Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-08-28

have bpen adopted sa easily aud by sc
large II iptependeranca Of votes, 'hs Htau
melt against General Scott would have
dWbtted ht '5tee iNia d pefsuliHl prelerenot
fol other tbUllidhes, such h JtfeiefeIth nj
- at any time capable ef Icing merged II
the will Of The tnaiafty #f H He1e
The resolutions pissed by the Conveh
tiun preliminary 10 the ballUting lpi eaIi
altlales did Indeed place them Hll Oh 81
mltuf foeting But as these resolutions
did not hbpte personal preferences, so they
could iiot al unee teliiova those appfelieiii
sions which hhd been So lolig suffered te
affiliate with them hat both seemed td
| sliafe lhe saina texture, When a body 81
men have entertained opinitH for weeks
atguing thant they can by 10 ltveess be
| at uneu delivered from thetiii II Il snple
| individual eHnnnt change bis opinions aI
euee, II IL Infinitely more difficult fdf q
consolidated body, There Is teelina oi
assouialian eiipfide la preserving II com
mon houd u seuliment, Of tuiwilingness
ia lie tnse Of pael 10 yield before lie rest,
| That goes very faf towards patpptuniing
! lot tilne atty opinion of aet ~ opinions
formed by group ol intelligent atd con,
spiuupus men. aJ. a. ~eB aa'# .f
But II our opponents imagine that the
opposition axtressed by Eonler,, Wings
"a General ftptta lioihnalion beFtis Tie
Convention ia not uew removed Ivy tie
removal ol is eause. they are most epts.
gieusIv at fault. and are counting Oh tnd.
| ing The weakness et dsofgani5ation wlete
they viii Ht,tl al tl,a power Of United and
| determined action The resolutions ui the
| Wing Convention are at otiue explicit and
national. The candidate who is no,u,laf.
| cd by thai Convention endorses, IN lis at.
aeplapea pf tie nomination. The entife 50
ties oi the resolutions. III coming before
The people be only apreaf= III The attitude
Of il nallouHI candidate, wlia If elected vii
sweht with The Just Helemtiiy Of a Preai
da,,,pl Inauguration :, TO STAND BY
| TILE CONSTITUTIONS" aud wltost
after course viii manifest Tie sincerity o
| his vow, as ii will be consistent with al
lis previous life, ADD ss 20 #Ha
| But IN the campaign on which we bavt
now entered, the contest, with thinking
men, will be u contest Of principles. Thu
Democratic party can make very sinhl
petaonHl capital Oh candidate aud repre-
/ sentative al the negative renoWn ol Frank
4 liu rietee, The question which Inns e
/ leua DISTRACTED our councils, We may re
gard setiled by uHaniti.ous consent ! or !
| ever hereafter agitated, IL Gnu iu no elieps
| be made n party mpttef Tue Issues et !
/ rast century cannot be tfnnlped up Il
serve he fallying cries for either Iafty. NJ
| though Ivy Tie resolutions Of the Dah,oeia
| tia Genventlen we might understand thu
a different opinion IL entertained 10y OF,
opponents. This Wa aee perfectly willlht
to leave open Tor nulionel decision, It /
simply the duty ol the eontend,Hg reftes
as we read the iudleutians and tire neeeE
slties of The times. 10 place before tho peo
/ pie OF This nation. In clear mud niambigp
Qua terms. what bey iutend TO do, WIN
are their efeeds, their poliry, aud thei
prospective measures. Ou these O tfu
/ nud intelligent con eat can alone be waget
i From such n contest the Denoetnli
party seem anxious 10 hold aloof VIII
a Irmefity for which we can find no es
ample, they come before lie people with
out u creed, Htid without n inaii. Tile,
have miser,bly narodied the old gnnc q
4 ls4d Theu there Wns n show Of feasol
Tor the course they adopted Now thet
! action 10 but an ,uthroken inlatnation So
/ They have pln forward no inilammaier,
sentiments, such as Annexation an,
the s'whole ol Ofegon,' aud tite tleiieiene,
| is fearful aud profound. They have ouste
their well lt,town men for mn itfnge G
straw. who represents nething, aud 10
whom popular impulse is attempted TO b
roused IN vain. 1.-The claims they putafor
/ ward for tile votes of the nation setti,t
more like the pretensions oil proiussad men
dicaney than the deina nis OF Il deAniteEpo
ltiaal organizntenn For what inendleall
ey can be more shameless or eotnplei
than that which asls for alns ns right
and ignores tho necessity OF acknowledg
nieill by repudiniing all the obligations .
gratitude or recirroealserviee? 81. qgs
H. Thnt these remnrksar true and can b.
readily subetnntiated, will be seeD from
survey Of the platform adopted by the De
moefatie Convention at Ralilmose.oq 1
mere negative body oi resolutions iwer
never passedlhy any political organization
A il this country. The first resolution II
TINT body could with proprieiy be adoFte'
by either party, and the same may be SAT
or the fifth, eighth, hnd nintti. The &c
eond, third, aud sixth are mere negatives
| and the fourth, mud seventh are coward,
evasions of negatives which the party d
1 not dare 10 utter. or the. ,fossilifetous no
ture OF most Of these resolutions, we hav
elsewl remarked They are indee'
memorable as specimens of what antigua
4 rian research is able to accomplish Blu
we are unable. TO see the justice involVe
in pfoponnding for popular accentance,,
creed which resolves itself upon eaariina
tion into iiegation and reputation Of lcn'
since dead aud buried issues. tss aa.Eies. !.
/ Nothing ia the entire series appears g
contemplate and cowardly as the. follow
4 ing: st
ssa Resofred. That Justice and sound re
licy forbid the Federal Gorerument lolos
| Ter one hrnnch Of industry to the detf,men
i OF any other, or TO cherish the interests G
one portion 10 the injury Of anotitef roi
il ltion of our common country that ever
1 citizen and every usectionlof he connir
4 has right TO demand and insist upon a
4 equality of rights and privileges, and !
u rrannnIefp mn annie prt,tcction Of person