Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-08-18
THE CHRONICLE LIBEL SUIT.

/ nal IOOd tor Its sensational columns Tor some
! time to come. No matter what may be the
result Of the verdict the opinions already
! formed as to the merits of the case by most
| intelligent people will not be changed. In
every proceeding for libel it is necessary for
the plaintiff to prove these essential facts:
the speaking OF the words or the publication
of the libel; the truth of the co1'0q4it3n, or
the application Of the words to himself; and
the defendants malicious intention. Under
| these circumstances we cannot see how any
reader Of the Chronicle, for the past year,
whether he has been either pre- JUDGED or
| unparalleled observer of the facts, can have
any doubt as to the justice of the suit brought
| against the De Youngs by Messrs Sargent and
Page Public men, and especially those &C.
Copying the honorable position OF U. S. Sena-
| tor and Congressman, are as fully entitled to
tbs remedy at Law for the punishment OF
| those who have DETAINED their character as
/ anY private individual For long time past
there has scarcely been single issue of this
! journal in which there has not been al attack
made upon the integrity of these men. And
| what have they been based upon, and what
! has been the intention Of all this vitupera-
ton? The evidence Of one George NJ Plnney,
self acknowledged felon, whose testimony,
judge Luke said the other day in court, Is
utterly unworthy Of credence and would not
| hang dog. He said that Pinney is so Gov
cred with infamy that it would require new
resurrection to make him entitled to credence.
This man who, from his own testimony,
slipped on board the clipper ship, Baron Bal
lantyno, at o'clock in the morning of Sep
TENDER LIST, to escape from the State and
avoid arrest and punishment for his own
crimes, is the principal witness of the defen-
dants to prove the libel uttered in the Chron-
icle. Is it likely that the evidence OF this
man, who having wandered an outcast from
society, skulking about from place to place
for 4 year and half, and who having re
turned in disguise and entered into conspir-
acy composed OF the proprietors OF the Chron-
icle and others, for the purpose OF running the
characters of men who heretofore had always
been beyond reproach, will save the De
Youngs from the clutches OF the law and the
odium they SO richly deserve, For years the
proprietors Of this paper have escaped with
impunity, till at last they have come to think
it their prerogative to libel whom they choose.
The Napthaly-De Young sensation is still
fresh in the minds OF the people, and all can
remember how those much abused De Youngs
II. !
the streets of San Francisco with glowing
eyes and cooked pistol II search OF the man
who had dared 10 pry into and publish the
secrets Of those innocent and spotless lambs.
1t makes some difference whose OK is gored.
They had some sympathy then, and on that
gained 8 few additional subscribers for their
paper They discovered too what kind of q
sensation suited the slums of Barbary Coast |
and the garrulous Intermediates Of all degrees |
and taking advantage of this knowledge they |
have since published paper which has mum |
erous readers, but in all the number scarcely |
any can be found who will openly acknowledge |
their admiration for it. They read it, they
say, for
what varied wonders tempt us IS they pass
Such cow-poI, galvanism and gas,
Which, in turns appear make the vulgar stare"
And now they have another big sensation,
but it is not Napthaly this time. The Chron-
icles frog like proportions of a few years ago
have swelled up to be like those Of the OK
and this last puff will end in its bursting
The great champion OF the people, we fear
hss not the peoples sympathy; It's demise
would cost less mourning than that of any
other journal on this cn&-5.