Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-04-17

We are not inclined to pronounce o FUNERAL
Grafton on tho memory Of Gen Harrison; The To-
blets of his virtues and his sices--af his merits
and defects are too fresh in The minds OF those
whom ~parlizan sentiments Of late classed MS bio
friends and enemies, TO require any new parade
from US. He is now among those who sleep; he
was a good man; and cur charity for the living
ieuds Ne 10 believe that none bear enniiiy to the
dead. A melancholy apitit is upon the people,
and tho whole land mourns the demise of lis cho
sen chief. Those who rejoiced at his election were
vartisans; oil will mourn at his death.
Solemn as is the occasion, we cannot refrain
from directing a few words Of reproach to some
Of our brother editors, relative to the passion they
have lately exhibited for hoaxing, OF quizzing, las
This sp, cies of LYING is complacenty termed)
| their readers. We cherish no i~nvidlous feelings,
and il we name The Bee and The PicaYane, with
out. abiding to others who may be equally /"
fault, we hope The gentlemen conducting those
Journals will understand US as speaking IN freud
ship and esteem. Permit, then gentlemen, TINT
We inform you Of the effects Of your attempts TO
.an,use yourselves with the credality Of a conti'
ling public. And first the Picayune.
On Wednesday and Thursday the nunhers OF
T'uesd, " and Wednesday Of this paper wee te
ceived. The intelligence it brought was Instant
" discrediteJ by a majority Of its readers! Why!
Because some two OF three weeks since, the Iica
yune had hal prognos,icated a great hoax tor the
isl Of April; and although the sad intelligence
from Washington was OF the 4ih OF April, still u
was disbeiieved. No confidence was placed in the
Picayunc; the general cry, was for more ecorthy
aud credible authority We will do the Picayune
the justice 10 remark that we were among the lew
who never, for a moment, doubted the velaciiy OF
its but it would be well for its enter.
prising conductors TO reflect, that if they desire to
retain public confidence, they must not so frequent,
ly trife with and abuse it.
The Bee, received here on Thursdsy was not Of
so late a date as the picayune; and among the
readers of its English columns we heard few re
marks relating to il. But Of its French readers
We heard more than one affirm that they could
place no reliance in its statements; that the Eu
ropean news it lately fabricated, had lost il their
esteem and confidence, and led them to place il
among that class of natartors who are not be-
iievei, even when they speak the truth.
If this intelligence should prove as notifying
10 the picayune and Bee, as The remarks Of which
we give but The substance were to Us, we are
certain they will no, wantonly spor, with the
faith Of their rea iers hereafter. We appeal 10
their armour prone, whether to be thus kicked
out Of public confidence is no, paying s'too dear
for their whistler But if you choose thus TO in
jure yourselves, gentlemen, 50 on; f%abtIcate, de.
ceive, hoax to your heats content: bat for hea
sen's s,ke cease to place yourselves in The society
Of those who pretend to seek for and publish only
that which is strictly true. il is all unpleasant
thing, to some people, to hear their spoken words
pronounced false; or to know, even, that they are
doubted. Why should it be, otherwise regarding
what is uriten? In our character Of journalists,
our sentiments are the same as 10 our most
private character; our suscep'ibi!ities are in no
ways diminished; aud ss we are generally more
careful what we write than what we speak, oui
thoughts gain an addilinal sanctity When COM
nittcd 10 Papcr.
Under such circumstances, too, a lack of conf
dence becomes painful in extreme. We were
shocked to see q report so solemn as tina! OF The
death of The President made the subject of gaming,
because the Bee and Picayune choose sometimes
10 trifie with the verify.
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