The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-30
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Watson To The Rescue.

the controversy between US the m0u-
ern historian and statesman, Hon.
Thos &. Watson of Georgia. !" The
gentleman last named seems greatly
wrought up over the reference which
we made to him in our letter of Dec.
81, 1908. We beg to remind both OF
our opponents that it was Mr.. Arce-
neaux, not US, who brought into this
discussion the name of Mr.. W atson;
just as it was Mr.. Arceneaux, Also
who inaugurated the present debate
by a venomons and unprovoked at
tack upon religion Ia general and
upon the Catholic church IN partieu-
lar. And this first onslaught, Mr..
Arceneaux has followed up with per-
sistsnce4 and regularity, lin several
subsequent communications.
The Chief enters many i. Catholic
homes; and, as true Catholics love
their church1as mother, Mr.. Arce-
neaux should have foreseen that his
outbreak would be resented from some
Catholic source.
Hard run, apparently, sour first as.
saflant cited Mr., W atson. quoting.
from the last named, certain untrue
and bigoted recitals, bearing upon
one of the. points OF our present con.
troversy. And this new light was
sought to be presented to the readers
OF The Chief.as 1.-THE modern statesman
and historian, Hon. Thos. 3. w atson
OF Georgia. Now it .WasI not.ssaid
that MIR. Watson was "A modern
statesman ETC., or lone of our
modernast atesmen, ssyetc. 6 The claim
was that he was he-modern,tstate
man and HISTORIAN. u Our people
know Mr.. Watson, but not as either
statesman or historian; and, as he
was ito serve as zone of Mr.. Arce-
neaux slwitnesses, it was. insplace for
US to indicate clearly Whosthis witness
| Ia, so that the readers OF The Chief
might judge for themselves as TO his
credibility. Mr.. Watson informs us
that we sare mistaken gin connecting
him with the famous query. 4Rhere
am I at::o for which error we beg TO
apologize. Otherwise, however, our
facts, with regard to the honorable
gentleman are all true. We charged
him Wfthano crime, or evil conduct,
but the facts stated do render it, IN
our opinion. ridiculous to attempt
chasing the gentleman as q statesman
OF any SORT. or as historian, and
more ridiculous still to appeal to him
as the modern statesman and histor.
ian, etc.
After all, Mr.. Watson, was not an.
eye witness to the event OF August q,
1572, and his ipse dixit goes no further
thansMr. Areeneaux's IS. We consider
that The best attack that can be made
upon his.lurid misdescripbions is to
quote the statements OF others, having,
we think, better claims thaa himself
TO rank as historians.
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