The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-19
DAILY DEMOCRAT.
THE BULLgTIN OK THE PRESS.

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THE BULLETIN on THE PRESS.
The New Orleans Bulletin, with sou1e-
thing Of Offensive assurance, lays claim,
whenever 10 chooses to take an e1 ratio
position, to all the manliness and com.
mon sense on tho press Of New Orleans.
Fortunately for the balance Of Us. the
people Of this city and State are mot
brainless and stolid" enough to accept
presumption for wisdom and arrogant
conceit for patriotism. That jotirpal,
In It's comments this morning
on the Lord resolution 4" and
the Presidents military order,
based thereon. arraigns tho patriotism,
in fact, tho political honesty AMI sense
Of every paper In. the city wbtch takesa
dinercut yfew from It's own. ~ After
abusing In d very arrogant tone ~ i'm
beciles of tfuitots the Dsmotfatio House
for passing tho lord resolution. and
everybody who indorses IT, TIE Baiicttn
says: "Of course, the DgMocaAr susJ
tnins the resolution, and admires and
applauds the wisdom of the House
in passing It," n the Bulletin means TO
intimate by It's "of course" that the
DEMOCRAT, IN nd1rsing the action of the
House IN this matter. was Influenced by
purity subserviency. or by any motive
other than u conviction of the propriety
Of the measure, II Ia guilty Of false
hood. Further. II 10 means to be con
sistent In charging all who supported
that resolution, and all who ihdorse II
now. ms imbeciles and traitors TO the
South. 1t must include the DEMOCRAT
In the category OF imbeciles and traitors.
and we say to 1t that it's insolenco IL
only surpassed by Its untruthfulness.
We have endeavored TO observe n tone
of courtesy In al our discussions with
those papers which are. or which pro-
fess To be laboriDg, on any line, for the
rescue Of this State from Kadicnlism.
Yet several times we have marked the
disposition of the BAlletin to assume a
tone OF arrogance and insult towards
this paper. We dislike personal con
troyersies, while we take pleasure In
discussing questions OF public interest
to our people with our Democratic and
Conservative contemporaries. In such
discussions. the public will bear us wit
ness. we have displayed u 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-
ment that 1t can pursue q course
OF open insult toward the DgMoCRAT.
and intimate that we are fools, imbe
Giles OF traitors upon every occasion
that we are indisposed to follow its
eriatic anti uurstior ntyle*views, ~ has
been mistaken In It's selection OF vic
tim. It's other contemporaries may
submit to that sort OF thing, II they
choose, but this paper will not.
When tho editor OF the Bulletin has,
as long and consistently, for as little
pecuniary reward ~ the editor Of the
DEMOCRAT, fought in the cause OF the
South and OF Louisiana, never In a
single instance conccding point to
their enemies, denounciDg every In
fringement Of their rights, mourning 10
fact. we say IL In no boasting spirit.
personal risks In the discharye Of
this duty; when his fellow citizens,
wherever he has lived, or wherever he
has written and spoken In the last
eleven years. will gladly rise up to tes-
tify that every day and hour Of his life
he has unfaIteringly, against :empta-
ton. and when all seemed hopeless,
kept the faith and held no parties with
the enemies OF bis State or section
when we say, the talented editor Of the
Bulletin has made with his liveller
genius such record as this. we shall
more patiently listen to him chide our
purpose, and accuse our devotion to
Louisiana and tho South. .t..fsrr-.