Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-07-16
2. HFgVFFITJy
To F GAspfEk, Esq, State Treasurer.

JDHf bbBHlcHI servant,
T. RosELtGS
To F GAspfFs, Esq, State Treasurer
FIR he Baf1n Ronge 6aseqe. J
No. II.
"f6ming events cast ihtit shadows before"
Ms HuEsroH :~4fn my last eonmunjfa4
ton, ! hhd occasion tn invite the attention II
your readers to that selfish Legislation. ii.
duced BY personal a,sbittors which has oil.
tained PLACES IN our NATIONAL halls, unauit,t.
lssd by The constit utiotr, and without The ssnt.
ton OF tho people, % tbs enlargement N
That freedom, prosperity, and happiness, fnf
the maintenance and security of which oDr
Eoscrnnsit was constituted mllita'tne ~ il
does against the spirit and intentions Of this
law tor the institution OF legislation, upon the
great ~ well az minor interests Of the cdaifi.
ny. II IL right and proper in us ID calculate
The consequences and to comment freely up
on tfoss persons add prinfi PIES agents n me
eH.
How 40 ee immediately affected il ths
question which fret occurs to every one whose
reflections Upon tbs affairs Of Tie country
Ifradiate from his own fte.sides tlbcti,fed
ny hls .socisl aid domestic obligations. Self
,nhtesf IL the incentive to io1nirv, and tho
f%ulerun Of action, making IL aggregate re-
s liz. p1tbbS option and national r3aer.
louisiana IS directly injured by the array II
the political parties Of tie day against eath
other and The executive, BY retarded legisls.
ton upon 5ae Mousand claims Of her citizsos,
which have been long sleeping npon the Ia
bIea Of fiemberg and comntittees, or b~Bftt,en-
ing The flIes II the clerks OF the two houses OF
Congress.
The peopis If This congressional district
have been waiting in vain, remedial .setnn
for esils fastened tpen them by the pubic
agents, IN returning false surveys Of the pub
JIG lands and private Claims in the St. Helena
! d%'atrtrt involved In litigation and dislfess,
they jvoh for relief from The sourcs ii their
trouble but p~oltical enrp, hantd, md s8Atec.
Rave administered III opiate 70 Justice and
their rights are forgotten, This comes close
euo1gfi 70 be oeltngIy appteciated- touches
our hearts az yell Az pockets, ard We aannot
dodge the truth, il. We wotfld. We mist pa.
ttentiy bear this infection, whilst IL III aYageIv
debatsd IN secret caucus, by the party cham
ptona, ahytber IT will promote the interests
NJ their leader and weaken lie hands of the
executive, that we should 81 allowed perfect
titles 10 our homes, for which W have toilea
a lifetime, and in good faith perfesned all
that was required Of Is. In d Hercnf parts Of
the state, there remain PUBLIC Isnds unsnr.
veyefj which arc requiIed and being settled
by an intelligent and Industrious yep4aanrg.
Tor the advaptages Of PRESUMPTION vet tbs 30.
Preparations for tks required surveys are de-
layed OF defeated-not for purposes Of eeoi,n-
my-ts common czook # poitfcai desigu--but
purely to sabserge part3ssn infere t., 10 the
great detrinent NJ the prosperity Of Louisiana
and TIC welfare Of many Of her most worthy
citizens. Under the reports Of the fstFench-
ing committee, which might be appropriately
termed The political !" rattfng'' COMMITTEES. all
appropriations FIR contingencies, are stricken
out from the general appropriation bib. which
Mas been for months dragging its weary
way through tho house ; nnder which head
some OF The n1rsst important Iaiass for the coun-
try are provided for and this state bears ifs
paFfef tas Bbov aiu5ea for political effect. BY
1ostag Al APPROPRIATION required TO bring up
the arieafsges OF work, III the United States
surveyors off'ce IN this land district, aud ma
ENG returns. which have for years been de-
iayed, 10 the sab-district Offices. At tfy!s Tim.
| kase only intended TO slow the effects of,be
present party policy, upon saia;s Of The Interests
Of the producing and laheriHe classes of our
own s'ate-as they are extended over the
whole mad-euibracing all communities and
every branch Of industry, they will increase
IN geomefrieai ratio. But, as serious az these
evHs are 10 Us and the COUNTRY at large. thev
VIII De lost IN the mass OF confusion and die
aster which lie buried in the future. if Jesis-
faton for individual power be persisted in.
- Where are thy men Of might J thy grand in
soul
Gone. gtiroraering through The dream If ,hings
that were:
first in the race that led 70 slory's goal,
TheT Won, and Pass'd away-is this the whole
IN al, save form alone. hog changed and who
That marks the fire still sparkling in each eve.
Who but would deem their bosolas burned
anew
With thy ahqnenched bean-b.t 6lsny.@
As long az every senator and c.tize3 Of
Rome !ahossd for the state, the name OF a
Roman citizen was a passport through tas
Woodland her legion=. invlncible-5ut whsa
personal ambition tainted her councils. the
t'ss we're broken that secured her own free
sdorp, and her power oTeT the nations Of the
earth. IEsrrs.