Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-07-11

THE CoMMERctAL REVIEW We cart
not too highly recommended this valuable
aud oheaP Southern publication. The June
number, the last number oftho first volume
contains O valuable article on, The i'm.
portance Of correct statistical information
In relation to the various staples ofour couu.
try, illustrated in the case Of Indian corn
The present seaaon-with full statistics d
the corn trade the Of United States Tint
article is got up with great care and atten-
ton, and we have no donbt win tend great.
J to increase the patronage Of tho work.
The Rcriew, moreover, has n double claim
on the support Of the people of Louisiana.
or aside from from It's being II work ofnorit
and research, it is edited and published IN
the South and by Southeron men.
Tho editor makes the following correct
remarks, at the conclusion of the volume:
THE REVIEW has completed its Grgt yo-
Iume. It commenced under diseonrageing
circumstances, but has succeeded beyond
the anticipations Of any. How far has It
succeeded The whole community has
endorsed the enterprise MS ono Of hiahest
Importance. Not n breath of COMPLAINT has
yet been made. We have been cheerad
onward by The warmest plau7its from every
quarter. A great proportion oftho leading
and prominent men Of tho city and State.
arc on our list. Can u journal in such cir.
cumstances be otherwise than most success.
ful ? Why should i it not have the patrona.
&c and support of not only every prominent
man, but Of every man in The South and
West? We have thus far, with ardnous and
unrcmitting labors, realized nothing for our.
selves. The work has only defrayed the
expenses of publication. We can hardly
that the community will allow this
to continue. lfthey do we pledge oursclG
Notwithstanding, to continue the work with.
out any reference whatever to profit. A
great and good cause can be and shah be
conducted independently Of all mere pccu-
considerations.
The extract the following sketch ola de-
bate in Congress, held ON June goth 1876,
we copy from a correspondence of the Bal
.imore American
TARIFF.
Mr.. TTBBATTS, Of Ky, addressed the
upon the merits ofthe OREGON
Texas and Tariff questions.
MIR. I. commenced by illusions to the
ofthe Oregon question. He said
hat our rights had been surrendered TO the
government, and that General Jack
ION mot naming him but abiding 10 him)
would have made nc such surrendg We |
in the condition ola whippe8tv and.
after declaring that our rights were clear
md unquestionable TO the whole Of Oregon,
md then sinking down to a settlement 10.
N forty-nine, W. had unquestionaby sur.
endered our rights.
Mr.. Tlbbatts said that our claim to the
up to 81 40, was as good as orr
lain to the country between the Nueees
nd the Rio Grande. The West were as
eady to fight for the one as for the other.
nd regarded our claim as good to the one
5 to the other. The ffty-Jour forty men
zen, would, when the present storm had
over, stand forth, not with their
louths sealed, As were the mouths Of those
'ho had sanctioned this compromise, but
18th a voice which would be heard and felt.
day of reckoning would come.
Mr. Il. would not say what position the
resident would occupy upon this question
hen all the facts were revealed uDon III
1t he would say that he hoped lie would
; able to reconcile himself Ia a departure !
on the Baltimore C~onyention Resolutions, :
ID to a departure from his written pied. i
s. !