Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-08-28
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sArnRnAY, August %, ISL.

InE VETO
coaiectures upon President lylefs a'e
:. null and vcid''--Areath spent ~ VAN.
ia has vetoed the bank bill, and VIC intend
to provide each of our subscribers ~''i "
copy Of the veto message soine''h'o '"
The day. We shall strike OH an eA'fa ""'
send it round by tho carrier. 40"
amusing TO slip along in his wake, ana o1-
s.,,ve he variety Of feature with which
r,ad.-s Of opposite parties will pour over
ii tho long, grim, dcatis-insit'ng v's'ses
Of tho Wings, and the jolly s'de-si'll''ns
c~n,nteaanco; Of the locos! his may DC
! a,r,o,s Eabiect TO some, but really VIC
esiey Il; vo admire the supreme way
rorias Of tic f1rcesrs at Washington.
pt.ANrEa's STATE CopvENTIoN.-"A Got
Tan Planter recommends throighthe columns
Of The plaquemine Gazette, a convention o.
tho plan;crs Of this State, to be held at New
Orleans next winter. "let il be understood"
says the v fitar, "tlat the intention OF tha'
convention IS to devise ways and means %
promote our interests" -.
We believe 4 movement of Lhe KIND Woaio
be highly popular among the planters Oh Tie
State. Within the last eighteen months we
have heard many If our most wealthy asficul-
t~uralists urge the proposition in the warmes'
terms. Measures are TO be adopted by the
planters, not only for the protection OIL theif
interests ii the disposition Of Their crops put
tie means TO secure a more general exchange
- ;I,,s soma established medium for thu
communication Of the results OF experiments
ard facts uf Importance to tho agricultnfal'st'
il highly necessary in Louisiana at the pre-
son, time. We do not believe, however, that
New Orleans is he proper place to iioid salo
convention, nor that the winter season ID INC
most appropriate period. We would propose
,t,.t :, convention of the kind meet at this
Mace nj The time of holding the State FAR IN
November next. No period more favorable
eepla be selected, and Baton Rouge, Oh ac-
count Of its central position, and remotoness
from Tho eorruptivc enterprises Of rich, specu-
lating merchants, is infinitely preferable to the
CITY. Here planters could discuss Their meas
ures in peace, unannoyelb by the malign itiiu-
onces Of those who would gladly prevent any
thing like concert among them ; and the large
number who will naturally crowd to this place
m The accession Of the Fair, would carry homo
with them the views and resolutions expressed
and adopted by tie convention, to practise and
i,nprego upon them in their future dealings
and pursuits.
We trust planters will consider this subject,
and taking timely action upon It.
FREE NEeRoEs.-A meeting oftho citizens
OF Conccrdia parish was held at Vldalia Oh the
7ih inst. The object Of the meeting was to
propose to the State measures which wou'd
efFccsua,ly Illustrate the designs OF ONO ana
northern aoolitionists upon our slave poPuia-
tion, A series of wholesome resolutions were
passea, ard a committee appointed to lay the
whole matter before the public, in the form OF
an address to the people of the State. we
NAV expect the address soon.
The resolutions propose that the law o.
1880 relative to free negroes should be rlgia'
" enforced, and amended SO as to make ten
days. notice sufficient for all persons con-
demncd 10 leave the State: and, also, to en-
newer the authorities 10 sell into perpetual
bondage all persons OF color who may violate
said law in future. We approve, heartily
these suggestions.
A writer in the Natchez Tree Trader sugg-
cests that no person Of color, bond or free
shall be employed hereafter on our steam.
boats. This is Also a good suggestion, for no
Only does such employment virtually lleenst
Tie free black to carry OFT all the instructions
and ast;scesc Of tie a~boiitionists, but it puts The
slave Ia Tie way Of the persaaslons and Sc,
dnctiens Of tho latter, schooling him in ideas
with which he has no business, uasetties his
attachments to master and home, and imhues
his mind with yagrant ideas of liberty which
Ao will endcator to satisfy.
We hopc our Legislature at its approaching
session viii give this subject a thorough IN
ypstigatien.