Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-10-09
RATION ROUGE .
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M.us-It is now considered pretty certain
:, Ration Rouge, that we shall have a mail at
,,..t once a week, until it shall "seehl good"
to the peoples masters, alias the post masters
and mail contractors, to indulge us with q du-
plicate. This, we cay, is the general opinion
hero, and it will, perhaps, prove correct SO
long as that obliging gentleman and oillcer'
Cant. HART, commands the Persian. The
most. master at New-O Orleans, we understand,
has ceased to trouble himself (f he ever dd
,lo so) about the coast-maii, and says he Will
deliver il to packets if they call TO- it, but
shall not send it to them. This is the excuse
Capt. Laurent gave for not bringing the man
on Monday, and Capt. Hart assured us that on
Wednesday he was not only obliged to send
to the post-ofice for it, Gut to delay his depar-
ture. from the city one hour later than usual,
until it should be made up.
Thus goes on our "glorious reform "a
little more Of it, and every citizen will have
to be postmaster, contractor, and carrier for
himself. ,
Wonder if Mr.. Wickliffe will prove as un-
popular as his predecessor, Mr.. Granger IN
the general post-ofice department! Its well
for the latter he resigned as he did, for It IS
now certain the inefficient administration OF
his department would not have been tolerated
another month. The Wing press at the north
unites with the democratic in censurtng mis-
administration as worse than the worst within
the last thirty years. +
rTuE CoNvESTroN-The reader VIII hnd
on our first page to-day a report OF what was
done by the district conventions, when as"
sembled in this town last Monday. AS the
report is very full and very exact, we have no
filing out to 40, and only allude to the SUBJ
icct for the purpose of paying our respects to
the gentlemen who paid US theirs OH that oc-
casion. We had the pleasure OF meeting
some new and old friends, among others, our
worthy contemporaries of the press from 81
Francisville and Clinton.
After the convention had adjourned, Mcssrs'
Hornsby and Elan entertained the audience
each with a short speech The former is a
dashinr young beau and politician, for whose
success we were rather inclined to regret
that the convention was not composed Of
warm-hearted young bellies instead OF stern
calculating old politicians. Age is not fond
of comforting unmerited tavors on youth bu'
where ID the tender demoiselle who would
not sacrifice even her orn name to the gay
young rogue she " delights to honor
Mr.. Harnsby's eloquence is peculiar; II
partskes of the character OF the man, as 'arA
as Of that Of other men-being somewhat mix
ed. This defect-if defect it is-might, we
think, be ultimately remedied, by the adop.
ton of some great orator as a model study
ing closely the style of thought, and even con.
forming at times to the tonrnnre of expression
of the admired prototype. The oratory Of
Webster, for instance, is of the purest caste,
and no young man, just emerging into public
life, would be at all the worse of a familiar
acquaintance with his speeches.
The speech Of Mr.. Elan was, like himself
plain and u~nassuming but, in our opinion,
inappropriate. The U. S. Bank is a thread.
bare topic for defamation and the public
man who now addresses his fellow citizens on
subjects with which they are practically fami-
liar, such as agriculture and domestic i'm
provements, will find the route to their aflec-
tons less encountered than he who selects
for their ~entretien the most arid points in poll
teal economy.