yubOsa dufv II ia n faprat
out crime, without dignifying them by pub
lie notice, given IN open court.
Certainly if this is true as regards jul
dicial officers, it is none the less the duty
of journalists to look with distrust upon
anonymous personal attacks, under what
ever guise, especially when, as in this
case, irreparable injury to the parties is
sure to result. We do not say that the
parties accused are innocent-that is a
matter for the grand jury to decide, and
we understand that Messrs. Brewster and
Souer have requested them to do so at
once-but we do say that the action of
both the Picdyltne and Judge Abel in
charging individuals with grave crimes
upon mere anonymous or fctitiously
signed statements, is in the highest de-
gree reprehensible And Judge Abel, in
indorsing this unknown ibeler as "a re-
spectacle citizen" manifested rather a
desire to revenge himself upon political
enemy than an impartial love for justice
and the welfare of the State.
We hope the grand jury, for the sake of
all concerned, and to satisfy the public de-
mand for reform in State affairs, will try
every charge that has been made against
the parties named of Incorporating the
public moneys. Thus only can their
characters be cleared, and thus only can
the assertion that the jury itself has been
tempered with be disproven.
Mr.. Henry G. Miller, who rushed into
print to explain that he did not sign the
call for a convention which was published
in the REPUBLICAN and other papers on
Sunday, forgot to tell us where he lives.
But Mr. Henry c. Miller, who did sign
the call, gives his address promptly, and
asserts his right to use his own name
whenever and for whatever purpose il
may suit his convenience to do so. The
latter gentleman is fully identified, while
the other is in the position he was before
he paid two or three dollars to say he did
not sign his name That is, while we
know perfectly well which gentleman did
sign the call, we do not know which of
the various Henry G. Millers wished to in
form US that be did not The following is
from the evening Pic:
CARD.
To the Editors of the Pieayune
My name appears in the REPUBLICAN of
yesterday attached to a call for cOnven-
ton to meet on the - of August, 1872
did not sign the call, nor authorized my
name to be attached thereto.
Very respectfully,
HENRY C. MILLER.
To the Editors of the Picayune
/. Henry C.. Miller. residing at No. 760
Dauphine street, near Louisa street. did
sign the call for Greeley and Brown con-
ventiOn in the ensuing August, as pub
lished in the Times of Sunday.
HENRY &. MILLER.
June IS, 1872.
Mr.. J. E. Trimble, Of North Louisiana,
who was a candidate before the Baton
Rouge convention for Superintendent of
Public Education, assures US that he is
not, and never was, a Democrat. We were
aware of the fact lint II oprnorc O,1r PatOr,
Rouge correspondent was not, and wrote
him down accordingly.
The Liberal Republican enthusiasm is
SPREADING like wild fire in the tenth ward.