Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-08-13
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No. III.

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SHADOW Of the heroic part,
Their d~arhen'd orbs IN sorrow Cast
Yet moving, with patriotic Inisn
(Whilet angels strike the ~nournflgf Lyia)
Around far Freedoms fuD'ral pyre
Bright daughter Of the western Wild,
Sacrifced-~v while yet . child
TO the Demon gfparty zsak
Which hcr influence could not heal
A burst Of grief tn the blast IL given,
And her pure gpirit--inds peace in heaven.
"'Twero better fa~s-r,tte glass to shiysrn
Than thoughts revive, 10 steep 10 teafs,
And in oblivion drown forever,
phe hard earn'd fame VI by gone. years
Me-. Hrrsros.--rU nlsr the impression tfiat
my eifrta We're leo feeble, to attract the atten.
Iation Of the psople,--and having failed 10 infe-
rest ihoae, in the cause | would advocate, who
could give II the cast and character Of Junius,
Which It seems to me 10 desefvc had de.
termiped to pursue the subject no further ;
but since a recent conversation had with Won,
and under the force Of my own COZ %yiction,
thar truth il mighty and will prevail no
matter how humble her champion, | am again
seeking the favor Of your columns.
The array ai the two houses Of Congress.
against the Executive, and the evils incident
thereto, from partial party aad drlaye1 lsgie-
l%a,ion, are fast spreading over the la1d, speak.
Ing in d language, chat he who rune, may
read." The p~'eadines Of necessity and aia.
treFs, are NEST eloquent, ard will be pointed
al IN tie Jut!re--a dark passage In tbs histo.
~ Of our national c~ouneils, which our children
will weep over, but can never blot oil, or
"~cxpunas,"
In addition to facts, given in former mum.
bera, | ask aitsntian to tho following state.
ment, derived from the same cause. Cred
tors af the United States, citizens Of. Louisia.
ma, are delayed payment Of their Jus, danand
most Of which are long since duo, amounting
to upwards Of S176,0 00. portioued among more
than FIVE hundred terfons, which in ten dave
circulation, caused blythe contingent Deepen
dapts upon the claiiaantf, would pass through,
ten thousand hands making su aggregate
amount Of Pigments. exceeding three million
Eve hundred and twenty thousand dollars
and fGf Nait Of which attLis moment, and the
consequent circnia'io1it would have, proper.
lies which Cost sixty million Of dollars, are 81
the hazard Of Notwithstanding only up
on the ferbcaranes Of local creditors, who
Are being sorsly pressed from abroad and
must finally yield, unless saved, by tie inter.
yention Of the required appropriations. There
10 a sum Of aisre than 100000, not included
in the above s%tatement. due to citizens Of this
State for lands purchased from the United
States, to which no tile GIN be given, on &C.
CONT Of tue confic'ioas Of individual rights
which should have longssiuce been refunded
Wers 4 III circ1laf ion Where ii belongs, it
You'd give he proportion Of benefit abeye
fund but being withheld, it makes part ot
the pressure, under which our producing and
Iaboring committee g~roans--the sound where
o., hos ever, reaches not the delicate organs Of
the great n~at,onnl ear. Ia there no remedy
with the people? are these party barriers 10
exist forever! God forbid-Inthe Princeton
Review | find a most most graphic article, up
on the Smithson beqtiest. and would commend
ii 10 the careful perpsaI 81 all, who love their
country :--speaktng Of parties, it has the fol.
lowing ianguaue--"Noeountrg unfortunately,
has even afforded auch scope for party %strife.,
and in none hss fhe demon of ~seifshneas,
which swaYs the sceptre of party, ever com
mltfed more widespread miscb.ef :-Eyery
voice Of wisdor, Of skill. Of warning and of.
knowledge, is drowned in the nose Of Tarty
warfare. Bodily activity, intellectual! force,
and moral purity are all absorbed 10 the great
game Of party. Patriotism is Knocked /: stand
ing aloof from these contests, induces the ha-
tired Of both parties, and any attempt to serve
the country, not made under The banners of n
p1r:y, is derided az simple, 9aigotical, and is
known to be utterly vain"
We have been ard are realizing the truth
of the above declarations, and a sad picture it
If, to dwell upon.
Our safety must rest upon the potritism
loue Of country, Of the people: and will It fail
US in the hour of need? What induaed the
eIoquence of Demosthenes, which caused
Philip to tremble upon his throne-ana wag
as oil upon the waves, to subdue the tnmul-
tuous and fierce democracy Of Athens !; WIS
it not patriotism = What drove Cataline id
terror and shsAne from the sanats Of Rome.
and made a Cesar quake 1t was the oyer
whelming eloquence ofa Cicero, whose first,
last, and only thought, was for the prosperity
and happiness Of his country. In modern timea,
and in oar own beloved land, we have brilliant
examples, which cannot fade from memory, as
long as our granite head-iaods, at the north,
l,ok out upon old Ocean, OF the Gulf-stream
bears 70 their basis. sands gathered upon the
white coast Of Florida.
In the sold South" a Warren thundersd
bis eloauence, in the ears OF a threatning Bri.
tsh scldiery, from the midst of their bayone;s,
and firaily fell a sacrifice, ION the neighbour
ing heish',-freedom's watch-tower,1 to his
deyotion-not to a part, parcel, or party, but
TO the whole Of his beautiful, glorious country,
with the emile of youth and loneliness, first
upoa he's she was the virgin love of his pa
triotic heart. What gave birth and effect to
the bold eloquenee, of the noble farmers and
advocates of the Declaration of Independence
It vas Q love az broad as the land, upon which
were traced the foot prints of tyranny. No
partial, neigl borhood locality, had the angus.
patriotism of the Revolution. The ~eloquence,
kind counsel, and frmness of our Washington,
subdued an exaggerated soidiery, long kept
without pay. clothing, or a sutieiency OF feed.
at a time when the des.inss OF the country
were upon a pivot, abiding the action of a va
eiliating, doubling congress, without means
or knowledge how to provide, and at the sam
time, preserve domestic tranquility ; evils
which led at last to the call for q convention
on tha part Of Virginia, that was generally
RESPONDED to--Again, the high-mindsd nobili-
ty OF the land-God's and natures neblsmen
Ike upright and intelligent members Of the
convfntioE,--was party spirit the influence
Of zstion and counsel with them! No: love
Of freedom, patriotism, caused them TO forget
local prejudice and interestsj and iabar Ter the
general welfare and by a series of mutual
concessions. they succeeded in creating the
beautiful structure Of human government,
which nag borne from all others, the need of
praise from the enlightened of the earth =
Shall it be-"dead gea fruits, that temp. the
eve
But turn to asIiee on t.ae lipsr
Jrs4rs.