Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-07-03

the curtain Drawn.
It may he remembered that .pfeyious &
the election II deIsestes to til Coaysn
,ion, ws.ehalgsad III wIFs-worlsrs 0 %,
democrats party id shislPsrish With dub
le-dealing. We charged that While Vim
Ilubbs was hominalty their caihdidase, \
was intended as a mere bliad, that behind
the curtain there was another who, thou
norninally . wing and an independent
was IN reality the. democratic candidate
I'm this we did net say noryoswenowsas
that either Of the candidates knew of OF
lcountennanced this unfair. this donble-deaf.
ing. We did not charge nor do, we now
charge, that the mass of the democratic
party, whomwe believe to be honestila all
things, countenanced it. On the contra.
nv, we; believed that while Major Dunn,
the nominal wing alluded 10, waspsrfect-
ly willing to receive democratic aud whig
support as was natural he was incapable
Of ontraging the feelings of an honest anl
honorable, citizen. We believed that VIII.
liam Hubbs was that honorable citizen,
and we believed that he was sincere in
his expectation of the support of disparity;
WE believed that he was doomed to a
nortifying disappointment, 50. far as the
wire-workers were concerned: We en-
|ieavored to prepare him for it, by frankly
and candidIy exposing and pointing out 10
him the causes which led us tothat belief.
Ills honest and confiding heart would not
him to doubt the fair dealing of his
supposed political friends /; honest aud sin
cere himself he supposed others were equ-
ally 60. Sad and hunliliating is it, to re-.
cord that his confiding belief in the fair
Of his political friends was all
delusion, and that he was by that conf
dence sacrificed. humiliating as it is, such
is the fact When the day Of election|
came, the mask was partially thrown off,
and our predictions were veriied--tlie|
double-dealing was made manifest. When|
we mentioned the factathat in the Advo1
Gates election returns Major Dunn was
classed as a democrat, I'VE were at loss
to understand it in any other manner, than
a public avowal, on the part of that papes,|
that we were right, and that they as we'll
as Mr.. Hnbbs, had been deceived. The|
Advocate comes out and corrects us--says|
it was through error Maj. Dunn was|
thus classed. We are satisfied that the
Advocate is sincere when they say it was
We are willing to believe
hat they were sincere in their support OF
Mr.. Hubbs. We are willing to- admit
hat Maj. Dunn is no democrat. notwith7
standing these admissions, the Advocates
7yor conclusively proves that the truth
$ " sometimes told by accident" for we
till insist upon it, that Maj. Dunn 5was
n reality the candidate Of the wire.work-
RS of the democratic p,rty, and that
louble-dealing was had in the transaction.
We assert It, without the fear Of success
III contradiction. that men high in Office,
emocrats, men disposed to be considered
saders of that party, and having strong
iaims thus to be considered, did write
alters to a certain precinct and perhaps to
Tiers, "DRop HUBS AND VOTE FOR Dunn
nd all this was done for the purpose of
efeating Mr.. Conrad, whom they saw
nd knew they could not defeat by fair
lay, and whose election is taken so at
in certain quarters. If we are called
pom to prove. that such letters were
we shall have to call upon MIR.
for a copy of "the four letters
ritten to the Plains Oil the eve of the
ection, for the Convention the object Of
letters was to defeat my election,
which no doubt had the intended
It affords US much pleasure to
y. that we do not believe that any of
Q candidates had any agency in. this
ansaction, and that so far. as we know,
e canvass was conducted on their part
it'll all fairness. .aa 1ss
.Tggs--s aAlss4s9a
10 During the past week our city, and
irish has been visited BY refreshing show
. proving acceptable to crops and per-
nal comfort. River falling fast.
1.-THE last Advocate charges US with /
.wfshing. in regard to our proposition
the Gazette Of Saturday last, which