St. Landry democrat., 1883-12-15
BUFFINGTON's BLUFF.
ACamssic Reply From Leading Citizens
of the Capital.

- SAbthSaC ANSpAy rEOsAA
of the Capital.
BATON ROUGE, Dec. 11.-Special to
Che Picayune: The following circular
is promulgated here this evening: "In
the Capitolian- Advocate of to-day, DIR.
II. j. Burlington publishes a lengthy
letter fulsome with adulation OF Gov. S.
ID. McEnery. some of the statements in
which will strike many of our citizens
with the utmost astOnishment, the more
so as they come from one ordinarily SO
quiet and discreet. For instance the
Doctor says: In all his social relations
knew him to be moral, temperate and
honest
"There are hundreds of citizens in
this city who have seen ham maudlin
drunk on the streets, in the bar-rooms
and hotsls. At the late military review
in New Orleans, in May last, 1T is noto-
Tious fact that Gov. McEaery was
drunk from the time he left Baton
Rouge until his return. On that occa
sion his inehriated condition was wit
messed by thousands. There are in
stances of drunken imroprieties on
the part Of Gov. McEnery here ia this
city that are too outrageous for print,
some of which occurred on the Sabbath
day, and there are numerous respecta-
BILE citizens who are ready to testify to
the facts.
at is afact susceptible of proof by
upimpeachable witnesses that lie has
insisted upon taking cadets into bar
rooms to drink, declaring to such ca
diets, when they urged that the disci-
pline of the university forbade it, that
s'he was President of the Board Of SUI
pervisors and would make it all right"
That he abstains from drink for
weeks or months at a time may be true
since he has been under the restraints
of the present campaign. but this does
not constitute a sober temperate man.
Gov. McEnery belongs unfortunately,
to that class of men that cannot drink
moderately, and but for the periods of
''total abstinence" he would not last to
the end OF the campaign. It is known
here from DR.. BIS own statements, that
he had treated Gov. McEnery profess
sionally in his drunkenness, and it the
worthy doctor demands he can have
the proof.
The Doctor says: "Many of our most
prominent men have yielded to the
temptation more frequently than he,
yet none has ever sought to assail them
for that, as they have Gov. McEnery."
If this is true it speaks bad for our
people. But who are these public men
Come, Doctor, let us know them.
So far as the question of honesty and
efficiency is concerned the facts have
been ventilated through the press, and
it the numerous charges, sustained as
they are by proofs, without any earnest
attempt at refutation on the part
of the Governors friends, can be
overcome by the extravagantlaudations
of DR.. B. his hold upon the credulity of
this people is certainly wonderful.
DR.. B. says that Gov. McEnery "habi-
tually leads as exemplary a life as any
man in this parish" If this is true it
speaks badly for our people. But we
are proud to say that DR.. Burlington is
q living breathing contradiction of the
assertion
The paper is signed as follows: w.
G.. Randolph, Allen Thomas, E. w.
Robertson, G.. L. Way, j. w. Dupree, D.
l.. McKitrick, Fred. D. Trunnard, H. F.
Brunot, Chas. Hubbs, j. p. Costello, T.
S. Alexander, Jas. G. Fitzpatrick, c.. L.
Bauer, G.. 5. Smith, J. E. Blouin, s. d.
Fisher, C. C. Stewart and many others.