Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-05-05
A Calm Reply to a Backyard
Attack.

Some days ago an editorial para
graph appeared in the columns of the
HERALD, based on the authority of an
exchange, that the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company would not in future run
their Panama steamers into San Diego
harbor, and that the company re-
CURED all passengers by these steam
ers for Panama to start from San Fran
cisco. To the announcement we APP
pended. remarks to the effect that the
company would injure its business
and discommode the people of San
Diego by adhering to this arrange
ment. On the authority of a tho
roughly informed employee of the
company, we, in later issue of the
HERALD, stated that the company did
not land their passengers at San Diego,
because they considered it dangerous
to do so with the class of steamers now
employed on on the Panama route.
This was a semi-official statement
made in the light of an explanation,
and without q thought of injuring
San Diego or her harbOr. But for
making it, the San Diego World of
May I'd, denounces the editor of the
HERALD as IAN official LARA "men-
dacious creature" and the utterer of
dastardly falsehood." Those express
sions are framed and garlanded with
the intelligent terms that usually
comprise the vocabulary of q black
guard. 1t is gratifying to US, and we
believe it is also to himself, to know
that Mr.. LYNCH, the long time able
and gentlemany editor of the World,
had severed his connection with the
paper before the policy of substituting
billingsgate for argument was adopted
by its publishers. The HERALD is the
advocate of every interest of Southern
California-of those of San Diego as
we'll as those of Los Angeles and Viii
mington. 1t does not, however, be-
lieve that Observation-Disclosures
advantages We do not possess, and as
serting as facts what investigation
will prove false-will add to our pei
manent prosperity. 1t is possible to
induce immigration by misrepresenta'
ton, but it is not possible to compel
people who come and find themselves
deceived to remain. The truth
and nothing but the truth,
without varnish or double meaning,
concerning Southern California, will
convince people at distance that
this country possesses many al
vantages over almost any other portion
of the known world. The truth is al
that need be told; it is all our people
desire should be told. To say that the
last time the Constitution, a vessel OF
of 4, 100 tons, went into San Diego har-
Dor she touched Oh the bar, is but
saying what her officers assert. To
say that she could enter Wilmington
harbor without encountering a like
danger, would be to assert falsehood.
Yet we expect to make Wilmington
harbor so that the Constitution, and
vessels of even larger tonnage may
enter with safety; we expect that San
Diego harborwill receive such improve
mcnts that the Company will never
again be able to say the Constitution
touched bottom OH the bar. 1t is true
that the company will not allow the
of the five steamers now OH the Pan.
anna route to enter San Diego harbor,
and it is also true that they will mol
risk these steamers in Wilmington
harbor; yet we do not try our hand
fish-woman Oratory against every per
son who chances to utter what we all
know to be fact. There is bar a
the entrance of San Francisco har-
Dor, AMI the San Diego World has
been screaming over it's dangers for
months, yet San Francisco commerce
has not fallen off greatly, nor do the
journals of the city go into rabies over
the Worlds bar paragraphs. All har-
bors have bars. We have bar down
at Wilminton, but we are going to dig
it away, and We expect the little dan
ger to very large vessels in crossing the
San Diego bar will be removed by the
San Diego people or the Government.
Danger is more easily avoided when
one knows that it exists. The Steam
ship Company have discovered that it
is dangerous to land their largest
steamers at San Diego. They say this,
and to people of sense and honor it
would seem better plan to go to work
and remove the danger than to try to
cover it up or deny its existence.
THE Governor will remove the
wreck of the Patrician from the en-
trance OF San Francisco harbor.