Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-05-27

ENHEh iifhNhA
ur The new editor ~ The Louisiana Cot,
tiep kHaWs nearly as much If The law respect
ing Judicial sales, AZ q pig knows ri prudence
III hiH sheet II The 18th he says he disat
ripvps If the law "hetanse II lie iehaent.
"a give a single press The whole judicial pa
lfonale. 10 The tetfitneht Of all ether ptas
eps.s
New every person who has read the laN
relative To judicial sales IN the epiHtfg, khotFt
we'll II has na such tendency. There is mol
syllable or letter IN Il at'hyfisiAg such an In.
ference. Az Tar AZ II does encourage advef.
tising, Il leaves the medium through which
advertisements shall appear TO The option oi
advertisers,
Noticing stlll further eur observations Oh ihis
law. the editor remarks
"liut the ,nost angular part OF The business
III. thai tiesefnaf Maniar, and he alone. In made
responsible for the passage nt this law did
hs maka The law I Did he recommend it-Bt
III any manner originate it-petseitally%@uHi.
elaliy@=ef through his friends We know
that he did net,@and wa know equally Well,-
that II he had. HE friends Of the Legislature
were peweflsss, to mature the bill fer ekett-
tive signature, Can II lie psasible, that The
Gazette should be innrfan,, that this was a
WAta ineasufellad a ithig afigia@=and waa
carried through bath Houses, BY the eeneenz
ttatad force Of Why seteE why then has
II reserved all ita nenHt,fna tat Governed Mote
ton aiene@wha,-had he vetoed the bin, would
have encountered The concentrated wrath and
merelleHa abnHss or The whole Whts press I"
Aud do yen intend 10 intimate, Mr. Coas
rter, that Governor would ignominieusly
skulk leem 4 eaered duty 10 avoid 'the cons
eentfated wrath and mefeilpHH abuHea IT the
whela whig press \. Far what waa he elect.
ed to hia present slline To carry ant demo-
cratic, OF wing measured To lead the form.
or party and effect lte purposes, or TO he bull.
lied into mental obedience 10 the wiai,ea Of
the latter Ii the argument quoted above be
correct. the final inference seems the only true
ene,
Hut the editor ia in error, The Gasette
Quot 10 sas what the sAle papers have dene).
did not blame tho Governor alane II cen.
hMiSa HeSFaifN AN9 tSEtNtHthI1 t0E tiAA'3lhE Aha
passing il, and the executive fer sanetIoning
a law Of such vital import to the principles on
which that eIiisef was elected. Possessing
the pewer Of rejecting all aets detrimental to
public inteFer,e, Il IN HE duty 10 do no, aud
the reerest apology p~eeahle, for negleeting
thar duty, il the one offered by the Courier,
Viz i-~-ieas Of eensusc. We prefer TO believe
that Governor Meuton, like Honie members OF
the legislature, paid too little attention to the
real nature OF the bill and aigned ii without
thoroughly compromising its Consequences.
Az to the origin Of tho measure. whether
wing er democratic, Ia a question Of the
smallest moment, lis consequences are net
the less certain or more fatal but merely 10
satisfy ourselves Of the precision with which
the Courier atters facts, we shall embrace an
carly opportunity OF aseartaining the truth in
regard 10 IL, The author of IL, whig or dem.
serst. deserves the temporal eSeeralions of
the people in general and the Press in parti.
cular.