Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-01-24

bHnt w ] Natfuht Il tfs'lahas f'0''oE'
Larte. Charles gayarrs. 7 Cdloghe. Louis
Y. Martin, 4 TlaaFd, q y Reifand y v ItB,
| iHtntards
Con ] L tthwis, is elected 8hsFiH'
Cqpt, y etiaH, reroner,
We understand hat Nt liBllitt intends
toeunteet The seat Of Wt l@rka TN The
ground thai votes admitted fret. The second
district gave the 'atlrf ~ illegal h]tpiafity.
Wrst FrltrtypA II r Mafte, senator.
\ tyuos and Cugh Representatives, g II Ltrty,
stipfnj q u CvIlins. CIafk,G Long, Cafeh
heru
tdUfstANA pENfFgNTtAttfg
In every slate Il the Union, The establisI-
usnt If a tsritahtiafy, where nesbabiaal
| business wis carried On, faa PRAYED 4 curse
"a hat Useful branch ofatti7shs, tsliea tha-
flantts from tbF feet that the taiviels DO.
ing M expense bot Tor board, The managers
A ttese institutions arg able to uBdarFell
th5sa aut dyofs whg have 10 DO the Sans " ORR
| wilh the help Of fffsHsh, to whom suian'eRt
| remuneration must be paid fur The H'aintan-
anra If themselves and their families, he
., stem 81 crushing The mechanic, by totnpetts
ton with convict labor, is selfish, ana can
never he sustained BY lneb WIN have sincere
" The welfare at the w~ofbing-fiah IN yie*'
whatever their profession Ut political creed
may be. The Governors Of all the principal
states have earnestly recommended the RdoI'=
tisn If measures 10 abyiate the evil complain
cd II, The Legislators acting upon thpae re-
anrnmeajati1ns, aid their " natural ih.
antses, have changed the mode Of employ
~. tbair f]nayieis. In our state, the Pshi4
Ilantiafv. ii bile under The state administration
vss a perfect wo bshaf! planters aud olhsfs
could get what they pleased dene, EehefaIy
an srsdii, sptns If which il not paid 10 this
AN, mechanics, who bad 10 woth Ter cash
could not itvs n Tie tottt. complaints ana pes
/ %titfops, went 10 ths legislature, mock Invest
palinna took place, and Ill IL 10 avail The
bantthhtiaFy besides hurting lie working
CLASSES, vas sinking thousands Of dollars ah7
aually Tor the state, Al length, lhe mahu=
| featuring department. waa increased, aud
lbinga begun Ia wear a better hefeels Ct much
"a, that the year p]reviups 10 lie present l7ass'
The maaareFF. with no special advantage
cleared $4,000 tol the state, and had Il mol
been leased would have become, by judicial
management, a source 81 considerable lntDns
10 ths state. but some Of the assembled tbts=
dem, whether 10 iaeter mp spfa particular
friend or otherwise, detartt nai 10 have 1t
| iesped, aud d law waa pAaaI fW tbat purpose.
But mafh the pfaptst6hz 81 sha 4th seettea 81
rad law, Il Gays, after auualatbttnE what tne~
rhaHital branches they mag cary on, 'ti5t
Ito tneelan.cal work thai 33f5 81 may conflict
with The ]ttitsne mechanics Of Baton Rouge
ehaIl bb done IN the ptuttaHtiafY !" Nov It
10 a notorious fart, that that part u tho iaW has
been inIrlnged, that the sniy eEause that can
la offered l., that said work could not be done
n Baton Renee, a statement wholly wItaont
foundation, and h5 pattatiDh e. the violation
81 The statute, The present I~easuea, 90 TAXI
tng hold IL the inatiluttua renewed Rto5k, sAd
material, estimated At $4,000, besidee a
Loan Of $4,000 10 be paid IN seycfal install
nen,a, 40 ae 10 enable them TO meet he eoh~
telnplated change In the employment Of eon@
| vitta beetdpe, tho laat Legislature granted
them a further l)ah # fst5 QUO, we believe, to
enable them 10 build Il brick building, ioF
n tnufaatafibg purposes. With all these adj
vAntagts. Il was to be hoped that no more OPP
position would be gwen from thar source to
the mechanics Of this town-But ia that we
have been mistaken. and petitions aee now
In circulate n, from the ~lessees, not only IN
this parieh, but IN several other parishes Of
the state, to the purpose, that from the state
Of mechanical work In the tow Of Baton
Rouge, aud the inability OF the petitioners Ia
obtain what work they wish 10 have done, the
penltenttary be authorised 10 do certain worII
&c, as we have been unable 70 obtain the
~perusaI Of one Of the petitions, we must be
excused for not quoting the exact words,
This step would give them a preteSt to do
what they pleased. Men would 30 there and
state that they could not yet a piece Of work
done In town, when nj the same time they
had not tried to. Though our mechanics are
few, their are rs good workmen among them
as can be found any where else, aud able to
90 any work in the line they profess TO fol-
low. Where is the representative from this
parish who will remain in the legislative hall
with his, arms crossed, and suffer The rights
Of a large numbor Of his fellow-citigens 10 be
trampied on. IEone of them would be guilty of
such al act, we can tell him that his days as
n legislator for this parish would be number,
ed. viii not cur citizens, the property hold
ers who have at heart the welfare of Baton
Rouge, sustain the workingmen who compose
more than half Of their population. Let them
decide from whom the town derives most
be~neft-from the Penitcntiary or the work
E~tng-men? Merchants, who are your best
customers Members Of the corporation,
who pays the most taxes I In a word the
question is one of vital importance 10 the
community at large, aud which requires a
speedy solution, for wealth may overcome in.
dustry and perseverance.
uy-hs Commercial Reviey oF tho South