Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-06-04
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Mn. lfrfsrov.
III have your acgnlcScencc, il is my wish
occasionally TO occupy part Of Il column o.
Your paper with brief IN upon the
present party divisions Of the country-ne no
aRss~aGroses Of recrimination, or abuse Of per
s~6Nss§ed with either nor for the display
Of scholsStte or literary requirements, which
| have nd-but in a plain, omlnon sense
style, to cali the attention Of our citizens to
certain Gland marks" which, ia the TEN.
pest Of political excitement, have been over.
borne and troddcn under foot: duplicating
thereby the security and integrity Of those in
stitutioHs founded by the iron toll Of our fore
fathers, and that panoply Of freedom sealed
with their blood.
The most prominent subject, IS being the
well spring Of the body polite. is the power
whence sfoana ate those laws which are to effect
directly the prosperity and honor Of the coun-
try; and it is matter of surprise that, in so
short a period Of time, the action of the Ma
tional Legislature could have been forced so
far from the purposes originally intended !,
and that The most selfish legislation should
be persisted in, at a period when the party
Ratchet nigh: be buried, 1t seems to me, with
great proprictp, on account of the general
prostra1ion OF business and the universal dis
sress attaching TO all communities, either of
science, commerce, OF ,labor-a condition Of
things without parallel in the history of our
country, since the DAYS when the .kmcricaR
matron girded the sword upon the first born
of her hsc, and sent him forth to do battle
with the opprcssor-to geapplc with the Bril-
fish lioa.-and if he fell in the unequal strug-
gle, whilst the tear drop Betrayed the 0
of the mothers heart. she called upon the next
I~r,, ~ .a,. 49, 49, r. - $4,000 ~-2
the rights of his native land Where ! where
is the ministering influence that then presided
over our national councils, and crept into the
remescst cabin of the western forests. caus-
ing simultaneous and lie action for the gene
raj welfare. The demon spirit Of party has
overshsdowed it-roused from its siumbess
by personal ambition, virtue, love of country,
and hope, flee before it, or remain paraiysed
by the upas matartd which it breathes, whilst
Freedom is chained 10 the triumphal cay Of a
political demagogn".
1t is true, that the desolatioT of war or fa-
mine Is not fastened upon as, that o u fields
are green with the coming harvest; and politi-
cally, that the outward seeming Indicates no
fostering disease within. Is it the aainoas
quiet that, fore-shadows revolution and anar-
chyf Heaven forbid! Beautifully moulded,
scalPturfd,-and polished as the outside of the
cup may be, yet if it is TO be filled with bitter
dregs, or deadly poison, our admiration is alb
sorbei by our fears, and we take counsel of
prudence in disposSng of it Why have we
SO much apathy in regarding oral evils and
influences, in which the d~esiinles of millions
lie wrapt, when we are so sensitive to q ply
steal ailmeDL that bears no proportional con-
sequence! Is it not, because We have lost,
the just sense of our responsibilities, as we'll
as the actual value Of those blessings, born Of
the constitution and to be perpetuated or de-
stroyed with it lit must be so. In imagined
security, We have not noticed, or ii noticed,
wessbsve not looked to the fatal consequences
of leglslation-not for the maintenance of con-
stituted rights and privilegcs-not for the
cGuagy-not fer the economical ~administra-
tion sfoar ESeal alai-s-net fer the means Of
relieffo the distress which has filled the house
of the psadacer and the meehanic--net to re-
animate ruined commerce, or to protect the
naziaaai ssSe9u and hanor az home and abroad
--fes none OF these. the maiR springs of a
cosntryss prosperity q greatness, but ioi
the s~reGisea, eDdoiUuaens, aa3 establishment Of
:" Great -Mea,s and for thea. interests. as con-
rected and associated With the varied famis-
eaaions OF she polly Of the United States, ID
thesf domestic and foreign relations; making
ltG 81 ~ Nc Cox Aii~ q III We up
on, and the dust that is to eoves us, when we
haze "shathed of this mortal coil subser-
Went GO the asrandiseneat of a political as
Eisaa,i to sne position before the country"
Of a p9ppei of cur W will, whose origin is
By the breath Of our favcE. 1t 10 this Drinci-
gle OF iscislatloa which has obtaiRed place in
the Senate and House of Representatives. of
these Stasss, aud iinctares the eouRcil chan
hers throughout the land, that is saore to be
dreaded than foreign influences or foreign
bsyeaetss il is insidiously sapping the foun-
lation Of the beautiful sigucture Of our free
misunderstanding away lhe purity and i'm
pairiag confidence III our fundamental Ian.
As a consequence, the tendency Of debate in
either hensc is to establish the p~retensions and
claims Of the creature leaders or heads of the
parties shas made, al the expense OF ruin of
each other, regardless of ~Glterior or remote