LeFranc, E., E. Dumez, and E. Lamuloniere, New Orleans, Louisiana, to General Butler, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1862 August 4

The editors of the Estafette make a final appeal to his sentiments of justice and equity. The Estafette has been suppressed for having refused to insert an anonymous article having neither individual character nor official authority. That fact was satisfactorily explained to Butler, yet, relying on reasons of tendency, the suspension has been maintained. If he persists in his severity it can be said that his sword has taken offense at their pen and that the commandant of the department of the Gulf has honored several members of the press, that institution formerly sacred on American soil, by considering them redoubtable enemies. Butler's signature at the end of the letter raising the suspension would be an act of force as well as justice. The Courrier article concludes that the permission to reappear is certainly one of Butler's best inspirations since coming to New Orleans and expresses the wish that he would let himself be guided by such inspirations more often. :: VI-2-f Printed Document French 1p. 1 column