The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-09-26
tcommunicated.)
La VGrite Offence.

TefSy, but the ScufrliouS article in last
weeks StGr in answer to a perfectly fair,
gentlemaniy argument, contained in the
MERIDIoNAL Of September 18th, calls for
d public reply.
In a personal interview with Mr.. fVoiei'
and by the aid of a marked copy, l found
that he felt himself insulted because he
was termed q Clerical advocate and a
reverend champion of lotteries.p Is he
not As a priest is he not both clerical
and reverend; and is he net election
eering for the Lottery7 Dare he deny it?
OF course he has a perfect right. to do so,
only let him not be ashamed of what he
does, or feelinsnIted because he is charged
with il. He further objected to the quo
tation Of his " article in which he de-
clared bribery right and justiliablevt is
he afraid of his own words! As a man of
such superior intellect, of such BON esprit,
he certainly knew what those words
meant when he wrote them. Why then
feel insulted at q quotation Of his own
Let me state that in that personal inter
view, he, a priest of God. an expounder of
| bAAS NOSBOls anu dIl LlibCIpA5IS1 VI ~
Law, III attempting to defend his words
concerning bribery. said, that IF he gave
n man ten dollars fer his vote, whereby
he, the PRIEST could make two thousand,
lie did not see any harm in iB1!!i He
thinks there is no harm in an act which is
declared a crime OF tire statute books of
every civilized nation on the glohel Why
that was all that Judas did when he be-
.trayed Christ! He accepted a beibe to
betray hismasteri
But the greatest insult which the rever-
end gentleman found in my reply was that
'.he was ignorant Of his subject. If he
feels hurt at that / am sorry for him, for
was the only who publicly proved and
expressed that belief. His article spoke
for itself, and a majority of those who
read it doubtless thought the same thing.
But why go any further2
there reiterate all | said in the MERI-
DIoSAL, and ignore the geatJemGa's attack
on my character. since he himself admit
ted that he knew nothing about VOLTA,
but drew his deductions from "V0ila's ar
g~ulnent. How reasonable such Deductions
were, the public. with the evidence in
their hands, are the best judges. Mr..
Voici's gentlenlanly reply. his courteous
treatment of a fair opponent, and the in
putations, which he acknowledged were
not based ON his acquaintance with the
writer, will put his character ina darker
light before the public, than any words of
mine could do. VOLTA.
There are quite a number of sub
scribers to the MERIDIoNAL who have
failed to come up with their $500 We
woul like:to jog their memories in this
matter and ask them not to forget that
$500. We need it, we want it, and it,
i subscribers all pay up like little
men, we will have it. Now gentlemen,
who will be first to call around and be
cordially welcomed?
Last Friday week the trial of Teles-
phore Thibeaux and Andrew Gibson
charged with the larceny Of a beef came
off before a isry. District Attorney
Gordy prosecuted, W. ". and w. P.
Edwards appeared for Gibson and Las
tie Broussard for Thibeaux. The jury
remained locked up all night and fill
ing to agree they were discharged next
morning and a mistrial entered.
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as mercury will surely destroy the. sense of
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Sid by Druggists, seventy FIVE cents.
Mr.. Aristide Leblanc is engaged sur
veying a large tract Of land, in the.
vicinity of Coulee Kinney, in Vermilion
parish, a few miles west of AbbevilIe
aud recently purchased by Mr.. Leopold
Levy Of this place. This land will be
subdivided in small tracts, placed in
the market and sold by Mr.. Leblanc.
The gentleman informs US that the
crops in that vicinity, of corn and cot
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