New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-08

That Resolution.

| Whenever the Picayune undertakes to
| produce two articles on the same subject
hey sre cure to be at variance. Indeed,
| the chances are both will differ with the
facts in most extraordinary manner.
Yesterday morning the resolution Judge
| kennard offered in the Chamber of Com
| merce received further attention. On the
editorial page appears q statement, also
published in the afternoon edition of the
day previous, which SO nearly approaches a
spirit OF fairness as to provoke commends.
ton. Yet while apparently endeavoring to
perform the act of justice that was 'due
alike to the Chamber and to the large class
of our people which thai body claims 30
represent il make. an attack which is
certainly as insidiors as the resolution was
thought 70 be, tor it unwsrrantably accuses
some OF the members Of doing exactly
what the resolution they voted for de.
nounces. Yet. !oe once. it gives expression;
to an honest opinion. ana admits. to use It's
own deprecatOry expression. that the first
resolution was improper. and ccncurs in the
propriety Of the yetnsa! Of President
Oglesby 70 put it.
But having so nearly approached the fair
ground Of honest debate the PtcdysHs's
equilibrium was destroyed, and i. imme.
dlately fell back in confusion and again
renews its practice OF l.istoyting facts and
misstating arguments.
In an article ON tho first page L says
Judge Kennard takes exception to its
admission that the first resolution was liza.
BILE to objection. We don't believe it. Judge
KeDnard never stakes exception to any
ones honest opinion, however much he may
disagree with it. On that night he took 40
exception to the remarks Of members when
they said they thought the resolution was
political. He only said he did not think SO,
that his intention was to present one that
was hot so. that there was nothing insidious
in it, that he could see, and if the vote had
been taken as he at first asked, i: would
have been simply test of how many mem
bers had the same opinion Of the language
that he entertained. He didn't take exception |
to their opinions, he wanted the members to !
express them. His sincerity in his opinion |
that his resolution was not political. was |
proved by his instant and cordial accepta. !
tion of the substitute with the remark that |
they conveyed the same idea. and he
adopted it as his with that understanding. !
Take exception: If he did it was because
he didn't believe the opinion OF the p.,a.
yune wa. an honest one. and no one can /
blame him for entertaining that reason.
The Picayune says:
The reader can determine how far the
REPUBLICAN is justified by the facts in its
averment that Mr.. kennard's resolution |
was voted down by the Chamber, and in it's
frivolous attempt to impugn the accuracy
Of the Ptcdyane's version Of the incident.
There certainly will be no difficulty on
the part of the reader. The trouble is with
the Picayune. Version" is good word to
use. We said:
The Picayune stated The resolution was
adopted neD,ine sontrGdiccate.
There was no vote taken on it. Is there
my possible way Of putting that statement:
n language SO that the Picaya.,se can under.