Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1845-10-04


The next subject be to9ehed up6n was thr
distribution ofthe public .Iauds, and shoWet
from incontfovertible testimony which he I'D
duced, that the diBtritutitli ofthe pgblte land
belonged 10 the states aud mot 70 the govern
mcnt, that according to iH5 principal sustain
ed by tho wings % this tAbiert, the state q
Louisiana would derive tl72,000 Eearly from
the proceeds. 4 great D. Srt to be tdeslfed a.
this time when our EtgR requl9d q hfH
system Of education and smoHeY tGE carry on
her internal Improvements, He next adgef.
ted to the Annexation Of klexas. end stated
that Ibis was no longer ! q]ueStior, and that
IT formed part of our Efverntneh2 and had
adopted b constitution wslch tesSmbled our
own, and it elected, he $would vAte for Ar.
nezation III then madS some fe*F remarks
oh the snb.trcasnfY, and concluded his arm
ment. He was often apKlauded during The
course Of his fefnarfs, Eny a~ilt%3oh made
to his opponents was lnoS4 courteous ~ TACT
he democrats present, esrh If they were not
convinced of Tie truth Of -hts frtn6rfs, could
find 90 cause q blame hin for deIanetatloh
or want 81 ceur ely. Nc arc sorry that our
time will not permit W. IT. say mare On the
subject AK pfeeent- HWc nH0i.
Mr. llarmanHan opened ltp diecogrfa by 81
II tamptto vinjicata hirseA from 5ll %paffici-
p,tton IN th8 Copeland ofntr 1hia ttial m
Copeland rs Mietie ta nol;batcbcd up by The
wings. the Whole is copied from Gcts. Tho
Judgement II 1odto norpby who speaks Of
tho affair av ftllota "Das1h1 mer j.. pIall-
liF baB 40bstaa Iatlg m,tc. ont Mis- case ~
ap rot forth III petition. 4 air niger ono
can hardly be imagined, aot we cannot re-
rrgto from expressing opf abhofranee Of
tho Iopnsya and raGiaa hte c7adnet II The
payhc p1ioya IN his case + ptobr@pE ASp
NED" Is contained: in No L: IT, Rep
Tho evidence adlnced ia snot nadS up for
effect, b1t IL the satle ~ Eaa broGght be.
fore the lower court, Jllrf. DlNpnj Bfeat-
i ing, and before the e%uprCtle Court, aud H.
on Gle IN the OIL ~ Of be carh Of }be De
Court, and certified ~ him 10 he a
lruo copy of the original on flo. Judge
Dtwson's testimony is bFjin and explicit.
There Is nothing ii otlheI iuIgoal ants or
evidence tbpt declared, tfit Copo.iod waa
infamous BrDrndrel," I'm tho contrary
mo 10 ttjm)ay Of AZ. Wm;e 81 says "Htrkfe
old wjtuoas, whom be invited witness h hia
loure, wlnoss would find! Copeland there,
good bogsadaaper, n geutieli m, and. Il stsadg
yoo3 mum 1Do statement published by the
Chronicle is statement Of jacts fbrought
,roro two Courta) on watch Respectable
non have gjyea D verdict, WIile Oh tho 9th
= hand, Whatever Mr., lEarnausott. or his
have advanced, requires proof To
it any moro than mHre denunclation,
have promised proofs, !,vo expect them.
lie then r~gejefei the tariff question, aud
poke against the ]roinous tgytG Of Isl2, re-
Gated the old hackneyed frgnment that a
lriti for protection was Oppressive to the
DOR, that the a]rticlea Of IuSSlry wore taxed
'ss than those of commo DE, but he did
ut explain to them hoW it!waa that they
ad less to pay for those vctty articles since
Re adoption Of the tariff than before. Tfr
.atcd that Whatever ractb he Fdyaneod
ero from a tract written for the ttmee.
repaired by Willis Grorn, chairman Of the
Why, Conn., hue ohy jim he not give :
10 opinions or Washington Jefferson, Mad ,
on, Mouroc and Jackson, contained Ia the
tract, and 50 mneN d~ifaroat from G
he was advancing on 1t51at subject. =
Tho next topic vas the babk, aud he de- r
arod himself opposed to nj banks aud in y
vor Of specie A. a circulating medium {
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