The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-08-16
To the Ascension Democrat,
Or to the one who is responsible for the ar
ticle in that papers last issue en-
titled, g 4 Sad Case.

lltIeu, II Sau case.
ny Dear Sir-Your explosions are deadly q
the breech and harmless at the muzzle. Not
, withstanding the projectiles you hurl at N
from behind your fort feel remarkably well
To business.
If the case you have assumed to defend is
good one; if, as you imagine, some of you
friends-and perhaps mine-who are parish OF
ficials have been wrongfulIy assaiIed or ma
liciously and directly charged with some nal
feasance in their official capacity. through Ger
tain questions concerning cur school money
ETC., which have lately appeared in the CHIEF
under different mons de pl4nles. but not asked
/ by the same individual, as you infer. why die
! not you their self constituted cheuulier, prove
l thu innocence of the supposed accused parties
] by answering, in gentlemanly terms and to the
4 satisfaction of the public If you could, the le-
gitimate questions which any and all tax pay
ers have right to PROFOUND? If you had done
that, all candid minds would have admitted
1 that you are possessed Of that dignity and gen
tllity you gratuitously preach but your vita
| peratiye style shows conclusively that not a
particle of either is in you
| And had your answers proved beyond doubt
that there Is no crookedness in the adminstra-
ton of our parish affairs, all would have been
| happy indeed, because one that | know of
would enjoy the fact that any of our parishion-
ors are guilty Of dishonesty-the reverse would
be more agreeable to the majority.
If you could not answer thoge interrogation
| les safely for those you pretend to defend, and
who probably would have pulled through bet
ter without your assistance, it would have been
better for You and them perhaps to have said
nothing for as it is, you create the impression
that, like lawyer with bad case on hand, the
best thing you can do for your guilty client is
to elude tie facts of the controversy and bull
doze the court and jury byheaping abuses upon
their heads. You aggravated matters, and your
soi-disant injured friends certainly owe you no
fees OF THANKS. Your colere, my dear sir, is MS
harmless as that Of D6funt Terrible" Keep
cool, or you may suffer the same fate.
at any rate, tax payers, In spite of you and
other birds of the same feather, will ask what
becomes of their money and whether it is used
properly or improperly-they have the right to
do SO. Those who control that money have no
cause to be offended at the demand but should
answer respectfully. Public officers are the
servants but not the masters of the people.
That is the view your constitutional kicker
takes IN the matter. and his view. re uoa.s en-
dsptaise, is that Of all sensible men,.
1t l ass. would not exchange my hon.
est long ears for your borrowed lions skin, !
which evidently conceals nothing enviable My
constant braying and that OF other asses of my
kind may keep the people on the alert, cause
them to carefully watch their own and thereby |
be blessing. Your borrowed lions skin viii
shortly drop off and expose your insignifcanc !
Admitting the possibility of the $ metempsy-
ass have sense enough if you die before me. to |
strenuously object to receive your soul into my
body. BY nature l can carry heavy burden !
and am sure-footed, but could not stand that
load of baseness.
l dismiss you with the following, which l |
somewhat alter for the occasion: Better an
ass that speaks well than Boss(?) that speaks |
III And go back to the river. but not in too |
deep water put that You may surely ind me 81 lie |
cstT Ten DIT. SHRIMP.