Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-12-02

communications on both sides, so long as
they are written In decent and respectable
style. ion sad saedt I ,tiai's'a e.
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The following stirring appeal To the
wings Of Isouisiana, 10 from the Tfopic.
Weurecommend Il 10 the perusal of our
VIII q friends. We hope such appeals wi
not be idiisrfeearded, for such conduct would
bring. like last election, nothing but
shame and confusion AZ our own nfeggll-
7gence and s%upineness:s eds 10 sla ae Ter
The Wings or Now Orleans are Of opinl
.iun, that d Contention Il expsdieft FOR the
purpose of adopting the best mode ofap.
pointing delegates To the Baltimore Con.
.vention for the nomination ofcandidates
for the Presidency and Vice Presidency
Of the United States. .4t~ ,ayga0
slt Experienlcce-a worul experience--has
instructed us, that, on The proper, selection
'of candidates for those offices. the fate Of
wing principles, and the honor and pros,
perify Of the country, in n good degree.
rest. Ii was Id vain that we triumphed
ID ts40. The treachery Of John Tyler
has defeated our most important measures.
of policy. The country il still groaning
under nm unregnlated currency. The
honor and credit of some ofthe States,
are still suffering from the want ofln fund,
10 which they are entitled, and whichlhas
been withheld from them, in defiance of
che expressed win OF Congress. by the
hayward and nnfaithfal conduct of our
accidental Executive. And that greatest
interest of the country-our home indus.
try,4-American. labor-American; indus
try,--isl exposed "a Jeopardy and ruin,
from the fanciful theories and wild yaga:
ties Of visionary scientists, and unprinci.
pied and ambitious aspirants for office. IL
becomes US then to take all necessary
steps for the selection Of wise, honest, ex.
prerienced, Informed and patriotic men, for
these Offices Of President and Vice presi-
dent. For the FIRST Of these Offices, the
minds and the heafts. or the whole wing
party are fixed, in advance Of any nomii.
nation, upon one man. HENRY CLAY
has been proclaimed from every qnartero Of
the Union, as the chosen leader, of, The
Wings. For the, selection Of the candi.
date for the second office, there will be a.
necessity for consultation and comprom.
ise. For the nomination o both. however
there. must be one formal announcement
by q Wing Convention. The action of
tho party must be undivided, harmonious
and hearty.
Wings Of Louisiana Upon you de-
ponds the preservation Of that mos impor-
fant D your State institutions-and indie.
pendent and pure jadiciary.--Upon you.
10 common with the other Wings of the
Union, rests the responsibility-the vast
responsibility Of maintaining u%nimpaired
the faith Of the States. and the homer of
the nation. To you, every class of the
Commonwealth and every friend Of liber.
~ throughout the world, cries aloud for
the rescue and preservation of our giori-
GUS constitution.
Il Is time to put an end to tyranny and
misrule: il is time that this people should
stand redeemed and purified from the sla.
wish and brutal doctrines of locnfocoisin.
IL is time that the Jackson and Tyler gag
Of 4 corriptly used veto power should be
taken off The mouth of the nation. and
that the Will of the people. constitutional
ly expressed, should be the law ofthe land.
II il time that devotion to liberty shoaid
take the place of loyalty to power-that
the sacrifice of personal independence
should cease to be an indispensable pre-
liminary to Presidential favor. II is time
chat The honorable only should Gil .onr pub.
lie Offices, and that the thief and the de-
faulter should be thrust out of the circles
OF The Innocent, and be delivered over TO
the officers Of public Justice. 1t is time
that public Offices should be considered
trusts, to be honestly exercised for the
public good, and cease to be regarded as
.sspoils," to be shared among the miinions
of party 1t Is time that there should Be
one common currency for one common
II j. time to put a stop a. the in
cessant attacks Of locofocoism upon Amer.
can industry, and to frowndown indig.
every attempt TO degrade the A.
merican iaborer to the condition Of the
European patiper laborer. 9*aa st4
Wings of Louisiana! These reforms