The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-06-28
A COUPLE OF INDECENT SLAM
AS U4RERs. /.

cvent GA premeom being Onered for
the production Of the most mean
spirited, uncfaritable and unjust speci-
mems Of humanity who prostitute the
profession Of journalism, the little
parish Of St. John the Baptist could
carry off the prize .against all. com
petitors by entering the scribblers Of
the sore-headed Pioneer and the
French gibbering Meschacebe. The
natural low lived instincts Of these
two hyenas Of the press crops out in
full and disgusting relief in their
comments upon the matter Of the in
dictment of the editor of the CHIEF
upon the charge Of embezzlement in
his capacity Of Tax Collector. Entirely
ignoring the exposition and explana-
ton Of tho nature Of the charge given
in the columns Of this paper-and
further losing sight of the fact that a
Grand Jury is o purely inquisitorial
body before which no testimony for
the defence is admitted, and that
oftentimes an indictment by such
body is no more On evidence of INSIDE
meanor than . saddle and bride un-
der table is proof that q horse has
been eaten for dinner-the two wor-
thies Of whom We speak at once as
sumo that We are guilty, and with
vindictiveness in their hearts and lies
IN their mouths they kick up their
editorial heels in fiendish glee and
squirt their venOmOus slime with the
hope that it may ruin the character of
their intended victim, unaware, poor
fools, that the damnable stuff will
eventually rebound upon themselves
and sink them deeper in the slough Of
than they already
stand. We could not complain of the
publication of the fact Of our indict-
ment % news item, but when editors
constitute themselves Judge and jury
and pronounce us guilty and publish
their snap judgment in their journals,
we tell them simply that they are un-
principled, contemplate slanderers,
lost to every sense Of justice to their
fellow man and devoid of common
courtesy and honorable feeling.
We feel most keenly the imputation
which q Grand Jury indictment casts
upon our character, and are not in
to the gloating Of self-con-
'tituted enemies and the suspicious Of
hose persons disposed to he friendly
but who are unacquainted with the
'eal circumstances of the finding of
The charge; however, strong in the
aith Of final vindication, we rest I'M
Ter the temporary cloud with what
patience we may until it shall pass
'ver and away and leave us in the
Enjoyment Of the bright sunlight again. |
n the meantime, il our brethren of |
he press can not conscientiously, with
heir limited knowledge of the affair, |
EXPRESS O belief in our innocence, then |
We ask them at least to refrain from
comment until a trial Of |
he case 10 had and the facts brought |
0 the surface. Of one thing we take
ride in speaking, and that is the fact
hat among those who know us best,
nd also the fair minded and we'll in
Drmed Of the people Of this commune
generally, be they Republicans or
therwise, there is widespread belief
hat the finding Of the Grand Jury
as erroneous, and that we have been
utility of no official misdemeanor.
We again direct the attention of the
ublic and the press to the nature of
10 Indictment, which does not allege
lat there is any actual deficit in the
AK Collectors accounts but merely
rat a certain amount of licenses were
elected in cash and reported as re-
,ivedzin State warrants. We have
ready ascertained errors made BY
illnesses or the Grand Jury which
'ver u considerable portion Of the !
mount, and hope to he able, though the
courtesy Of the District At
zney, to show that the whole sum .
use from similar errors. f
But even admitting that warrants {
ere to some extent substituted for
sh collections, we are competent to
owe that We have never owned q I
ute warrant of the Glars receivable | I