The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-14
THE GRAND ItJfsY AND THE BIATH
PRINTER.

1
When the Grand Jury, without warrant ID
law, I'll excuse u precedent. lent its authority
ID pfomulaate disarabefttl charge preferred
by some sltlhing defatner against the State
| Printer. VIZ and tile tyllole tut1tn unity we're
| inexitfssaibly shaehnd BIT sU gross d wrong.
| Az we haye said befote. and VIC challenge at,y
member Of the Grand Jury to eonttuvstt etif
position. II was the dttby of thai body III dig
MICS the ctatge III The secret deEatiiet ur, ae-
| eeutina IT, b. indltt The Stats Printer slthet
| for perjury Ut aWinding, t,t for both. IL was
a new thing 10 this people and Il bold and I'M
authorized innovation III utir judicial
procedures for grand Jury III ab,litatp ifa
inuttisitUfial duties and transform itselI
Into ititta fut The circulation of at tltl-
proved charge against ttiseu of the State,
Injurious h, bis character. itiinbus To his bitsi.
TESS. while at the Same titnn depriving tH, III
the opportunity which, finder the Laws,
tile neanast tlef Who may be Indicted ros=
sfssseH, Of a Fait md speedy trial III The courts
Of the country. # ths c6tifss pursued by the
Grand Jury towards the State Printer
is legal thel, The grand Jury system
Ia more dangerous and tyraiinieal than
even wac the slar Chamber; fnt aty
public official ot ptlvate citizen may be as
sailed III setfet at,d the charges aHaiilsb him
lifted Into responsibility and circulated fur
and wide willie the Victim. however Innocent
he may be- is left without al opportunity TO
vlndeate himself LII the courts Or elsewhere.
save by stenunclstion Ut the slatl1ers II
this BIZ law the grand turtles oF the Btate will
soon become mere epndttits To give currency
tp The ISLANDERS the malevolence III nnprinels
tiled creatures tnay invent against better
tneh, and The souher WE abolish the system
the better.
Az VIE expected. the enemies af tile DEMO.
dRAr Have pitched Upon the Grand Jury re-
port relative to The Stats Printer 80
al instrument With which til. i,,iufs,
end, II possible, break lis down. The
very day The report WAS signed the State
Printer appealed 10 The Governor 30 liz
stitute full Investigation OF the charges
The Dt#MouRAT Joined LII the appeal, uonUetia
ing that IT the charges contained lii The REPORT
were true, tile State Printer should be PROSE
euted fot swindlina ard perjury This full
aud free admission Of Lie DHNubRAf which
has well and faithfully served tllis people IL,
thuit darkest days. the high personal char
after VI the State Printer, and the cruel and
unjust dilemma Iii which the GRAND Jury
had placed him should have obtained for him
Immunity from attack until he had beeh
giyet, hearing. Not 80, however. That vile
and beaslly fraud and swindle, tha Louisiana
Lottery Company, wflthng uudes li1e eHtit,4
| suFes the DHHoUBAT had made Of Tia dhafar=
Der, and s1natting and suufming under the
castigatiur 1t had received al uut hands.
found III this report (Which we think ws will
be able shortly 10 prove that IL nstlgated,, III,
instrument with which III stfiltn q blow at The
character Of the State Printer and the good
maine Of the DEMOCRAT. With al aIapiity III
spifsd by inalevoenne The Lottery Company
seized upon that report: IL circulated II tat
and wide; Ii published IL iii sotne Of Its ot=
gans III display type az All advertisement; its
agents. pimus and spieH buhael 1t secretly iii
all mems ears and, growing boldsr, Its hired
scrihblefa are now writing paid COIN
muneatioDs Oh the subject b. the
i'icnv,i,te. filled with faIsehnofls and
designed to damage the character oi
The State Printer and ruin bla credit Of The
onlv paper that has assailed aud exposed the
Lottery Company. Or that has defended The
people Of Louisiana against The rings end
other ,nonopoles with which II Is allied
The latest Ut these publications appeared In
the Pitnpnts yesterday morning, headed
"Ihp Force If linpealing CLAUSES Tho Case
Of The State Printer The specific object Of
this communication Ii 10 throw 4 doubt upon
the legality Of the Stats warrants held by the
DEMOCRAT for State work. to thus render
for the State utterly vsluslass III The market.
Or 10 SO depleeIate them NJ tn bause the
DEMOCRAT a i,,inous loss. Il Is obvious tn
atty inah that this IL the ono sole purpose Of
the communication referred TO. The parties
who procured it tn be written had no concern,
for the State treasury. they would be glad Of
ali opportunity 30 rob the State Of all the
millions which might possibly be accumulated
there, their ono sule and single purpose WAS
to damage the credit oF the DHbtouHAT and
cripple It's resources. The work was done
with art. we cpncede: but 1t was the alt Of
The eowatdly assassin who atnbs from behind
the art Of the thief who works III tho dark
the art Of the secret ttaduGor. Tho skuking
defamer, the cowardly wretch who dnftly
| Hmaars the regulations Of honest men witt,
the Slime Of his own generation. Stand forth
thou poor akulking hireling. TINT tho world
may 500 how foul thing may wear tho front
and likeness Of a man!
But Il Ia not our chief object IN this article
TO denonnco the creatures who arc writing III
secret to defa,ns and injure u.s. Our real pur.
pose e 10 dieabuse the public mind Of tho i'm
prensions created by tho report Of tho Grand
Jury, and show them that the State Printer
stands upon position ~ sound aud impres.
nable ma u rock The charges OF tho Grand
Jury amount In brief to these three:
/. That the State Printer did work amount
ing to $4,000, on the authority OF a law thai
was repealed by act No. AD of 1877.
.. That, granting tho law under which
| tho work was DONE was not repealed, The
measurement was excessive and fraudulent
| 3. That tho State Printer charged for Tho
| work higher rates thnn the law authorized