Louisiana capitolian., 1880-06-05
"JUN1Us' AGAIN.
Ehiipr Patriot Democrat.

The New Orleans Democrat has be-
come the "FouTth Department OF Gov
crnmeut,' and has anthoHtativcly as
sumod The control Of the country press
1t has issued It's manifesto, tiat there
shall be 40 criticism OF the present STATE
administration. Il dislainS argument
or reason, and discipliues By allusion 70
tho color of sentIcmen's beard, diSes-
tion-their howes-their husky voices
pick the redbugs fairly ont, and tim his
manc-.hc is tender when be leaks, ETC.,
etc.
II says of Senator MarstOn shat he
lives in a Jungle, that his diet at home
is flap jacks and butter-milk,' and says
this in answer to the criticisms Of Sena-
tor Marston, wherein he says he was an
ardent Witt man before the nomina-
ton, as against Ogden or anyone else,
but that his observations during the
late session of the Senate changed his
mind entirely. That Governor Wilt
had failed to exercise that influence and
control in the interest Of economy and
reform that was expected Of him.
We take it thut the New Orleans
Democrat has said the hardest things
it could about Senator Marston. which
amounts to this: That he is an ignor-
ant, maudlin clown, from the wilds of
Coushatt,.-that he is savage from the
iungles Of Red River cOuntry-uncOuth,
nnEed, untutorcd and unknown. Nothing
was ever wider of the mark. Senator
Ma,ston is n worthy son of illustrious
ancestry. His grandfather was dis
tinguished soldier in the war Of inde-
pcudence. Two of his nnclcs were Com
modores in the United States Navy. His
cousin isat present Speaker of the Lower
House of Congress. His father is one of
the most respected citizens in East Fe-
iiciana. His brother James died from
wounds received in the late war. His
brother Henry was disabled by a wound
in the same war, and he was shot down
mt the battle Of Shiloh; not, however,
until his conduct justified his promotion
to be Captain of Infantry for gallantry
ON that battlefield. He is a graduate of
the Kentucky Military Institute, and is
one of the largest and most successful
planters on Red River. The special OBJ
lection of the Democrat is that he stood
by the public treasury, and when the
public printer, Cosgrovc, made out
ragcons ovcr-charges, Senator Marston
corrected the bill to the amount of over
one thousand dollars.
The Democrat does the public print
ing-not by any fair competition with
other papers, but simply because the
Legislature, for some reason unknown,
made no provision for carrying into cf-
feet the 42d article of the new constitu-
tion, all Of which the people in East
Fcliciana was suspicious enough to be-
licvc was q job. And in spite Of article
42d of the new constitution, the Demo-
crat has the public printing. Art. 42d
"All printing, &C., to be
given to the lowest bidder +
No member or Office Of any department
Of Government shall be in any way in
tcrcsted in such contract" Has the
State Treasurer, Burke, any monicd in
tercst in the Democrat! fIe says not.
Does he edit for fun3 Instead Of car
rying ont the reforms ordered in the
constitution, til, worst forms Of extrav-
sganr. and positive disregard for plain
injunctions Of law disgrace the admin
istration. Hence the Democrat il very
properly called the "Fourth Department
of Government" The public printing
was taken from the Picayunc and given
by the Governor, without any competi.
tion bidding, and in utter defiance OF
law, both in IFS letter and spirit. These
nrc the seeds that WarmOth and EcI.
logg brought to Louisiana, and they
have grown into trees that shadow the
whole State. Even the Governor is q
public servant, and under the law, and
not above it; and whenever he uses hit
mower to defeat the plain intent of the
law, he should be held up as one who
defeats the public welfare, and these
are the processes that made the Demo.
crat the Fourth Department of Gov.
trnmsnt.'
The Democrat was once u fearless
paper and struck for the right, and
made itself popular, and loved and
trusted by the people, and 10! all of {:
sudden it changed ownership and editor
ship, and it's course was changed, and it
sentiments were changed, and for ne
good reason it ceased to say anything
,vninst the Lottery COMPANY, and there