The St. Landry whig., 1845-06-05
gro THE puBLIcn-ALso.

"To THE PUBLIC"-ALsO.
Our "attention has been particularly called to
an article published in the" Opelousds Gazette
of Wednesday, 2sth May, sby several personal
friends.-We had not until then noticed tit
may be proper for us to make a very brief state
ment Of facts in regard to the substance OF thai
article, as is there in stated unpublished Hav-
ing taken the liberty of using Mr.. Gantts head
for a heading to our article, we now proceed on
our own hook. And, as he has been SO courteous
and mild in his remarks, we shall endeavor to
be so likewise.
Mr.. CAN'T, as one ofthe Committee that wait
ed upon us, has stated substantially what we
have all along asserted, and, we think. proved,
that our bid was, for twelve lines or less 60 cts"
and the proceedings rs cts. per square Of IL
lines. That ofthe Gazette, effty cents per 100
words for the first insertion, and 25 cents per
100 words for each publication after" Mr..
Can't admits this Well, twelve lines Of our
TYPE averages 100 words and 100 words ofthe
Gazette takes on an average 10 lines. Now,
in a square Of our advertisements, the Jury would
receive 100 words-one fifth more than in the
Gazette; and in the proceedings, the sam num-
Der of words for 25 cents, as the Gazette char
ges so cents for! Whose bid is the lowestl AS
to the question of the committee on their second
interview. we quote from Mr.. Gantt's Card :
81 dispute occasionedb by d doubt sohich 1poulddo the
tpoyk best and cheapest arose as eto. the terms, henee
the appointment of the Committee as abope stated,
E,ohose duty it ads to call on M. Etter for an ~erpldnn-
tion. IN the performance Of that duty,S they did go.
and the result is substantially reported by him IN the
paper Of the 1871 March last, an ms sitbsequent Pora-
graph commencing on The strength Of this conimand'
4 and closing 'tus haze procf Of it,
After this admission, Mr.. CAN'T charges our
statement incorrect--in saying that the Commit
tee reported that we would charge so cents per
square for each insertion and brings in Mr..
Dunbar as proof of what transpired in the Jury,
T who remarks
"Thdt the substance of the report made BY Close,
Lauergne and Can't %oppeinted a Committee BY the
Police Jury to ask.an e1piGadtion relGtipe 20 that part
of the proposals Of TIL. Wing. tOhich says all other
aeork ordered mill be erecuted on similar terms az to
cheapness. The Suid COMMITTEES returned and imne-
$ diaely, on taking their seats 1 called upon Mr.. CAN'T
as one Of the Committee to report, achich he did in the
following manner. He stated that the COMMITTEE had
seen the Editor, tho said hewoald charge for all other
loork as advertisements, ~HRNRY S. DUNBAR"
"Out of thine W mouth do | condemn thee"
y BY his statement, it is as clear as the s'weight of
e the church, that our bid was the lowest, asst
7 stood. and if our subsequent charges were half
Q price, it certainly was at least one third so. Well,
d what was the Committee appointedto enquire in.
! to, ontheirsecond visit Was 1t to see whether we
e could perform the work 7 They made no inquiry
Is relative thereto, Was it to learn the exact mca-
ming of our terms ! Mr.. Can't says they merely
= inquired the meaning of the words-"all other
{ work" &c. We included in these words such
e as hand. bills, blanks, etc. But, mark reader,
+ the point on which thejury was most interested.
and on which we have been credibly informed
we lostthe work, was not mentioned-the sub
,o,,1, .o,a,y 49,, , IE>,n :. Sbo #sftclyspr Doipf1
o Thodgh'we do not profess to sshavc a wonderful
$ ly fertile and active imagination" as Mr.. CAN'T
e supposes, we likewise believe that there are
g soule people we wot Of who are. equally as bad
/ off as ourself, else they could have discovered the
y difference in a bid where S5 cents was charged
Q for printing 22Dfwofds, and 81, for printing 200
wordsl . Chose which ..horn of the dilemma
o suits best your convenience, gentlemen. As to
the majority of the Committee being Wings, it
neither troubles nor vexes US. We are not so
party mad asto uphold Wings in bad actions any
more than we are Democrats. But, it may be
g well enough for us to- think aloud the reason
J why some Wings voted against US. 1t will be
remembered that the removal ofthe Court house
was then in agitation. We received a commu-
~nication on the subject, clothed in such indeco.
J. Fous language, that we refused 10 publish it
u for, we do not think that because the Washing
IlopiaHS WtShcu LII aoal 0l Justice IoCdlBu III ll0lE
q town, it, onstitIed them-*& &c. This com.
munication was published in the Gazette, in
e French,-the language in which it was sent to
us. The price paid for its insertion, we suppose,
l was the Votes ofthe interested parties We may
be mistaken, on this point, but we believe subse.
quent conversations will bear us out in the as.
sertion.f Howeverthis may be, we have proven
our bid to be the lowest, and the constituents 0
those men must decide between right and wrong
In one instance already have they set the sea
of reprobation upon an actor in this scene
When the time comes, we shall see how the
y others fare. Mr.. Can't has done us a great ser
he vice in layingthese facts before the public in the
Gazette-they will reach the eyes of some tina
have not before seen them. They are true Il
the letter, and the truth is what we rely on fo
justice. We close with the following table =
WHO'S BID. cRNrs
as Advertisements-l20 words ooo SO
Proceedings--200 words "u 25
@ 90
GAzETTE's BID. 90
f tasss''isssa'ia7s %o, g9'd' 200 v's'. 50
r, 49, ,.s. 81,ot
*See the article in the, Gazette for the epithets. ane
the Washingtonians can better Judge swhe acted impair
TALLY in the affair, So fs ag75Ss
10 (which can be laid before the public, if found neces.
= sary.