The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-09-20
THE IBERVILLE U0NSPIRAT0RS
ON THE DEFENSIVE.

Cloak Of Fairness Manufactured to
Conceal the Hideous Proportions Of a
Monstrous Misdeed---Judge Cole
Writes A Eulogy of Himself and Goad-
| tutors.
In the Iberville Pioneer and News
of Saturday last appears a three col
umn article, undoubtedly written by
Judge Cole, as the grammar and COM
position are above the standard of the
editor of the organ, which assumes
to justify the proceedings against
Hon. Geo. B. Loud and refate the
statements of this and other journals
concerning the same, and which starts
out with the ominous threat that the
CHIEF and the New Orleans Republi-
can have rendered themselves LA
| BILE not only to criminal prosecutions
| but also to civil suits for damages y
this because they have been audacious
enough to expose to the world most
infamous scheme of political persecu-
tioH and to demand that the perpetra-
tors receive the rebuke they SO richly
merit from their superiors in office.
Judge Cole and his friends may as
well understand at once that neither
the CHIEF or its New Orleans contem-
porary are to be bullyragged by any
such threats. While we shall endeav-
or to do no man injustice, and will
readily offer full reparation for err
rors we may Inadvertently make, We
will not swerye from the defense of
right OF the denunciation of wrong
though thousand loads of Coal upon
a thousand Baryoms threaten to fall
upon our devoted head and crush us
to smithereens.
But let us proceed to q considera-
ton of the three column ebullition:
With the insinuation of the Pioneer
that there are several persons inter-
ested in stopping the prosecution
against Mr.. Loud because they have
been implicated in the misdeeds he is
charged with, we have nothing to do.
Believing Mr.. Loud innocent, we re-
gard the insinuation as false-likewise
the other one that his frieds attempt
ed to sway the Grand Jury. and the
court officers or to prevent an inves-
tigation.
We are positively informed that
the description given of the condition
of Mr.. LIQUIDS books is base fabrica-
ton two pages of one of the books
are pasted together because of huge
blot of ink, which can be plainly seen,
and the "innumerable erasures, inter-
Innings, changes of names, amounts"
etc., exist only in the vivid magma
ton of the author of the Pioneers ar
ticle.
The treasury books were taken to
State superintendent Browns Office
in pursuance of the instructions of
that officer. Sec. ) of act 80 instructs
Division Superintendent to examine
the accounts of School Treasures and
declares that none such shall be. con-
sidered adjusted until so examined
and approved by the Division or
State superintendent. Mr.. Loud of
course could not arrogate to himself
the authority to approve his own
books, and in pursuance of law and /
instructions they were forwarded to
Mr.. Brown.
We acknowledge TO an error in our
statement that I" the indictments were
returned upon the last day of the ses-
sion of,court.n This mistake was the
result OF misrepresentation of clause
in a letter from q friend, which We
find, upon reference thereto since Pc
rusing the Pioneer, stated that the re-
turn was made "upon the last day of |
the session of the Grand jury 1t is
true, as the Pioneer says, that the |
case was continued until next term of
court because Mr.. A. Talbot, senior |
counsel for Mr.. Loud, declared he was
not ready to proceed with the trial |
and would have nothing TO do with |
the case if tried at the current term. |
Mr.. 1albot's reason for this is not
given. Perhaps he foresaw that no
possible effort of his would save his
client from conviction before such a
partisan tribunal, cen though he was
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