Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1845-11-22

Mn. Epirua-In the late number of your
paper Judge |3DllHFan is unfairly treated. Inc
Tfopic # tie fifst ii Uetabaf, eli4fges hHll
win having used he terms M strab. q, Mgn-
gfel, ledaral, aBBii. ION sing psFtf, ~ his ptih
nc SPEECH thsi re- emily delivered IN Cuhten
tiUn. Now, without iaiiiing issue as to the
fact iinpossible 1t this pariod to be ast certain.
ed, and surprising him 10 have employed The
dff iilsive laugaaEes | could still depfeeate
the resentment of The wings uf his district
and tho state by discriminating between such
whom be never meant to impeaeh, and thoss
of their patty In other PORTIONS Of the Unioni
whom he designated BY the Hptiiets applira.
bic where they were due, but having no re-
ference, the fgmdtest, TO his fellow cit Ssns 81
Louisiana, who, h1norably to themselves, dis.
claim airy G IN tdeits with rspudtatad Fed
eFalisln and sbbofsd hbn5 itionism a, This des~
criminal ion must be understood, not only
with regard To- Judge Johnson himself, but tn
The wing party Of Louisiana, which however.
II could not eKpel from the general patty
ranks, such disreputabls intruders, yet refu-
ses 70 recognise sny fraternity with The stfag
slers. But II any testimony were required TO
precise and explain the meaning Of the Ian
guage imputed 10 Judge Johnson on The oc-
casion referred to, the beet evidence is Afford
ed BY the life and manner Of The speaker, nf
universal personal popularity with both par
ties with whom he lives ON the best of terms,
IN habiis Of > iCial Intercourse tooamisble 10 be
~tdtstotnp0sed by the aetimony Of corrosive poll
ities. A strong incidental illustration Of this
is afforded by the article in your paper, which
4 am now reviewing, In which his popularity
even with his political opponents is taCltly
confessed 10 be 50 great AZ In render it ne
Gessary 10 remind them Of his political caste
and theifs-that he Ia a democrat and that
wings must rally under party discipline, TO
Ibis have netting to say except that | th nix
II doubtful policy in your party, confessedly
The weaker, all | mean by all this ia to dep
recate the respri TO Unjust means Of warfare.
II Judge johnson for being q democrat is to
be segregated from the social relations of his
friends and felIuw-Gitizens Of opposite poll
tics. let it be justified by ipexofabIe politics,
but let no extraHeous element Of luminosity be
re rortsd 10, by i%mputIng to Judge Johnson,
language AMI meaning, Of bitter reflection
upon some Of the Warmest and best of his
friends however they differ with him on pub.
lie questions. In conclusion appfise you
that there Is a number 1t rs on both sides be-
coming FESTIVE to party discipline. who
eschew 'this holy zeal IN the persecution nj a
sinner" even political, and | submit these re-
aeCtions. 10 you with The frank ayowal HAT |
am not OF your party and have no claims upon
your columns 10 which 4 have had resbri to
COT rect erroneous Impressions originating
there, should you decline / must have rer0urs
elsewhere, G..
In accordance with our usual custom, we
publish the above communication, our paper
is open to all reasonable productions be they
for ,r against US, reserVing the right Of an.
swering them as we please. In the present
instance. the words attributed In our article
10 Judge Johnson we're actually uttered by
him, and a greet deal more. If we are in er-
ror in Publishing them and guilty of "aeri-
mohy of corrosive politics" how much more
gdilty was he who uttered them in presence
Of assembled thousands when there was no
call for such language We respect Judge
Johnson as a citizen and as a Judge, but as
the nominee Of democratic convention for
Governor, we tell G.. we are not of his party,
nor do we think that any whig, any more
than ourselves, will sacrif e his political
and vote against bis party because
Judge Johnson is a "clever fellow" and mix
es with the wings now and then. We have
never d~eviated from honorable warfare in
except in quoting from facts. undis-
puted and undeniable, nor nave we ever re-
sorted to personalities, but too much liberal
ity IN politics, smells suspicious to our per.
laps TOO susceptible imagination.