St. Landry democrat., 1892-11-05
Making a Spectacle Of Himself.

/ he INDUCES in language more becomin:
fshwoman of Bilingsgatc than maj
occupying the official position lie docs
and in his blind fury seems to forge
that with intelligent and self-respect
ing men abuse and denunciation vii
not pass for argument, and the "damna
bic iteration of opprobrious epithcts i.
no defense at all against the charges
brought to his door.
One would suppose, Oh reading hls
card, that he-not us-was the persecut'
ed, the injured party; that we have
been continuously and unlemittiDgly
making attacks upon hinl-"lalse,
malicious" and "unfounded" attacks
at that-and that he, poor, Innocent
lamb, was the victim Of a villainous and
groundless persecution. This dishonest
attempt to lnisiead aud deceive is on d
par with much that the Sheriff has said
whenever lie refers to any question with
which we are concerned. On such occa-
sions he invariably ''tiies off the han
dle,n makes reckless statements, uses
ugly language and-as he has done in
this sinstance-makes pitiable specta-
Gle of himself.
Our readers will bear US out in the
statement that since the campaign
closed we have made no attack upon
him, although he has, every day since,
been engaged in a vindictiye, persistent
and relentless effort to deprive us of the
means of earning a livelihood in our
chosen profession. Reprehenslble as
are the motives which prompted this
effort, our complaint against this man
would be divested of one Of its most
damniug features it his war upon US
was carried on in a legitimate manner,
in fair and open competition and at his
own financial risk. But in order to
wreak his Vengeance upon lis for ante
election offenses, he resorts to every un-
professionai trick and device which he
thinks may injure us, regardless alike
of the debasement of the profession aud
of what the financial losses may be,
comparatively secure behind a stock
company whose funds arc thus risked
ip Il greater deglee than his own in an
effolt to crush us and break us down.
He is doing the town and parish print
ing, az we'll as the printing OF the
School Boald, 'w thoat charge; and he
is using the advantages which his posi-
tion gives him as no other Sheriff has
ever used them before to deprive lis OF
the patrouage OF our fellow citizens,
while he charged and collected for his
paper last year from delinquent taxpay-
BIS tuenW times as much as We offered
TO accept for the advertising it did, and
is TO- day charging and collecting 1oi Ills
paper twicc as much for advertising sle-
|ipouent tax sales as the Courier offered
10 accept for the work. Yet, i'll the face
of these indisputable facts, he has the
sudacity to deny that he has ever
sought to pcrsecute or injure us and de-
louuces as false, malicious and SANDER
,us the charge that he did.
He impudently denies that lac ever
made an attempt to induce the Police
Jury to forbid its clerk to furnish us
With it's proceedings, while there IS on
lie in the archives Of that body a letter
n which he asked that the clerk be in
,tructed to furnish these proceedings
to the Clarion only" With incompre-
lensible brazenness he denies that he
ever made objection to or in any way
opposed any demand Of the other pa
,ers here to copy the proceedings OF the
September meeting, when he actually
orbid MIR. Jackson, the publisher OF the
clarion, to let us have the proceedings
# that meeting after Mr. jackson had
promised the President of the Police
Jury that he would turn over the copy
o us when he got through putting
hem in type. While denying this
;harge he virtually admits its correct
less by setting up a puerile excuse for
lis action, saying in effect that he fear
ID that the copy might have been mu-
,ilated if it came into our possession.
This is beneath our contempt. We may
say, however, that Mr. Jackson, who
Knows us quite as well as Mr.. Fontenot,
lad no hesitation III promising Mr..
6oagni that he would turn them over
% us.
We will notice at another time some
,tller equally false and reckless state
nents made in this card, us well as tue
perversion of our express
ID fear that il lie persisted in his out
ageous coursc-a course out OF which
10 public good could come, but only his
private atevcngeance--friends on both sides
night be involved and regrettable re-
ults might follow. His narrow mind
md lop- sided nature could grasp in the
of this conscientious fear
,othing but "mere bluster," " threats"
md au attempt to inhmidate and bull
Eo.c, and he bravely (s) proclaims with
sDeer that he is mot to be intimidated
,r bulldozed into silence even by SO
dangerous man as the publisher OF the
it. Landry Democrat Now, the pub
isIler of this paper, who is also its edi-
or, may not he very dangerous man,
,ut he may be pardoned for saying that
,e recalls a ten minute period in the not
ar distant past when the Sheriff APP
,arcntly came to sudden conclusion
hat he was not Il very safe man 10 1901
With.