The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-03-13
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One DR. Burns, of New Orleans, who
had in vain made an application for
professorship in the State University,
recently attempted to prevent the usu-
al appropriations BY a resolution OF IN
curry 10 the House into the condition
of the Institution. The resolution was
unceremoniously kicked out. But the
would be. professor, nothing daunted,
had printed a garbled letter Of the Su-
perintenent to him and laid copy on
the desk of each member Of the Legis-
lature. To counterfeit this Colonel
Boyd printed and circulated the letter
in full, with the following preface:
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN.
The person, to whom I felt it my
duty officially rather than personally,
to address the following letter, having
seen TT to publish commit upon it,
and particularly to place his malicious
nonsense in print on the desks Of men,
bers of the Legislature. with the hope,
no doubt, of defeating the appropria-
ations, which are being now asked for
the support of the State University for
this year, beg leave, in Justice to all
parties, to publish the letter in full,
emitting merely the name of the third
party, as not only irrevelant, but i'm
proper to be mentioned here. A total
different line of action-to comment
on a.letter addressed to oneself by quo
ting altogether what is said derogatory
of another, and keeping back what is
said pointedly of and to himself-J must
leave to the keen sense of propriety of
the learned (i) DR. James Burns, of es-
tablished "reputation" and bombastic
pretentions as scholar, and for his ut.
ter insignifcance and pusillanimity as
q man.
Only to prevent a possible Temporal.
~ injury to public interests, have I
condescended to take public notice Of
this contemplate creature; and beg
ging pardon of the public, and particu'
larly Of the members of tile Legisla-
ture, for the probable injustice done
them in supposiug that they have paid
any attention to the silly and ridicu.
Ions paper of DR.. Burns,
| lam, very respectfully,
I d. F. BOYD.
New Orleans, February %, 1872.
LETTER TO DIR. JAMES BURNS
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, I
!, Baton Rouge, La, February 81, 1872. {
, DR.. James Burns, Ner Orleans:
S1R-As you were instrumental il
. having resolution of inquiry into tn
. affairs of this Institution introduced
, into the Legislature, and as that hon
orable body seems disinclined to trou
, ole itself with the matter, l respectful
~ invite you and all others, who ma.
s wish any information regarding tn
management of this Institution, to cal
r on the Vice. President of the Board q
; Supervisors at Alexandria, or mysel
t here or in New Orleans. And mus
Q express my surprise that one who is a.
applicant for professorship here ba
d not treated the Institution with til
8 courtesy of asking it's officcrsto be pc,
. mitted to inquire of them into its mar
e agement, before going elsewhere fe
# your information. One professor ha
o a right to expect more generous trea
8 ment from another-or rather, PEI
d haps, from one who has been anxiol
Is to be his colleague.
II From your confrere,' -..-.., the g,
,e member of our Board of Supervisor
y whose resignation was accepted,f b
te cause I refused longer (in June, 1877
h to serve Board, of which such a mea
,e slanderous creature was membe
u from him, 1 say, expected nothir
A. else but a cowardly and malicious e
D. fort to mortify or injure me, eren rh
F. he knew that he aras unjust to the ms
tuition, as acell as to me.
You certainly did not know the nj
or you would never form any ALLAN
with him. Do you know that he NJ
e. actually deniest having had anythi
I'd to do with the resolution, when y,
i'll know that he and yourself went
e. gether to Major Blackman, of the Sc
d, ate, and he .--... handed the paper
the Senator and urged him to prese
i'll
= Do not misjudge me, I have no O
20 lection to our affairs here being ov,
" hauled by you, the Legislature,
'l4 anybody; but I do insist that yon a
% ...... and every body treat us tai,
2f justly, Aonestly-and not Aypocritica
% Yes, Doctor, the next time you vi
nd the Legislature to inquire why .
TO- were not appointed professor HEl
81 please say so plainly.
'oc To both Blackman and Worrall
ed have spoken plainly and fully
mt above-of the connection of $500.
Is yourself with our Institution. And
60 both of them 1 have said that do
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