Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-07-22

ron PRESIDENT Or T1IF Il. MATES
HENRY CHA !.

tppr rRADr--A writer IN the Mobile ~.
fufr. a Calhoun PAPER, ~ pn5ltshiHg . SefeP
&c ,hls articles in favor Of free trade anu
against protective tariffs. lie aT""s BIC ''-
termination TO destroy utterly MI '"5 =
American System. and all other fystehls cal
aa - rrovon, the money Of the American
> lahorer, mechanic aud planter 'fo'' ''" "'s
;,,, the treasures Of foreign governments,
r,.... dear kings and queens, princes ana
..i,re.s.s. and lazy, idle, difsipa'ed mobiles
al ,b,ir eoually dissipated wives. daughters
and ,oncubines, must be cared "F-''"S' "e
r., ,,o,,od. dorniciled in palaces, palnpefeu
..,., al III. 1uy,ir es wealth can procure, ana
,r. .,e,r;eucv cannot be ground cut OF the
,roaueipp classes of England France yer
many ,sly and Spain to effect tbs why The
anna c1asass in Republican America must
,.,,s,b,,a ia the sacred fund ttorionsty
do,narratic ia il not ! Not an item we en-
,,r, hut il taxed for this very purpose some
n, The rate Of $50 per cent, The very lowest
t~,o,t,,1 Al the rate oi II per cent ANA yer
all manufactures alA Pfo1"'' W
,t,.u aro to be Landed here duty free' and . c.
r,,, INK laid on the people 10 dolfay Inc en-
.an.,. If opr poycrnpten,, \ meet wise poll
cy, indeed ,,
Whenever Cur free trade advocates shall
ehow us they, OF the nation phI'e"' "'''''o'
,,,rtv divisiors, can procure hy any reaso'ahIo
Al l.. .ttL, ,,tirr uutiDfte. Vp shall
he AZ strongly ia favor OF tho transaction "@
u,v other enc, and pledge our wor1 ih'' 40
,,,,a man IN the ttnion will take different
c,o,,ds Bot until they 10 the. they Wo""
act wisely TO cease their ha}lHfi'"h 'o''
,,bat does not exist. and which It Is not ~
,l.;r ,ower Ia create. Whom The ports q
r,,,rano arr nnenrd To us free OF duty, of with
a duty parallel even 10 the highest ever 'N-
acted bv the United States, we shall be if'e
trade a lyocatcs, and SO will every man IN lhe
..,,,,,y Wa can then afford, richly afford,
a. suhtnit to direct taxation for the support o'
r,vornmcnt. Our farmers, tobacco Planters
r.isera uf stock, &c. &c, will fihd A ficU "'a'-
b., i, ruronp for their produce, and Ins'ead
of contributing upwards al eighty mI'""S "
dollars annually. AS they now de-, Tor the sup
,,nr, If foreign governments and institutions
w,l, be able. hv the increase OF trade and
nrieos, 10 bring home at least one hundred
millions more than at pre- En-, Tor Their own
and their county benefit. We are III ia1or
If su,l free trade ms this and when Mr..
, f,,rnb,,if n, az the Alabama Tribune, or tn'
model man, Mr.. Calhoun, gives it os, we shall
consider all his positions fully verified
r,,roRs' CosvENr1oN.-our convention
last Monday, failed for want oil a s~uIiIr'e't
.u,r1, of cIitars. Whit we bad here WeFo
very rood, and If not sufficient IN nh'noeff'
poseessed all the self. sufficiency necessary 10
hayr done all the business thor cotemPoraF'ee
,nigl, have required Of thenl, But beng dc.
lerato,l 10 act only for themselves. they d'dnt
,onch any other mans broth, leaving each his
proper quota. The consequence was, II was
left to spoil, aud tho tables stand Just as they
Ala previously, covered with stale meats, and
the babies all hungry. We know this Iau'
yuaec is too metaphorical for bachelor editors
but lot the ~ragraIs pet married. and then they'll
understand a ching or two"
However, the day thai was to Try the pa
,riotism Of the quill.men Of tho State has
passed, and nothing was tried at all but some
of that unrtuous substance, called fat, which
was operated upon by the warm weather.
The men who, when an Editorial Convention
was proposed, seconded the motion in an en-
thusiastic manner, came up like the Irish
mans lost pig-missing. Halle. Patterson,
DIR. Jones, the brotherhood of Attakapas, Of
Ouachita, &c, "wero not :" the monotonv Of
the place was not even gladdened by the live.
" ordinations Of our friend the Major, and
those quiet gentlemen below Plaquemine, at
Donaldson, Lafourche and Assumption, were
as silent and still as a seyagenarlan alligator
on d log, wrapped in the gentle arms Of Nor
pheue. The only gentleman who showed a
true interest in the matter, was Mr.. Pieron, Of
Lafayette city It's true, we heard that Mr..
Carnan, OF Clinton, did report himself in
town, but, MS We had not the pleasure of see
ing him, VIC suppose he left for fear somebody
else should arrive. New Orleans was repre-
scented by General Basaneon and Col, tIaw-
thorne, late Of the Signal but these gentle
man will excuse US when We dleulga to our
brethren tla fac, ,hl', though oslensibly pre-
sent for the Convention, tho II real business
was entirely different. The secret cause of
their coming was this as soon as our paper
of Saturday las, reached the e,ty,-whjch it
did on Sunday-the democrats, surprising We
were not informed of the result of the late
elections in this state, resolved to furnish us
with the FIJI reternS. Accordingly, a colIec-
ton was raised, The purchase made Of one &C.
litary coon.ekin, and the military editors above
named, were appointed committee 10 bear To
us safely, and respectfully to deliver The valu-
able document. This ceremony we are free
to acknowledge, they performed III a very gal
liant style-in a manner everv way worthy of
the fame of the militia Of louisiana and Mis-
sissippj, except TINT Col. Hawthorne wcpt
when We made our more affecting reply 10
the affecting address Of General BesanCon.
The skin, however, from IFS dry and reasoned
look, does not appc ar g%enuiNa, Il is a coon
akin to be azure, bat has not the freshness Of
one recently taken o Il. Nevertheless, this
may be owing 10 the hands through which it
bsn aass.d far Who gvnr 4nt tuau 10, e.,