Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-02-18

JUrssE Jutssscss--W w t1efllaneu ,ast NfsA
that Judge johnson, VI this district, han hc-
cepied the appointment 81 Secretary q state
but feeling III The time nut . little Jealous 81
the pewera Of attraction whfrh could afa"
from bic own teighborhooB q citizen go ossth-
rpished atta beloved. we neglected TO congra-
tulntn the State and our esteemed irsefia Did
sell. on. his a.Fva ~ cement To pests wherein ne
effect af hie brilliant talents and sut'fd laae..
rnai,t will BIZ more centrally espeslsHte"t
We neglected. futs 81 fntyratnlste inc oofsf-
por,n The excellent selection he hae made Ter
his most intimate and hosnta rsunsellor. Inc
choice is certainly nat lose complimentary TO
the rood understanding uf Gov. Montop, than
It il. lihaiv ~ t,tnte fruitful 81 hHIpy feenha
~ tho affairs II the 9ufnFtInpht, fir. =, Il
We rithtly understand him, resr7sses htiFrI-
ptgetif nt we'll NJ al etiiithtet, ed mind. lie
is \ echufar ind d Nurkinr' iar%-ac1unthsed
both with tie theory arl p~rattise Of The most
itnp,rtani Iujitik ID The II engagement ut tnnfe
matters frotn VIII n people derive all that ie
desirable. IL g a lem1crat III II school te
which no t. u enn take exception, w. IA de-
mnrrat hose most ardent Nisli. IS 10 she lie
reg lie free, rnlitltpir,l mud liarpv a anino-
rrll Who t~lestises meanltess and dehla1t'gue-
ism n democrat who rptlslfera fepuutIth'
principles safe OF " when eupForted tF infnl-
'~iqence and virtue D deti,ucrat Whu t"i1sli-
cts Ignorance among the people ore ut me
greatest curses nE n tree government IL ae"
n,orrat WhrHe ambition tsr place and power
or he he at all ambitious in Hnt respec',)
arises from q sincere wish 10 serve his native
u ats by expanding the minds aud esalting the
virtues Of it's people, instead of administering
to any sentiment Of pride OF passion ~ his own
bosnm,
! Inttis judicial district his retirement trotp
| the he,irh will he ~scterelr felt but II is pro
| liable HE intimate know ledge of the different
| tnetnhers OF the har here, viii enable him to
RECOMMENDED for his successor some one IN
whose persou lie d%ignities will he well sns
tanned, The successor To the Major Genera
ship Of the Division he has left. vi see has
been already designated by the Bayou Sara
papers and the plaunetnine Gazette, This Is
Major nutler Of lberville. a q gentleman bette
qualified for the post. perhaps. than any o'he'
man IN the State. There can lie little douh'
that the commisaion will be consigned to him
nr In his last humber, Major Rely Of Tbs
la. Chronicle, reads us the lecture following
which he borrows from HE great prototype
the Prophet Isaiah
"Wherefote will We spend money for the
which Ia not bread, and your labor for 'ha
which satisfieth not I lleatken dill gent'y IN
h me. and eat We that which is gnvd, and Il
your soul delight itself III fa'ness."
This is a complex compound Of eontradir
ton, absurdity, and sense l~eanness ant
preaee in the same mouthful. IF we spen
money for nothing but bread. we should hs''
no shirts and if Our labor does no, Away
produce us the satisfaction We anticipated II
the beginning, it is clearly no fault Of ourF, o
we shouldn't "a did It," Ealing what ia goo'
8 a very pleasant business. when a man il
hungry hut to get what is good he must pa
%tronize The butcher az well ne the baket
However, that a man should employ the tenn
wral probation cf his immortal soul in g'oat
,nr over that ~urctiaua animal substance, vul
rariv de,ominate3 fai, Ia too sensual by hall
We cant do 1t, and should be ashamed Of our
selves if we could and 50 high a tunetionaF,
40 the Major should be ashamed of himself 70
advising us 10 become such a "baste.'
We have pretty good reasons for b%elievin!
that Isaiah now and then drank Of some othe
spirit than the spirit Of prophecy, and was I'm
der that kind Of influence when he wrote th'
above. lies bad model for you, Malsr h,
stepped "across the way aud "down town
entirely TOO often and should you follow il
his footsteps, We fear you will leave a yer,
zjgzag trail on the path way of life,