Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-16
The Editor of "Le Canadien" Comes Bacls
at Has Critics.

TIE Editor Of "Le Cdn0Gten" Comes Back
at Has Critics.
To the Editor of the Globe.
Allow me space for few words in reply to
the unqualifable attack made on LIE CGnGdien
in yesterday mornings GLOBE.
l would note in the first place the sweeping
charge of falsehood and abusive language
directed against the newspaper 1 am conduct
ing. My answer is: Ny file is accessible to all;
let a single article Of that character be pointed
out! Whatever assertion of personal nature
has been made in our columns we stand ready
to prove. We can also produce testimonials
recognizing the spirit of moderation evinced
in our columns and our fair treatment of all
correspondents. If those gentlemen ale 80
averse to taking the burden of proof, we can
do SO for them. In the next place, who are
the signers of that protest?
Mostly politicians-men who. to say the
least, have an interest in common; they form
a ringlet. Such are known to be the follow
ing: j. B. Brissette, Jos. Guion, A. Duferne,
Jos. Robert, J. B. Olivier, j. o. Vervais, j..
2. Langlois. Louis Demeules, +. W. Bazills
f. o. Olivier, r. 81. Capistrant-all of whom,
barring two. are at the present time enjoying,
at the public crib, the fruits of their industry.
OF their co-signers fully one-half are indirect
ly interested in their maneuvers, which leaves
terrible protest" from plausible motives. And
the real reason of the latter is, not that they
differ with us on the
questions which have occasioned this attack,
but simply that they are averse to creating any
discord, as they say, among our population.
With them silence is the golden rule of public
affairs-a very questionable one in our opin-
ion. e.
Thirdly-From its very first issue LIE Cana
dien has had to encounter the bitter-though
harmless enough-opposition of Messrs. Bris-
settle, Dufrene, Olivier and their few retainers
in spite of all their efforts and the $500 bail
they signed three years ago for a rival enter
prise lie Canadien has grown from
q small six column sheet
to its present size, equal to nine column TO-
lie, and our subscription list, as can be testi-
fed to by the postmaster of this city, is stead
lily and largely on the increase, even If we did
lose NJ. Dufrene and two others in January.
Fourthly-To dispel thesupposition that this
is, on our part, political squabble, will state
the cause, which will at the same time explain
the character of the attack made on LIE Cana
diem; it is simply vigorous, though properly
worded protest against the naming of
II. j. E. Ferte as the writer of
an article in the French language
for the memorial volume of the coming Hem
nepin celebrations selection which, as many
of your readers are interested in knowing, is
simply intended to deceive public opinion in
order to fasten the gentleman on the High
school, through means similar to those by
which he was foisted on the board of education.
consider it a public duty to expose such
maneuvres. Let M. Ferte translate, before a
certain number of persons, thirty lines of cur
rent reading matter from a newspaper, and i'm
mediatey seal his manuscript, and send it to
the press, and l. for one, will cease all opposi-
tion to his selection.
They are averse to sending any communica-
ton to US. Well may they be. Who is there in
this city to write articles in French for them?
As 1 have shown, about dozen of those
heightened repudiators are professional politi-
clans, of the remainder eight cannot read the
French language, and six can neither read nor
write. So much for those leading citizens"
d. MIcHAUD,
Editor and Proprietor of lie Oanadien."