Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-02-17
"ior no faIschood can endure
Touch Of celestial temper, bot returns
ot force TO lie W Iikenegsr-"

vi IeFce 10 lie ~ IlkenggsC-"
and cease not TO pursue il. till bah7od and dis.
appointed, Il flies beyond the bounds Of Won,
happy paradise.
IL u upon YOU fellow ~cifiEena; that toniai.
ana must mainly rely 10 protect and MAINTAIN
her good nalne AMONG her sister States Of tho
coniederacy and with the rest of the world.
as owners OF the soil upon which YOU stand.
you cannot be anmln1ful that your own honor
ana your W interests, are identified il,i.L
hers, and snre T am, rnat ybd Wit btumbilv
fepei any attempt TO bring suspicion npnn The
one or detraction upon The other Won arc
not prepared-you can never be prrbared m
lehd your sanction TO the alartuing and revol.
ing doctrine, that TO day the legieiatiye an.
thoFity OF a State may, under tls mask of a
solemn promise, perpetrate a fraud. and 10.
morrow the sovereignty Of the pc. ole may he
appealed to- to ratify and defend that fraud
3oa VIII promptly teach the presumptuous
aehlaeogue, who, in his hypocriticaI Zeal for
the welfare OF the psopie, should he dare 10
advocate such abominabIe principles. thai
you are me Peopte-tbat the acts OF The repre.
sehtatives are The acts Of The people--ihat the
iailn Pi.ightcd by the representatives. is the
p'ghled faith OF the people, and that you will
ever srorn to invoke the sacred progisions Of
your Constitution, 10 shield you from the nor
al responsibility which that plighted Filth nav
impose upon you.
The duty which devolves ttbott liz Aft. az !
citizens of this great republic, Ia one Of \ sol.
elhn and momehtous character and one, frarn
me performance Of which, we cannot shrint
with IMMUNITY. If there be any truth in tho
aPhorlsm-and all history has confirmed IL
"ihg ptiee of liberty il eternal
vigilance" then We cannot, in Justice 10 our.
seiYes' or tothose who will ssoa be called n
NJ me places which ne now occupy, reIax in
) jealous waichtuiness over tho rights and in.
.eres'S confded to our charge. As faithful
'ehtinels on The outposts Of liberty. we cannot
soanden our positions while dangers, however
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The great moral conflict which Anesica !.
'aglng IN defence Of her free insri,utions. can
my DC successfully carried on by a recourse
0 moral PoweT. To augment that moral pow.
q II 10 our duty TO extend announcement TO
very useful aft, and every useful pnfsui,, Il
our duty to extend the domihiUn of know. !
9,dge-to d'ffuse intelligence among the REQ.
that moral intelligence which, softened I
y the Denigfiant influence OF chfisfianify, is y
accompany the ploughshare in it's riyfIizing :
,hIough our great western world - r
lat moral intelligence which imparts omnipo- I
nee 10 the efforts Of the-7irtuoua patriot 0
hleh siie; ces the pharasaical pt ,~fessions of 9
70 aenagogue, while il exposes and counte.: !.
;tS his unholy designs that moral intelIi. +
under whose light The thnnIthoua mas a
ohs OF Inc demagosue are wont to chafe and p
&c as the fatal waters of the fablgd fountain -
Soracte boiled under the rats Of the rising I
y ;-that moral intelligence which, in fine. d.
n rare up those who alone can constitute Z
~ II
-, -"Men, high minded men,
Ifh powers as far above dull brutes enducd ~
In forest, brake, or den, en
beasts excel cod rocks and bramb!es rule %
Mem who their duties know, '0
It know their rights, and knowing, dare
maintain, 4,
Prevent the long aimed blow, ~
ID crush the tyrant s. bile they rend the -