Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-06-10
\ CONVENTION.

has bFen cameo may fot We 'hlS'aN'h'' w" VIZ
rrop'e nnadyisetiy led into jacobihism and
anarchy, It becomes the duty, from time to
time 1t those whc adhere to truth and love
road order. TO inform the public Of The inten-
t,s, Of this measure and the authority under
which II is to be carried ont. An effort is At
present being made by some Jewellers spread
here and there throughout the State. te i'm
press on the i" good people the opinion that
The convention which has been called, Will
lie one Of ~plenary attributes. by which tlit
constitution and laws may be all annulled. or
such parts OF The ~present Constitution and
such Of our present laws retained, as may
be deemed proper.
The advocates Of this doctrine predicate it
on no other hSasis than the primitive rights of
the peonle-thus indirectly insulting Il
people Of Louisiana, by Surprising them IN a
state of nature, unacpnainted with the lnst'-
tutes of society. Their object is to produce
this supposed condition Of things, that the
present system Of Laws and government may
be revolutioniaed and changed, hoping that, IN
the wild whifl- wind Of popular frenzy and dis
order, they may place themselves in stations
20 which their weak abilities. in times OF
peace, can never raise them, They wjsh TO
pull down others only to build up themselves
They condemn eur present institutions Az Ia
vcrable TO a certain few, and desire new cnes
under which theg may be The certain few IA
vored. Our judiciary is to be turned topsey-
tmrvey by young lawyers, because, these same
young lawyers are not al Judges and because
under the present regime some little respect
lie paid to the qualifications of men before
they are elevated TO the bench,
Hut il is a well-knowu fact TO every man
who has read the article IN Our present Con-
s~titutisn. prescribing form fer its amendment.
andth law that has been passed undertlat ar
ticle, that any action on the Constitution, net
in concert with said law, will amount 10 re-
v~elution. II will constitute an open violation
of the constitution itself-the charter of the
assemhly-and Of the oaths which the mem.
beers of the Convention must take before
entering ON their duties,
The seventh article Of the Constitution is
very explicit In regard to the manner of call.
ing a Convention directing the Legislature
to propose, by a law. the project to the people,
and in that law TO specify the "the amend
ments intended to be made These amend
ments are to be specified that The people may
know in advance what politicians propose to
do, and approve them by their votes il right,
or check them by their votes. if wrong and
il should not be forgotten that every mar
who votes for or against a Convention votes for
or against the specifications Of the law passed
in 1s4l, proposing the subject TO the people
Though we published both the seventh ar
tiele and the law TIVE or three different times
last year, we shall insert them in our next
and keep them standing as tables of reference
for eur readers, To The plain, unbewildered
CONNER sense of honest men, no commenta-
~ il required to make them understood il
is the demagogue and would-bo-g great mar,
alone who find it necessary to explain their
words for the purpose Of t~erturiug them into
unison with their ambitious views.
aT We trust The following notice from the
Tropie of Tuesday last will have the effect
hereafter Of q~uashing all applications made to
our Parish Court by malcontent soldiers for
discharge from service on the plea set forth
below. We have always regarded II it as one
of the most rank violations conceivable Of that
most seered principle of law, namely, TRUTH
because no Judge can properly grant a
discharge to a soldier of the United States
Army, on the plea that he liz an alien. without
at the same time making the man a hare.faccd
periueor. But in every view, moral and legal
the thing is wrong,
Il, 8, DtSrRtcr CorRr.-A very interest. |
inn case was decided in this court Yesterday |
morning. A private in the army of the Uni.
ted States, stationed at Baton Rouge, an Irish.
man by birth, who enlisted in August. 1s39,
for the term of five years, was brought before
the Court on a writ of HdhcaS Corpus, when
application was made for his Discharge from |
the service of the u. States on the ground
that he is an alien and a subject Of the Queen
Of England. After a patient hsaring of the
arguments, his honor, Judge McCaleh, refused
to grant the discharge and the prisoner is
remanded 10 Baton Rouge, there to serve the |
nneXpired term of his enlistment. The opin. |
ION Of Judge McCaleb is quite lengthy, and
marked with signal ability, and is in accer-
dance with previous decisions of some Of the
brightest luminaries of the bench.
|
EplroRs' CoNvgsrioS,-A good article in
!
the ouachita Courier, headed illegal advertis.
ing" concludes thus:
we notice with much qualification the |
splJit eviRced by our brethren upon the sub.
rect of usurpalianS OF the Legislature upon
the rights and liberties of our Fraternity. and
cordially coincide with the editor of the Baton
Rouge Gazette as to the Importance of hold.
ing an Editors Convention, for The purpose
Of having on concert OF action and framing
ssgulations and derisnag measures for the rro.
lection Of the Press against future cncrnach,
monts by the Legislature"
IL Tie Tropjc of "Wednesday morning
announces thus the
EDrFoRIAL CoNvENTloN-The convention
OF etRiors oil the State OF Louisiana, meet at
BatoR Rouge on the Eth Of July next. In
porfaGt matters will he brought before the /
arse,iah!s. and all should be there.