Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-01-09

thai tho same feJ5on, winch led 10 tnis cOfSlltu-
.ional provision would persuade you to limit also
to one year the ~oficia! term Of those who, like him,
are depositories OF the public treasure.
The Nashville Railroad Company having been
unable to pay the ~inserest accfuIng during the
| year upon tho $500, 900 bonds issued by the
state ia favor of thai undertaking, tia. interest
was paid by the treasury, which Ia thus bufthencj
by ap additional claim, amounting with tbs diff
ference ef exchange, 70 about $4,000 anna"
ally. The road, the. slaves,and all ot'.cr property
belonging TO the company, should have been sold,
in conformity will! tie lax. IN consequence of
this violation Of It's obItg ,iion, but as none OF
this properly was iiabIe TO deteriorate before
me meeting Of the !ce i4Ialure, aud it could nol DO
sold without an immense loss, | thought it better,
AL did not feel authorized to purchase in the nanu
OF the state, to postpone any definite action on the
subject, thai you might have an opportunity TO
adopt whatever measures you might deem war.
rantrd by tue interest Of tho state,
Those bood., having been issued without any
sufficient secutty for The payment OF either the
interest or p~fiaetpal by tbs company, must, Of
coufse, al their maturity. DO paid by tho state
The nu tnher OF bonds thus granted by the iegit-
lature without an adequate guar,nty t. pro-,
,ect The state, IL fortunately 80 small lla. W. can
provide for item without imposing additional
taxes. by means Of the profits accruing to our
credit in the l. ,uiSiana Back and in tho other
Institutions IN which the state ia interested. II
il melancholy. however, TO sec, that those profits
shich might haze been employed to the benaft Of
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10 deveiope its resources, niast he waited in c1,in-
gushing obligations which should never have
been contracted, since they have been of no ad-
vantage 10 The couutry.
The loss which the pay ment OF the bonds will
cause US, will be repsifcd. | hope,by Congress pas
sing a Nv for distributing 60 the statos d par, Of
the public laals, and Of the proceeds Of those sold
by l!e Federal G%overmeni. This measure, which
~ due to justice, afier having passed both houses
Of Congress, vas prevented from having the force
Of Law, in 1893, by tho objections Of the President;
IL cannot bs too soon revived. Louisiana who was
constroined by tho conditions Of her admission in
10 The Union, 10 abandon her vacan, lands to tbs
general Government. while .hs original states
kept those stu ,,eJ within tneir limits, hss strong
grounds for Insisting on some compensation. --
Allow mo 30 recommend the adoption Of res,iu-
tons urging TO cur Senstors and representative
In Congress their attention to this subject.
The expiration Of the time stated in The Conn.,
promise Bill, and the necessities Of tha revenue.
requiring ofConeress coon n revision Of the Tariff
laws, seems n favorable moment ft addressing to
tina. body your views Of tho disastrous effect Of
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cane-ohc Of the principle productions Of our soil.
II those sound doctrines which once prevailed In
the councils Of tho ns.ion, can again By listened
TO, it will no, bc Difficult, to demonstrate that y
protective duiy is absolutely necessary to save Us
from being ruined by foreign competition, and thai,
this protection, fur from bong merely Of local ad.
ransage, is IS favorable to the other states as 10
Louisiana, by tho diminu,ion which our p~toiucs
causes in the price Of foreign sugars. We can al
SO urge that tbs law Of 1916, upon the continue
ton of which Our citizens dppended, having i'm
posed duties on foreign sugars solely for the pur-
pose Of revenue, We had a right 10 believe ,I.at
those dulles would remain as long as the Govern"
rnent needed a revenue. Now that the situation
of our fnsfces absolutely require nsw taxes fos
thi. sane purpose, it would be absurd TO pretend
tina, the re-estabiishfnent Of the duties Of 1916 up
on sugar should be rejected, solely because, white
producing a revenue which cannot nos be dig
peEsed with, these Same duties would protsci our
agriculture, and enable Us 10 amply tho whole OF
the sugar wanted for the Consumption Of tho Ua-
ion.
Since the las. session Of the Legislature, the
- Al Ei.x-I - = r- $500
proved of the location which | had caused to be
made Of l9, $40 acres of lsGd, originally granted 10
Louisiana for the use of a college but which a sub
seqnen, act OF congress seems 10 appropriate 10 one
or more ser,inaries Of learning. Thee lands, with
those which bad previously been entered, form an
area equal to a little more than a township, and
place at the disposition of the legislature "a IT'S
acres. / hope in the course of the year to be en-
+blsd TO locate, in the nome Of the state, the grea-
er part of those lands TO which she is entitled.
These lands afford an opportunity which, per-
saPs, will not again be presented. Of furnishing, to
one Of our colleges which you nay think
most deserving. the means of establishing itself on
permanent basis. Ia dividing these means
.mong several institutions, you may afford to each
short-iived utility or existence, but the establish
nent Of a college really worthy Of the name, is
impossible, without much time and perseverance,,
nd the prudent etnployn,en of Il large capital |
The land which will compose The second town +!
hip may be sdsan,ageously used in the encour-
cement of seninaiies Of learning. in which lite
instruction and a knowledge of the elements
{ the sciences can be obtained. If oil tho means
t your disposal are concentrated now upon one
lstituiion; upon that which shall be found, after
le strictest examination, 10 offer the strongest as
urances of success, the fifteenth Legislature of
louisiana will hereafter be designated as that
'bich, understanding the real interests of our
ouatry has bestowed upon it a literary ard scien-
fc institution resting on a solid basis, where
ur children may complete their studies, and re-
an education useful to themselves and to 9TH
e, without a~bsenting themselves from the state,
return among US strangers to our manners and
abits, and above ali, to our climate.
From information obtained of the Surveyor
enerat of the United States, relative 10 the
lantity of public lands coming 10 this state under
is of congress; assigning the sixteenth section of
ch township for the use of public schools, | learn
at Louisiana is entitled to ISL 800 acres for the
pport Of primary schools. Many of the town.
ips being composed ct Iands covered by private
inns, there must be deducted 3s,400 acres, +
we must have last for the want of vacant i
lds 10 apply to school purposes, leaving 740,- |
0 acres applicable TO the maintenance of schools |
ON this amount We must deduct again one fifth, =
l49, lS4 acres. composed of sea marsh and land r.
no vasue whatever, and the balance may be p
mated scrar5ino to the oniuion Of The S,rvax. d