Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-08-07

tire press Of NsW4Drlaaag have acted II
taia ea9a % tJe prime pip that i were bet
ter rinotp.niae Innocent pefsuits s1oult
s%ufi'tr, than TINT one guilty man should b.
| punished. Aai the innocent la We, and WI
suhsr with the guilty until they come on
boldly and selarato t,tetngolye. from them
u cannot be- o'harwi#e. The receiver u
stolen goods, knowing the gods TO be sfo'
len, ia rtrtof,ei RIO better than the thief
and lts who protects from the just rotr'bu
ton Of the law, b ~siotator OF TINT law, II
himself equally enlpable with tl'e parpe'
traitor Of the crime. Hence the genera
cer,auro pab4ed upen hew.0tleans nlcf,
ebant4-~-a circumstance that we tegfe'
most sincerely, but which we cannot aie
TO prevent, because The innocent soluntayi,
" ningle with md ~s,tstain the guilty.
(d) On this assertion We only AJAX, who
are the n]utileEa Of the iistseystem-tht
merchants and planters togtthar, or The
merchants atooe7 II tho latter, il is prob.
ably they s,saslt their W advantage III
its adoptiuit, II woatd be- contrary II
hutran natuto II they did not.
~ Tire abuses and not tho projections
Of the eyetop,, have CAUSED the eomplaiats
against it II IL the former wo repudiata,
and the whole country viii join us in con.
~domai1g them. and MISC in condouniug u
syBtetn under Which injustice il SO highly
rewarded.
~ We can arrive ut thia conclusion
very easilY whtre we arc; we have 10
need te SO 10 the city TO learn it, per can
tho writer, or any other ono show us an
instance in which w bay5 thus committed
ourselves.
(gl II Mr.. Hughes bold d~enunciation
Of the n. tses in tho cotton trade be all
trick, it IL u sick which will not rob the
planters, it IL one Ct those tricks which
every body can 500 and understand, and
wltithtukos II cent out OF no tnnn'y pocket.
Whether the planters will encourage him
OF not, IL fCr themselves 10 decide. All
that we know or him IL :his; be has taken
o very bold and very honorable etand==-a
stand which no coward, or minctng, pilfor.
ing, tntriEuer would dare take.
(a) Your taste accords with ours, sir,
exactly. We have always oraeayored to
do as you say, and il we have failed in my
ono point, By 10 charitable as to ascribs it
to the weakness Of orr nature, and not TO
a want Of vo'ition.
~ We viii not treply TO this innueudo
by retprting, 30 W. n4ght, that moslasty ls
quite as characteristic Of the peasant as
The prince, or of The PLAIN, country far
as Of the man # business in the city.
%sallies, neither prove nor dissrove
anything. They 'aay be Ingenious and
witty, but there their merit ends. BIT
will ask our correspondent il, III TIC
whole course Of his life, he has over Wit
messed, ia any place, stronger .d@taonstra-
tion8 Of the spirit HI iera condemns, taan
have been manifested lately in Tia cwn
WRIT las been The answer Of GER
min m]rchsatS, "aaa charged with fraud
aad eviudling-.wben instances have
,een clearly and positively Indicated!
they attempted TO prove the accu-
false, TO establish aleif innocence
any ordinary tofms2 Not at all.
Their only answer, has it not been--'it is
our dignity 10 notice such i'm
,utations--the best refutation Of them is
our u~nmltisated contemPt!' And who
ct us ask, robea these men in this high
|ignity--themselves CT their fellows!
but one answer TO the question.
"A what species Of mail have they clothed
h25r cherished regulations, so as to ren-
CT tiaen inpsrsious to charges under
'hich their neighhors wi:t,er and are
lasted like tender herbagn before The
siroccol En- the p~anoplyof their
Wn arrogance; and their language and
}oir acts have SAID. 1--WE admire ourselves,
We may not be admti-ed by you;
nj enlightened and rich rogues, as we
re, we are better .han the ignorant and
10 INDECENT however sirtuous and hon.
st the latter may be-
But let us now repeat what we have
lated On pegvloGs occasions: we hold no
nba'erod feelings, 30 ~graaniless prejudi-
against the merchants. On the on
AIRY their intelligence and high accom-
as a body ever received our
aT.a2st respects. Our structures are pas
ID upon the dishonest portion Of their
and, as5aredIy those w.a.o.e acts
I'VE not rendered them vulnerable, will
fess hart by any tang we say. They
'aGot expect, nor do we believe many Of
en- visa, sins Of t'4sir body to be toler-
cd more than those b fany ether class.
hen they oaand, it is but .,tist that they
oali submit TO Be judged Us other ofan-
rs are judged: this is all we contend for,
ID this We shall use every upright means
procure. |,
YELLOW FEvEc We learn from the
that the fever has made its appear
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