The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-06

phrase, which we cannot repeat for fear OF Of
Tending the sensibilities of our neighbor, the
Pic. These sensibiities have been keenly
aroused, 1t appears, from an article in Sun
| days edition OF that tenderiy fastidious jour-
nal. This article administers severe reproof
to newspapers that have fallen into tho habit
Of "coarse invective, snappish criticism, Gym
ical comment and vulgar abuse" And plain
lively the Pic asks: "How is it that, In city
noted for chivalry, courtesy, taste and intelli-
gence, the readers Of the daily papers are
often shocked or disgttsted with some gross
paragraph, some ill-tempered personality,
some indecent expression or allusion, some
vulgar diatribe, or SOME utterance which re-
fined men would I'D ashamed to use upon the
street"
Beyond the vulga toadyism and offensive
personality recently introduced into the col
umns Of two Of our citynewspapers, wherein
social and domestic relations have been in
vaded, and the private manners, behests and
doings OF citizens sketched, whether for COM
pliment and puffery, orffor censure and rldi-
Guile, we do not recognize the truthfulness
or justice Of this "diatribe' We are dis
posed to spprehend that 1t originates In a
pably put in his reply to the lady who had
been in search of the naughty words of his
dictionary; or, which, Charles Reade has 80
fierceIy satirized In bis "Prurient Prude" ar
ticle and which led heimpulsive Mr.. Nickleby
| to express himself 50 contemptuously Of the
mysterious man In "grey smalls," who
threw over the wall bouquets composed OF
carrots and onions and turnips,' as tokens OF
his admiration and regard or, like that of
the New England old maid who had read with
such infinite disgust Of the scant attire OF the
danseuses at the theatre, and the fearful ex
posture of well-developed limbs. that she pro-
ceeded Immediately to incase the legs of her
centre-table In gracefully frilled pantalettes.
or perhaps the feelings Of the Picayune are
more disturbed by the snappish criticism and
cynical comment Of the city papers, than by
those offenses against its standard OF de-
cency and morality. These have been the
irritating causes Of it's present Ill humor and
the provocatives Its unlicensed lecture on the
morals and manners Of newspapers. This is
the invariable result and defense our neig hbor
makes against all vigorous assaults
upon its absurdities and ineongruities in the
discussion OF public Questions. Facts, law,
logic, history, when opposed to its departures
from and violations Of the same, are gener-
ally disposed Of as 'tinjustifiable invective,
cynical comments and snappish criticism
At the risk Of having this condemnation ap-
piled to the remark, We can find no more ap-
propriate phrase for this language than that
of extreme Stiffness and confirmed mbecility.
Ii the present conductors Of that paper will
insist on playing at journalism, they must
take off their coats and shoes and do as the
other boys do when they 60 upon the play
ground or into the arena. Or IT, in imitation
Of Sitting Bulls squaws, they mount their
ponies astride and join the warriors in battle,
they must not complain If stray bullet or
arrow sometimes finds lodgment in their dell
cate sensiblities.