Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-03-07


Attempt to abolish The State Government.
Lawyer Wolf md Judge Canonge are
trying to abolish Tho Executive and Ju.
dicial branches Of the State Government.
On Tuesday, March 3, s1bpmnas were
issued from tbs Criminal Cout, addressed
70 the Speaker, the Clerk and se,era
members Of the House Of Representatives
70 appear before The Cfiminal Court, IL
testify relative 10 The organization Of the
General Assembly. This step created
great Indignation in the House.
Mr.. Noise, Chairman Of The Co unit.
toe on the Judiciary, Submitted the fol-
lowing resolutions Resolved that The
Committee on the judiciary be permit.
ted to withdraw and report a bill immedi.
ateIy to abolish the Criminal Court Of the
Fl ST District"
This ]subd5nh, and tic abavo resolutions
elected much discussion from the mem.
bers. Eaz#
M6ssrs. Lea, Farrar, Conrad, Smith
and Noise participating therein, pattico.
larry tho latter genlIem9 n, who spoke
very strongly in favor of Immediately A.
bolishiog that Court, urging the House TO
maintain lis dignity.
Mr., Kelly of @, leans, offered tho fol-
lowing as a substitute 10 the resolution Of
mr. Noise; "ResoIyed that the officers Of
he House are hereby instructed that they
arc to disregard any mandates Of any au.
tbority requiring their attendance at any
placo from this body"
Before taking the vote upon the substi-
t IT,, theprsvious question was asked, but
1t was not maintained by the House.
And on motion, all this matters was
laid on the table.
Sibdnas were also served upon the
President and secretary of the State, be.
fore the hour of meeting. and they were
obeyed. The secretary gave his testimo.
ny, The President was in attendance, and
his Honor the Judge was graciously pleas.
ed to order thateertoin extracts from the
journal of the sonate should be produced
in Court tomorrow. II the fact had been
known in the House Of Representatives
that iltebDsiness Of the senate was stop
ped by the order of Judge Canongo, the
resolution to abolish his Court would most
surely have passed. -..g
The Criminal Judge seems resolved TO
abolish the State Government. At all
events, he is determined to die hard.
The Courier justly remarks, that it
was high time to reform The Judiciary.
Texas UNITED STATES SEHAToRs.-.
Private letters from Galveston, states
that Generals HoUsroN and RUsK hive
been elected u s Senators by very large
maiorities Of the Legislature. II is curl.
Gus enough that the former who was so be.
rated pending the Annexation question,
for his presumed hostility to the measure,
shouId be the very first man selected to
represent the new born State in the high
est branch Of the National Councils Bee.
MoRH HELp.-The Louisjanais, pub
lished at DonaIdsonviIle, makes the fol-
lowing appropriate remarks over the Ad.
dress to the Mechanics published by the
Association at Baton Rouge.
W We publish to.day the address of
the mechanics Of Baton Rouge TO their
fellow mechanics throughout the State.
We did not perceive it until il was too
late for publication in our last.
We will only observe at the outset,
that the Gauss Of the mechanics is not only
that ola classof honest, worthy men, bat
the welfare of the whole county is inyol.
we'd in it,. Whom the labor Of the convict
is put in competition with the labor of the
honest artisan, the natural con equence il
a decrease in the wages of The Iatter-per.
haps a total want of work, for. the convict
can work as well and cheaper than the
mechanic, who may have a wife and
children to support. we all know what
wretchedness has been ontailed upon the
mechanics IN Europe, by employing gal.
iey-sfaves as mechanics in all the branch.
es of home industry. What if our own
mechanics and their families should lack
The necessaries of life because swindIers
and cut threats take the work from them ?
Our revolutionary sires would then have
she'd their blood in vain uFoH the battle.
ieId, and the mighty sword Of the noble
chief, the godlike Washington, would
achieved a useless task.
Let us hope, then, brother mechanics,
hat our legislators viii take this matter
uto considerations is one of paramount
Importance, and, for our part, LET us bold.
y stand up for our rights, let us act in
.once:t, and success must row our eff
orts.
lis in MORALS to command success,
tut We'll do more, Semprorius-we'n de-
deserve it."
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