Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-10-15

one in The pesraus Of your country that gain
ed that enviahle place by the neglect OF ina.
cruntry's rights and honcrs, On my Lord
Ashburtop, III. spplanaing yel1s Of Democra4
cy ringing In your ears, and as you approach
the throne, tell your Queen " that you have
purchased pence by dishoforable concession.
Lord Palmefston was rewarded therefor, anu
why abuhld net you Tell The English tpet.
chants that tleir debts are new saie and 'ena
the sanction Of your treaty and your name 70
q farther attack upon their hard earned wealth.
Tell tie world that the clsnk OF the Negroes
fetter (ths Aslburton chsIns) is still TO be
heard in The slave holding South. and The
searching Of American Hlsve vessels Is to be
left 10 America. Glorious contamination OF
the auaaruple treaty. Go my Lord Ashbur.
ton. n marauisite awaits you.
4----4A~A-
SENTENCE OF pEArH-On the 9Th OF Sep.
t>tnber. Judge Kent, Of the Supreme Courts
New York, confirmed the sentence of DEATH
rendered against Colt, the rnrdersr Of Adama,
BY an ~isferior court. Colt has appealed to
the Court Of Errors, from which the case will
go before the Governor BHd the PicAFnre
thinks the result will be al affair for Sing
Sing, instead Of The gallows.
Weslspe The Picayune's conjecture t1tay
prove to be correct ; for this system Of taking
the life Of one man because he has taken the
life Of another, appears 10 us The most delibe-
IA g species or murder. The remedy, (and
rtn1e9g! II in none,) TO say the least. eeetus
qni q as bad ms the disc ire. The difference
Is. that twelve men, in place Of one.-n0t IN
p~asaion-not under Observation-Disclosures IN
happy itapulee-deoide cody and calmly how
long . fellow mortal. into whose breast the
Creator # ts all has breatheJ the breath of
life. shall possess that gift Of the Onuipetent
Jehovah-tle great Judge Of all mankind
And We, miserable mannikirR, snatch from
hs hauds the scale Of Justice ard the sword o.
vengeance Vengeance docs not belong to
men.
We neentne to lie no hetter--in no w@yH
more philantlrpplc than ihvse with whopfw we
daily associate , and yet, that generally ap-
proved system Of butcbery, by twelve men in
stead ono, has always Appeared 70 us a cri'ne
more fragrant than the s~diudgod. "l'he very
worst use (says BnIwer,) to which you can put
a nan, ia 10 hang him - and we would add,
the very w3rst ese nen can put themselves
ls taking the lie of a fellow man.
E'niIuHa~~rnEIH MtsERtEs--The Plcsyune
concludes q few sensible remarks on the ON.
mon duty about the hsrrers Of the life editori-
al. IN these words
Now We shy sfthe life Of an editor as Dan
Marble said of his cenntry--" taking IL all
round, It IL ieet about as gond ne any other,
and in time Of war . darn'd sight bet Or"
The Picavnne is ~right-pertectly go: no
editor, capable OF doing credit to his cloth and
calling, is dissatisfied with hp profession. II
10 a life of fun. variety, wit. hu,nor, sympathy,
observation, devotion, honor and learning. 1t
a ounds in all that constitutes pure ~lntellec-
taal enjoyment-fron The play Of the knitting
needle, or the glad frolies of childhood, to the
clash of conflicting armies and the nobIe dis
plays Of gigantic genius in congress or parlia.
ment. The essen g Of a. hal is entertaining,
good or beautiful in every other pursuit is con-
centrated in this every art and science ev-
cry shrub, tree and flower the land, and all
that moves thereon; the rivers, lakes and seas,
with all that sport therein; the camp and bar
room ; the racc.traek and the pulpit the
counting house and the dairy the festival
and funeral the parIor and the kitchen the
sober fields of toll and the gay haunts Of plea
sure. all contribute their most precious mites
TO The rich treasury of editorial entertainment,
These are the editors wealth, his fortune
fortune more rich and rare than gems of Col.
conda. The spices with which the Fates
have dished i phis life, are more numerous than
his monents-changing forever his mind from
grave 10 gay. and giving him to feel more of
mortal pleasure, to experience a greater diver
sity Of human sensations in a day, than othtr r.
know in an age. His is emphatically, harp
of many strings"
Those interminable GROWERS at the profess
sion, would growl the same ii in Paradise.
In no condition on earth would they be o.
tent. They should lay down atripol whose
magic virtues they canno;e comprehend, and
abdicate their chair to some one more capable
of approaching it's e%njoyments.