The Arkansas advocate., 1835-02-13

men, who cannot fight with the weapons of reason, and therefore use those of ribaldry and abuse. It needs that purifying spirit should pass Through the land. We need an other Hercules in the Augean stable--or that which is, when well directed, the bulwark of l freedom, will become public curse.
 I We ns,, nsai., -- t!sc fellfawing extracts from the
 Message shs1soN ovsman to the Legislature of Louisiana- delivered on the 5th ut. l A new Hospital, the most splendid and the most extensive in the Southern States, has been begun and finished. The insti- ltution. founded by fhe charity of the State almost for the exclusive benefit oi stran- gers and foreigners, has received. during the last year, of the funds placed at its dis posa, by the Legislature, the sum of S56,- 36l 99, according to the accounts of the Treasurer of the State. During that time 6-062 patients we're received, 2,354 were natives of Ireland 2,03l were natives of other foreign nations 1928 were citizens. of other states of the Union, and 49 were l Louislanians.
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 @ The epidemics which have several times desolated our capital, and which strangers consider as extending throughout our state. have given to Louisiana a reputation for ] linsalubrity which operates powerfully as d check on her commence and emigraton- l These epidemics are oeeasioned by the malaria of the swamps between the rear 1 of the city and Lake Ponchartrain: by draining them. we remove the cause of dis ease. This plan though at first sight t may appear impsaetieable, is nevertheless very easy to be executed It Is only ne- cessary to make use here of the same means which for ages have secured from inundatlon the soil of part of Holland where the difficulties to be overcome were much greater than with us. plan for draining these swampS has been prepared under the direction of the Board oi Public Works; the expenses have been cacuia- ted; they will amply be repaid by the in- creased value of the land reclaimed. If thIs undertaking receives your sanction, 1t will make New strleans one of the healthi- est cities 1.-the Union. She will then. be worthy of the high destinies called for by her position, unique in the commercial world, which designates her as the mart and capital of the valley ofthe Mississippi.
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 At every session of the Legislature have thought 1t my duty to recommend to their consideration OUT system of public ln- strueton. and to point out it's defects. In thfs last communication think 1t useless I to repeat all that have already said on the subject. l will merely ask permission to refer 10 my previous communication, to \ show how much we could gain by adopting tue system of cuDmon schools, which is { so successfully in operation tn sev eral of the States of the Union- The adoption of 'nss ,.,..e ,,, 2, .ode s deFvii'gg proper advantage from the appropriations so fiber ally made every year for olH primary schools. Their future success appears, however, to be inseparable from that of an institution for d higher grade of instruction. We have reason to apprehend that We new CT shall see our schools flourish, until. by | encouragement given to our colleges, We l shall have rendered education so common | in Louisiana. as to, be able to furnish our selves teachers capable of snstructing our who feel such an interest in the progress of theirpuplls, as at the same time they convey to their minds solid instruction, will offer them the example of good morals.
 
 A new semi-weekly paper, called the SUN, l is to be commenced in Washington city, for the purpose of spppQrting Judge WHITE for the Presidency. t is to be edited by John Pope Trotter, of Kentucky-a nephew, we understand, to Gov. Pope. We know noth- ing of the gentleman's talents, but judging by the annexed extract from his Prospectus, they are we think, respectable.
 ssThe country is torn by contending fac tions-sectlon is arrayed against section, and neighbor against neighbor. Party has nsurped the dominion of patriotism, and threatens the overthrow of our institutions by undermining the basis on which they rest. It cannot be concealed that al- though the late elections have sustained the measures of the administration, and must have convinced the opposiliou that no candidate put in nomination by that party can be successful, there Is, on the part of a large majority of the people an unwilling T .l f.