New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-03-14
OUR CASE STATED AGAIN.

from the beginning. hid made 40 hi, mind
20 support it.
These judgments read as Il they had
been written to- the P:cay!ae. and had
been printed By mistake in I. journal that
takes rank as one Of the :airest and most
intelligen. in the Union. The Lom.merct1L
Is no ordinary organ Of public sentiment
that fashions its opinions for the occasion.
but it is z steadfaSt exponent Of measures
and conclusions that may be accepted
70. to-day because they are adapted
~ their correctness 20 al! time.
I. IS Republican paper. tut it
is AZ independent one. opposing the
party when it is 10: Republican, as
boldly as it opposes The Democratic party
when it is not Democratic. !and because
Of its strict adherence to principle and its
consistent devotion 20 the tight. the COM
naerc;o' has obtained an influence IN the
West. and in fac: throughout the entire
reading section OF the nation. that makes
It's opinions and expression: worthy of
attention at all times.
For these reasons We Zee: constrained
TO answer the unjust sentence which the
Commercial. has pronounced against the
State Of Louisiana. II order 20 establish
one or the other o: two facts. that that
paper is willfIly must. 81 tia: it is badly
Informed as to the merits Of the contro-
veEsy that agitates our people. II We con-
Wet it Of willful injustice. as we may do by
lis refusal to modify its unjust Judgment,
CT If We convict it If ignorance, a%we may
do by forcing it to sustain its present po-
stion. il either even: We shall have de-
mOnstra.ed to It's readers. 20 the extent OF
cur communion WITH them. tina: they can
not rely on their accepted newspaper 70,
correct conclusion, 90 important matters
hereafter. We do 40: appreherd. how
ever. tha: the E"Ha1G.reirt viii allow Us 70
put it in any such position.
The governmeu: 81 the State OF
Louisiana. ike tina: Q. Ohio. is the
result Of a popu,a; election. The !ue,-
:ioE OF is legitimacy depends upon the
vote that was Ca. FOR !; and no: upon the
vote that VAS counted. /; tie people %
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peon,. co,olai IN ayi,anc. /, .ha;r ,,-s.
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;st, confessed that the, had =, r,r,.. -
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