Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-06-10
(For The Ratoa Rouge GazettaD
GOVERNOR MOUTON AND Tue
FRENCH LANGUAGE.

'tS 'T'"SiiFHft'i-tiL II ltI fttis'-F : - ff-f 'f
hn suppufed you printers would swallow the
pin without Eriinacing tut it was expected
tina, son g among you would be found p0esefs-
Cd # sufficient disrprnneht TO discover he.
spirit and intention IF that law. assure you
il was not directed against The printers, nor
the movers Of that bS a desire to itiure
any one Of your fraternity. was ~ New
Orleans myself, during Tie greater rsition 81
the laai session, and had frequent intercourse
with the most distinguished democratic mem
hera If both houses, and ! ain CONVINCED that
the law 10 which The country press so strolE-
" affects, was brought in and passed ns one
uf the MEASURES If reform Of the new Adm
nistration. aud for that end alone. The his.
tory ufthie bill ia no s~ecrei--there is no rnyR-
terry in its origin or passarn. i was first m
'roAmred into The Legislature by Mr.. Dow rs,
If the Senate, in January or February lSl2 j.
hut the mover finding the timn inoppcfluna,
suffered it 70 slutnbar on lis table until the
people decided On a change in the alminis'ra-
lion This tnot plnce in July ~, and during
The last session, Mr.. Baylies Of Livingston,
(nost probably at the i1ass nce Of Mr.. D0wns)
brought the bill before the House. You are
aware that both the gentlemen itst named
are Through democrats, and previous 70 the
last election lalofed with great zeal and vigi-
lance TO secure the cluire If = reform .ddHi-
nisfJutioH. Well. it is true that these gentle
men are the authors Of The bill in question.
and no less true that Il wns pascal by q hand
SEINE democratic majority Of both houses,
(sume Of The wings being absent from The Sc
nate aud perhaps from Tie House. at The time
Of lis psssarp=-the democrats attaching loo
much consequence TO The measure lJi to lie
present on its final call.l
II ashed why this bill was regarded as high
" important. | answer that its intention was
tvn-iold: lst, To operate az a relief law
(Which It virtually isl to creditors and 2dly.
10 exonatate Tho State ffsm that oppressive
hurthen, which she has SO long and SO patient
" borne--fhe support Of tro Iega} largnages.
Estimates had been made by several gentle
men. Of the expense the state incurred. col
leetiyely and individually, for this object, and
il was discovered that not less than as500.00O
was expended ANNUALLY, or annually lest IN q
useless expense Of timn and money, for the
support of the French language alone. But
4 bill to abolish that language ih&tuBfor, would
certainly have met a pow ertul opposition, and
even if passed, its fate in the hands Of The 20
vernon might we'll have beer deemed doubtful
when W. reflect that in signing the bill, he
must infiict a deep wound on the preindices o
a vast number whose votes in July last con
trjbuted to swell his tnojority--tnpn Of butf
parties. but over whom the magic of the Wort
Creole was all powerful. It was therefore
thought better to introduce this npeniig-wedge
firet, and leave the matter to be Consuimmatet
nv the Convention, which will assemble tbs
first Monday IL October, 1874.
|. PHl1n-REFoHM,
8ANorHER NoMINAr1oN.-The PlaGnemint
Gazette Of the .3rd inst. dominates Wm. +
Edwards. Esq for Congress from this district
Mr.. Z, is a sugar planter, and resides in lber
Vile. where q majority Of the democrats vii
| vote for no person who is net a tariff man
Mr.. Edwards is i highly qualified for the res
rnnsible station. and would make a vigilan
and eloquent member . but it has been within
our knowledge fer seine days that he woult
not suffer his name to he used-private at
fairs binding him fer the present to his owl
parish.
Mr.. Edwards has been nominated by de
mscrate, who prefer any honest. intelligcn
wing to an anti-tariil man of their swn party
We publish the following letter as expressive
of the sentiments of Iberville on this subject
To The Editor Of The Planters Gazette.
Stn.-Perm,t me through vnur columns
tn point out Mr.. w. Il. EDWARDS rs
candidate for Congress for the third Con
gressional District. Mr.. Sparrow. VIII,
would have represented our interests faith
fully in Congress, declines being a candi
date. John Il. Dawson Ia opposed 10 n Ia
riff. and has accepted office under a Presl
dent in whom the people Of this nislric
have no confidence. and with whom ther
acknowledge no political fellowship o
sympathy. How. then. can he expect "
10 centide our interests to him He /,
''foor. and wants employment 10 keep hin
from being Il burden to bis generou
friends |" This Is a most unfortunate OK
cuse for Mr. d. TO make. How much more
becoming would it have been for him I,
hare received aims at the hands Of hi
friends than TO have gone over TO seel
employment in the enemy's camp | VIVA
evidence have we that necessity may moi
some day urge him to serve us the aamo
trick over again I The district not heina
fairly represented mot more than half the
delegates were there) at the convention
Mr.. Dawson has been thrust upon us by a
few Of his "generons friends" and We arc
called on to support him. anti.tariA. ".
lerisin and all We could have sell cited n
democrat, had we had a full convention
who would have been n faithful Iepreson
~tativo of the sugar planter and cotton
planter ; in other words who would have
been a tariff man but Dawson is opposet
10 IA tariff IN arg shape, aud consequently
he is opposed to our interests, MS we'll rs &c
the general good Of his country. lie Is n
candidate for Congress his good and
open hearted friends" have minded him
over TO be the democratic candidate the
question is, therefore, shall we elect one OF
John Tyler's officers. and an anti-tarin
man, simply because his good and open
hearted friends have said we shall Or,
shall we fcdrc him in the service Of John
Tyler, where he cannot burden tkese
coed and open hearted friends" or the
Sd District 7 For one. | think we had bet
ter leave him where he is.
w. Z. Edwards Esq. is sugar planter,
a tariff man, and a gentleman cminentIv
qualified to represent us in Congress. |
am sorry he is not a little more of what
we term a democrat. but waig as he is, |
prefer him, or any other wing, te a Tyler
tic, or TO a nan who has treated us ms Mr..
Dawson has done. There is no use in
making s'any false demonstration of mo.
desty," las Mr.. u. says in his letter. for
the truth is, Louisiana mast be represented
in Congress By men who miH attend TO the
interests Of the planters, or we arc a ruin