Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-09-09

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This IL the last or that spurious brood of wild
eats which was lei Loose among The Wolvet
tinss by The Legislature Of 1887 If the pee.
pie OF Michigan have moi been sufficiently
sWihdled by banks. both at home and abroad
10 prevent the further incorporation Of such
institutions, theh they must be a people Of pa
t%iente. and who profit little by HE bitter les
sons Of experience,
We know enough of that l~ocefcus schemt
Of Banhing. "a banks rose up like mushrooms
Tell IN The space or nine months. d perfect ant
nnheard system Of legal swindlipg. which
ought TO satisfy The people Of i'experiments
and Of The boosted q better currency prom.
ised at the downfall Of the atreal Regulator
II is really time that the wings should be.
gin To hnstir themselves. with The view of
ral1ying around their standard, the whole ol
their strength throughout the Union. The
times are poftenious particularly IN Louis
lana; the forth coming convention. whici, IL
about 10 imake, no doubt, important changes
in the constitution Of the state. demands i'm.
pefntively the serious consideration Of every
gbod citizen. II ls one thing to build up.
and another to pull down; talent and integri.
ty are attributes more than usually neressa-
ry In Legislator, when he is called OF, to
remove defects from The charter Of a people 4
rights. when indeed II tiiay happen lhat the
whole may have To undergo The process Of re.
construction.
Many Of our parishes have already sounded
the tocsin of alarm throughout. their various
districts, but we are compelled to say that this
movement Il confined almost exclusively Ia
The Iotufoto party. We should indeed
gtieve II any apathy or Indifference, on the
part If The wings, should again throw the ba.
lance Of power into the hands Of our opponents
flushed MS they are with recent victory, The
affair Of lie Convention is me Of vital inter
est TO ne all, aud although we regret exceed
ingly The result VI 4 defeat Id which orr infu-
ente az q wing state IN Congress, has been
laid PROSTATE, yet we should Indeed more
deeply deplofe an overthrow, where all we
hold most Hatted. the destiny If our penates,
our domestic legislation, sbonld lie nj the
inefry 1T the Lotofoto. prompt 10 remodel, re-.
new, reject or originate, according TO his
peculiar interests.
We say again, then, that II high time for
all WHO ARE really wliigs at heart, 10 slip for.
ward and vinditate the sacred principles Of
their just and righteous cause. Let us has
ten TO prevent the State from being subiee-
ted to the dictates Of our foes, whose general
policy we reprobate. whore principles Of gov
eminent we retstientouely think petnleious
and ptofligate.
This is il vital subject. which should rouse
every true son Of Louisiana 10 action. Let
he remember that liberty, wholesome laws,
and all that lie good In life. considered in re.
lation not only to Legislative policy, but even
Et..,-.I.t iiE- J.4..l- .. ..at.. ......i..,..
and prompt action. BY apathy and sluggish
ness we lose our most solid advantages, aud
properly forfeit our title to that dignibeJ posi-
tion Which we ought all 10 possess as free
tner, az intelligent and v~irtuous citizens.
.b -l r...an lafayette Constitution.
The Bee Of Wednesday concludes All arti.
Gle with the following penslble and just re.
marks. Eseripenee is the hest monitor, and
rejecting on The Distress Of the past, few itteti
viii deny that tihkeribg with the currency
has been the cRtise Of all tho speculation, ex4
eesHive banking, and subsequent evils" Le,a
sound currency be restored and these evils
will vanish j.
=, We believe that the prospect Of better
times of which we spoke in Mondays article,
ale the natural result Of The roeupcrative
energies Of the American people, aided by The
illimitable resources Of houndless territory
and unsurpassed fertility Of coil. These ele-
mente Of natural wealth will In time enable
the community to emerge from their present
condition Of Indebtedness and embarrassment
Ia condition consequent upon and clearly
traeeable to, the reckless interference with
and destrnctit n Of a currency which len years
ago, waH universally considered the best,
most solvent and most stable IN The world.
Had the bill 10 ro.charter The Bank or the
United States not been vetoed by Gent.
JArksus, we would not have Witnessed the
train Of disasters which followed, and which
may be rigidly proved by all the canons Of in-
reasoning. 10 he the legitimate conse-
quenees of the onslaught upon the currency.
The ordeal to which financial elisrlatanism
has subjected The people would then never
have been presented, and the dire misery and
which we have undergone while pas.
sing through the tribulation Of this fiery fur.
mace, would have been avoided. We would
be now either In that state Of u~nesampled ma.
prosperity in which we stood ten years
ago /; or we would be Just so much better of,
AZ time and our own enterprise and progress
might have developed and enlarged our re-
sources. Tho difference IL this We are
now by painful md lingering gradatione re-
from the prostration Of prolonged
The return to health Is tedious and
accompanied by %intiuite throes and anguish.
But thanks 10 the inherent yigor Of it's %consti.
tution, the body polite has been enabled to
resist the poisons which quackery Ind admin.
istered.--fet how much more sound and SINE
would be its condition, had It's system never
been tempered with by ignorance, and pitt
subjected to a most absurd and des-
experimentation.
We are now, AS heretofore, the friends Of
. a well regulated currency and a prudent gye.
Of credit" If these indispensable requi.
Of commercial prosperity should hereaf-
er be attained, the guestlons will arise,
whether they did not exist previously to the
destruction OF the last National Bank, and
whether that system of policy can be consid-
,red wholesome, enlightened, or humane
which condemns a nation TO The most griev-
,us calamities, or order THAT it may acquire
hat which 1t possessed at the very period
this mischieyous theory was tiyst
,roached.
II the following was adhered To- we would
co much less talking to no purpose in our
legislative bodies, especially after dinner.
JErrERsoN's OPINION or ARDENT SPIRITS
The habit of using ardent spirits by men
public Office has oceasioted mere injury
. the public service, and more injury to me
any other circumstance which has occur
d in The internal concerns of the country
uring my administration ; and were I To-
my administration again with the