Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-08-03

N0pomber, We shall take particular pane 4tf
out many long hidden truths, equal
Y as loaibsone 10 th0m. Truth and justice
ire poweTfntweapons-ihey form the eternal
work of democracy, and With them
We are destined always To conquer. .ihetnss
he Sort aud the only sort Of weapons We
need.--ddroeafe.
We copy the aboso entire, Its really too
rldicplously rich to be passed over That
leader, he 30 much boasts Of ID SO full Of igto
rant plumbers and Inconsistencies that We did
not think Il worth while to give IL An extern
d.d notice, and never imagined that The edf-
Tor would have he moaestg - make any m'h.
ton Of il. lie saye "tu6 and Justice are
wespons-hcy iorm The eternal
ro,h If democracy DC Let US now
examine into these truths, be eaysi IN speak
lug oflhe q. s.. B,ak:
III 1888 after Gen. Jackson had vetoed this
instil utidn, in order to force its re-el,artor by
the succeeding congress, il suddenly with
drew from circulation $~l00,00N,0OU Any one
who knows the effect Of merely one million
suddenly withdrawn from circulation, must
llNNg FflllI lfEh w IN E'RtN1"i 49,
stoned by This ruinous movement.
A greater amount Of mis-. statements neY-
err were pennod in The Same number Of lines.
The whoIe circulation oftho u. y Bank, feY-
or exceeded thtrty.eight millions, how then,
in the name Of truth could one hundred mil.
lions be withdrawn, aud still leave a large A.
mount ii circulation. IF such truths are the
eternal ground-w work of democracy, wretchsd
must be The people submitted to IFS sway
Here is another Of those truths in The same
article
The Wailings Of the widow and orphan,
whom il has made j~esolate, are heard over it's
downfall.
Now neigllbor this ia All fal.de.ral and ron-
sense, the writor, ifhe has ever known any
thing Of that institution, ought to be ashamed
10 pen auch ali article. No widow nor orphant
ever ~ one cent by that institution, every
bill has been redeemed.
The writer Is entirely mistaken, il was
Mr. Folks pet bank that caused all that dis
tress-thoso cherished tools and deposits Of
Gem Jarksou's administration.
Here is another rich morsol of %locofoco
consistency
"But il is supofduous, nor would Our limits
permit us, to 70 into n detailed view OF d
Chronological history of the banking system
and its evils. The majority of the people Of
the United States have studied il, have expe.
rienced it, and understand it thoroughly
They now justly regard II, az one of those
errors which crept into oHr Government, thai
were intended by their foriginatnrs 10 keep
alive the aristucratical institutions aud arbi.
trary powers Of the r~ulers3of the old world"
Aud who are these patriots, and consistent
democrats, SO dreadfully opposed TO the banks
supporting for President and Vice President
James X. Polk, the fatherof that r~uinous state
state bank Ryetcm-Tho United States Bank
far from being ~ruinous in its tendency, KEPT
hose state banks in check, and the moment
that restraint was removed, thoy became the
means Of political gambling, and speculation
under executive patronage, till a general
crash demolished the rotten fabric aud plum.
god the country in bankruptcy and ruin, and
caused the "wailings Of the widow and orphan
to be heard" aye the very man who intro.
duced that tuinous system and Iaudod it to
1.-THE skies, is their candidate FOR the Presidsn.
cy. And for Vice President. G. NJ. Dallas
the man who introduced the bill for a rechar.
ter aud even supported the bill after it was
vetoed. Such is the jeceitful course Of The
locos--they profess 10 be opposed to bank,
and yet nominate some ofthe most prominent
bank men for their chef officers.
The Advocate says we writhc under that
eader, no sir, We blush that a man can be
found with boldness enough 10 pen such d
tissue Of notorious mis- statements, for the pur.
pose Of fostering a patty without principles
and whose eternal ground cork lies in error.
Mexico AND TExAs,-It will be seen by
the following document, that the armistice
existing between those two countries since
the l5'h February, haSing ceased. This
President has called to hind, that from The
18th. Of July, hostilitios are resumed between
the two countries. Now is the time for those
who feel such a deep interest in Texas to
show that they are sincere, Or were their
protestations in favor Of the measure, merely
a sublsyfage, 10 embezsIe the whele United
States ma war to save sheir private worth
less scrip and theiF titles 10 land in d country
which has not yet shown that she can main
tain her W. independence
Manifesto to president Houston, Informing
him Of The commencement of hoStilttics a
gainst The usgrPers Of Ieras,
FIRST BRlGApE OF THE NoRTK,
HEAD QUARTERS.
The delay fixed by The Supreme Govern
ment in the armisiice concluded the 18th Fe-
bruary Of The present ypar with the commits
%sionars Of Texas haviIg expired, his excel
lency the President has called to mind, that
from the llth Of the present month hostiiitles
are reopened against the inhabitants Of this
department. and ] communicate to you the
declaration of his exeellency. | also make
known 10 you that my Government has seen
with we'll founded Indignation the perfdies
OF the inhabitants of Inc said Territory to-
wards a Republic wtosa generous conduct
towards them they misunderstood, in relation
to question in which they were thought TO
be acting with good faith, They have abused
The confidence ofthe Republic by violating the
conditions Of the armistice respecting the
commissioners, who, according to the 4th ar
tiels of said armistice, should have repaired
To the city Of Mckee, in order TO regulate our
differences, so far as their propositions might
be admissible. His Exeellency the President
Convinced that the honor and dignity oftbe
nation required tho endorsement Of a conduct
SO little creditablc, has ordered me TO aPprise
you OF his resolution 80 that it may be well
understood that it is nat through timidity or
want Of power, hut because his excellency