Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-02-03


Mr.. RIyEs-Wc arc sorry that our epars
will not allow usto publish this eek song
extracts from the admirable letter 81 M
Rives from Virginia in favor u Mr. Clay Tyr
the Presidency.
ELrcrfoa or Il q. r. sba6roE- At
o'clock on Monday last The Senate ald
House of Representative, in joint c%taplnit T..
pracnpdpd 10 the election off, T.. +. S5ndi =, /
H. the raau of tho lite Jadga Porter. Isre
whole representation ofthe Static was pr&s-
ept. viz; II Senators and go. members.
Mr. Moore, o title senatt, proposed Jesfqh
Waller. Doctor BrashCar nominated lleisy
Johnson. when tie votes were deposlif,
Naior Dowtrf, oftiIe Senate, and Mr. Cfl.l
borne, Of tte House, were appointed &
laraLOn the FIRST ballot il was found tE1t
Nr. Jahnron received ~ votes, Mr. Walser
~ and here we're two blank. II took ~
Votes 10 make d ]rn8iuriry, SO there wPe no ~
I]Ierfion, On the eecoud ballot Mr.. J%ohn5Snn
received 30 votes, Mn. walker ~ etyed E'0.
and there were iuo blaGks-so Mr. JohaEon
vac declared duly elected,
We are happy Of The result, though 1--WE
might have preferred SHINE other msnbef4 of
! tho uhir party. mn. Johnson Is Il stautich
and wclhtriod vldg, and witl leave no mAaas
unified to benefit the interest Ola sia'o$ be
has so often been called TO serve. .
ReaoraLof he seat Of GorerHmen
The discussion Of this subject having pen
made lie order Of the day for Thursday,
car1e up, aud after some lone'lhy deSnte
lon il, III Nh ich Mcssrs lea 7 arrow, bud
Bernard took u prominent part, It i"fs
postponed to Monday last, on which Fay,
after some debate, the bin was lost bs5one
vote. !
Wo insert the following extracts Pom
Gen. Bolnafd's remarks.
Mr. Benlard resnmed-no Tint NJ itFmay.
Admitting that jackson is The iavaflte RIaee
nr holding tho Convention, ~and'that ot5 ct
itE recommends iunai IL tie healthfu !HeSs Of
It's climate, that wac no Argument Why TIE
seaf nf government should not be tratsi2rrcd
from this city, ar that the Senate eho1l:l ab'
| stain from puseing the present blfl. Hs de
sirn was TO take the seat OF g0veflSnahI
away from New Orleans, and If Jacktzjn 81
any central position other than Baton l9ohgt
was selected, that Would be 10 lmpedsmBnt
10 him in tho accomplishment Of an 4hject
that h. considered paramount. If however,
tho Senate and House Of Representatives
should even disagree, as was antlcip Sed BY
tha Senator FROM Ofieanf as % the ES'opet
location, lie Senate had, he apprehendgd, III
duties Ia perform, independent of any slttre
Of the other House. The shlubrity ct sJaek.
sor dli not establish the inealubrlty ota3atot
RiYuyo: if the Senator frtm Orleans dosguot
ID infer that the latter was unhealthy, lsb WA
preparea ard ready 10 show the coatrary
liz inserted aud he dotied contradiction Q
the C1ci, that there VAS not a healthief place
In the State than Baton Rouge. 1t Sconl'
stand the test of scrutiny. The only Excep
lion Is It's usual heaIthtulness was Las; sum
mer, when a few cases Of fever occurred
But where was the place last summer tina
was not visited with some sickness. fse wa
at the Bay OF ST. Louis during a portion o
the summer and some persons died tIlereo
/ yellow fever. But it was broighF iron
New Orleans. The persons who fell g,otlni
were already impregnated with that Heartu
malady before their arrival. 30 it waz wit
I BATON Rouge. The few cases that oS'cttfe,
were communicated from New OfleaAs, ]
was TO that CITY that the inhabitants oE Batoi
J Ronge wer3 indebted for the last Ieve5 Blu
; Ii continued for a short period; no soon4r haI
he few cnsas that were introduced disap
peared. tIiah Baton Rouge beeome as aealth
"a ever. The epidemic ouly lasitAI fou
! weeks, and only three citizens of thB plac
died ofit. During bis (Mr, B's) sefen 0
: efgbt wears residence in Baton Roage h
t rad never known an epidemic to exist witt
the exception of last summer. But gerhap
, what he said upon the point might got b
considered orthodox, inasmnch as it @Wgs IA
vorable to the place ofhts residence. Neper
/, l~thelcss il was strictly true, for he wofl|d NJ
] venture for any consideration 10 mase an
statement ID this body that was not 50.
Another objection which the Senator iron
: Orlenhs had Urged, was, that the ssubIec
should be committed to ne aPpffeaGhin
/. convention, ans not be torstalled by the Leg
stature. 70 shis he replied, that 1t Was we.
known there was contrarioty Of ppInio
; among the people as to the powers Fof ih
convention. X highly respectable pertionc
of them considered the convention as omnir
!. ofent in their functions, while another elias
: no less respectable and intelligent were o
E the contrary opinion, aud believed its pow
erst IL be limited by the express specification:
! 1.-THE restrictions were to obtain the ascen
danry, how could a provision fixing the sea
of government, be expected front them
I And fit were the unrestrictionists, the
might well omit il, as It was not co(Imon {
: introduce such a provision in a conssi,utior
Bot Mt any rate, iii were to be engrafte
upon that instrument in the manneE wkic.
the senator from Orleans has suggested to h
i removed at the mere pleasure Of the legisla
ture, what advantage would it have cover
Legislative provision! The government coul
! lust as well be removed upon a wheesbarrou
1t would not fix the seat of government NOR,
, permantly or settle that question hPreafte
This objection of itself, then, falls: 10 tn
ground For it would be useless to .encum
her the consultation with provision thu
would possess no more durability Shan tn
legislative act.
AT Tie commencement Of our ltsgisiativ
T session, the message Of the Governoy whic
was high authority, Recommended Setrencf
: ment. for one, said Mr. b, wish 90 act u
, to that Recommendation. We ware toI
: , that our FIRST daty was - provide fsr reIie'
ing the State from her public indebtedness
and to econofnise by an early adISlrnmen
t This was a prominent obligation onaour par
And with the view Of estahiishings the Ell
ormous expenses attendant upon lsgislatio
r il the citv. presented a resolution while
o was nassed calling some DAYS ago Upon tn