New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-10-15
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paton Rouse at the anti American Convention went out
Of bis way 70 speak Of Major Huy the American cand
date for Sheriff aud sneeringy characterised him "a
Yankee opkespern It Is true that Major Hufty Is
native Of New York and 1t Is uudeniabe that tn.
No 20 Camp street he has for sometime past
in watches cwelry brushes and staple fancy goods
as our readers will find consulting advertising col
urnishes apv good sneer at his birthplace
or an insult to his calling The business Of Major. Hufty
is useful to the community and respectable in ITSELF and
II never could have entered into the mind of Ameri
can speaker epdesvor to hold up to the contempt Of
his feow-citizens any for pursuing It. It was re-
served for naturazed citizen who has often been hon
ored BY his adopted State with high oce to draw such
distineonsto endeayor to the seeds Of sectional
prejudice among citizens of the American Union
and to indulge in reflections which excite In the breasts
Of ali true Americans indignation and surprise TN o.
Crescent. zre e.,
1t would seem needless to pronounce the above
whole cloth fabrication, as it in reality is but
the deliberate, and we might say mastery style
of Misrepresentation of the writer might con-
vince some that he had foundation for bis asser-
tions. We listened attentively to the speech of
Judge Il, throughout, and have no hesitation in
asserting that the speaker made no allusion to
or mention of Major H., either directly or indi-
rectly. Have the Majors wares become bur-
den on his hands, and does he seek to bring
them into notoriety and favor with K Ms
through the convenient advertising medium of
the Crescents gratuitous statement? Baton
Rouge Advocate, 9th.
It is not the custom of the conductors of this
paper to publish editorial statements for which
they have not ample authority. In this respect
they are careful to such degree that they
have oftentimes been called squeamishly par
ticular. They wish nothing to appear in their
columns which is not true and legitimate, and
will admit nothing they do not believe to be fair
and above board
The editor Of the Baton Rouge Advocate pro-
nounces our reference to Judge Rost's speech
ga whole cloth fabrication In other words,
according to the Advocate, we have been guilty
of writing and publishing downright falsehoods!
Very grave charges, these; and were not the
editor Of the Advocate guilty of all he charges
us Nth, we should feel exceedingly uncomfort-
able. The editor further states that he sslisten-
ed attentively to the speech Of Judge R.
throughout, and have no hesitation in asserting
that the speaker made no allusion to or men
ton of Major Il. (Hufty,) either directly or in
directly This is positive, and covers the
whole ground.
Knowing that our memory seldom fails us
and being perfectly sure we had read report
of a speech delivered by Judge Rost, in which
words Of precisely the same import as "Yankee
Shopkeeper I" were used We commenced an in.
vestigation, which resulted successfully, and
while it completely relieves US from the charges
made, overwhelming our Baton Rouge cotempo
rary under mass Of stunning truth, from
which nothing but a frank and manly amend,
honorable can sxtricate him, and which, from
our knowledge Of his character, We doubt mo-
| he will promptly make.
In the New Orleans Courier, Of the Esd o
June last, we find report of the speech de-
liyered by Judge Rost before the Democratic
| State Convention, published as soritten out b,
himself, at the request of Messrs E. W. Noise, S
F. Marks, John Perkins, Jr., John NJ Bell AMI
others, whose names are appended to the ap
| plication. That application is dated sBatol
Rouge, June 49," The reply of Judge Ros
communicating 9 copy Of his speech, as pre-
pared By himself is dated est Charles, Jun
| 2O.a
Referring to the American nomination 70
Sheriff in the parish Of Orleans, Judge P. A
Rost thus wrote for publication:
But as he (Gen. DeBuys) was Catholic, and Dor
KEEPER who has been here but short time and Who
nobody kaows, was preferred to him. Such will In O
| cases, be the rule,a
No sensible man will claim that there is an
| difference between ".Ne,c England Shop keep
err and Yankee Shop keeper" Both are sy
| nonymous terms, and mean exactly the sam
| thing.
Nov the only matter at issue is, whethe
| Judge Rost knew what he had said in h
speech when he wrote out report Of it fa
publication, or whether the editor Of the BIZ
ton Rouge Advocate, who says he slistened q
| tentivey,'' knew more about what Judge Ro
was saying than the Judge knew himself! Tt
editor says that the Judge did not refer to Ms
jor Hufty "either directly or indirectly" I'll
Judge deliberately asrites the Major down 6
s'a New England shopkeeper," and so it VIZ
published in the New Orleans Courier!
If there is any question Of veracity pendir
it is between Judge Rost and the editor Of ii
Baton Rouge Advocate.
THE NAILS - It would be bootless task
enumerate the many irregularities Of the gre
Northern and Eastern mail, via Mobile, to til
city. To the interdictions Of the Great Dispos
Of events, we are willing to submit without
murmur; but when, at this season of the yea
of all others, when no detention should happe
and the commercial community anxiously wal
ing the important details of its correspondent
the great and important interests Of this or
, porium are jeopardized by the neglect of irr