Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-02-04

EArppp.r, February 4. ie4s.

Ia ATH3ttuAf INF HF ebN+ HttS
ding 10 ths New Orleans parefs, The inaugu,
ration Of Csv. Mouteh wac a very splefaia a.
tait. Pebble Of all grades, Of both seses, yU,hn
ana and old, sfuwdpa 10 the tlta atata Haiiss
III, oew ptvsfnet ms conducted III the
aesaketts chair BY Cuy. ~ftstnat. abi The cath
.f .are administered by lie lion Judge Mar.
lin, Then eahie the introductory address,
which, az q matter 81 course, The different pa
tsfs u New Orleans laal Or tsnieHi'i aeter'
dim, Ia their various t~eli,ieal bias We shall
lAsye sar ~faalefs to feftt, OF II tf,eir owh tp'-
pisns, frein the following ssnursis OF Ito con-
tents. ft'he whsle is fji tefy long, tie true,
and fof The purpose Of giving cir new goFect'or
. n,ii anil fair hearing, We Should ltRe 10 pdhs
l,sb Il entire. Bot we can put bic sentiments
IA lsss sp,es than he has, and The space sased
r,ay he filed with svn,ethinH taafs interesting
than words wiiirli mean nothing.
ii, NAV ,r assritur,. Gov Mohtan %seHnevs
,.dras The Kindness Of the Supreme be''tg to
,ts neville If The state, and tafns to hiM fer
"a islsm IA the i,schatge 81 the duties whietl
liz the viii 1t q majority. have desolSsl upon
him He fsels deeply in the Importance Of
,hase satlas, and the high res ponsihi't 90. at
,s.bsa 10 their performance. His eleetoi ie
,sssidsts an additional evidence Of The to'iii.
as.ee senssal IN him by The people, and al
uentpyal uf his course IN either stations
,ts %pl,tieaI opinions are generally hhs'Ti /;
ha Ia assuted u their truth and VIII ~ GUIDED
by ,hae,, II Ia toe common 10 look aeread Iut
the origin Of evils We suffer, while The ir''e
.,uso il Ia he found Immediately attnig hs,
sts,n whence, alss, The remedy must lssae' II
4. the duty Of States to swatch closelt the &C.
,i,t If the Federal gssefnihent," and To pre-.
,ap, any infringement oh their reserved rights
1t,s aanssed paragraphs are copied ideally
,srhs ~uttsstieb has beet eonta'ithes 'aise',
whether It be comp, II be with the spirit 81 our
Federal Union and The sovereign po"et q re
,aates, that The general government. Afehta
swnthe public Lands IN each state WAhae,
advancing any spinion on that lalh'' az NUS
.Ja,it. ,ha, il il the imperative duty of the ma
tiefal government 70 dispose % 's Interest W
,hs.. lausa, and 10 adjust all disputed questions
al title between I'VE EbNTlhhfTHN 49,
als, =. avon as rs sslble, Near forty years
hasa naa s,spsed since The district Of county
nav ramm,si,,u the State Of Louisiana, became
a mar, Of the United States, and ,tibfe Than
,hitty yeass sinee she wac admitted into the
tinien an a sovereign State and YET large pef,
tieas III he territory arc covered by atiatlusled
claims al land, derived from The former govern
,,an, III The country and A much less port len
AZ the hubble dstnain has beeti disposed oi
uithtn her bounds, than III ethet parts u Inc
ttnie, nsasassins. TO cay The least 81 ", ne
F4aaist advantages. louisiana was the bret
atate ,armad from territory derived from io.
peiun countries, admitted into the uniei,, and
sl,ste arc several territories not yet admitted
Far avery other state or territory thus Hitaa1
tad. n~fsyisian has long since been made Wy
Congress-. for the adjustment OF all disputed
land claims In the federal csufts, az they have
taut aimee been decided while tof our S'a'e
ma such provision has yet been made, though
a bill fer the purpose has frequently passed
that htauyh nf Congress, In when the repfe'
aen,stian NJ all the atafes is equal.
nAt thts time. large districts OF country ~
s,her States and Territories are Uttered tef
ssle, while none has been offered IN Louisiana
Al auhlie sale for years. The State has not
evan vet been authorised to make any dtspos
sition Of the setpel lands IN each township.
These are objects nF just complaint - tHv
shaiI, IN The Office with which have lust been
invested. IA they did in another capacity, 70.
rsivs nv constant attention and eanhe'
permit inssslf to enneeee. when properly
urged by the state authorities, and our delega'
ten In Congress, that they will much longer
remain adjusted
IIs Eseelleney states that he yielded HE
ascent to the passage Of the Bankrupt Law IN
.bsdIence to the instructions Of HE eenststa'
.nts but expresses very decidedly his dIsap'
nrnhstion of the act and lite Consequences.
lie reeanitulates the financial condition OF the
state government, with which We recently
made our readers acquainted from the annual
a,essass Of Gov. Roman, For the indebted.
mesa Of the state, he expresses deep rnoft'fes.
,,sn, and ssks. "what has produced this disas.
tseue RESULT" But instead Of indelging in
heo,leEa lamentations on this topic. he urges
the legislature to devise set,s means 81 "fe.
storing the credit Of our state"
or the legislature, he saye, The people es.
nee, much "a reform-~s thorough reIorm-
ne, a substitution of cite set of prt0eets for AT.
ether but such changes az shall bring back
40 eur state the days # its simplicity, strength
aud glory" This he considers Among The
first duties of the government. aud here 10 the
scheme he cuts Ell, to accomplish the great
werk:
.t.et then the state Of the treasury, Of OUT
puhlte establishments, Of cur debts. direct and
ean,ingent. and Of our resources. be lnses,iga.
,iea. Let the responsibilities which the state
IA under be fully aseertainea, Let the afFaifs
Of the property banks, in which the state is tn-
teres,ea, be examined with searching scrntt-
nv; fof The people will M longer he satisfied
with bank statements nor with any loose gc-
n.ralitiss about the state OF their affairs. lie,
every thing in relation 70 them be made plain,
apparent aud public. When this is denc, we
can got ourselves TO the work Of reform in
vosd earnest until then cur Efforts will ne
s~sssarlly ho partial, unccrtaia and inefheioa,
in their results
To do this, he continues, 10 but t~iastiec 10
sarselsse," Gan ~allasien, we infer, to his par
tyA He declines any responsibility for the
acts Of his predecessors, but no, in a spirit Of
cnkindacss,
M To all msnero'i,a he processes opposition,
The creation Of tee many banks and their wild
Encouragement, i s~ensured in very positive
and iescials language, and a national bank,
even in the north, he asirms, is regarded as
an absolute idea" As a c~orollary ,o these