The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-16
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A hired sCribbler OF the LOUISIANA IOttefy
Company, @ few days since, on the basis Of the
Grand Jury report relative to the State
Printer, contributed defamatory communi-
cation to the Picnyt1se. A demand for the
name of the author Of the article was re-
fused and, Of course, no one would for mo-
ment think of holding the Picayuse respon-
sible for the enunciations In it's hired col
umns But the DEMOCRAT made 1t so hot for
en-" that even the Pcdylse was unwilling to
longer rent out its columns to him. Driven
from the columns of the hcay,tae-a journal
of easy virtue-"N.' sought out q new vehicle
of defamation, and yesterday reappeared In
the columns of al insignificant evening sheet
sustained by his master, Chas. L. Howard. Ii
the miserable creature who signs himself "N."
had the faintest spark OF manhood In his veins
IL would not have been necessary for us, after
our article Of yesterday, to seek him out. The
miserable hireIing of the Lottery Company,
after that attack, IL he had had g drop OF
manly blood In his heart, would have come
forward and claimed the dirty progeny of his
slanderous brain. Not SO, however. Even the
Ptcngu,,e after Our article of yesterday morn
ing, drove the base and secret defamer, whose
name 1t was not authorized to surrender,
from its prostituted columns, and he was
Gle of defamation. Driven from the columns
Of the Picavu'se, and not daring to divulge his
real name to those whom he had been hired to
defame he resorted to the columns of an in
significant evening sheet to keep UP his dirty
work.
In an evening paper yesterday an" renewed
his attacks upon the State Printer. This
creature refuses to recognize the fact that the
State Printer and his associates have taken
every possible step to obtain q full investiga-
tion Of the ISLANDERS circulated by the Grand
Jury against them, and inspired with the
maevolence of d dirty hirelng of the Lottery
Company he resorts to every Ingenious de-
vice to lead the public mind to the conviction
that grave wrong has been perpeptrated
against the State, and that the criminals have
gone unwhipped Of justice.
Let us present this dirty fellow en- in his
true character to the public Of New Orleans.
We have already shown that after defaming
us in the Picay11e 1t was impossible for us
to obtain his name. Ashamed Of its CORE
spondent, the Picdyune drove him from It's
columns. Unhbashed by the castgation we
gave him, the hireling appeared again in the
evening Item yesterday. Promptly following
him up the State Printer applied to the edi-
tor Of that paper for the name Of the lot
terry pilnp. The editor of the ITEM de-
clared that he was not aware OF
the name of the writer; that
the communication had been received at the
office anonymously. On being interrogated,
81, ,>F 4br tr bo
responsibility of the communication. In this
connection we must state that the foreman OF
the Item office informed the representative of
the DEMOCRAT who called in vain on the edi
tor, that the communication of en-"
was sent up to the composing-room
marked "paid.' Who are they who paid the
ITEM for this slanderous communication of a
correspondent for whose name its editor is
absolutely ignorant? Cannot the editor OF
the item tell from whom he received his pay?
Plainly the article was written by some hired
scribbler Of the Lottery Company and sent
as an advertisement to the Item.
And now graver question presents itself
en-" says:
In conclusion, permit me to say that the
members of the Grand Jury are satisfied that
is a full judicial investigation, on q ciuH pro-
cess which will test the validity of the State
Printers warrants in order to satisfactorily
establish the fact. n.
Who authorized an" to speak for the Grand
Jury? Was this skulking hireling of the Lot
terry Company member of that body, and
has he crawled out Of the Grand Jury room
to sustain the ISLANDERS the majority Of that
body has unwittingly circulated against
the DEMOCRAT? Is en-" the defamatory
scribbler who dares not give his name to the
public the spokesman Of SO respectable q
body IS the Grand Jury? He seems to
speak by inspiration at best, and 1t behooves
the members of the Grand Jury, since the
rascal cannot be cornered, to state whether
or not, in this grave issue, he has been author
lied to represent them.
| For the present this Is sufficient.