Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-09-18
NiaB Hsvy Generalization ii.

10 The uIpplion, iii reference to the new
couststution. According 10 tbs views ex
presHei Uy Some Of our ~stninpefs, ani let.
Ter writers Il 10 IN svary view Of Tie case
one of tho mos, awful an horrifyiiy at.
teinf,tf ever conceived Id tHkn away the
liberties Of d free people, IL sidpl,tad II
will take away fron us The Inst vestigal
Of our; dear freedom ana bind rs down
with sllaekles Of wofse than Turkish esi
potisuk This il the view to be derived
from 4 r%arnsal of t,e speeches reeentl,
delivrfet Mt the grand anit.coas,ituiou
movement III tile CITY, which Ii said Il
have included one hundred person, mots
or lrssss
WAl. according % these would be lead.
ers . fpubliu opinion, there Is . most lesa
perate prospect before ~.
Tie Constitution viii eertninly he ntlup.
ted nita while All THE rest of the world vii
b. advanrils In the pathway ei freedom
and progress it will tp left to Louisiana
alone, to nfoan aud wither under the OPP
preston Of the dark ages~~
g o setnreru. q. Mosas,b
g lung hc the heavens III black
Mourn aud weep ye solls nn1 daughters
Of bo,doge--rhe glory Of youf iorefathers
aud the hopes Of your posterity lave de.
parted ifor sotse tieo o. THREE d osy fittie
s~tun,p<orato,s hare said So
1t issnot With the vain hope Of uverting
any efAhese terrific ealam,,iss now i'm.
pending over us, that We essay a few fe.
marks ssi tho occasion.
Wslregnrd the matter as settled. The
Cons ioiion will be adopted, aud we hive
the aaos emeutioned authority (Which we
hold 10 he inconteslibfe) for believing that
the aforesaid consequences will inevitably
follow. We therefore consider Tint mat.
ter to.s well settled for argument.
Bns II is only with the hope Of whis.
pering u few feeble words Of consolation
into the ears of these hopeless victims of
oppression that we essay to speak oil the
present occasion. Perhaps we cannot say
anythislg calculated 10 make their claims
weigh: lighter than before, but At any rate
we caa venture 70 give utterance To Il few
wholetome truths, appropriate TO the 90.
casiofs
And la the fret place we would beg
leave 10 suggest TO tbs people thai they
have brought these horrible consequences
upon themselves. They called the Con.
vention together BY a large majority. They
elected to that Convention such represent
tatiwaa rs best suited thens. That conpen-
ton adopted tive horrible instrument Of ty.
rnnnY which Is now under consideration,
by u vote OF which there were but eight
dissetstors, aud the Constitution will be
adopted in November by a vote which can
calculated before than after the
election.
Il can be said then. at least, tha. the
Of Louisiana have brought the bur.
aens slrcn themselves, they have %volunta-
tHPnt their necks to the yoke--in zine,
that shey are grooming under the weights
of . voluntary despotism.
Bib let US see for a momen what are
he nature and material Of those chains
which have been riveted npon our limbs.
Tie first and greates. in point OF conse-
lnenee (tl,ongh not IN order) is the i" 10.
al population basis"
w. are told that white men are placed
,pont the basis with negroes, that the dis.
inctsve features OF American freedom
ave slteen annihilated. and that slavery
las TOW the am rights, immunities and
'roroass'tives, which previously has been
to unrestricted liberty. This is a
barge which upon the first blush of tile
is a very serious que, aud which
eserves the most careful consideration
nd aEent:on. Let us look for a moment
I its ;%pIausibility, or rather at its improb.
biii.y !
A Convention compose of the chosen !
spressntatives Of the people of the State, :
lany lpf them the most enlightened. learn :
q add patriotic citizens Of the State, have :
and deliberately inserted a clause :
! ours State Constitution which places
lemsslves, their families and all their
'%nstituents upon the same basis in their
'laiion 70 government, with the negro !
ave. Was such a paradox, such an i'm !
.fobahility ever heard Of. Il may be said
us y special pleading. But we speak :
ths subject as we have heard 1t FIRE. :
spoken of-in the same broad :
rms which others use Of and to which
asee bound to suppose they are willing
.4t|Dscribe. Il
By our limits are exhanxted today. i
te shall recur to the subject.
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paper published At Shreveport La /
/ Messrs. D. DILARD s. Co. Ii ii ]
'eet to be favorabiy compared with any !,
IN the country /; lis politics are !