New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-03
Senator Biackburn's Reply to the Pica-
yune.

To the Editor Of the Plcayune:
] thank you for having copied once in
ever so long time one single truth into
your rusty columns It looks like jewel
IN swine's snoat; you have copied my letter
to Mr.. Sumner. Nor need you fatter your
self that your "carping and censorious de-
fractions will do away with its wholesome
effect. You may think the fact that the
overthrow OF the Republican State govern
ment in Louisiana would bring wrath
and destruction to many of our best
citizens, both white and blach is no
argument il its favor; but you will
find that honorable and fair minded
entlemen generally, of all parties, think
differently. Men of ordinary minds" with
only spark Of honor IN their souls, will
not fail to see and acknowledge that gov
ernment whose very existence would at
once inangurate under its own sanction
system OF political, financial and social per
secuton that would amount to extermina-
ton, could not by any Ordinary" reasoning
be accounted republican in form" or prac-
tice; but what logical conclusion men of
your extraordinary depth, heghth, and
length and breadth of intellectual power
and research might arrive at in the prem
ises, God Almighty perhaps knows-the
world could hardly imagine, and need not
care to know.
Here is sample Of your logical sequence.
You say:
They might search the legal election re-
turns, and failing to find Mr.. Blaekburns
name in the list Of successful candidates
finding, indeed, the name OF Mcdonald IN
the place where the name of Blackburn
ought to be, etc.
This is what might be termed chop logic,
1t is evidently cut the wrong way Of the
grain, and Mr.. Mcdonald will hardly thank
you for it, 1t is not true that my name
should be on the swindling aud basely
fraudulent Fusion election returns, where
Mr. McDonald's name is. ! was not can
didate on that ticket, and was not emulous
Of running ahead on it. ! was not party
to the deliberately concocted swindling
and perjury which were unblushingly iD-
tended to place all candidates OF certain
class ahead on that ticket, though it might
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political rascal and renegade. Nor have
even claimed to be a member of the So
called Fusion Senate, though / have been
offered a seat in that body if l would desert
my party and my country and take it.
1t is your logic alone, sir, which would
teach the country that ia Republican of my
character could be fairly defeated by
agile candidate of the opposition n dis
trict where my party is in known majority
of over q thousand votes. 1t is not true,
and you know it.
1t is due Mr. Mcdonald and myself 10 say
that there is no scramble between Us for the
Senatorship, 1t Is supposition, am sure,
which neither Of Is Graves on our own part.
do not and have on various occasions
offered to resign and give up the place, If
thereby any good or harmony could result
to the country, but have never yet found
any one to consent that l should do SO. /
have never consulted you, however, and do
not propose to DO SO. The conductor OF a
journal whose sole purpose seems to be to
destroy the land with strife and bitterness,
and who can see no virtue in political op-
ponent, DO not, in my plebeian simplicity,
consider safe guide and counselor in any
thing that is laudable.
Such are the views of "Citizen Black
burn" as you are pleased to term me, and
if they seem too plainly spoken, you will
excuse me, for you have unreasonably pro-
voked them.
W. JASPER BLACKBURN,