Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-07-23
(Far the Baton Rouge Gazette.

Mr.. H~rrsroN.-In the Baton Ro,,ae Ga.
zetts Of July the I'd, | find the Public has sub.
mitted questions to the different Candidates O.
tho parish which should have keen answered
a. the polls; but owing to BID health, and no,
having seen your paper In time, they have
not been answered by me having no wish
10 keep my views concealed on these topics,
] now take pleasure in answering as fol.
lows--i DO not know on what particular
points my views may be required in relation
to the penitentiarv. | will however remark,
that in making selections to fiji the different
Offices OF the institution, great care should
be taken, and none but men Of undoubted cha.
racter and standing in society appointed, and
it is not to be supposed that such men can be
employed without paying them a lair price
for their services. Ii may also he necessary
10 give my opinion rs to the employment of
c~onViets: they should be keDt as much as pos
sible employed in the maaufacture Of coarse
woo|ehs, coarse c%ottona, cotton bagging, or
something OF that kind, by which course their
labor Wo Id not coLapete to so great an cX-
tent with our re.Ident mechanics.
My view II free suffrage, are these men
who, Juror the laws of cur State are CON-
peiles 10 work orr roads, and fight the battles
OF tnr country when invaded, should, in my
op!h!on, enjoy the right of suffrage.
To the late bank law J. have some obiee.
tons. Tue legislature have been remiss in
their duty in suffering the banks fer 80 long =
time 10 ISSUE aud circulate their shin p~lasters
to the utter exclusion OF specie. The present
law. | believe, should have been more mild.
and the banks forced into resumption by dc.
grees.
! am not in favor of a repeal Of the n~atura)i.
cation law, believing such a course would
produce a bad effect, us our country would be
filled with people that could never have any
interest with US, and IN the end might become
our deadly m To cut foreigners of
rom citizenship. we compel them to remain,
though in our midst, what they were at their
Observation-Disclosures They can have
neither community Of feeling or Of interest
with ns. They will be forced to nurse IN
their bosoms the vicws, the policy and tho
welfare OF Their native, instead of their adopt
ed land. Turn your attention, rcader, 10 your
own ancestry, and see how far it can be traced
before yon find your sires in England, Ireland,
France, Spain, Germany, or some other Eu-
ropean country, and then lay your hand on
your breast and tell me candidIy, if YOU are
determined to deny migrants of the present
day, an asylum in this land Of liberty; for one,
I hope not.
Ny views ofthe tariff are as fullows:--Thc
subject of a tariff ever appeared to me to con-
sIita,o a common ground, from which party
policy and party strife should be sedulously
excluded, and on which no other confusion or
strife should be manifested, than that which
naturally COWS from an ardent zeal in the
prosperity and welfare Of our county, ! am
therefore in favor of the repeal of the distri-
button law, and having the proceeds of the
public lands returned TO the treasury, and such
IN increase of the tariff on all foreign imports,
is will defray all the necessary expenses of
our government, our revenue laws 10 be
placed on a secure specie basis, and the re-
venue collected in gold and silver only.
r. w. NEWPORT.