Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-09-14

Nj. Gorsk,s AppnE.s.--ln psLu..ng Il

Mn. EoutN's ADDtrss,-fn p~erusing the
address Of this champion of democracy in Ba.
ION Rouge, we have seen surprised TO find
out. that in his Imagination AZ least, the two
leading measures Of his party aro-The re an
a~sration Of Texas aud the establishment If the
peoples rights in Rhode: Island. III defending
the f;st p~osition 10 declaims against the trca-
II Of 1919, ced.Bg Texas in exchange for
Florida, "under the ebort.sigbted and COM
p-omiping administrator Of Monrouc.' Eve
admitting that Presidetit Monroe was not one
Of the brightest statesmen who have filed the
presidential. chair, he Saaa elected BY q more
unanimous vote than AIRY other, and was hon
orel and respected for bis sound senae and pa.
,]'iot.sm, and in that tteaty he was sustained
by the then champion; Of lie South, John G..
Calhoun, and majority Of the able Statesmen
by whom he wac surrounded. After a lapse
~! twenty-lour yearp, qur progressive demo
~rracy" have found out that said treaty was an
act of the folly of the virtuous and patriotic
defender Of his countrH's rights in The cabiaet
and the Gal5, James Monroe, and must there.
lore he set aside 10 eubserye the Texas hum
lug and secure the election Of Young Hicb-
org.
Inc next question treated Of by the orator
is tie Rhode Island controversy. After law.
! sling a variety of harQh and unmerited abuse
and obIiquy upon the people Of Rhode Island,
embracing q period q more than fifty years.
The orator then went on 10 say
"Rhede Island never adopted a State Con.
]s!ituiion and has continued under the ancient
charter of King Charles the Second, granted
"a Roger Vlliams in the early part 81 tie 9Th
century"
Is it ignorance or is it something worse?
IL il possible that Mr.lL2ucks does not know ?
Is it possible that J5hn G. Patterson, Esq
whose duty it was To- call on Mr.. Loucks for
a copy ofhis speech fr publication, does not
know F.! that not one of the "nany" addressed
by Mr.. l. knew ILL That Rhode Island
was quietly repoging and prospecting under
constitution made BIZ a regularly organized
conventions, and subsequently ratified BY the
people Of the State. We would not say all
il.na;ured thought Of: Mr.. Loucks, OF Mr.. Pat.
tsrson: they arc excellent young men, ofgood
moral habits, but WE cannot torbear asking
the rank and file Of the Democratic party of
this parish, the men who do the labor, but who
are not invited when the loaves and fishes are
70 be- divided. What confidence can thew
place in leaders SO i'll informed on the subject
they treat?
True it is that Mr.. Dorr, a Disconnected
whig; Disconnected, our memory is correct
because he did not receive from his party the
nomination for some office or place to which
he aspired, attempted to subyert the govern
inont or revolutiouizG his ~ state. We all
recognize as one Of oer dearest privileges the
right Of altering or amending our fundamen.
ral laws, the legally expressed viii or the ma
jority being first had, but We deny the right
10 seize the rejns Of government-FhIs is re-
~volution and is ever accompanied with blood
shed, and is therefore considered one o. thc
highest crimes knoyn 10 the laws Of all ma
iions, be they monarfhies or republics.