Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-06-22
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" ANaHt h7hl l4V HEd0tSVhf"H VI JAHS Az
Wa understand that the report was receive
= b. the Tyler Conyent.on 1T Baltimore, by &C
clamation That made the welkin ring. A Com
mittoe Of Two woro appointed to draft the fol
' lowing able rosolutioHs-we think If all tn
Tyler meo in Baton Rouge had resolved them
selves in a committee Of the whole, pFebabl
there would have been & ~Va:aney In tn
committee;
At q Convention Of The Republican friend
of the present Chief Magistrate Of the Unite
Statea, Ia the Third Congregational Dis
tricl Of Louisiana, convened al he Club Room
/, of the Conservative Republican party, at Bat
on Rouge, Oh the 9Th day of May, tie follow
ing proceedings took place.
The meeting VAS organized by calling Il
tho Chair David A. Waiterson. Esq, and ap
pointing Thomas q. CLARK, Secretary and
on motion, Il committee Of five were appoint,
ed by the Chair 10 draft resolutions express,
i've OF the sense Of the Convention, and nom.
mating a Delegate TO attend the Independent
Convention to be held at Baltimore, ON The
9th Of May, by those friendly 10 the coutin.
uuanoe Of the present Chief Magistrate In If.
flee. The following preamble and resolutions
were reported Nv the COMMITTEES appointed
and adopted by reclamation
Whereas, tho moderate men Of all parties,
and the "State rights" Conservative Repub.
Leans, are At this moment In Ii position 10
cause thSir influence to be felt foF The advan.
taga of the Coeatry and tho People, by sus.
tanning an Administration wliehihas been pc.
c%uitarly devoted ID the great interests VI the
nation, in opposition 10 TIE most powerful pc.
litical combinations ever knewn among 0
People affecting 10 be free, hay3ng only sell
fish aud personal interests III view, c]oercing
national Legislation to their aid, al the expense
Of the rights of the Congressional constituent
cy, u would be troachery 70 themselves, 10
their children, TO their neighborsf and TO their
country to hesitate IN action--thprefore, be Ii
Resolved, lss, That we will by all honor.
able means maintain the republican principles
Of John Tyler's administration, and do all that
III us lies 10 promote his nomination for the
Ethel Magistracy NJ the Union, and secure hts
election il nominated.
=. That, in common with the whole South,
we approve Of the treaty Of annexation Of
Texap, il being the result OF a pure patriotism,
and necessary for the preservation Of tho in.
tegrity and stability Of our institu ions.
Sd. That we cordially approve ihs protni.
nent features Of that fearless Administration,
which has looked after great national pros.
perity, unconfiued by parallels or latitude
or longitude, and unconstrained BY local or
general partisan considerations, which will be
brilliant points in our political history, and
land marks future statesmen and philosophi.
cal politicians.
an. That p. II, Moore be appointed 10 at.
tend and represent this District at the indie.
pendent Tyler Convention 10 ba. held al Bal.
timore, on the 9th of May, 1914, and that he
be furnished with q eopy ofthess proceedings
No bic credentials therefor, signed BY the
President and Secretary of the Convention.
9th. Resolued, That although we are weak
III numbers and frowned upon BY the two dom.
To ant parties Of this State, yet we are sus-
tanned by principles thai may warm honeat
hearts in an honest cause, and that we will
maintain them to The best Of our abilities, III
view Of that justice which will ultimately be
rendered US by the good and y~irluous Of the
land, where we, with them, claim the right Of
a free expression Of opinion.
9th. Resoiped. That these proceedings be
signed by the officers OF the Convention, and
published in such Of The papers Of this State
as are friendly to our views, and that The
CONVENTION ADJOURN SfNs die.
DAVID A. WATFERSON President.
THOMAS s. CLARK, Secretary.
DiEp-The Hon. A. Il Read, representative
in Congress from Pennsylvania, died on the
4th inst, at his residence. Susquehanna
County, Pa. of consumption, in his 56th year.
His demise was announced in The House of
Representatives on the 10Th, by the Hon. Mr.
Bidlack.
SrRANGE-After all the protestations and
promises Of the Tyler cabinet thai two.thirds
Of the Senate were in favor Of the Texas
treaty, two.thirds voted against il. The
Texas mania is fast ebbing-it was got up
purposely 10 create a feeling in favor of Ty.
Ter and effect his nomination BY the Demo-
cratic Convention but though the locos can
Polk almost anything down, they could not
swallow Tyler,
DRowNED,-An lrishman, deck passenger
on board the HELEN, on her passage. to this
place last Friday morning, fell over hoard ana
drowned. He had about ss0in gold On
his person.
An error having crept in tie following re-
solution IN the published report Of the Police
Jury, We publish it today corrected.
Mr.. Lea then offered the following resolu.
ton which was lost. Resolrod, That tie
hands now assigned to WORK the new road lead
ing from William Keity's on Sandy Creek Ia
E. Chaney's on tie Couaite river, be.
and the same are hereby Withdrawn from said
road, 10 &C -ordlaoe with The petition of most
Of the Inhabitants interested, OH Gle, and that
the hands of James Cooper aid Tie persons
To road duty living al his house. ana
above, en- or near Sandy Creek, with air. Jones
living on the East side Of said creek, basand
they are hereby placed o. the main Sandy
road, and to work on the upper END
from Fosters place, and that all such hands
south and below the said Gooper's also
he hands Of Mr. Barrett 90 the east side Of
Sandy Creek work oH the lower end Of HE
main Sandy Creek road from Fosters
TO the forks near Bartelfs.
The RfyEn-The Memphis Inquirer Of
he 25th ult, says:
although the river at this place lacks
Of reaching its highest poinf.
within the last twelve months, vet ii ii 1
realty to be feared that its junction with the
aoded streams south Of us, viii cause fear /
d destruction Of property "a the plantations {
long the coast I
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