The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1872-06-08

The following paragraph appeared in the
Opelousas Journal of May 1Sth
The Coauier's growlings about the Jo,trna rs
having the public printing, have been so cuntn-
uous and so monOtOnous, that, like the ticking
OF clock, they fail to attract public attention,
Ii 1t were not a notorious fact here, that the
Courier had made efforts to get this same public
printing, even before the Journal got it, it might
del'de some fool into believing that its indigna-
ton at the Journat is not caused by its own dis
appointment. We did not make the printing
law, and we are sorry for the Courier but if
the Courier had succeeded in getting the printing
instead of the journal, we would have been
still more sorry. So, we simply took the choice
In reasonable light.
For cool, unblushing impudence, the above
statement is entitled to the palm, and is an
unmistakable evidence that Warmoth's "official
journal for the Parish of St. Landry" has a very
poor cause to defend when it has to resort to
slander in attempting to justify its course.
As we have never sought to obtain the con.
tract for doing any of the official printing under
the provisions of the infamous Printing Bill
either by direct or indirect means,--but have,
on the contrary, invariably regarded that law
as an odious Infringement upon the peoples
rights, and always denounced it as such, both
publicly and privately,-we hardly think the
Journals statement will benefit it much; but as
it has been publicly made,-at last-,we hereby
brand it as malicious SANDER, and will con-
tnue to do SO till the Journal proves the contra
ry. We want no quibbIing or lodging the ques-
tion, but plain nnvarnished facts.
We want the people of St. Landry to know
exactly our position in "this fight" and when
the rule of venality, bribery and corruption shall
have run its course, as it certainly will sooner
or later, and honesty once more take its place
i'll our public affairs, then we want the public
from whom We expect an honest support to
remember that we have stood firm through these
trying times, with, and for the people, while
others have sold out to our opprossors and been
made thereby accomplces in the work of ruin
and degradation into which our State has been
plunged for the last four years; and we wish it
well understood that our reputation, proven
through several years of deprivation, BY lasc (?)
of the patronage even of our most intimate
friends, shall not be impaired by slander, from
whatever source it may emanate. We therefore
call upon the Journal to prove its statement
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