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


ihet and stty tliht II is absolutely neeessa.
Try, nnless we are satisfied tt, endiire li1ese
losses Of life aad properly which orr
brought hbo,tt etefy day by tue neglected
condition Of our water communication
National prudence, pfaetieal tbilhlillrppy.
hlld culiltUUn sense. tsll tis tliat there isDo
eeoiioiny displayed Ia Withholding hppro.
pfiatipns for the itnpf1vsinent of or nt-
tibuhl water COMMUNICATIONS it's Ike
sBaht sild spafihs listtlbntion ol seed The
crop Ia pfoportionaIly slender. Tlrsfe is {,
principle Of reGipredity and compensation
IN all thihns. uud Wliefs lalss euo1ony
prevails, lilpfa yoli viii find jfopoftion.
hte tevHleus d poverty, The lat,nef
WHO deftauds his land aud the tnefeltpnt
Wlio ileulees Ills stock, do tpt commit u
greater tnistala tlian tbe nation that ue'
gIpels It's own Internal resources md espa.
biiities, by following Tie "ehehp' systen,
of e let alone ..5t..as.
Yes, say The Loeefoeo party, our rivers
and iiafbofs fire really III d very Iepfdfal,le
condition, md tie atia understands whit
should lie inna for them better tllan we
hnt 1T would be interfering with estate
| sevetsiniies" II Congress should letislas
for llieit improvement II ilie Western,
t5tn,es whit theft iake shores rendered shs
fer for shipping bnd their rivers cleared Of
sbbgs aid made sHfa md uavigable, lei
them DO Tie work themselves, mud pny for
il themselves This philosophy is iarl
md blunt, and very natural Witlial to neli
who are not tnligl, given 10 reflection /, bot
| there Hfs Two feasens why 81 long time
mn=t eIapse bstere 1t can be ohrried into
pfaei6hl realization. aF
The first is, because iIe States that
stand most IN II ed Of suel improvements
afa MT IN condition To pay for iliem.%-
The finances Of The Western Suites, never
wholly free from the sus piGlou ti those
who love regular returns Of 7 per ceuts,
VIII not now allow tlIsni ~ devote those
4 siitns to The Improvement of tIieir internal
resources which are necessary TO tlieir ano-
oesslnl development, Aud YET, were these
resources onee developed, the wealth Of
t,sse States would l,a suddenly and large
~ iBefeased In connection will This ifiay
perhaps be named the natural ieeliua of
dislike toward ineurflng The total expense
f,t leneGts which other States will share
IN common with themselves. Internal
| improvements would benefit the Eastern
aa well as tho Wesiefn States, not to ss
gtea, an amount proponionaly, but vefy
much aud very nofceably and the poorer
sthtes are itGt Inclined 10 enfiei their al
rehdy wealthy nsighbofs entirely ut their
own expense. s8 ##t
| Then, too, in The second place, hlinos
insupsfatie difficulties arise IN ibs way Of
making just appraisstnenfs between tbe
obligations Of different States between
| which tho water communication lies. a
river flows between two States, aud its
eeafanee Of aIt obstacles 10 navigation is
ap object Of advantage TO eaeh. bit not III
All equal aearea. One State Is larger tlfnn
the other, has.more inhabitants, possesses
moreer less tributary slrsains, has u goat
CT or less extent OF river shore. In the
mfdat Of these mud similar difficulties, how
eat, exact o, even fair estimates, be nods !
And unless tho estimates are agreeable to
both PARTIES. how ean the work ever be
commenced or carried through When
"s;tatu soVereigHties" shall lose all selfish.
ness. we tnay xpeet Tint these difficulties
shall vanish, hit moi before. tls seBtssg "a
Should the General Government, how
ever. assume the superintetdence md ex.
pebse ofn jndieibusl lystem ofiGterual i'm.
provements, both ilipse oreasons would be
Oh once npllfsd. Tie pooref States would
indeed be forced 10 contribute. but they
would feel thal others were also aiding to
establish the general wcIfnre. With the
richer States 1t would assume tlie aspect
simply of asprohtaI,le ineeatinen;, Whose
returns would never diminish in value or
fail in regularity And thars would be the
certainty that tie wefk would be done.
whereas we have no reason 10 hope fiat II
we eayesit entirely 10 the action of sfiidl.
vidnal Stsies, il wuI be achieved in the
present. ceninry.meH asS y AgR
Nsc ask the most lnveierate stlcklef for
STATE sovereigntiesr 10 rolpt us 10 single
instance of the e4aecomplishment 81 ANY
uieasilre oil Internal improvements affecting
several States Immediately mud locally, by
separate State action, 81 ma.s
We take leave of what we conceive TO
be betbe.swoavisuLaild practical issues ofthe
campaign. not, however, without The ~.
tention Of doing them fnH justice by as
many expoations as sIialt be hereafter ne.
eesaafy We intend 10 set forth elaborate
~ and completely the demands Of our
Western lakes and rivers upon the beDeli-
cent care or the. General Government. by
Il displayii5g their present condition, and by
snggestIng That state Of Improvement to
wticI. lii the fntare they can be made TO
! attain; we Intend to explain, sin past
time. the philosophy and the effects Of q
! Protective Tariff; and 10 display from time
! fo time tile minor questions of our politics
inarhe clear light of Wt,ig' doctrine We
cannot expect that oil voters shall examine
these auessiops, bur that they will be stu.
! died by very many intelligent men Of both
parties in the. ensuing mon ths,l we have
|, fall faith Were we also assured that z
prompt renunciaiion would follow col,vic-
: ton of error. aud hat. tI,e ma gnitu1e q
theJHterest wofld be equalled by the dill
gcnce and cal,dors Of the research, Wsf
should have no fear as 70 The result Of ths
coming election 4sA I'll $50 snssss vi
| ID: Nor in any case 10 we allow euselvsss
TO doubt ofs1 the siIcses eof the aWisis
partygsin the present campaign. We
, ray this mt presamptnonssy, nor "a
1 a. party comment upon political tcxis
but Ias ille result of al-proiound cor
yictionsof the strengtii OF onr canse aris
the popularity of our candidate Inail,s
!, separate nlatefialslof ceeetlan represeala
tive awe are thorenghiy furnished Ihs