The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-31
THE pICAYuNE AND THE PRINTING,

days nave GlHpSeU SlAGe UAs Sehe4"S' .oA
that work was awarded to another pa.
per, and we have given 1t severe but
lust castigation for It's violent temper
and impertinenee; and yet Ii continues
TO scold. and fume, and fuss like o
virago, It has evidently, since the
opening Of the canvass to the present
time, been possessed with the idea that
the whole policy Of reform con-
sisted in the Picavttrte obtaining
the State printing. 1t has failed
to get that printing; there were not
dozen members of both branches OF
the Legislature who desired that 1t
should get 1t, and in printing board
composed OF the Governor. the
Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker OF
the House. two Senators and two Hep
resentatives, 1t did not receive single
vote. This being the case, the cause OF
reform, In the opinion OF that great ana
disinterested journal, 10 dead failure
The cause for which we have oil strug-
gled for eight years is lost; the inter-
ests of eight hundred thousand people:
the cause of civilization and Christianity,
have all been sacrificed, foully betrayed,
according TO the Ptcav,tne. In the defeat
Of Its proprietors for the office OF State
Printer.
This Ia cad from the Picdvuse's stand
point. but we do not see how 1t is to be
remedied. We fear the Piouyu1,e must
stand It, and we promise it that the
people will be able to do so.
The distressing part Of the business is
the bad temper, bad breeding and weak
intelligence our contemporary has ex-
hibited over It's defeat. In column
and a half OF the most pitiful spitefuls
ness and imhecjlity 1t has ever been our
lot to peruse In o respectable journal.
the Picapnne, forgetting all sense OF
propriety or decenoy, yesterday morn
Ing essayed to represent to the public
that the DEMOCRAT was "a perishing
enterprise, an unsuccessful newspa-
per-" "rhe DEMOCRAT, however, said
the Ptcuptne, with an indecent dis
regard OF common courtesy, and a
grossly immoral disregard of the truth,
''is monumental refutation OF the
proverb, Nothing succeeds like sue
cess for its very failure was the
occasion of it's reward. Give 1t to the
DEMOCRAT: 1t can't live without 1t, and
we must have an organ
After other observations Of similar
character, It Is alleged by the Ptcavttne
that the DEMOCRAT has no circulation,
and that the laws might as well be pub
lished in Chootaw or Coptio as in Its
columns supported by the bounty Of o
State Board Of Printing.
There IL very little to be said In re-
Spouse to this sort Of insolence, and we
shall not waste much time on 1t. The
assertions Of the Ptcavuae In relation to
the DEMOCRAT are simply wild and ire
sponsible statements. Itknows nothing
Of our business nor OF our eircula-
ton, and therefore, in both in
stances. 1t has spoken an un-
truth. It uttered an untruth when
it charged that the DEMOCRAT was a
famishing enterprise, an unsuccessful
newspaper. and dependent upon the
bounty of O State Board Of Printing /;
and 1t uttered an untruth when 1t
attempted to underrate the circulation
of the DEMOCRAT. Upon what authori-
ty, indeed, does the Picayune 80 imper-
tinently venture to discuss our private
business affairs in It's columns? It has
not been the custom heretofore among
gentlemen in their controversies to drag
such subjects into their discussions. Up
starts, vulgarians, with more money
than brains or manners, resort to this
rude and silly method Of argument,
aud it only serves to make them
ridiculous and contemplate. To
the public we will say that the pub
LEGATION of the DEMOCRAT did not
depend upon its receiving the State
printing. II the Board, in the exercise
Of its Judgment, had given the contract
to another paper, the publication Of the
DEMOCRAT would have continued. for, so
far from being furnishing journal, 1t
had reached that stage In the for
tunes Of a young and vigorous jour
nal at which, without being profitable
to its proprietors, 1t was self-sustain-
ing. AS to its circulation, perhaps
no persons In the State knew better
than several members Of the Printing
Board, who csnvassed the State in the
last campaign, that the New Orleans
DEMOCRAT circulates in every parish,
and that in several large Sec
tons of Louisiana it is the only New
Orleans paper that circulates at all.
The Picaylne. having exhausted its
genius for attack and invective by charg-
ing that the DEMOCRAT was furnishing
enterprise and without circulation,
turns to a pathetic and extraordinary
defense Of itself against the crushing