The St. Landry whig., 1845-03-13

led TO charge sizty cetsts per square torsreTy ~.
sertiOn we gave advertisements, and they rePor-
ted we did 50 intend and that we lost the print.
ing on that report Now, we call on those per.
sons, as men Of Aonor, 70 state what did occur at
this meeting | We challenge them to the proof
of their report! And If, as we know they cannot.
they fail 10 prove this conversation, the blame
Of this transaction must fall on them
We intend to sift this matter, and the truth
shall be known, though il may place some peo-
pie ingT,a awkward position
Me- the two Proposals are before the PEG.
pie, and We want them to say, without following
our argument further, who was entitled to the
work. 1.-THE printing opsseo hundred sssrds for
one dollar is cheaper than The printing oftsro hun
dred and sirteen cords for eigAtyJfuc cents, we
have not another syllable to utter But, SO long
as The figuring even Of a Police Jury cannot con
vince us . such a thing, we will pursue The sub
icct a little further. And we also remark, that,
asthis Jury is . public body, and their acts pub
lie property, we shall scrutinize them freely and
fearlcssly, without being intimidated bythreats
Of personal injury!
We here insert the final action on this mat
ter; and, as We shall not finish it in this mum.
Der, we record the votes conspicuously, for fur
Their references:
For Gazette, 7votes
For Wing, 81"
The persons present on this occasion were:
H. s. DUNBAR, E. LATIoLAIs,
r.. TAYLoR, HI. FusILrER,
j. Close, @. LAFLEUR,
c. IAvERGNE, L. CAN'T,
b. McCLELAND, J. WooDs, Jr.
AS we have no mode Of arriving at the man
ner in which those gentleman voted, we merely
record their names, and leave them 70 answer 10
ltheirconstituenis for their acts.
we do not think It necessary to follow this
subject further At the present time. But, as the
proceedings ofthe Police Jury are published in
the Gazette we shall insert them ia the Wing,
and, b taking The charges Of the two papers,
shall show that our terms are TWENTY FIVE
PER CENT. LOWER than those ofthe Ga
zette, and that h People have been thus anneccs-
sariIy Jared, merely because their representative
could not discern the difference between righi
and wrong
We have, in our possession, eyidcndg to prove
the cause Of opposition by some, TO the "Whig,'
against the interests Of be People, and shall, il
The course Of this discus on, lay all the facts be
fore the public. There are people who canno
: discern the difference betweena an honorable par
sisaa-..from principle.--and a tosl!i We hoPet
cease 10 exist, when we become the tool Of an
!. party, Or particularly ofa fqetion!' On this poin'
enough at present.
Well may the People complain Of being hea
! Willy taxedi Well may they writhe under III
enormous amounts Of money they have 10 pa
for the support Of bad managers Their take
have been increasing, and will continue 10 il
crease, 50 long as they elect men that w(ll gi,
their work 10 persons q little more popular wi,
them, irrespective Of the price they pay tsrlt
We have commenced this aubject, and wAar
, determined the People shall know what NCe
guardians are doing
il All we ask of this Jury IL Juatice Ans,w
shall prove, before we have done with this Tia
ter, that theyhave not only done us injustice b
: that they have donea wrong TO their constituEEh,
which will draw heavily upon their purses IF,
the present, enough