Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-06-25
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Eohtt now.@ttfte lastiiHE is broken %@the Doc
Tor has pputed oai a concentrated vipl, which
will work The kinks out Of BIS digestive
organs, like a connection Of dsiJfum fremeaft'
However, after doing Tho amiable 70 my
" morning llipttef," ! hetefnHiucd 10 take things
with that hsaree of moderation becoming 81
man who asr1rts, as Pat would say. to "dfe
d1ceHily," and accordingly | sat Town aud
refttaed, viii, due attention. the important ao+
cttluent.
strange y | calculated, " ID the mist on
my eyes, ar on tho letter II | read again and
III spite fall my reverence for the distinguish
I'd writer, The travellers remark I'm mine host
ess'E pudding. that ii possessed IN quantity
what ii lacked IN quality, required rs highly
applicable,
| am not disposed. Mr.. Editor. TO trouble
you viii, a lengthy ~trenlise on the Doctors
expiring effort, / will call attention only IT.
a few points. The most ~fofttble portions Of
his icttef arr, undoubtedly, the communities.
tons copied from the ~tiagptte Of 1893 The
first of these embraces tho a9ti section Of the
territorial act, relatlte Ia runaway slaves,
This Hci | CITED in my Fast, and gave my Opt
ntep Of lis validity the second il q comment
on this act, IN which the strong ground il
assumed, that, il tho act he good in one sense.
it j, ii another. and, consequently. If stetids
had the right 10 sell under IT. they were bound
also 10 pay under IL,
This is certainly strong reasoning bat
what Is the deduction 10 which we must come
by following il OUT If thFfaw had been con
sldefed in full force and effect by all, who
shall we cltarge for its n6n-txeeutiotl the
%sl,etii1Sf We're they tbs persons to whom
was left The duty Of seFfng thai iaw executed
To the letter | think not. ITIefc was at that
tt,,1 EH t,4us ii Yy,t4oT,K,r and "a kf4Tt ,ptt, of
the treasury, tho former the chief of the exc
eutige officers Of the state; and the latter hound
hy his oath, 10 call on ~sfefitts for the entire
discharge Of their duties. Now, / happen, 10
know tho author ri The two communications
quoted by Ut. Scott, and ! know he has as high
M opinion Of the legal attaitrments and Of the
honor and Ffahtty Of Mr.. t]iarlefc. a. has the
Doctor nor do I hesitate 10 say TINT that gem.
tlrtnah will mol eontreyert the statement Of
MIR. Gatdefr, when the latter says he did not
feel authorised 10 call on sheriff for the sur
plus on sales Of runaway slatee. Mr.. G. was
well acquainted with the law in question /; he
knew it had fallen into disaetude and was de
fGcfo null throughout the Etate. Hence lie de-
ciinel enforcing II (and he OF the GOVERNOR
not Nj. Buller or any other sheltit-was IN
fault 1t it was not entofCed),
But DR.. Scot insists that the Law III NIL It's
ittIlS anu tEihEbtfE It's III tlftEGs Hiitt WAS WI
defstood 10 be in force during the entire PEI
Rod Of Mr.. rs sheriFalty. Admit the fact,
and lei as see the cirtn Instances in which the
admission places DR. Scott. 'file doctor was
elected to the state senate, 10 represent and
advocate the interests Of The parish Of East
Baton Rouge. He no sooner is seated IN hts
place, Than he calls Ia mind his deep legailGre,
and IN Il fit Of enthusiasm fof tsn htnPlideatidn
ef our statutes. propose n resolution, giving
an executive officer The authority ~ enforce Il
certain lava law which. according tn his
own showing, was in full force 1T The time his
resolution was offered. Tn resolution in no
ways amended The lnw=-it gave il no ]uncfton,
If added to II no new piTiHr-it did not even
declarr that the law was law@-it designated
no deficiency IN thc law-it filled no void
which Legislative wisdom might have failed,
on Il previous occasion, 10 fill. No! the sum
and substance Of The resolution was--'Hete
il a law that is a law--thc legislature have
declared il SO, and, ntdet the constitution,
have declared that the officers appointed to
execute said law shall execute said law: ] say
so, too, they shalt execute it, T.
Why, Doctor, If this was the duty for which
YOU were sent 10 The Legislature, how comes il
that ya1, left of at the commencement Of your
task why did yot moi hflng forward similar
resolutions. ms addffRu TO al the nets in the
code r You here inculpate yourself, Doctor +;
either The law was inefficient, and required the
resolution you had passed, 10 give il The force
uflawt or Won were guilty. Of Tire most egffEi-
ons folly, i'll spending the public treasury on .
motion thai was useless = utterly nssleEs-
worse than useless; because 1t encountered
thai which was in itself all-suffelent. How is
this, Doctor7 Are Won 50 ANXIOUS to make
out u case against Mi. Butler as to crininate
yourSrlff
One or two things is certainly true either
the law in question, from some cause OF other
was not consid red binding, OF the resolution
offered hy Doctor 8, was unnecessary-su-
perrogatory-sensciess Dr. Scott can adopt
which horn Of The deIetnma he prefers.
But all this is ont Of place. Dr, Scott has
complained OF being dragged into an u11plea-
SAINT controversy. Into this controversy he
has certainly not been dragged. lie is a vol
unteer, and very ready one, ] shall not
give hun a chance 10 deny this statoment-l
shall prove il, by quoting the origin Of the dis
cnssion betwte himseif and me-. This con-
troversy arose on the following paragraph, re
forfing 10 Mr.. D., taken from the Jesiersonian,
q paperprlnted in New Orleans, viz
"lle is taf. we admit, having fed from the
crib Of the State government Tor nearly TWEEN
" years: The faHer he would have heea, had
not the Hone Senator from THAT iistrietssby
exposing some Of his n al -praetjces, caused
his rernfnation TO I've rejected by the Senate"
beg attention 10 the manner in which the
word rmI- practices" H used ia this extract,
In u notice I made oil it through Foar columns,
Mr.. Editor, | employed the fotiowjng Ian
guagc. which Dir. Scott understood as q chal-
Ienge TO him, but which can be construed in
no other light than a call on the doctor to
negative or affirm the words Of the Jeforso.
man 50
CAS- far AZ ! can learn, "the Hon, Senator
from this district, never exposed any "mal-
practices of the Sheriff to whose election he
was at The time known TO be personally OPP
posed. If he did SO, / have yet to learn that
he did it openly, ia a manly, honorable man
ncr. But ! am persuaded he never did 80 at
all for | think it can be satisfactorily shown
that he had never any ",ual- practices to- ex-
pose. II he had, a great majority Of tie peo-
pie of this parish are yet i~glforafst Of the fact
and "the Hon. Senator" maj, give his party,
and the cause of truth "a liff,,'' by informing
the public Of their nature aud gravity"
Here is a part-the essential part--of the
Doctors reply:
"ME. HrEsres The Gazette of last Sa-
ttirday was handed me YESTERDAY, BY a friend.
| was surprised to find that "Justice" had
called on me for an explanation, relative TO
some charges against Mr.. Bnhter. In add
ton 10 the article taksn from the Jeffersonian,
an accusation was made in the Baton Rouge
Gazette in ls3s.
The Doctor here speaks of g some charg-
es:' what charges in the Jeffcrsonian,
- EM So. ~ t&