The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-05-23
THE BULLETIN AND THE TIMES

At last the Times has yielded, but with a
bad grace. The iEroads upon its circulation
and it's advertising columns, made by the
BULLETIN, have finally aroused the editor OF
the Times to realization Of our lively ex-
| istence. After studiously and persistently
avoiding all allusion to the BULLETIN since
its establishment, and entirely ignoring its
existence, it deigns, with good deal Of i'm
| pudence and gratuitous advice, to break its
silence as follows:
The BULLETIN has set itself up as re-
| former. and for Whatever it does honestly
and legitimately in that line, it has our
hearty sympathy and approval. 1t shonld,
however, remember that sensational black
guardism and slang impertinence are not
the true agents of reform. If it keeps on in
the course it is now pursuing, it may &C
quire certain popularity among the reck-
less and disreputable, but it will certainly
make the ,iudicious grieve, aud destroy the
little influence which, decently conducted,
1t might have hoped to WELD.
We do not profess to be veformer. The
Times is mistaken. But we propose to do
for this community what the Times, with all
Of its advantages, has sgnally filled to 90.
We propose to and we believe do represent
the honest sentiments of the respectable
people of this city and State. We have ex-
posed and shall continue to expose and
denounce the frauds, robberies and outrages
that have heen perpetrated by negroes,
carpet-baggers and the Kellogg usurpation.
We have no employees in the pay
Of the Kellogg usurpation; and our
columns are not given to the Indirect sup
port of Durell and Norton, Kellogg and Gin
ton. Of this much, we are quite sure the
Times cannot boast. The standard of excel
lence and responsibility this semi-official
organ of Republicanism AMI the oyster trade
would establish for our Government, is not
of that exalted character its editor would
seem to imply, if we take the course of his
paper as criterion. And we are very con-
fident that the readers Of the BULLETIN,
who are far more numerous than those of
our would-be censor, would seriously object
to our adopting either the advice or the
example of the Times. Such course on our
part would bring cur circulation down to
level with that paper. As for such SYM
pathy and approval as the Times would
give, we will have none of it. Gratuities
like that had better be bestowed upon the
Republican and Louisianian, where they will
be more fully appreciated. We confess our
inability to discover wherein they will be of
any advantage or encouragement to us. 1t
is dubious compliment, and one we must
respectfully decline to accept. As the
"course we have been pursuing" has proved
so satisfactory to ourselves, and has made
the BULLETIN the most popular and pros
porous daily in the city, we propose to
continue in the same line, in spite Of the
mild insinuations of the Times that we
. will certainly make the judicious grieve,
and destroy the little influence, which de-
Gently conducted, we might have hoped to
WELD" On the score of either decency or
influence, we are at all times willing to sub
nit to the public for decision upon the re-
spective claims of the BULLETIN and the
Times. We do not fear the verdict, and so
snap our finger at the Times.