Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-08-06

tie set1ad, ~ domestic INDUSTRY una eSehp-
ny tho third, n thorough REFORMED oaf State
legislatures. (po pationt'-~otrs IL neither
neofoco or esie rofotuh) That reform
' sho,la consie,, IN frs, rerealine all bad Of i'm
practicable lava nov IN fofee-suefl, for OK
ample, 10 the banh law os tho lafi aessleo -
! 10 .bs,a,n from all legislatien q doattiairee
snl,s to .ee:ain from lohg sfeoehep, angry,
OF par y a~irpaies, Ind from tie paFsage Of any
act that IL not oi immediate nrFebty.
~ this couise large suraE viii he spVe9i
no@ annually spent fr public printing the
PER diem pay Of m~gnfHrs, Halss.ss OF eiefAs'
Be. AG.
THE tariff we consider paramount to u. Oh
! et questions fos before he country, secaaFe
the want OF IL haa turned, and il! keep, the
balance a trade againet u. We ewc a!rea-
dy 4 foreign debt OF S1d0.eNttf0, and more
That debt, ky means Of tariffs LEVIED On cur
products in foreign porte, and for want o. q
copntetya.Iing tariff ii our ports on then pro
duete, ID ireteaatng At the enofmots#fate ui
! PiE AtU ~ HiHtt4 mftttpHs hb'ffabg NF
oil this euin mnsi De paid IN specie. ~ q u
cannot 10, for there ID not sufficient Fpec'c IN
the roun,fy to comply viii. the demand. Hut
a part " paid in specie, aud IN TINT way the
banks Of the people prs ruined, and the Feo-
pie themselves totally deprived Of . e~lreulat.
lns medium. A part Of The tuta lie paid with
our produce, aliioh, il, is we'll known, when
men hold 70 each other relation Of Debtor
and creditor, pnst. hc re!d at d s~acflilee II
IL aaerifced and 70 wiil continue to be, un-
III We prove 10 foreign pGtciflserefs that We
! can have recourse to other mbflets IL We deem
! proper, aud are not under the necessity Of be
,ng cheated oat Of our eyes merely beeauge VIC
rhaRce to he III Debt.
The reduction Of our tariff has placed our
! planters, at the mercy NJ foreign efec1llainrF.
They are obliged to tell for what he latter
arc wiling to give. The consequence ls,
uere OF them derive a pref, Of over Two per
! cent. on their capital, and seine do not pay ex-
penfes. They ART in debt, and pressed for
4 PhfbHih AANN N P'hTl1lt " th''f " F"t
when their labor p~rocurea them no profit =
how are they TO l~iqailase debtE, when the pro-
geedt Of their crop hardly suffice 10 defray til"
e. psnfe Of it's culture
A iudicious tariff, ID the iitat measure for
relief. II is a sine qua non. Without that,
all others u uat be futile.
r.. .L, TS,t.,, p.,.,. f.,-.ys
Nix. EpIroR--Not long biace / ainlled at
an editorial Of yours, relative 10 the distress
which Our country would be subjected TO-,
should the banks compel their debtors 10 pay
up you observed, that "negroes would not
be worth fifty dollars each" III other words,
| thought you scared before you we've hurt.''
but | have now to coincide with you, and what
to the at that time appeared a metaphor, is
showing itself a reality, Already is the zig.
mi hoieted. and the battle begun. What Will
be the cad Of the beginning, i yet unknown !;
but worse, far worse, than You predicted.
SUITS have been commenced BY the banks. and
negroes have ''crossed the Sabine Proper
" has been sold for less than one hall the
value Of the improvements. Plantations have
been sod for less than government prize per
acre. and The banks hase been the purchasers.
AaIitiE SfEAts SaSt Wv ahWSN sS'S'S,
and il il now evident, {i something more is
not done Tor The people u our leglslatere to
prev ent the immense sacrifice which is - .g!-
DIV forced sales Of property by those instttu-
tlousl, that our parish will be worth but little
more than a brass fsrthinr, and in truth, the
State. am no ~aiarmist, and am one Of the
few beyond the reach Of the destiny which
awaits many, very many, Of our most worthy
and industrious population. Something | cay
must he done, or Texas viii be the dwelling
place Of a majority of enr most valuable citi-
zens. Lee. tha tanks ~forc'nse az their de-
rlands mature, and Who will be here to pay
the taxes TOR the support Of our parish, or
State ! let plantations with their improve
ments be sold for less than government price,
and where viii be cur national land revenue!
These are matters for serious consideration
and far paramount to the Tariff, or any other
question. we cannot pass the ordeal as has
Mississipppi. Louislanians are too ptend to
adopt their measures. Reputation 10 them,
sounds dishonorable, In my next | will sug-
gest ways, (and | wish TO God | could devise
means, to aid those, who are entargled with
tie e izens' Bank. A I.oeoroco.
East Baton Rouge, Aug. Cd, 1872.
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