Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-07-03

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| tiuns on public lands In the terri
| tories and In the Indian country $1,000
Mr.. Pierce, then. in his Congressiona
crusade, against internal improvements
opposed the specific interests Of Maine
Massachusetts, N York, Ohio, Michigan
Illinois, Pennsylvania, Deleware, North
Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee Louisiana
Arkansas. and Florida. Appropriations cal
edfor by these States. separately. for carry.
ing out public works, would never have
been granted, If Mr.. Pierce's vote could
have determined the result. Grants need.
ed to improve the navigation OF the Ohio
Mississippi and Missouri--and, consequent
", to advance the prosperity Of the vas,
region watered by these rivers----received
his undertaking opposition. Congress
more liberal and iust-agreed TO them. and
the model democratic President ratified
them. Mr.. Pierce voted to defeat every
one Of them. :,
We anticipate infinite amusement from
the homely interogatories TO which Mr..
Pierce's stump orators will be exposed
throughout the campaign. They will
expatia.e ON the purity Of their candidate i
democracy--his rigid adherence to the
!" stfic. construction" "----his antipathy to \
National Bank !; lie will be represented as
an incarnation Of. democratic excellence.
worthy, in all respects, Of the sobyt1uet
conferred upon him by onr contemporary Of
the Union. young Hickory accor-
ding to this showing will be entitled to
the support Of tile " unterrifed',' every
where. 1magine an orator Of this order
in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois. Louisiana, or
in any part Of the North, South, or West !;
picture; If You can, his graceful gesticuIa.
tion, his flowing periods, his well chosen
epithets. hts endless tributes 10 MI. Pierce's
statesrffatship, as shown in the. halls Of
Congress; aud then try to realize the, chill
ling effect Of some honest farmers appea-
to the law and to the record. The rlieto-
ric OF the orator will vanish before the
plain trutl'.telIing Of the Congressional
votes. Mr.. Pierce's orthodoxy on some
points will not save him from the condem.
nation that awaits his opposition to i'm
provements deemed vital by the citizens
Of the States Immediately concerned.
What regard can the people Of Ohio Chef
ish for candidate who made his democ.
racy a stalking horse to block up the har.
bors and obstruct the river on which their
prosperity still largely depends? Are the
people M Illinois likely to hold themselves
committed by the promise OF Judge
Douglas, in behalf of the man who planted
an attitude Of hostility 10 the
commercial emporium Of that State
VIII Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas,
Florida, or Missouri, display any zesl in be.
half Of one whose title to legislative, glo.
" consists mainly Of the fact that he was
constant in Ills antagonism to their wan.s
and wishes?
Mr.. Pierce will discover that his friends
sadly oyerrated his availability wI,en they
him az "a sheet Of paper"
and unsullied. He will find
that the remembrance Of politicians acts
pefisites not with his withdrawal from
Washington and that neither private ex-
,ellence nor public wlilteswasl,ing can avert
he penalties which people visit nposi
hose arrayed against them. Mr.. Pierce
abored hard in Congress to " sow tile
torn J" now that he is candidate Tor
Presidential donors. he must not regime ifI
TO reap The wl,irlwind." I"