Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-08-07
ROUGE Il.
SATURDAY, August 7, 1911.

most, that we have seen from +" ! Ffe har'
self, dsfopdiogslor children; and white
the publication Of it will sho" tina our
views do not incline altogether to one side,
IL also affords lis an opportunity to correct
certain conclusions which tho author Hcoins
10 have arrived Ut by a course oil reasoning
unauthorized in any article that has ever
appeared in our gazette.
II have been displeasoa with Foaas Of
your articles Respecting the merchants Of
New Orleans, and | val now take the
liberty to tell ,nt1 what / th.1ls Of them.
You have doul Il 3ss read the statement IN
thu p;eayune X IL iye to the duel between
Oakley and Wright. | believe that state
rnent /, b. eorrgct,(a) | knew Mr.. w. by
character very wall oe waa Mt o'ie time
editor Of an administration paper here, aud
aspired 10 be u political Ieaaor. fully
believe the whole quarrel between him and
our merchants was produced hy p~olittcaI
difficulties. lilo was a disappointed m1lt
and in giving vent 10 bio spleen did not
hesitate ia ihlnro tho e who, Whatever may
have been their other tanils. ware certain
iy guilty of none tpwat ii hun. In his
eyes il was sufficient IL l3 Il political oii.
porent 10 become Il mark fer the ISLANDER.
or and he nat. ii NOT "A just fate, one ut
last Of which even his friends cannot
complaint ~, T'bat >hare may be nici IN
New Orleans guilty Of al the oharG . made
against them by Mr. Wright. | do MOI;
deny bat | ain unwilling 10 believe that
most of thorn are swln3lers.(c) This paIa.
yer, TOO, touching the famous 'ist-systetn,
.ig all in my eye Tho System III gene.
rally advantageous 10 The planter ss well
nv TO the factor.(d) Il may be abused, bat
what systern IL rot susceptible IF abaao II y
man b. digposed TO c1eat ~ Il would
indeed BIZ remarkable, (aaa If tfte, u sign
That might entitled Person M'Ilefe prejic.
ton Of Inc ead Of the world in 1913. 10.
eofne credit J il all the people In New.
Orleans we're honest. Honesty ~ always
rather scarce in citlrs IT'S respiration Is
more erRmpud than in the county and
hence ito preference Of a country hte. tit
ha more cautious, you may, yourself, On"
day have charge of u GUY paper, nnd III
that caae, you will coucluae vita the rest
Of va, INT trho'esa1e dtts25ejati1a is aho1f-
sa'e taiastics.t(D
mn glad you pulIih9J NIr. Hughes
circular. aud hope you got paid Cor it but
mark he gains aothio& BY !he course be
has adopted to secure business, It 'g all
trick ;(g) md the planters are ret such
fools as TO jump intl tha trap. They Will
whit until they see how these co;no ont
who try NJ. H.; ond before they make up
their minds 10 give him their custom, he
will have barsted and gone to Texas. An
independent, open course, Ia the one
would in Nil cascs adopt, we're | an editor;
(h aud | would be very guarded IN re-
commencing or introducing 10 the public
any one Sucking 10 build himself up by
putting Others down. We are all prone TO
think u Id sight more oi ourselves than
others thiuk Of rs aud we should exercise
what little self-coatrol we have by IN
deayoring to prevent oar stif+ad'nlt4 ton
from protruding-~-cr, rs tho Pleas ine
would say, sticking oat too tar,,'O Il
havpsaid. CtN'5.
Now this is what people VII cafsl3or Il
very free and easy epistIo and so il s'rucl
us when we had glanced ever It. But rs
it came from a person whose honorable
character and position in the city oatiJo
his words 10 high respect, we concluded io
it just as it was written, without
retrenching a liaa that r@ight b. ccnsiter.
ed relevant Ia the sa}ioct iAgaestion. Bat
we are fur from according The writer all
he asks, and consequently, have designated
by italic characters, sue.l observations as
TO require qualification or correc.
We shall notice these il alpi,abeti-
cal order.
(a) We have already expressed cur opin-
ion OF the statement alluded to-, Why did
net the New Orleans papers make 'iaat
statement on their own accountability. and
1t an earlier date, instoad Of borrowing III
rom a Journal $500 miles from home3
Because they knew Of 10 facts 10 warrant !
hem in SO t9ing. WHY did not the au-
horoifar i: TO The PicaTNne, OF Aiyerti. !
sr in the first instance? Unlaah:eaiy :
he knew his representation oi facts
o b. contrary to thu opinion entertained {
" the pabl,c generally. The News Orleans :
are never backward in defending u
.avocating a popular question.
[b) Admitting this to be literally and in :
very point correct, DIES it relieve Sir, {
>akey from The charge o., improper pro I
al the premisosl less it dis
a single allegation made b. Mr.. W. !
gainst him! W. have iouni no fault with :
for his duel with W.; cur eeaSares IL 4
case weta str,Sdy confined 10 the fact .
De. the former look This Eaoie o. silaatiag 7
voice that had charged hiu with dis 9
and fraud, PERHAPS those charges :
'ere false. L so, it would rot have been a
to prove -tAe fact to the s4:issac. '
on OF al impartial jury. That done, and q
e should have b.ea the last-:he very i
st in the worid--to have ccasarod shc a
jured for challenging and killing bis ca t
gmniator. We lsaow neither Of the gea.
emen, aad our opiaion has been formed a
Y an impartial pcrasal & facts as niada ).
lb!ic through tie New-orleans press. /
(ci So are we; nor nave We ever init q
a,ed any thing OF the kind. Ba 40 do !
}. doubs. (nor can car c~nEscspaaSentl TIA.