Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-06-08
Rpngt Gajrttt.
EATON ROUGE, SATURDAY, JUNE 8. 1850
To the Patrons Of the Gazette.

II has already been announced that | have be-
estnr the purchaser Of the BqRon Rnrgc GaseNt,
frrn lis former es,imallh conductors, NIessrs. De-
rrocQ & CoNvrHsr. With this number. my la
bors, as editor and proprietor. commence. To the
hest of my humble ability, 7 will discharge the
duties | have assumed. Among a people, proven
hal for tleir liDerality and hospitality, | need not
ask in vain for a living patronage and a chari'a-
bic construction Of my editorial foibles. If fail
to add anything to the dignity. integrity, and use
lul,ess of the press. | shall have fallen short of
my most cherished ambition. All my energies,
such ms they are, shall be exertcd to sustain the
interests ofthe StaSSe and community in which |
live, and TO the advancement Of the great party
10 which it has been my pride ever 10 belong.
Whether my efforts will be productive OF good
results or not, the future must determine. AT all
events the labor shall be faithfully and Jealous
ly, il not ably performed.
Politically. the GaztNe will continue 10 be the
decided advocate Of Republican Wing measures
and men. believe in the purity, stern integfitys
and exalted patriotism, of our present chief fnasls-
tratc, Cen. ZACHARY TAYIoH, who conferred I'M
mortal renown upon his country IN the field, and
who will. | feel an abiding convirtior, equally sue
cor and honor her in the civil pos ton TO which he
has been called by the spontaneous voice OF the
people; and shall therefore continue 10 HIM my
undiminished support nutil convinced that he has
broken his faith to the South, the Country, and
the Constitution, a contingency that never can
happen. The unwarranted detraction Of a "blt-
ter end' opposition have not taken one cnbit
from his stature. In the eloquent language ola
distinguished democratic Senator-'he is as far
above his m~iligicrs as the proud obelisk ot Bun
k.r Hill monument ia above the creeping things
that crawl around its base
| conceive il wholly unnecessary, here, 10 enter
upon any Of the questions now agitating the
country. Nv columns will contain my feeble If
forts to discuss important and interesting political
matters, whether State or National, N such q
manner as, ] trust, will keep my readers fully =
and FaiIly informed OF the state OF the country
a.d passing eyomGls. 1t will lie observed that
have reduced the So crlption price Of The Gazette
from sj to 81 per annuin. This material reduc-
ton in price will place ii within the reach of ev-
cry one, and il . sacrifice, on my part, which !
appeal to my political friends and the lNshic gen
orally, to sustsin ine in, Proper energy on the
part 81 the Wings in this and the surrounding
parishes, will increase my subscription list saifi-
eiently 10 indemnify me-. | appeal to them ibr
their kind Offices in aiaing me 10 establish a per-
maneut and widely circulated Republican Wing
organ ct the seat OF Government, and | tlatter my
sell with the hope that the appeal will not be en-
tirely in vain
Although the state is now mostly under demo-
, cratic domination, | sincerely believe that sh" is
lesitjmately a Wig stale. and that proper organ
ization, and a generous support of the Wing press.
will prove it. But while [ shall cndeavor to sus-
tain the Gazette as a decided political Journal, in
the full sense Of the term, no labor will be spared
TO render It's columns agreeable and useful 10 the
general reader, The PLATTER, the merchant, the me-
chanic. the professional man, and the politician,
furnishing regularly n Gull account of the state Of
the markets, and the latest commercial and pollt-
ical news, foreign and domestic, with a proper
amount of literary and miscellaneous matter, to-
ecther with a summary Of the current news OF
the day. 10 inc loCia auN ah'chiettt oui ''F
and parish, ] shall devote special attention, and
here tender my columns to the citizens Of this
and surrounding parishes, wherein they are wei
come to present their views on all local matters
Of utility.
yytch my brethren Of the press | trust 10 cher
the most amicahle intercourse, and by a strict
Observance Of all gentlemanly courtcsies, hope
that professionally and personally we may al
WAYS continue to be friends. For the many kind
and generous notices already made of me, in adj
vance, by my-friends of the press, | tender them
,yuy grateful Acknowledgements.
With these hastily skctchea remarks upon a
,tale SUBJECT, but one which custom requires to
be NOTICED, | leave the matter III the hands of
my friends and the public, hoping that success
may be commanded as well as merited, and that
the future may not be altogether uniavorable to
my aspirations and Interests.
WILLIAM n. ADAMS.