Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-09-04

and will appear IN our next.
Ne,, Orleans markets ars as flat III rossf-
bIe. Cotton is dull, and will perhaps be n'-
fayorably affected by the news from England.
tew la,yers In msrkot, Provisions dull
every thing dull, but doc or's drugs, which
circulate freely as the yellow fever continues
10 increase. Deaths from the epidemic now
average from IL to 10 per day. Persons not
eo,npellod IL visit the city should keep away
from Il until heaIth IL restored.
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AaoLfrroSrsrs--fher progress--~ho~ 20
fr4strar their scaemes--self- Interest INC
arle on rhich reason, religion ami jus''ce
tura.--rt cannot be doubted that the aooll-
t.eaists are gaining ground IN tho s0f'n
and West. The events of the past soaso"
abunaantly prove it. Never before nave !,
southerners suffered so many ana oo''
ontrarcs during their summer tours 10
they have the past uinHor Every ~ee"
tho Northern and Western mails bring in-
,cll;ccnce of some domestic dccoyed or
forced away from the owner, Of some mas
Ger or mistress grossly insalted by MODS,
and their rights spurned by the feet OF
ermincd injustice.
. The facts tell the truth. Upon such
data we can safely rely, when VIC dare to
turn an inquiring eye upon the unpleasant
circumstances TINT surround US. How 1T
Ito do these evidences accord with the as
a~ertions of those who are ceaselessly urging
~ Ia believe that The abolitionists are an
insignificant, powcrless class, forming no
essential part of any community l1ils
story has been believed too long ; u IS
lime tho South should tnkc the matter sc.
riously in hand, and put a stop to the con-
,inual tampcripg with her rights. shc
can do ii, and it belongs to her TO do II.
She must protect herself, or she will never
he protected.
We invite the attention of the members
,ss tho Louisiana legislature TO the follow
ing suggestions: !
Let our Legislature pass an ACT 70 TINS
effect THAT IN officer bo appointed
whose duty it shall be to take cognEsance
Of every instance in which slaves belong
ing 10 Louisianians are seized or decoyee
away from their masters by the abolition
lists TO what states the persons thus steal
9 iur or d~ccoying said slaves belong ane
authorizing the anthoritics of News fleans
Of Of any other town in the State, Il
seize, during the periods in which our ter
ritory is visited by people from the North
property Of an equal value TO that taken
For instance, Massachusetts,, weH say
robs ms during the summer Of twenty-five
slaves, worth $3.50 Her cotton ship
arrive in numbers during the winter. lie
US take ono of those ships, sell it, and ap
~propriate the money arising from the sal'
to indemnify the owners of the lost slaves
and paying costs of said seizure and sale
A ship that would bring $4,000 woul'
for the twenty-five negroes and affor'
n handsome fee Tor the state officers.
Ohio pours down the Mississippi ever.
winter. in thousands of weil.filled ilatboats
2 The nroduccts of her rich soil. For the negroc
lost through her agency, seize and sell a
above, quantities of her produce suffcien
TO make all good.
1t is only by touching The pockets Of gu
glowing brethren" Of the North and West
that We can attain their reason. Self-inter
cstis the grand motive power of all huma'
!. actions. Whether we do well or Ill, thu
is the spring Of our efforts. Our reason
our religion, our views of justice betweeI
man and man, take their tone and tempe
from this great principle. It may be noble
4 il may be generous, it may be god-like fo
ID men as individuals, to rise above it but
is very impolitic for any nation or corporat
community to disregard it.
Nor is there any good argument agains
putting the above suggestions in force
The strongest would be, that we revengg
upon individuals the wrongs inflicted upo
us by a body. But this is an evil neces
sarv to the system, and INT which canne
be avoided. We, as a body, take tn
property of individuals belonging. to al
other body, which has ~wrongfully take
the property Of individuals belonging I
our W body. lf some innocent person
suffer, so much the worse. Let those pc
sons raise their voices against the inJustie
of their own magistrates let them ca
together their friends and neighbors, an
compel mad enthusiasts to cease the
criminal proceedings. An equitable sy'
tenn Of feprisals is the only course ne
left for the South. Sooner or later 81
must adopt it.
We hope the FIRST act of our efie'e'
and energetic representative, Mr. Conra'
at the next session Of the Legislature, w
be 10 present. a bill Of the above natare-