Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-07-15
BATON Que L.
sArpHpAy. July II. ls4a'
FOR PRESIDENT or 1HF u, s1ATEs,
He Y.
rtyF Observation-Disclosures CLAY

Irnt, an I'D ard thetishud hinnd, but, 40 that
v lss aud wicked old Jew, Solomon Ih''taa''1,
here n A lime for snyefal things Oh THIS alfth
aud we are happy TO iBi thai fate lias sci
apart a time When w shall enjoy the pleas
,trn ~ ad yatatiha The claims of HhNff CbAs'
10 the Chief Magistfhey Of tho Union Iof
vrafa. lh hap lean our frat and only chute,
and while bio tiyeF we can think nj none other,
nor ~ We rrstss The moral power to stand
Nv a0l heat Tho loud calls 4 nation schds lnFlh
i"f.this great mat Ia atroPtiho Char of state
without mirgline our sotct aud ouf requests
wr'h %tlteira,
tint perhaps sol,,e ct eur readers may dc.
eDir lB TO nSplaih why wo at this time SO alb
tuplly slide from our neutral position be-"
tween Tho two great Political PARTIES, 'hie the
vlfy tnidpl Of that ofe eallol Wing ! Ihis *
plantation we pre- ready to give, and, were we
~ disposed, ~ gilt render It AS bfier as peril.
rent, by rtnsrkihg simply ~llecalee wn are
Wits. Vet this would mol aNprcgs the tart7
fntlii as present 10 IL, and ~ we ellall pre-
cent tliru 10 the reader,
oar prime reason for nslouslug he wt'la
s,le At thia time, tF, beeBuse M kpotr iha par
~ ,erdg fAe 6ssisttnce n etefp one NJ IT'S t,e,H=
bars. / eAfsreY ahsstae, This Ia The caRr With
tho marty ~ttouphout Tho rmon, but RttIl more
!, il I,aniliauta. Herr. II haze lust emerged
fratn 4 ]cnt,trsr, liz which Il llaa loaf GALL aavr
honor" aud, We might, p%nfhaps. add with pro.
fttuty, gained little ri that The rnat faf
baen epmp,ela, the fields arc strewn viii
ihrlf dead, tho hospitals thronged with thei'
,pe,naed, aud IN the fnottnia lts aud ntnitoef
,hn t,miA puake with fear. What true fr'o'"f
IL tts frErndp could witness d scene Like thu
Ana al fael thai IL waa time FOR lin to d.
aataethinu 10 convey the l~teless to their Las
resting place, TO bird up the wounds OF the
,pannled, console the weak and afflicted, aus
encourage the scattered and fearful TO aeseif
hte again together, and tnan to man and shoul
,Iar b shoulder, stand by and defend The right
Ntith NbifN NATURE BilA 'Hb 'F't''N'f'F' '"F
Invested theml In the hoy day of their pros
neti I, when all ia sunsh nc aud Happiness
man may lta excused Tor retiring from lH
trinnlt, and leaving them 10 cntny wt'ton
hun the rich blrpaings oF fortune. but wfe'
the wiptrfy wiude Of want prevail, or t1ei
bn,nen arc made leeelalo by disease, and lr
and hume give way to gloom aud despair, th'
mar af tho true friend then IL, at their side
n is ttua that true friendship is tested, ard h
who nils here, proves himself unworthy t
the uane Of freud.
unt even suprosins the easr was dItietef
that in their Congressional elections
instead Of bring defeated, the Wings ha
succeeded there are matters Of State polio
nov On the taris in Louisiana that IL
,fu,re the open and continued eNelttens {
every friend 10 good order aud law. "
atluap particularly to the state Convention fl
,he amendment Of tho Constitution, On ia
~Klt,ipe,. for more than 4 year past cur pap'
has been, rSerr, in name. as publicly aud ii
tr iledly Whis as any other ia the State. W
have ctnttnded warmly for a Constitution
Convention a Convention non-nsnrratly
and Witch, in lieu If pandrr'ng to The wi
r~assiopS cf the rahhlr, should be subscribe
10 the Peoples Constitution and Laws, TIL
j, is evident, a majority of the opposite par
denol intend We shall have. Their p~rrfesst
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PURPOSE Us to create instead OF amend, 10 81
us a Revolution and net A Convention al
this they will ave rs, unless every Wing
the state shall be found al his post IN Ia
next, aiding in cleellng a good Wing maleri
q, tho Convention. To secure this deSirab
ohieet--to urge upon the Whigs the ten tho
sand sacred consideration which should il
rel them 10 union and action, and that We M
ioasc no tinr in q work Of Such vital momei
IL one &c the reasons that induce as to unfit
their banner to-day, and 10 call on them tor;
ly like good men and true around It's Standal
Over measures of national policy, and p
REGULARLY in questions of such high impofta as
tariff, the currency, &c, SC, II will be sal
md no doubt truly, that an obscure count
aarrr can exercise bar a trivial ~lnluent
We arr AWARE Of this no ono can be mo
sensible of the force nf thc observation b
eyrn this dncS not relieve us from the nect
xi,r of showing our hands" at the prop
time. The American SyStcm-;hat gra1
maIn.stay If our national rrosperlty~-h
Tong stood IN jeopardy from the ambliis
schemes of ~nrratic politicians and the ahSn
views Of their misguided followers. The We
isii wall determine the fate Of that System
vrarS-rethapS inr overland as II goes,
rncs The country. We lonk to Henry CT;
the Father Of the American System. as Il
cnlv leader whose friendship will nover,uad
any circumstances. inrsake II as the OF
feaacr Of any party, who is a leader for |
country ard no, for MS party who # he
ambitious, is ambitious but for the gnod a
the glory of the Nation who, as a StateSms
lives and has lived for her exclusively, and
whose shrine he is always ready to lay do
all hope Of personal preferment, honor
r.in as the man who has most deeply s.
died aud most truly learned the character a
wants aud destiny Of we may so sreak,)
thls great Republic, aud to whose experienc
haads alone the helm Of state eau at this c
SIS be confidently and securely csmmitt'
Ia sgch a leader and TO the leader of such
cause, can a patriots pledge be too early 9
90 We have concluded differently.
One short year. a year 10 be devo'od-to :
finn if we do not wish TO sec il close in defe
and The struggle win be upon as. is eve
.t;,gr rnsdy. is the srmor, the eoaipaents a