The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-20
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W. ThoN eW OrloanS BuHeWU, Wall SolAe-
thing of offensive assurance, lays claim,
whenever it chooses to take an erratic
,position, to all the manlness and COM
mon sense on the press Of New Orleans.
sFcrsunnteiy for the Hbaiances Of us; the
ipeople of this city and State are mot
sbrainless and stolid" enough to accept
.presutiption for wisdom and arrogant
conceit for patriotism. That journal,
In its coinlnents Saturday morning
son the Lord resolution and
the Presidents military order.
based thereon, arraigns the patriotism,
In fact. the political honesty pnd sense
OF every paper Ia the city which takes
different view from It's own. After
abusing Id q very arrogant tone as i'm
beetles or traitors the Democratic House
for passing the Lord resolution, and
everybody who indorses II, the B,dh'ttn
says. ''Of course, the DEMOCRAT sus-
tains the resolution, and admiref and
applauds the wisdom Of the House
in passing it," IT the Bulletin means to
intimate by It's "of course" that the
DEMOCRAT, in indorsing the action Of the
House In this matter, was influenced by
party subserviency, or by any motive
other than conviction Of the propriety
OF the measure, It is guilty Of false
hood. Further, II It means TO be con-
sistent lii charging all who supported
that resolution, and all who indorse 1t
now, as imbeciles and traitors to the
South, it must include the DEMOCRAT
Ia the category Of imbeciles and traitors.
and we say to it that its insolence is
only surpassed by it's untruthfulness.
We have endeavored to observe tone
Of courtesy in all our discussions with
those papers which are, or which pro-
fess to be laboring, on any line, for the
rescue Of this State from Radicalism.
Yet several times we have marked the
disposition of the Bulletin to assume
tone Of arrogance and insult towards
this paper. We dislike personal con-
while we take pleasure In
questions of public interest
to our people with our Democratic and
contemporaries. In such
the public will bear US wit
ness, we have displayed Willingness
to allow much for the exacerbations
Of temper on the part of talented but
self-conceited contemporaries. But ii
the Bulletin has fancied for q mo-
lnent that 1t can pursue a course
of open insult toward the DEMOCRAT,
aud intimate that we are fools, imbe-
Giles or traitors upon every occasion
that we are indisposed to follow it's
erratic and questionable views, It has
been mistaken in It's selection of VIC
tim. It's other contemporaries may
submit to that sort OF thing, If they
choose, but this paper will not.
When the editor OF the Bulletin has,
rs long and consistently, for as little
pecuniary reward as the editor OF the
DEMOCRAT fought in the cause of the
south and Of Louisiana, never in a
single instance conceding point to
heir enemies, denouncing every in
'ringement OF their rights, incurring ia
'act. we say 1t in no boasting spirit.
risks in the discharge of
his duty; when his fellow citizens,
wherever he has lived, or wherever he
las written and spoken In the last
eleven years, will gladly rise up to tes-
ify that every day and hour of his life
ne has unfalteringly> against sempta-
ion, and when all seemed hopeless,
1ept the faith and held no parleys with
he enemies of his State or section |
when. we say, the talented editor Of the
Bulletin has made with his livelier
genius such record as this, we shall
more patiently listen to him chide our |
purpose, and accuse our devotion to
Louisiana and the South.