The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-07-18
UNREASONABLE RAGE.

Graf in particular, and upon all tue
papers in the State in general, which
are of our way of thinking. The Ian
guage of it's article is incorporate,
wholly uncalled for by anything that
has ever appeared in this paper and
we shall not attempt to reply to its
immoderate speech. .
To its assumption Of overwhelming
superiority we mayl he permitted to
enter a modest disclaimer. 1t perhaps
did not occur to the great City daily
and its grandiloqueDt metropolitan
editor that paper published weekly
in country town has not only a right
to entertain, but to fairly express its
opinion upon any public question Of
current interest. The article which so
excites the States appeared SO long
ago that we had forgotten all about It,,
but on re-perusing it we find it tenn
perate in its tone and utterly Tree
IRON any imputation upon the Cover
nor or the States, and it certainly con-
taius nothing to which the language
now used by that paper can in any
way be fairly considered as a reply.
The only sentence that the States, in
its blind fury can find at which to take
offense, is as follows: "The defense
made is just such q one as hired adj.
vocate would make in a bad cause in
court ofiRstice'--at any rate it puts
that much in italics, and we take it
that that is the gravamen of oul Of
tense. We did not say that the States
was hired to make it, we did not mean
to say any such thing, but only that it
was weak as special defense, and as
the whole text of our article says, that
it would have been better for the Gov
ernor to have acknowledged some fault
in trusting too readily to others than
to seek to defend himself by thro wing
the entire blame upon the legislature.
In that and in all other articles on
that subject this paper has distinctly
avowed its entire belief in the honesty
and integrity of the Governor and ac-
quilted him of any guilty completely
in either the Act 90 or the land jobs
When then the States accuses this pa
per of abusing the present Governor in
the interests Of a favosite candidate of
it's own it shows gross ignorance of our
position which it assumes to criticise.
Before descending to such gross abuse
as it INDUCES in, it should have ac-
quainted itself with the facts. 1t as
sumes without warrant or reason that
we have favorite candidate and Gre
dts US with abuse of it's f>,vorite when
we have never abused him, as the files
of this paper will show.
Neither have we at any time class.
ed the States as belonging to tie
"riug" and its Loneliness on that point
surprises US.
So much to set ourselves right upon
tue record.
When the States speaks Of bad
"grammer" it convicts itself. Web.
ster and such poor fools as countr. ed
ito1s speIl,it grammar" but we sup
pose that magnificent city editors who
have monopoly Of brains may spell
it with an "e.' Old Weller wanted
Samivel to spell widow with Nv" and
we cannot deny to the States the same
license, but we mildly suggest that t.
u critic some acquaintance with the
English language is necessary prere.
quisite. If it considers the language
it quotes from this paper "maudiu
blackguardism." we are glad that We
have incurred it's displeasure and that
henceforward we shall not be on speak
ing terms with it. 1t may corrupt oul
"grammer" but oar morals shall lie safe
from it's contagious influence.
"Maudlin" is rather unfortunate 70,
the States to use. We have heard
that City editors sometimes get "mau
dim drunk" but that kind of black.
guardism is new to us. We would
like for the States to give US its can
did, sober definition of this kind o
"blackguardism'' to which its articl,
belongs.
The States says:
A copy Of the Feliciana Sentinel ha
just been handed us containing an ar.
ticle credited to the Alexandria DEMO
Graf, headed "a Special Defense.'
We have never seen the issue of tn
Alexandria paper which gave birth t.
| lulS precious uldtTlUe, UT IL WOuIu nav
met with an earlier notice at our hands
not that we have any respect for tina
little cotcrie of scribblers and selfstyle,
retormers, who are setting themselve
mp as the salt of the earth, imagining
that they are making a great noise il
the world by assailing in bad gramme
and with maudlin blaekgardism ever
one who refuses to become a recruit t
their little faction, but because, az
Democratic Journal, we think that sue
impudence should be promptly rebuke
and repulsed.
, How much of that is meant for tt,
: Feliciana Sentinel which quoted ou
article with approval and how niue
for us, We don't know, but we are vii
ing to take orr share of the abus
"Impudence" indeed When di
the States get so big that it is imp,
. dence to criticise any position it take
.Upop what meat doth this our Caes: