Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-12-24

preston of their sentiments and wishes.
Messrs. +. u. Conrad. Jshn Duhler. Angus.
lin Duplan liter, John w. Dawson, Jas. Cooper,
]. lfueston, Amos Adams, &. Allen and +. Du-
PLANTER, were appointed said Committee.
Resolptd,-~Tha, a COMMITTEE composed Of
five persons be appointed 10 superintend the
necessary arrangements fer the reception Of
Mr.. Clay.
Mcssrs. James Cooper. James n Brunei.
J. W. Fowler, Judge Tsssier and Doctor d. r.
Harvey, were appointed said Committee.
+. THOMAS, President.
l.. E. MsHu1s, Secretary.
pErtros TO Cessunss.-Thc subloined PC
tttiou 10 Congress, in favor Of repeating the
provision under which the second Regiment
u. =. Dragons. is to be disnounted after the
4th March, is circulating generally through
the parishes therein named. We can truly
say that its object is universally approved !;
md that the sentiments prevailing here, are
participated ia throughout all sections Of the
Union. No part Of any law ever passed IN
Congress, was ever more generally con.
demncd. II Is unpopular in all regions, and
among all classes-and. eertes, d~servedly 50.
The army of the United States, if il must re-
main su weak in plumbers should by all means
be organized in such n manner rs 10 give To
1t all the advantages dedueible from the latest
and most solid improvements in the military
art. instead Of doing this, here is a measure
calculated to curtail ut least one half. the eff.
cheney of one of the most efficient regiments
In the service. The I'd Dragons is already
q rife corps; and the whole object Of the pro-
vision il 10 save the Treasury a trining annu-
nj expense for furnishing, and The support of
horses.-an economy as short-sighted as II is
penurious. It could be easily proven. that
since the organization Of the I'd Dragons,
that regiment has, by lis superiority TO infant.
rY, saved the country ten times as much as
would maintain it in horses for the next TWEEN
ty years; and who knows what duties II may
be called OH TO perform within that period7
We commend this subject to the special at-
,ention Of eur members in Congress, and 10
the Press generally.
To the Honorable the Senate end House Of
Representatives. Of the United States, in
Congress assembled
The petition Of the undersigned citizens Of
The parishes of West and East reliciana. Fast
and West Baton Rouge, and lbervillc, State
Of Louisiana, respectfully represents.
:, That they have seen with feelings Of sin.
cere regret, in the law passed during the las,
session of Congress. for the reorganization Of
the army, a provision dlsmounrinr the Second
Regiment of Dragons and converting it INTO
a Rife Regiment.
The honor and prosperity Of The Army Of
the United States, is a matter in which your
petitioners avow a deep interest and an honest
pride. In presence Of it's limited tu nhcrs
and straltend resources, the glory of rs
achieve nents stands forth in bod nd striking
relief; and though Europe NAV smile with
disdain as she counts the one or estimates the
other. she msst pause with adniratien nvAr
those immortal pages on which History has
recorded it's brilliant deeds Of daring and Of
triumph.
During the last six years, the Second Ora
goors have made a part. and-history will
substantiate The asser'ion--no ~uninportant
part of that army. Called into a painful and
embarrassing service at its commencement,
they bravei nohlv, and with the hapniest re-
suits to the government aud country, the ener-
waiting influences Of climate, the dangers of
p,stilerce aud the ruthless mode of warfare
practised by and adroi,, determined and mnr-
CHESS foe. II was, ostensiblv, fer a service
like this, that The Second Dragons were or
ganizcd and called into the field Int vour
petitioners would respectfully submit it 10
YOUR honorable body, whether the cirrum-
stances attending that organization did no.
au,horise the country and the Second DraGe
goons themselves, to deem the Reriment a
permanent establishment !--whather, had the
converse been understood, the government
would have experienced the s0me facility
that it did. in organizing and offering said
regiment ? and whether, with these facts in
e.iierce, it is treating the Second Dragons
with Justice, to blot them out of existence, or
to trans,nute them into a different entity, the
moment the Sinfinole has ceased to struggle
for his hamnocks in Florida There are
men in that regiment who have made gene
rous and large sacrifices of private interests 70
the p~leasurs and pride thev enjoy from serving
their country in the ardusns capacity of sol.
diers; and who will cheerfullv bear every
hurthern and p~riyation that may devoIve
upon them under TIE terms of tier original
Have such men no claims on the
government I Is their ambition to be check
ed and their military ardor dampad. by trans
fesing them, without carefully considering the
to a species of service in which
their efficiency must, to say the least, be ma
terially lessenedl
But it is to the efficiency of this corps-aD
efficiency Indigenous 10 the nature of its con-
etitu:ion-.hai the undersigned pray the spr-
cial attention Of Congress. In a country vet
new with few roads of any k~ind--without
bridges or cause-ways, the superiority Of cav
airy to Infantry is selfevid~nt. Such is the
coud,ti.n Of the territory that farms our ives
tern and southwestern frontIer-and along
the margin of that frontier, it will be recol-
lec,ed, les an enemy that never siumbers,
irrila'ed BY his supposed wrongs and real
weakness. aud who has ever proved more &C
tive in transferring himself from one point to
another than has our infantry. Against such
a fees 10 force is equal to cavalry there is
nsne he SO npch breads, or before which lie
so sson submits.
ia states, too, Ike Louisiana, Mississippi,
SC, where ~seriety at its birth itnbibed such
powerful elements Of discord and peFturbaI ion,
a Dragon force is beyond all comparison the
n,ost affective and economical. The celebrity
OF it's moyements-t.e brief intervals required
Ter its presence in different neiehborhoods
guarantees peace to society and protects it
against evils and expenditures, lie ex,ent or
amount Of which, il is alike Impossible to
fe-esee or compute.
Such aae a few Of the arguments that move
venr petitioners To address yopr honorable
bsdy In favor ci a reconsideration oil The pro-
a l;pre,r-.tr., thu Sagopd nr,rcone