Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-07-02
Communicated

EIoufs,AsfAs Nv !-On Tho dIh Of July insl
yan will be called on 10 pronounce tho deere,
Of your future destiny, in voting for or agaitte
Il convention. for the pufpose Of amending
yo,ir Constitution.
Never has 4 more weighty and imt,ortah
question mefited ai,e, serious reflection
M %ialrtint those zsaid,ia apostles OF 4 eebven
tom, who mask their ambitious views under
tho chow Of repuhiieaninm. I.fHten not Il
their fallaciapa profestatteng. Up not believe
TINT Il iE for the Wnltarn aud prosperity q
tl'o country that they desire 10 make amend,
ittenta 10 your Constitution l., unfortunately
blythe vote YOU ate about Ia give, you permit
ti'pni, with n s~herlleateua hand, 10 ~pfhfafle the
palladium OF your rights, your fortunes, aHu!
your peace, You will heneeforward be At The
mercy oi a parcels Of lnlfiganrs, who wall flock
ifo,a NIL naiiot,a to give lava 10 you, and
afterwards divide your apoils.
Have They not alteady tintnqaked lhem-
selves, thfee aolf. dubbed t'efa idnrH Of tho
tis'ttH Of tho peopte' Iiagelhey moi openly
declared that, II ihag succeeded, they would
wholly overthrow The constitutional edifee,
and substitute another more in harmony with
The wiekea deGiena that actunts them
ejFa thain this power, aud yplt will aonn
Fen amongst their frat maehiaveIieal areds,
universal suffrage, that deceltful lure, thrown
to the ayidtty OF tho multitude, the better 10
nedaee them, and which would give 10 the
gteateat yassabond the right Of voting 1t your
elections, and 10 be himself elected the re.
preventative Of a country III which he would
have no interest. but that Of proftting BY the
disorders that such seum no himself would
not fail 10 ereate under tho .H.s.ia of their
iaohstreus constitution.
Ttian would You see the nomination Of ia
dietary officers and uthcra inft axrl1Fiye.ly 10
The people. Tliunce would flow the denial
ti %l'iatEee. tho non-periortna,iee If the laws.
crimes, and misdenieahonfs. committed with
IMMUNITY, which If not encouraged would nj
least he tolerated by officers who would Ell.
deasor more 70 preserve their popularity than
TO fulfil tho dutiea Of their station.
The State Of Mississippi has made the and
experiment let ta he more prudent, and learn
to profit by her unfortunate condition.
In II not easily TO BIO seen That tfia u%nivers
sal suffrage, Wanted 80 highly. thoaa prete,la-
90 rights Of the sovereign people, claimed
with "a much warmth, are but vain pre,extn
used to attain other reeulta >
Ia it then 20 difficult 10 obtain the right Of
suffrage in louisiana No! any iniuelrjo,is
honest tihh egh caailv acquire Il by hiH labor
ana perseverance,, md thus become 4 useful
'netiher of our great family. 10 extend,
without distinction. this sacred rightto n horde
OF vagtahends, that Europe and other paris of
our confederation, vomit forth upon our shores,
IL to deairc tho destruction of the wiao inatl.
tu,ions that have shielded ia unto th3r day.
1t Ia TO annihilate all spirit 81 nationality
amongst tho children If the soil. n IL. ia
short, to make Us strangers in our own
country.
Away vile enarehista' furious democrats (,
away your wicked projects are discovered,
the mine Is countermined.
. ioula'an'ona 81 every origin, md you who
are become 20 by eheiee~-rally Yourselves
your enemy is before you. The 4th July viii
he The day Of battle, Lot il b for us the day
triumph. Let your vote DO unanimous
Lei il DO No CONVENTION.