Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-12

nllrnean. mud stfiet and l~atptiv,s attention 10
b,,HIneas. he occupied a position IN congress-
which any tna, might cosef, and which eiiaa
blsd him TO effect more fer the benefit OF bis
constituents, than many men Of superior ins
taliset and higher atsaianents could have nc
toipplished 30 great wHH The condolences 81
both Political parties In his judgment and N.
tegrity. TINT II rarely If ever happened That
even tho shadow Of opposition NHs ir,a'le TO
Any bill reported by him as chairman of The
committee on private land claims. He bes
luirad To that small, but ttifst ,isaful and hos
nprablu class Of members, called The ttofhtnH
classify vhnt, the business of the nation II
out out and prepared. and would be quickly
despatched, but for The interference Of spout.
ere and speech. makers, who find it n much ca
sier aud more agreeable tHsh 10 strinH words
together by The hour, than Toll blythe l@atnptlll
the "wi,ehina hour If night investigating
musty papers. OF writing lengthy reports oil
! intricate subjects.
And wio. voters Of The ith district. have
YOU elected In the place If Judge Moore !
Dare yen answer, or shall we answer for Soti1
YOU know full we'll who lie Ia, and we do not
wonder that you blush al The contrast. lie is
n man destitute IF talent, requirements, and
industry, md sbcl, a furious partisan Hs 10 rais
dor himself obnoxious 10 the intelligent and
liberal even Of his W party Who VIII The
.aAaiA ~ A.. 3tt, Hat e;Ji tt,ttt I.,l Ia al wash
iprtpn 10 attend To their business ! They
know Ien'l ~l.ossier too we'll 10 expect anght
If him. They know he can neither speak or
write, and we doubt very mntl If he Is able
10 answer. in he most laeofie style, the iiaz
uaroua business letters his constituents may
have occasion to address, him The utmost
10 be expected Of him by bic constituents, 's To
answer To ls name when IN lied, and vote with
HE party when The ayes and nays are demand
cd which he will find no eHEy task without n
flo lsaiar-and viii, a Gle leader, or q wire
miller, n French nutptnHtul could do The same
We will wager our White Hat. which we
would not loose for a thousand such generals,
that, when called on to vote, he viii ofthet
aay oti than aye l-llow an intelligent pee-
pie, epeh as we know those Of the 4th district
10 he, could have been induced, even by party
considerations, - elect a man SO perfectly
~iee,itnte Of qualifications for any office NJ Ge'
neral i~Iossier, IN preference to Judge Moore
3 "strange, passifg strange" but he was .
Creole. and once killed a man, aud was called
+ ellivalroua, and hence ought TO make II goot
Congressman | by a purity Of reasoning, MI
I.abfanehe will make a very Indifferent Con
|, greesman. for, though he IL a Creole, he never
4 killed any body. IL not called ehivaltous, aht
. ''onee upon q tiime,' when Tho wrath OF Iellf
t II GfyneH waved hot against him, 1t Ia sais
/, ba v~aliahtly fed, aud took refuge behind Hoiit
. Iadiee who were passing, inploring their nte
/ lection
g Such Ia the position Of Louisiana In the 2stl
Congress. The picture is a cad ohe-=tht
moro sad for the wings, that they cannot sa'
Q lit is no fault Of otifs. Francis !, after hl
defeat and capture at Pawn, wrote to his mo
! Their, that ia had Loot all, save honor. Wonlt
!. to heaven the whigs Of Louisiana could "a,
ne much | but u their discontinue, honor aBt
5. all are gone ; and unless they ootne out man
fully aud fight nobly the good fight Of forty
d four, eternal shame will perel, upon their ban
. mere. ''his we trust and believe they will d.
achieving a victory as glorious NJ their lat
defeat was ignoble, and which will eonvihe,
j tho world that the spirit of tho wings Of '7d
. il not ~extinguisheo yet.
but IN tho face Of 10 much to chagrin ant
depreeu, one important consolation yet 70
, maine for Louisiana. Her delegation to tn
+ u, s. Senate Ia wing TO the eere--ovor,
I inch wing. Judge Porter and Col Barrow ar
I wings of the right kind; influential, industrious
, intelligent, and faithful to their trusts
aud we can auauro our ffiende IN MI parts q
! the ata,e, that any bills which can bo gotte
!, through, the lower House by their agency
p will not BIO untouched. They are impresae
with the responsibility Of their stations an
4 will not finch from tho labor devolving Of
O them.
u Clay Clun--Tbe wings Of East and Wee
d Baton Rouge, met in this place according Il
il appointment, last "Wednesday, for the purpos
O of forming a Clay Club. The meeting wa
J VOL attended, particularly from West Batol
Rouge, and the most snfguine spirit prevailed
y The necessary proliminaries, TO the formation
Of n joint Club, were gone through, and the
u meeting adjourned TO assembled again o
d Saturday the Goth instant, at the same plac
= at II o'clock, NJ,
l. This occurrence, though at first view OF
: binary and trivial, is pregnant Of importar
y results. II shows, in the first place, that tn
wings are awakc--alive TO the vital effects
* their action or i%naction. 1t proves them read
- and resolved to begin the struggle, and to or
Is ter upon it with bold and determined spirit
10 II shows. too, that they are resolved to " TAX
i. old Time by the forelock," and lead him, il
1t stead Of being lod by him ; they have ente,
ed the field of their late defeat, and with Dol
: hearts aud strong arms inflicted the first blow
o. This is half the battle.
We now call on the wings of all the otht
70 parishes TO do the same. Form your Clul
/ and begin The work. Where two parishes can |
,e properly joined in one Club. it will perhaI
ID give force to your movements 10 do so. Let
w club be formed by the East Fcliciana, /
j, those of West Feliciana and Pointe Coups