Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-05-15

Occupying nv We 90 q Pesitioa ~ "aSh y
10 ctr duty at al times u eofanlt Tho good
plsaaars Of thu community, anil, If f%ofa'ela,
to gain the appreciation Of th, majority, 1t will
not, ~peritap1, be sntss, it we taks occasion
Ion tins d, TINA to explain our rnssofis for
lsing esft4ia thinga while we leave others
ald)ns W. are NV Ire Tint IL IL = very ton.
tsot opinion among ins1, that inliiiatu<s 81 thu
gospel should egnlafe tlisir livos and ser
n4s1a recording 70 the vioss 81 their heatars
and ss.t tho conductors 81 newspapers Hhould
HI controlled throughout by tho alvita Of each
individual who iaH the honor to sig1 himself
"A gubstrttsr.'' We readily admit the high
authority Of opinions expressed by " anbari-
hers,'' and hre ever happy 10 follow them
when thsy ara m,Iailol after tho fas1iinn 81
enf own and It ia for ,ls purpose Of m1king
eur frion1H acquainted with nir way Of think.
i,s On some important points, that we have
How sst down to aldgeas thoin Ia a plain. So
eiahle "salk."
In our last number We aId9d 10 onr
+" Tsrms" d ~elsttse, which Ii in the following
werjs
"For all official advertisements the officers,
personally will ha deemed reBnenuihle and
IN caas of %raiasal to respond for the aal,e b.
saId ~ofieara, such advertisement will not be
published. until thu payment b satisfactorily
secured"
Thia clause was In opavftiot, although nat
~,ertftea opj, when the Gazette cams under oar
charge but rs Hptnc few objections have besn
raised against It. and m our prejtidieea run
wi strongly ii ii II IL if55tv1tf , - ateettTt = aatHi tj
we " to II and to onrselvep, 10, shaw Ito
great prurrioty, and even necessity, under es-
issing circumstances.
In tho frat place, then, we possess but a
vary Hmall share of this worlds goods or,
M 4 word, we arc, whit tho world sulgafly
danominates a poor m1n, and having \ tan.ily
y support, rent 70 rav-Yorkmnn to pay
and 4 countless hast of minor expenaas to
~aastain, noeesaity rnfnpals ,ls to look for .
sara and prompt return for our toll, Wa are
obliged to do buaiaosa on the caell hyy,am !;
tAat ID, our expenditures arc all on that sys-
TEN. and an our expenditures look to our rev.
eaue for e%upplier, The natural result is, that
wo ars feFeod to put the latter on q footing
With The former. Our worhmen call for
money weekly, and thor ara mol to be refused
our landlords lease I'D their buildings only on
condition that We pay them monthly and if
wa enter shop TO purchase q few groceries,
4 hat, or . pair Of shpea, We must fork out the
rath---3r hesr the unpleasant obsesyation---
We don't ~lilu-ths truth il, cir, We are not
In tbs habit Of esoditlng stfangsfs.'
Avnin, unless . regulation like tho above
he adhered to by us, We may look 70 t~'uturiy
for payment on euch accounts. Nothing lie
more easy than for q Sheriff, Clerk, or parish
judge to include our account IN hss, and col
leet them both ut the anne tina. In fnct,
when The business il done otherwise, the
II generally kept. like the miserable
pendulum Of a clock, vibrating etarnally be-
TIVE ,n two posts, without ever touching either.
lilo goes to the administrator and the admins
sends him hack 10 the parish Judge to
the plaintiff and the plaintiff sends him back
10 the sheriff, Nc, &c, until his account be-
inpotenf, from "very arc" We know
who have lest thousands OF dollars
this way, in the course Of a few years
sad nj we have road some where that ii is
wnll to learn wisdom from tho follies Of others,
We are not disposed to commit tho same
errors.
our conscience gave W a ssvere pinch az
closed the above paragraph the last SEN
ID not true and we hasten to correct
,ar words. Tho truth ia, friends, we are just
weak enough, just foolish enough TO do all
for all men on credits as long az our
generation nay ha, If 1t were in our power to
10 %. and do we'll. But it is not. Our To-
er liz our only means Of subsistence, and for
we must either hive the cash down, or
payment secured on short time. Ii our
ricnds--o.r " kind patrms will come for
yard and procure us an undisturbed credit Of
Years with our workman, our landlords, our
-roeess, %tailore, shoemakers, etc. etc, we
thorn our word thai We will never
roubia them for money so long as our day
. peaceful, theirs shall be also. We pre-
but few of them will volunteer their
in this respect.
On the whole, we consider it much better
NIL, that d prompt system Of payment
b. resumed again in the country, than
things should run on at loose enis az |
hey have done within the last Elk or eight
Tbs evil effects Of the credit system
Of TINT System Of broad sweeping credits,
never asked for responsibilities nor
ct payments hut beginning TO
itself throughout the land. The
%scrsfice Of property, the care worn risages.
he wounded spirits and broken hearts which
Ae las. four years have made, viii be felt
40 shadows in The scale OF orr eosntrv's
when the immense increase oiNcrime
nd dehasement OF national character shall be
Our journals team with histories
I defalcations, r,hberies and murders: and
hen we look for the cause. and ask why is
7 We are told III reply, that the teller Of
,ne bank had orerdrawn, and ran away to
void being confronted with those he could
81 indemnify that some member of Con-
(for criine is no longer confined to the
and w~orthless,) had committed forgery TO
sstain his credit. and al last was compelled
elope, to avoid the igno,niny Of the peni-
ntiarg that a Rossason. when the man
no had kindly loaned him money called TO